Welcome back. We hope that everyone had a restful half term. We have lots coming up this half term, some of which is detailed below:

This Friday, 27th February 2015, is 3T class assembly. The theme for the assembly will be the Rainforest. There are no specific outfits needed. The children suggested wearing browns, greens, blacks etc. We look forward to seeing you there!

Then, on friday afternoon the Year 3 and Year 4 children will be having a talent show in the hall.  This will be to raise money for CAFOD during Lent.  The children are being asked to make a donation to attend the talent show. Any donation is welcomed! This is an event for the children only.

We are starting our new topic as of new week which will be all about healthy living. The homework pyramid will be coming home at the beginning of next week.

On Tuesday 3rd March 2015, the year 3 children will be going to Staunton Country Park to learn about where food comes from. The children will need to wear suitable footwear (wellies preferably); a waterproof coat; and we are happy for children to wear their own trousers but they must wear their school jumpers. Pease ensure that the children bring their lunch in a labelled bag so it can be disposed of.

On Thursday 5th March 2015, it will be World Book day.  The children can dress up as their favourite character. They will be taking part in various lessons throughout the day based on various classic fantasy texts. It should be a really fun day for all involved! Pictures to follow!

Parents evening is coming up on the 16th March and 17th March 2015. Slips went out before half term. Please request a new slip if you do not have one.

Year Three Team!

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Maths morning today.  I know the children thoroughly enjoyed having your company and we hope that you found it useful also.

Year Three Team

Year Three had lots of fun playing in the snow yesterday- here are some pictures!

My brother said I know without knowing,

No you don’t I said to him,

He went to get a biscuit out of the tin.

We went to the window to watch the snow,

And in the bedroom we put on a show.

We were so excited,

We thought we could go ice skating.

The snow looked like an ice skating rink.

We went to the kitchen to make a drink.

That’s my poem for this morning.

By Brooklyn (3T) Hippo class

I woke up, had such a shock.

The snow was falling, the wind roaring.

I went to school, soaked in snow.

We had a snowball fight,

it was such a fright!

I hope it will snow all night.

I wish it was winter always.

It would be a glorious sight;

Snow scattering always through the night. But it would have such a bite.

Snow is puffing steam from a huge machine,

working like a team.  

By Samuel C (Hippo class)

Maths week…

The Year 3 puzzling workshop will take place in the hall at 2:10 and will finish at 3:10 on Tuesday 3rd February 2015.

The Year 3 ‘invite an adult to Maths’ workshop will be at 9:15 – 10:15 on Thursday 5th February 2015.

Regards

Year Three team

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Literacy: We have started our new unit in Literacy this week – writing persuasive texts.  So far this week, we have looked at some TV adverts and considered how they are persuasive. We have also compared TV adverts to poster adverts and discussed the differences between the two and how effective each is.  The children could have a look at different adverts on the TV and think about who the audience is? How are they being persuasive? What language is used to persuade you?

Maths: This week we have been looking at subtraction in Maths.  The children may want to practise their learning from this week over the weekend. 

Spellings: Continue to look at turning adjectives into adverbs – the ly ending!

Topic: Collages, Rainforest facts, musical instruments, Rainforest stories…the list is endless! We have been so impressed with the home learning over this term so far.  The children could explore the issue of deforestation this week and begin to think about how they might help raise the profile of the disappearing rainforest.

Year Three team

Today we have been looking at 3 part sentences in Literacy.  Can you create some of your own and add them to this blog as a comment?

Here are some examples from today:

He woke up, ruffled his feathers and then went back to sleep. (Mia D and Anna)

It was the middle of the day and the tree frog jumped through the forest, slid down the wet mud and stopped by the river. (Zane and Erin)

Thank you to all of our parents who attended the calculation evening last Thursday. It was great to see you all so involved with your children’s mathematical journey.

This week Year Three have taken the next step with their addition and have been working on the expanded column addition method. We have all been working really hard and using apparatus such as arrow cards and deans to support us.

Below is an example of what the method looks like- first we need to partition the numbers into 10s and 1s before  placing them into order of place value.  We need to remember to add the 1s first! Once we have added all the numbers up we then need to add those numbers together.

We hope this is clear and will enable you to help your children further at home . Remember we also have lots of fun activities on abacus focusing on addition!

Within literacy this week we have been creating stories about a chosen rainforest animal, lots of children have included 2A sentences within their writing, well done Year Three. This week you could try and think of 2A sentences to describe a different setting, maybe even a part of your house! Also when you are reading, see if any of your books include 2A sentences.

Next Tuesday, the 27th January, Year Three and Year Four will be celebrating a mass within school. We invite all of our parents to come and join in. We will be starting at 10.15 looking forward to seeing you all there.

Miss Shaw and Miss Turner