Spring 1 – Week 3

This week, the children have continued to show great maturity and resilience. We have been sharing information about the residential with our children and showing them pictures from last year’s trip. The children seem very excited and have asked lots of questions. If any parents/carers have any questions please feel free to contact your child’s class teachers or the school office.

Notices:

• We politely ask and urge parents to continue to work on timestables with their children. Our maths units focus heavily around multiplication facts and if the children do not know them they will find their learning challenging. We are having a major push in school and we ask our parents to encourage their children to practise them at home and access TT Rockstars.

 

• A polite reminder that in order to secure your child’s place on the upcoming residential you need to have registered your interest via the google form and also made a payment of £25 (initial deposit) by the 31^st January 2025.

 

• Please keep your eyes our for emails and Dojo posts regarding the upcoming Year 3 residential. There will be lots of important information and deadlines shared.

• We still have a small number of our parents/carers who have not connected to our class dojo. This is a great resource for parents to see all the wonderful things our classes get up to whilst at school. Please check your emails and get in contact if you have any problems logging in. 

 

• All children need their PE kit on Monday and Thursday this week. We have had an increasing number of children not bringing kits into school. It is school policy for children to have a change of clothing for PE. Please make sure your child has the correct kit in school.

 

• If you child has their ears pierced and cannot remove their own earrings, could parents/carers please ensure these are removed before the start of the school day.

 

• Children should be bringing their school books home and returning with them every day.

 

• Parents/carers should regularly be updating boom reader with the books their child has read at home. The online application has been replaced with the old-style reading journals. If you need any help with this, please pop in and see us we will be happy to help you. We thank all parent/carers for their support with home reading/learning.

 

• We have a number of children coming to school in the incorrect uniform. Please can parent/carers ensure children are wearing the correct items. This information can be found on our website or by contacting the school office. 

 

• The weather is very unpredictable at the moment, so politely ask that children come prepared with water bottles, coats and appropriate footwear. 

 

• All children have come home with a login for TT Rockstars. This is an application we promote and use a lot in school as it is a great way for children to learn their timetables. Multiplication and timetables are key for your child to become successful in maths.

 

This week’s learning:

Maths:
This week, we explored division and have been working on securing our understanding of the formal method.

English:
In English, we have been planning our narratives in preparation for writing our own stories next week.

Reading:
We continued reading books by Anthony Browne. This week’s text was Gorilla which the children have really enjoyed.

Science:
In our Rocks and Soils unit, we carried out an investigation to see if certain rocks were permeable or impermeable.

PE:
Our gymnastics sessions this week focused on improving control during rotations and perfecting landings.

History:
We continued to explore life for Ancient Egyptians.

Spanish:
The children learnt how to say different musical instruments in Spanish.

Art:
As part of our project creating a replica of the Anubis Shrine, we continued developing our skills by learning how to use clay tools and different techniques using playdo

 

See you all next week

Miss Brown, Miss Rooney & Mrs Pritchard