Spring 1 – Week 5

Another amazing week for team 3. Finishing off the week supporting the NSPCC charity by taking part in their Number Day. Thank you to the children (and parents) for their wonderful efforts. We have seen some fantastic outfits and designs.

 

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.

 

• 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 continued our work on measures looking at cm’s,m’s and mm’s.

English:
In English, we completed our stories and the children have begun typing them up on the school laptops.

Reading:
We continued reading books by Anthony Browne and this week we started Voices in the Park.

Science:
In our Rocks and Soils unit, we looked at different fossils and identified where they came from.

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

History:
We continued to explore life for Ancient Egyptians looking at the pharaohs and how important they were.

Spanish:
The children were having conversations in Spanish all about the different musical instruments.

Computing:

The children planned and designed their stop frame animations.

 

Special mentions:

3B/R’s mentions this week are: Grace and Freddie

3P’s mentions this week are: Harry A and Arlo

 

Half term is nearly upon us and the children have been amazing. Keep it up – 1 more week to go before the half term break.

 

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Brown, Miss Rooney & Mrs Pritchard