This week the children have been writing the opening to the story Aladdin. We have been very impressed with the language the children have used and the way that they have tried to adapt the openings to their sentences to engage the reader.

For our Maths learning we looked at how to divide a singe digit by 10. It is encouraging to see that the children have continued to practise the column addition and subtraction strategies. Any further practise will be beneficial.

During our Science unit we looked at what plants need to grow. We set up 4 experiments in school: do plants breathe? Do plants really need light to grow if they have everything else? Do the plants only take up water through their roots? And do leaves make a difference to plants growth? We’re interested to find out the answer.

We look forward to seeing you all after the weekend.

Team Three

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This week we were lucky enough to have a visit from Lee Hayward to talk to us about how to be safe online. We discussed the games we like to play, our friends list and what to do if we are feeling angry when playing a game. We all agreed that if we were ever worried about something we’d seen online that we should talk to our grown ups who will be able to help.

In Maths this week we have been learning to add 2 numbers together using an expanded column strategy. The children have enjoyed this so much that they have been practising on whiteboards whenever they’ve had a spare few minutes. Don’t forget to log into times table rockstars. Let’s see who can break the 10,000 boundary.

In Science, we have talked about seed dispersal. Could you find some examples of the different types of seeds and think about how the way they are helps them to disperse. For example there are lots of sycamore seeds lying around currently.

Have a good week

Team Three

Welcome back to school and 2022.

It really is like we’ve never been away. The children have all impressed us with the way they have returned to school and how they have settled back into their routines ready to learn.

Last week we focuses all on time. Below are some websites to continue practising how to tell the time at home.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3

This week we will be concentrating on weight and reading and comparing scales. Below is a link to some activities linked to reading scales!

Reading Scales: Mass

In our English lesson we have continued to explore the text ‘Little Blue Penguin’.  Next week we will be writing and publishing our diaries as the Blue Penguin.

Well done to all the children who bought in some home learning and a book review. And a well done also to the children who received Showstopper and Golden Week over the past 2weeks.

Team Three.

Your children might have come home talking about angle eaters this week. We have been using these to measure right angles in our environment and then in regular and irregular shapes. We have been sorting shapes into a Carroll diagram using the properties that we know plus our new vocabulary (regular, irregular, right angle). Here is a picture of an angle eater in case the children wanted to create one at home.

We have continued our unit on The Grinch this week also. Watch out for examples of the children’s work coming soon.

Thank you for attending our recent parents evening. It was lovely to talk to you all about the progress your children have made so far. Keep accessing times tables rockstars and sumdog. Be sure to read your reading books too so they can be changed regularly. The deadline for the Must Reads is this week also – so be sure to bring those in. We know so many children have just one more book to go!

Team Three.

This week the children spent time dedicated to learning British Sign Language. The children enjoyed this enormously and it was lovely to hear all of your positive feedback from the children during our parents meetings. Here are a couple of photos from the day:

Red Wednesday:

The children also observed Red Wednesday together during collective worship this week.

We hope that you all had a lovely weekend and managed to keep sheltered from the storm. We look forward to seeing you next week for our walk to church.

Team Three

We welcomed all the children back after what sounded like a very busy half term for most of the children. We have been very pleased with the way the children have returned to school – ready to learn and excited about the next unit.

In English, we have been writing Haiku poems around the fireworks theme. We have been so impressed with the language used to bring these poems to life. These will be displayed in the classroom. Alongside this topic we have been learning about Guy Fawkes and the history behind Bonfire night.

In Maths, the children were excited to discover that aliens had landed! The children were set to work at finding out how many alien eyes were seen by our caretaker on arrival so we could then calculate how many aliens there could be. This was to help the children learn times tables multiplication and division facts. For example 4 aliens with 3 eyes each is the same as 4 ‘groups of’ 3 or 4×3. For division, 33 eyes but each alien has 3 eyes = 11 aliens (33divided into groups of 3 = 11). The children did an excellent job representing these problems in different ways.

We have started our Science topic ‘light and dark’. We discussed sources of light and interestingly many children felt like items such as a mirror, window and even diamonds were light sources. We asked them to see over the weekend if a mirror helps them see in the dark or does it need a light source to be able to do this. A great start with lots of good scientific thinking already.

We had a visit from the Chaplain at Oaklands to help us prepare for the Mass next week. We look forward to seeing those who will be attending this time.

Finally, a huge well done to all the children for the vaccinations and school photographs this week. We were very proud of how well you took part in both of these.

Have a great weekend and we will see you next week.

Team Three

It’s been a long and busy term but we have now completed our first half term in Year Three. We can’t express enough how impressed we have been with the way the children have adapted to life in Year 3.

This week we have been practising learning the poem ‘the sound collector’ off by heart to perform to an audience next term. The children have been adding by actions to help them remember the words and to make it come to life.

In Maths, we have continued to learn about adding and subtracting with measure. We have been learning to add 2 or 3 amounts and subtract from a measure such as 1m. Some children started converting measure too – 120cm becomes 1m and 20cm. The children’s ere also learning compliments to 100(2 numbers that equal 100. ) This is some thing the children struggle with and so more practise would be a great way to support at home.

In Spellings we have continued to learn about homophones while the children consolidating phonics have been looking at the ‘ir’ sound.

The children have some home learning to complete over the week. Don’t forget to login to Sumdog and Times table rockstars.

We wish for you all to have a fun, safe and most importantly healthy half term break. See you in a week.

Team three.

Thank you for all of the donations for the Harvest. The children have displayed the collection by the prayer tables in school but will shortly be added in with the rest of the school.
The children have been enjoying learning about ways to wash a Sabre Tooth Tiger this week. We have been using prepositions to think about where we will be washing the tiger, for example between the claws. We have also been learning new adverbs such as vigorously and thinking about how to use this in our instructions.

In Maths we have been learning to subtract ones from a 3 digit number. We have been thinking about using an efficient strategy when subtracting for example 143 – 5 = 143 -3-2.  Some children found this tricky and so any further practise at home would be beneficial as we continue to apply this next week in the context of money.

We completed our Science experiment this week exploring how the force needed for a car to move along different surfaces changes depending on the type of surface. We tried releasing a car (toy) down a ramp with Astro turf, bubble wrap, hessian and shiny wood. The children will be able to share what they found.

Spelling home learning, the Maths task and the vocabulary home learning has been shared and discussed with the children. Don’t forget to log in to Times tables rockstars – let’s see who makes it onto the leader board this week.

Butser Ancient Farm Photos will be appearing shortly.

A busy week of learning in school again this week so enjoy a restful weekend.

Team Three

The weeks are really flying by as once again another successful week has been completed.

In Maths this week we have been adding single digits to 2 and 3 digit numbers by using our number bonds to get to the next ten and then adding what is left. We will be continuing my this next week also.

In English, we wrote our final cave setting description based on the Stone Age Boy text. We edited our work and then published it today. We were very impressed with some of the handwriting – look out for handwriting pens coming soon.

Spellings: please see the home learning books (red) for a run through of the spelling rules the children have been learning this week and the tasks to complete.

School Trip- it is a super exciting week coming up next week with our trip to Butser Ancient Farm. A parent mail went out today to Hippo class, who go on Monday, to advise parents to send lunch in a disposable bag, to wear comfy weather appropriate trousers and to bring footwear suitable for muddy uneven grounds. School jumpers and tops please.

Home reading journals next week please- (yellow book).

Look out for pictures coming next week. After a quick check in at the end of the day about weekend plans with the children, it seems like you are all very busy with camping, play dates, cinema visits to name a few. Whether you’re out and about or having a well earned rest at home, we look forward to seeing you next week for more learning.

Team three.