This Sunday marks the second Sunday of Advent. On this day the Peace Candle, also known as the ‘Bethlehem Candle’, will be lit. The Bethlehem Candle is purple, signifying repentance and royalty. It recalls the preparations Mary and Joseph made for Jesus’ birth. As we’re getting ready for Christmas, let’s make our plans and carry them out. But, it is important not get so wrapped up in our own preparations that we’re too busy to appreciate what God is doing in our lives and that Advent is preparing us for the birth of Christ, our Saviour. Today, Fr. Frank led Year 3 in a lovely Advent reflection.
Here’s what else we have been up to this week…
In Maths, we have been multiplying and dividing by 4, 6 and 8. All children should have their TT Rockstars log in details stuck in their Reading Record. If they have not been bringing their reading record into school, it will not be stuck in. Please ensure they bring it every day.
In English, the children have written their own fables this week. I have been blown away with their story writing and creativity.
In RE, the children learned about Advent and made their Advent promises. They created their own Advent wreath and stuck their promise in the middle on the white candle. They look great!
In Science, we started planning our investigation to see whether people with a longer femur jump further than people with a shorter femur. We hope to carry out this investigation next week.
In Geography, the children did some research on the laptops to find out about their chosen European country. They have produced some lovely information posters about this.
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Penny
The Writing Award went to Jacob and Willow
The Maths award went to Matilda
📌NOTICES 📌:
Dates for your diary:
Wednesday 20th December - Christmas meal & Christmas jumper day.
Children are invited to wear their own clothes for the day, and this can include Christmas jumpers, dresses or accessories if they would like - but please don't buy anything especially. We would like to support Save The Children with the Christmas jumper day, and will add a voluntary contribution of £1 to Parentpay for donations to this charity nearer the time.
Thursday 21st December @ 2.15pm - KS2 Advent Service in Church.
Parents are invited to celebrate the KS2 Advent Service over at Our Lady’s Church in the afternoon of the 21st December. We will be singing some Christmas carols as we tell the story of the Nativity. We do hope you can make it.
Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 3 Homework page.
Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter
Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…
WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.
Online Safety
At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.
Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.
This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…
Disney+ This guide examines the hugely popular streaming service Disney+ for potential risks, giving advice on how to avoid them.
We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford
