Happy new year and welcome back to a new school term. It has been wonderful working with Year 3 this week, they have returned to school after their Christmas break with a great attitude towards their learning. Father Frank has told the children some key words to try to remember. ‘listen, learn and enjoy’ and ‘do your best’. This absolutely echoes the messages which I try to encourage the children to follow every day, so we are working hard to remind the children of this at all times.
Our new focus in RE is Galilee to Jerusalem, this week the children have learned about the Epiphany and written the story as if they were one of the wise men. We have also learned about The Kingdom of God, the children have realised that it is here on earth when we follow in Jesus’ footsteps, using parables as our example. The children wrote down deeds which they will try to do to spread The Kingdom of God.
Here’s what else we have been up to this week…
In Maths, we have been using our multiplication and division knowledge to compare maths statements and solve word problems.
In English, we have started our new book focus, The Rhythm of the Rain, we have enjoyed looking closely at the illustrations and the children are going to be preparing to write their own setting narrative, next week.
In Science, we have started our new topic, rocks! The children learned about natural and man made rocks.
In PE, the children have started their new topics - handball and net and wall.
We had a special visit on Friday from three local police officers/PCSO’s. They spoke to the children about their job, when it is appropriate to call 999 and the children were able to try lots of Police equipment. The children really enjoyed this and I hope they all take something away from this visit, which will help them in the future.
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Priya
The Writing Award went to Archer
The Maths award went to Artie
📌NOTICES 📌:
Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website. The children have done really well with their spellings and times tables this week, thank-you.
On a personal note, I have told the children this week that I have some exciting news to share. I am expecting a baby, which I believe you have been contacted about this week by Mrs Mannix. I have a little while left to teach our lovely class, I am looking forward to making the most of the time that I have left of this academic year with them.
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 guides give helpful advice about…
Top Tips for Managing Screen Time - This guide provides some practical tips for helping to reduce your family’s screen time and promote healthier use of their devices.
What Children & Young People Need to Know about Free Speech vs Hate Speech - This free information guide has tips to help combat hate speech online, while still respecting people’s right to free speech.
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.
Catholic life
To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel
Please also have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worship…
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford
