"Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?" Desmond Tutu

In RE this week, we have been thinking about how we are all made in God’s image. The children were identifying the fruits of the Holy Spirit that they can see in their Learning Partner and in theirself. The children have been reflecting and thinking of any fruits that they may choose to work on for themselves.

We have also been…
Using our place value knowledge to complete number lines in Maths, some of these activities have been quite challenging but the children have shown great resilience this week!

In English, we have had lots of creativity this week. For the first few days, the children were looking at illustrations from a book and writing superb sentences; containing nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The children were not aware of our book focus until Wednesday… The Iron Man! We have been thinking about how he moves, sounds and looks this week and we will be doing lots of activities related to The Iron Man for the coming weeks.

In PE, we have continued our invasion games activities and the children have practiced using chest passes and bounce passes. They also started their PE with Mr Monks on a Tuesday, with a focus on tag rugby.

In History, we have been learning about the Stone Age. Our focus for this half term is the Stone Age to the Iron Age.

In Art, the children have started their painting focus, experimenting with mixing colours.

Homework - Please see the Year 3 Homework section of the website. It is due back in on Wednesday 20th September. Spellings will be tested on Friday 22nd September.

Notices -

  • PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays, thank-you for taking your children’s earrings out on these days. They cannot actively participate in PE if they have earrings in.

  • If your child is wearing shoes with shoe laces, please ensure they are able to tie their own shoelaces.

  • Please ensure your child brings their school water bottle, reading book and reading record on a daily basis.

Award Winners -

Golden - George

Maths - Annie

Writing - Alistair

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford

Posted
AuthorLeanne Dixon

Welcome to Year 3!

We have had a lovely week together in Year 3. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with our wonderful Year 3 class again. Wow, how they have grown since Reception! I have been really impressed with their development academically, socially and spiritually!

We started the week with a welcome assembly on Monday, referring to the scripture: “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16: 24

Throughout the week, we have thought about Jesus being with us as we start our Year 3 journey together during our daily class worships.

 Here is what else we have been learning:

In English, we have been looking at word classes. Particularly nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. The children have been identifying which word class a word belongs to and writing their own sentences containing a variety of words. They have also written a short story inspired by the picture ‘A Sunday in the Park.’.

In Maths, we have been looking at place value using 3 digit numbers. The children have enjoyed extending their knowledge from looking at 2 digit numbers in Year 2.

In RE, we have started by showing our thanks to God for his creation. The children have written their own prayers, independently, thanking God for specific things of their choosing. We have also created a class prayer to ask the Lord for his support this year, in Year 3. 

In PE, we have started our invasion games and the children have practiced using chest pass. They then enjoyed playing an attacking and defending game using their chest passes. 

The children have thought about the three very important words at our school: care, learn and respect, and we can show these on a daily basis. We have also worked together to create our class charter. 

As it is our first week back and we are finding our feet, the only homework requirement this weekend is reading, now the children have selected their home reader books. Please ensure you write in the children’s reading logs each time they read and if they have completed the book.

I have been really impressed with the children, they have returned to school ready to learn and develop on the juniors. I hope they have enjoyed their first week in Year 3! 

Our PE days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that children do not have earrings in on these days.

Please continue to bring school water bottles, filled with water, on a daily basis. 

Our Award Winners:

Golden - Alicia
Writing - Erin
Maths - Nicholas

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford

Posted
AuthorLeanne Dixon