“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" Mark 4:40

Sports Day

We had a lovely end to the week with Sports day. Thank you to all of you who were able to come and support the children in their races, I know the children enjoyed having you all there to cheer them on.
I am so proud of all of Year 3.

Here are the KS2 results:

1st Layton 432 🏆WINNERS🏆

2nd Newton 424

3rd Clifton 397

4th Marton 373

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

We finished our shadow boxes on Monday, I love the end results and I hope you do too! Here are all the photos I took of the finished products.

In English, we have completing our lost narrative, there have been so many different ways that children have written about getting lost in the woods. I’ve loved seeing your creativity and writing skills shine

In Maths, have continued our shape unit, looking at 2D and 3D shapes.

In PE, we have been practicing for sports day.

In Geography we have looked at how volcanoes form and what the different parts of a volcano are.

In Science we have investigated shadows and completed a comparative fair test to work out how dark shadows were.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Austin for being a wonderful helper and a respect role model.

The Maths award went to Alicia for her excellent work on 2D and 3D shapes.

The Writing award went to James for his fabulous writing and improvement on his handwriting.

📅📌IMPORTANT DATES📌📅:

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalms 86: 15

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have completely an independent write where a character gets lost and then reunited. I have loved seeing their creativity and writing skills blooming!

In Maths, we have started our new topic, mass. We’ve measured the mass of things practically in kilograms and grams and completed some calculations using grams and kilograms.

In PE, we have been developing cricket skills.

In RE, we investigated how Jewish people in Britain celebrate Passover and why they celebrate it.

In Music, we sang Three Little Birds and listened to some 15th century music.

In E-Safety, we talked about how the internet can make us feel and what to do when it goes wrong. The children had very good ideas about this, I am sure they do put these ideas into practice.

In Spanish, we have learned the names of family members.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Cameron, for his caring attitude.

The Maths award went to Finlay, for taking more time and care with his work. .

The Writing award went to Artie for his excellent improvement in handwriting.

📅📌IMPORTANT DATES📌📅:

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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.

It has been brought to our attention, that some children are regularly using these games, Roblox and Minecraft, and these apps on social media, Snapchat and Tiktok. The following safety guides give some great advice about keeping your children safe online, please take the time to read them, check your child’s device settings and discuss them with your child so they know what to do if something happens and they don’t feel safe when using them.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Roblox  This free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. It highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Minecraft  This free online safety guide focuses on Minecraft. It highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Snapchat  This free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat. It highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Tiktok  This free online safety guide focuses on TikTok. It highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.

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. Thank you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

“What can we say the kingdom of God is like? What parable can we find for it?”

Arts week starts next week June, we will be creating a 3d collage. For this we need shoeboxes, or shoebox sized boxes. If you have any spare that you do not need please send them in with your child.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have started our new book, Into the Forest. We have been working hard on developing our writing skills.

In Maths, we have started our new topic: Angles and Properties of Shape. We have been finding right angles in shapes today.

In Science, we started our new topic light. Investigating the difference between light and dark.

In Geography, we started our new topic: Volcanoes! Lots of children had lots of prior knowledge about this, from Pompeii to all sorts of facts!

In PE, we started fielding and batting games.

In RE, we have been exploring the Exodus.

Well done to our stars this week:

Jessie - For her kindness and empathy.

Erin - for the hard work she has put into learning her multiplication facts.

Frazer - for his effort in English.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Pentecost (Copy)

This week, the Gospel gives us assurance that when we pray in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, God hears us. Children’s prayers will centre on Jesus’ divine promise - to be with us. This requires that we remember Him and listen to Him.

It is the end of a very busy half term! I hope you all get chance to rest before the beginning of the next half term.

Arts week starts in June, we will be creating a 3d collage. For this we need shoeboxes, or shoebox sized boxes. If you have any spare that you do not need please send them in with your child.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have written poems inspired by The Jumblies. We did not quite finish our class novel, I’ve found a video of a teacher reading it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppwMU8oiOWk&list=PLTu0_fe0F5VmwKkYKJeHyBue5Q2jqheIx&index=15

In Maths, we continued the time topic. The “Battle of the bands” ended, with Marton winning! Well done! There will be another competition in the new term, but there will be a daily 5 minute limit.

In Science, we observed how the plants are growing in different conditions, dyed daisies red and sorted seeds by how they are distributed.

In History, we evaluated whether Alfred the Great should have the title “Great” and gave reasons for our decisions.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been considering the Mystery of the Holy Trinity and trying to describe the belief in it. .

We have finished our 2D collage unit, it was very difficult to choose which pieces to put up as display. I had to shuffle them together and pick at random!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Noah, for his thoughtful attitude.

The Maths award went to Archer for his effort in his time work.

The Writing award went to Annie for her excellent History work.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and a safe and relaxing half term break.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Pentecost

We have celebrated Pentecost today, it was lovely to see so many children wearing bright colours. Father Frank led a lovely, joyful Pentecost liturgy and then we had an extended playtime with the whole school.

This week we’re celebrating Pentecost! After going up to Heaven, Jesus sent His Holy Spirit to the disciples and all who believed.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have started looking at the poetry of Edward Lear

In Maths, we continued the time topic. The “Battle of the bands is ongoing!

In Science, we observed how the plants are growing in different conditions.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been thinking about how the early Church links to how Catholics gather for Mass today.

In Art we cut paper to create mirrored pieces inspired by Henri Matisse.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Layla

The Maths award went to Ava

The Writing award went to Jessie

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

"After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven...." Mark 16:19

This week we celebrated the Feast of the Ascension,

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have been enjoying Egyptology and have written some wonderful secret diaries

In Maths, we have started our time topic, looking at months today. We also started a TTRS “Battle of the Bands” a fun competition where children’s correct answers on TTRS earn them points.

In History, we have investigated how Christianity came to Britain during the Anglo Saxon period.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been thinking about how the early Church links to how Catholics gather for Mass today.

In Science, we began a few experiments to find out the effects different conditions have on plants.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Archer

The Maths award went to Macie

The Writing award went to Layla

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

We are disciples.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have been enjoying Egyptology and preparing to write a secret diary entry as an Egyptologist.

In Maths, the children have continued their fraction work. Next week we will start the new topic: Time

In History, we have investigated how Christianity came to Britain during the Anglo Saxon period.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been thinking about how the early Church links to how Catholics gather for Mass today.

In art, we created “op-art” inspired pieces using collage methods. There were lots of excellent optical illusions!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to George.

The Writing Award went to Sienna.

The Maths award went to Amara.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Part of the vine

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have finished writing their first Egyptian mystery story and moved onto writing one more independently.

In Maths, the children have continued their fraction work.

In History, we have looked at what we can infer about Anglo Saxons from the finds at Sutton Hoo.

In PE, we have started the athletics unit, both jumping and throwing skills. We also danced on Thursday due to the inclement weather

In RE, we have been thinking about the Pentecost, what happened and how we could be good apostles. We also had our class mass, where Fr Frank invited us up to join him as apostles.

In art, we created our collages.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Artie, for his attitude to learning.

The Writing Award went to Amara for her mystery writing.

The Maths award went to George, for the effort he is showing in maths lessons.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

You are known

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have begun writing their Egyptian Mystery story.

In Maths, the children have continued their fraction work.

In History, we have looked at what Anglo Saxon settlements looked like and had a brief look at Anglo Saxon villages.

In Science, we have started out plant topic, we used microscopes to observe roots. We also identified various weeds. This would be a lovely thing together, if you visit a park or outdoor space.

In PE, we have started the athletics unit, both jumping and throwing skills. We also danced on Thursday due to the inclement weather

In RE, we have reached the Ascension. We thought about the mission that Jesus gave to the apostles.

In Music, we continued our disco unit. Year 3 wowed me with their glockenspiel skills!

In art, we painted paper to use as material for a collage.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Eddie, for working to lift all those around him.

The Writing Award went to Frazer for his writing in RE

The Maths award went to Macie for her contributions throughout Maths.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Eastertide

I hope you all had a happy and holy Easter. It was so lovely to be back and ready for our learning.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have been investigating vocabulary and writing with a sense of discovery and the unknown. We will be writing an Egyptian Mystery soon

In Maths, the children have been working on fractions, both using fractions as numbers and finding fractions of a set of objects.

We have begun our new History topic - the Anglo-Saxons, finding out about where they came from, why they invaded and how we can tell where they settled by investigating place names.

In PE, we have started the athletics unit, both jumping and throwing skills.

In RE, the children have been learning how the disciples did not recognise Jesus on the road to Emmaus and what caused the disciples to recognise Jesus and why.

In Music we had a great time learning to sing to a disco song “Bringing Us Together”

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Macie, for being a “Respect Role Model.”

The Writing Award went to Matilda, for being resilient when writing.

The Maths award went to Austin for his perseverance when writing.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

He is Risen!

Wishing you all a Happy Easter.

He is Risen: The Resurrection in Matthew 28

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith. Without the resurrection, the belief in God's saving grace and mercy through Jesus is void. When Jesus rose from the dead, he proved his divinity as the Son of God and his works of atonement, redemption, reconciliation, and salvation. The resurrection was a real, physical raising of Jesus’ body from the dead.

We have had a wonderful week. We started the week by sharing our class liturgy. Everyone performed beautifully, Fr Frank said how pleased he was to be able to hear and understand every word spoken.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have written letters as Jemmy Button and drawn cartoon strips inspired by our class novel Giant. We also voted for the order of our next two class reads: The Explorer and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

In Maths, the children have been working on fractions, focussing on tenths.

DT this week has been particularly challenging! The children have been constructing castles from paper and card, folding nets to create 3D shapes. I am so pleased with the effort that they put in and their resilience when completing challenging work! I know some of the castles got a little damaged by the wind, so here are the pictures from after they were completed.

In HRSE, the children have been thinking about ways to keep safe online.

In PE, the children have been working on fielding skills and dancing.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to everyone, for their resilience in DT

The Writing Award went to Alistair, for embracing comic book designing

The Maths award went to Priya, for getting stuck into fractions with a positive mindset.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

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…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Clickbait This free information guide addresses clickbait – a widespread digital marketing strategy which carries several significant online safety risks for impressionable youngsters.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a Happy Easter,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Journey with Jesus through Holy Week

This week we invite children to journey with Jesus through Holy Week. By focusing on the events of the last week of Jesus’ life on Earth children will listen and relate each Scripture to their lives. Children will be invited to meet the loving presence of Jesus as they walk the road to the Cross in prayer, and to continue walking close to Him always.

What a busy week we have had!

Thank you to everyone who attended our open afternoon. It was lovely to get to meet so many of you and to talk about how your children are getting on in Year 3.

On Thursday morning, we had our class mass with Year 6. Then, in the afternoon, we had our Lenten Reflections with Fr Frank. Thank you for joining us. It was a beautiful, reflective time, to see the church illuminated by a single candle. I hope the children have been keeping up with the challenge Fr Frank set them.

We have also been practicing for our class liturgy to share with the rest of the school on Monday.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have been planning to write letters in character, as Jemmy Button.

In Maths, the children have been working on fractions, moving on to tenths today.

In PE, the children have started to work on fielding skills.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Luna

The Writing Award went to Alicia

The Maths award went to Artie

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Perfect Promise: Belonging

The prayer time this week invites children to remember that they belong to God and He loves them.

Upcoming events

Tuesday 19th March - Open afternoon

I am so excited to welcome you to Year 3 between 2 and 4pm on Tuesday. All parents are invited to join us in class on this day anytime after 2pm to 4pm to see what we do in class, talk to your child about their work, as all their books will be out and talk to their teachers about their learning and have a look round our class. We hope you can join us!

Please enter through the main school entrance and you will be directed upstairs.

Once you have finished, you may take your child home.

Thursday 21st March - please join us IN CHURCH for a Lent Reflection for Year 3 lead by Fr.Frank at 2.40pm. We would like as many parents, carers, grandparents as possible to join us for this special liturgy.

ON THIS DAY ALL CHILDREN MUST TO COLLECTED FROM CHURCH. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE SERVICE YOUR CHILD MUST BE COLLECTED FROM CHURCH. ONLY CHILDREN AT AFTER SCHOOL CLUB WILL BE BOUGHT BACK BY SCHOOL STAFF.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In Maths, the children have finished their length topic and moved onto fractions, starting with a practical fraction lesson today.

In English, the children have been writing their own return narratives.

In Science, the children have been conducting experiments to determine the strengths of magnets.

In RE, the children have learned about the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

In PE, the children have started to work on fielding skills.

In DT, the children have been designing castles!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Alistair

The Writing Award went to Luna

The Maths award went to Jessie

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

I loved seeing every dressed in their wonderful World Book Day outfits. We did lots of book related activities: designing book covers, joining in with a BBC Live Lesson and of course, lots of reading! Children have written their own reading lists from the selection in the classroom, some children had some pleasant surprises with books they never thought they’d enjoy.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In Maths, the children have been working on measuring length and are moving onto perimeter.

In English, the children have been writing a return narrative.

In RE, the children have learned about Mass.

In PE, the children have started to work on fielding skills.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Ava

The Writing Award went to George

The Maths award went to Noah

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

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…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

We hope you find this guide 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

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Perfect Promise: Guidance

This week's prayers help the children to reflect on injustice and how they can play their part in putting things right by choosing God’s way.

Thursday 7th March - World Book Day. We are inviting all of the children to come to school on this day dressed as a book character and to bring their favourite book to share. (Please make sure these are clearly named with your child’s name). Please do not feel you have to spend a lot of money on a costume - it is all about the taking part and the books and we LOVE home-made costumes!!

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In Maths, the children have started their new topic length.

In English, the children have been writing diary entries as Jemmy Button and further developing their writing skills before planning and writing a return narrative next week.

In RE, the children have learned about the Last Supper and drawn links between this and the feeding of the 5,000.

In PE, the children have started to work on fielding skills.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Jacob

The Writing Award went to Macie

The Maths award went to Annie

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

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…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

We hope you find this guide 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

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

"It is wonderful for us to be here." Mark (9:5)

I have had a great time this week, getting to know the children. I hope your children have enjoyed getting to know me too.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In Maths, the children have been doing statistics, we have looked at pictograms, bar charts and tables. On Tuesday, we will be starting our new topic: length.

In English, the children have looked at Jemmy Button. They have asked questions and investigated the ways authors select vocabulary to create emotions. Next week, the children will be empathising with Jemmy Button and writing a diary entry, before starting to plan their own return narratives.

In RE, the children have learned about Jesus’ miracles and what they reveal about the identity of Jesus.

In PE, the children have started to work on fielding skills.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Alicia

The Writing Award went to Elsie

The Maths award went to Layla

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

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…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

We hope you find this guide 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

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (also known as Candlemas) is today, 2.2.24. The season of Epiphany ends, we remember when Jesus was brought to the Temple by his parents. This is a day when candles are blessed in Church and taken home and lit to share the Light of the World within our homes.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In Maths, the children have solved some really challenging multiplication and division word problems with multiple steps. This was not easy but the children were very resilient! We have now started a new maths topic, money.

In English, the children have looked at the 7 natural wonders of the world. They have written a diary entry as an explorer who has visited one of the wonders. Next week, the children will write an information leaflet about one of the natural wonders.

In RE, the children have learned about Jesus’ miracles and why he performed them, to show the power of having faith and trust in God. We also worked on our RE display in our table groups, which will be about the parable of the sower.

In Science, we learned about fossils and how they are formed.

In PE, the children have continued net and wall and handball.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Willow

The Writing Award went to Nicholas

The Maths award went to Layla

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

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…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Safer internet day

Safer Internet Day takes place on Tuesday next week - 6th February. This year's theme is: ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. This is a very important part of our work to keep children safe online. Please spare a few minutes at home on this day to talk about what the children have learnt in school and how they keep safe online. Many thanks.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford

'Nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love' Saint Therese of Lisieux

As part of our RE lesson on Thursday, the children learned about St Therese of Lisieux. She is an inspiring Saint, who was determined to show others how to spread the kingdom of God. Some children then took to the hotseat and answered questions as St Therese of Lisieux. I must say, they did a wonderful job!

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths, we have been solving problems using multiplication and division.

In English, the children have planned and written their setting narrative.

In RE, the children have listened and learned about the parable of the sower.

In Science, we have continued our investigation, looking closely at rocks. The children investigated their density, permeability, durability and decided if they were hard or soft.

In PE, the children have continued net and wall, we did speed stacking cups instead of handball due to the rain.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Austin

The Writing Award went to Frazer

The Maths award went to Luna

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

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

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford

'The first duty of love is to listen' Paul Tillich

The children have had a great week in Year 3. On Thursday, we had the opportunity to go to Mass as a class. Father Frank allowed all of the children to come up to the altar during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the children were fascinated to watch the blessing so close up. It was a really special moment. Father also reminded the children of the importance of listening and how this can take many forms. Not just listening with your ears!

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths, we have been using our multiplication knowledge to have a go at expanded multiplication using the column method. This requires lots of practise, please ensure you see the homework page and support your children in having another go at this at home.

In English, we have been looking at an example text of a setting narrative inspired by the waterfalls in The Rhythm of the Rain, next week we will begin planning our own setting narratives.

In RE, the children have listened and learned about two parables that Jesus told. The parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl. They have learned about parables being told to convey a message about how we should live our lives, as God wants us to.

In Science, we have started an investigation looking closely at rocks. We will continue the investigation next week.

In PE, the children have continued their topics - handball and net and wall.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to

The Writing Award went to

The Maths award went to

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website. There is also a Maths worksheet to be completed and returned by next Friday, please.

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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

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

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford

Welcome to 2024!

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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Holden and Mrs Dunford