Y3: Home learning week 4

 

McGonagall spelling work:

Y3: Food, Faith and Farming Fortnight- Week 1

 What a busy week we have had this week! 

On Monday Mr MacBean took Year 3 to the farm where they learnt all about the cows Hazel has there. They learnt about what foods cows produce and what they are fed. Thank you so much to Hazel and Maiden Castle farm for the visit! 

On Tuesday, Pip came in and gave a talk on what it is to be a baptised Sikh. This was a fascinating talk that explained about the Khalsa and 5 K's. The children were so inquisitive and learnt so much about being a Sikh. Thank you so much Pip for coming in. 

On Thursday the children enjoyed spending time outside in the afternoon making art work using natural materials. 

And finally today (Friday) the children had a talk from Sherene all about Islam and the link of food. Sherene explained about the five pillars of Islam and the beliefs of Muslims surrounding certain foods. Thank you so much Sherene for coming to give this talk. The children came away with lots of new knowledge and understanding. 

Just a reminder the you can now book your parent evening slots. If you can't make these or think you will need a longer slot then please do feel free to email me. 

We cheered Mrs Hall out today and wished her lots of luck for her exciting London Marathon adventure on Sunday! 

Have a lovely weekend 

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall + Miss Alston🍁

Year 3: Week 3 learning

 This week we have been focussing on fronted adverbials. The children used fronted adverbials today to write a postcard. They pretended that they were the boy in the story 'The Stone Age Boy' and wrote a postcard back to their parents to explain what they had been up to. 

In Maths this week we are looking at intervals on a number line. They are been looking at filling in missing numbers on a number line. This can sometimes be quite tricky if there are less numbers on the number line. This weeks home learning will focus on this. 

I have given all the children their log in cards. This is the copy for home that will give them all the usernames and passwords for TTRS, Mathletics, Purplemash and AR reading. All children have an AR book that is their number. The library is open in the mornings and after school to change these. We encourage you to read with your child everyday and once they finish a book they can complete a quiz. Any questions about this then please let me know.

In Forest School this afternoon we have carried on with whittling our tent pegs and learning how to do a reef knot as well as amazing teamwork and imagination when building some pretty impressive dens! 

Just a reminder that home learning folders need to be in tomorrow please. 

Next week: Monday is the farm trip. Children can wear normal school tops but home trousers and wellies please. It might be best to have another pair of shoes to put on for when we get back. 

Please do contact me if you have any questions

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall and Miss Alston🍁

Year 3 home learning and spellings 16/9/22

Thank you all so much for attending the parent information session. I hope you found it useful and understand a little bit more about what we are doing in Year 3 this year. There is a recording for anyone that missed it and please do contact me if you have any questions. 

Below is the home learning and spellings. All of the children were given paper copies of these on Friday but if you need new ones then please see me at the door on Tuesday. Please could we have home learning and spellings in by Friday in their plastic named wallets. Thank you 😊

Have a restful weekend 

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall and Miss Alston🍁

Survival skills in Forest School and a reminder about tomorrow!

 We have had such a fun afternoon outside learning how to tie reef knots! 

I explained that a reef knot is such an important knot to use. You can use when building shelters to attach materials together. 

I showed the children how to use a sheath knife safely. We spoke about how you must never use knives without adults present and talked through the process of keeping safe with these knives. We then made a tent peg! The children were fantastic at this and we will carry this on next week for the ones who haven't had a go yet. Over the next few weeks we'll use the skills we are learning outside to help us make other items such as larger waterproof shelters and jewellery. 

Just a reminder that tomorrow is school photo day so please can we have tops and jumpers/cardis in. 

Also it is my parent information session. This will now be in the staffroom from 9am. 

This will be recorded and so if you have any questions you would like me to cover please feel free to email you and I will make sure I do this. 

🍁Mrs Thorpe + Mrs Hall 🍁

The Sikh Ceremony of Taking Amrit

In Religious Education with Mr Spracklen today we learnt about the special Sikh ceremony of taking Amrit. 

We watched the below video where we met eleven-year-old Taran and his brother Joven. They showed us what happened at their Amrit and explained their customs. 

Amrit is made from sugar water stirred with a sword. 

It is blessed and sprinkled on the hair and eyes. 

Amrit can be taken by men, women or children - like Taran and Joven. 

It is taken in the presence of five Khalsa Sikhs, and the holy scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib.

Computing with Mr Spracklen

Today in Computing with Mr Spracklen we thought about the RISKS and REWARDS of using the Internet. We then considered the S.M.A.R.T e-safety code -

As part of the lesson, we also watched this video which helped us to reflect even more about the importance of STAYING SAFE when using the Internet -

Year Three Home Learning - Mon 12th Sept

 

Resourceful Rose Home learning linked to The Stone Age	Resilient Reggie   Don’t give up, keep trying...practice makes perfect!
What we would like you to do:  *Can you find the difference between Neanderthals, Homoerectus and Homosapiens. *Draw/copy and paste a picture of the different types of people *Write about the differences	Practice with Reggie every day. 15 minutes Mathletics or 15 minutes TTRS 15 minutes reading 15 minutes spelling practice

First week in Year 3!

We have had a very thoughtful end to our first week. As there was a lot of talk about the sad news of Queen Elizabeth dying, we decided to think about things we have remembered about the Queen and what we were thankful to her for. Lots of the children wrote about the Jubilee party we had at school, trips to London and Windsor that they have had with their families. These will be going up into the writing hall of fame so hopefully you'll get to see them after the parent information session next Friday. 

This week we have been getting to know routines and expectations in the class. We have started Unit 1: Place value in our Power Maths books and explored the resources we can use to help us. We are still updating the log ins but these will be with you ASAP. 

In Forest School we spent time out in nature searching for interesting items, jumping in puddles, building dens, playing with the clay pits and reading a Stone Age story in the roundhouse whilst sheltering from the heavy rain. It was a fantastic afternoon and I hope to share the pictures with you once the ipad agrees do it! 

This afternoon we have had our interactive headsets and listened to the Stone Age story. We will be using this as inspiration at the start of this new topic and look forward to doing some amazing writing next week. 

I hope you have a restful weekend and look forward to seeing you next week.

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean and Mrs Hall🍁

Key stage 2 (years 3 & 4) spellings

 

Dear parents and carers,

Depending on the spelling group your child is in, you may find the frequency of spellings sent home may seem less than in previous years. 

If your child is in one of the colour named RWI groups or spelling groups 2A or 2B your child will continue to have weekly spellings to learn and a weekly spelling test. 

If your child is in spelling groups 3 or 4, they have one spelling test a fortnight. They will be given spellings to learn in the first week and in the second week they will be given an additional spelling activity (whilst still having the remaining week to continue to learn their spellings). As the words become gradually more challenging, the children will be given activities to help them to retain and apply these spellings in their writing. 

Year 3 children have had spellings sent home this week (please check book bags), whereas year 4 will have spellings to learn next week, following spellings assessments this week.

Adult support is often very helpful in helping your child learn their spellings. Children can use the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check spelling sheets that are sent home but any additional practice or games such as hangman or anagrams will help your child.  

Below are links to spelling lists for words that children should hopefully have learnt by the end of their time at the Prince of Wales school. 

Year 1 spellings

Year 2 spellings

Years 3 & 4 spellings

You might find these lists useful should you want to use them. However, please be mindful that children's learning ability develops at different rates, (just like all developmental milestones) so please don't be overly alarmed if your child hasn't retained all the spellings by the suggested ages. Try to achieve regular, low stress spelling practice and activities.  Oxford Owl has a link here with some alternative tips to help your child learn their spellings. 

If you have any questions please talk to your child's class teacher.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mrs Thorpe and Mr MacBean 

Information about home learning and today 6/9/22

 

Today in Year 3 we have been through the routines of the classroom. The children now know about the 'time keepers' 'house points' and which groups they are in. 

More information about Year 3 will be shared in the parent information session. Just a few questions to clear up. Passwords and usernames are being updated and so hopefully by the end of the week I can send home everyone's passwords for the platforms they will be able to use at home. Home learning is set on a Monday and will be looked at the following Monday. If the children complete this before they are welcome to bring it in and put it in the home learning box in the classroom. We will not be using books but all work will be in the named folder that we sent on Monday. This work will then be transferred into a working folder at school. 

It's been great today getting to know all of the children. I can't wait to see them all again tomorrow.

See you all then

Mrs Thorpe 

Year Three - Home Learning and Spellings

It was lovely to see the children in Year Three make such an enthusiastic and purposeful start to the Autumn Term. 

We are looking forward to a happy and successful term together.

Home Learning - This will be sent out on a Monday - with a view to being completed within the week.

Weekly Spellings - We will also be given the Y3 children spellings on a Monday. This is a list of words that the children will be working on at school when using the 'Read, Write, Inc' Spelling scheme. The children in the class are working in different groups; their spellings reflect this. 

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Year 3 #InspiredToLearn Home Learning - 5th September 2021

Resourceful Rose Home learning linked to The Stone Age	Resilience!  Don’t give up, keep trying…….practice makes perfect!
What we would like you to do:  *Use the internet or books to research an animal that is now extinct *Drawer and write 3 facts about it below	Practice with Reggie every day. 15 minutes Mathletics 15 minutes TTRS 15 minutes reading 15 minutes spelling practice

The children have been given one of these lists of 'spelling words':

Year 3: And so the adventure begins!

We cannot wait to welcome you all into Year 3 next week! 

The classroom looks very similar to transition day but the library has had a restock and new cushions. 

Next week we will spend some time learning the new routines of Year 3 including seating arrangements, timetable, class jobs and we will be working together to make our own Rights Respecting class charter. 

We will share with you the time table in our parent information session which will be at 9am on Friday 16th September in the hall. In the meantime, key things to know are that PE will be on a Monday and Wednesdays. 

Forest School will be on a Thursday afternoon. Ideally we would ask for a change of clothes for this session. This should be a long sleeved top, jumper/coat, long trousers and wellingtons. We ask for long sleeves and trousers for health and safety reasons because we will be using tools and lighting fires. Please don't feel the need to go and buy anything new, older clothes are preferred as they will probably get dirty whilst we are enjoying ourselves in nature. If you are happy with your child wearing their uniform and just changing their shoes then please let us know, however they may get stained/dirty. 

Just a reminder that Mr MacBean will be the class teacher on a Monday and I

 (Mrs Thorpe) will be the rest of the week. 

Please feel free to email me at any point if you need to communicate with me and can't catch me at the door at drop offs/pickups. 

My email is: b.thorpe@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

See you next week! Have a lovely last weekend of the holidays

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean and Mrs Hall🍁