Christmas Cards for our friends in Class

Dear Parents,
Many of the children have expressed an interest in sending Christmas Cards to their friends in class. We are going to have an "In-School-Christmas-Post-Box" to facilitate this again this year. The children will be able to post their Christmas Cards in the Post Box and these will be delivered and handed out at an opportune moment during the school day.
We would like to actively encourage the children to join in with this. We feel that this is a nice practice and also promotes children's neatly presented writing. We are sending home a class list to help the children.

Many thanks  

Lifeboat Seascapes by Year 3

Do try to pop in to the Year 3 Classroom to see the children's brilliant Lifeboat Seascape Paintings.
DM

Great Class Assembly - Well done Year 3

Well done to the children in Year 3 for their excellent participation in our Class assembly this morning. There was fantastic delivery of lines, brilliant miming and super singing. Everyone was very complimentary about the way the children worked together and managed to keep their concentration throughout the performance.

As I mentioned in the assembly, the children have created some very detailed and exciting sea adventure stories based on the ideas we explored
within this drama.

Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and family friends who managed to get along to see the Assembly.

Duncan MacBean

Year Three Home Learning - Friday 27th November

Home learning – Year 3 World Map    Friday 27^th November

The children in Year 3 have been given a map of the World. I would like them to find where each of the continents are, and the oceans are - and label these on the Map. They may also like to shade in the continents with different coloured pencils.

Many thanks,

Duncan MacBean

Adventure Stories about Barnacle Ben

The children in Year 3 have been enjoying writing their adventure stories about Barnacle Ben. We have done this as a series of chapters over the course of this week. It would be great if the children could read their stories to you.
Our Class Assembly tomorrow will give you a chance to see the "live version".
DM

Costumes for Year 3 Class Assembly

Dear Parents,
It would be great if the children could bring in a costume for their Class Assembly on Friday 27th November. They are all going to be playing the part of sailors on board a 16th Century sailing ship.
Tracksuit trousers and T-shirts would be ideal. Handkerchiefs over their heads might make a nice addition. Any that fancy a bit of face paint to add tattoos and moustaches would be welcome. As the children will be climbing on the PE apparatus, they will need to have bare feet. (They will not be allowed to use any toy cutlasses or pistols as they will need their hands free for climbing.)
We hope that you can come along to the assembly to see them in action.
(At 9.20 am on Friday 27th November )
Many Thanks
Duncan MacBean

"Barnacle Ben" - The Big Write

Next week the children in Year 3 will be writing the story of “Barnacle Ben” and his adventures as a sailor. This is tied in with our class assembly at 9.20 am on Friday 27^th November.

This writing will follow the “The Big Write” approach,-  where we encourage the children to spend time talking over their ideas for their writing at home beforehand.  The story will be in the form of some diary entries at different stages of Barnacle Ben’s adventures.

There are 5 stages to his adventures:
Being tricked on board the ship
Learning to become a sailor
A battle with pirates
The mutiny
Finding land at last