Year 3 - Praised in the School Assembly (27.1.17)

Year 3  -  Praised in the School Assembly                 (27.1.17)

Today in our School Praise Assembly, I selected these children for a special praise for their work in specific areas of the curriculum:

-         Emily, Alfie, William and Layla for the detail they put into their planning their stories.

-         Megan, Scarlett and Edward for their hard work in Mathematics over the course of the week.

-         Poppy and Kitty for their good attitude towards their work.

Writing an Adventure Story (next week- Mon 30th Jan)

Writing an Adventure Story (next week- Mon 30^th Jan)

The children are going to be having a go at writing their own stories in the style of an ancient myth. We have talked about the key elements required for this: - having a hero or heroine that needs to go on a quest to find something/ rescue someone, etc  -  and who has lots of adventures along the way (involving mythical creatures and magical assistance, etc)

The children have planned out their stories and are going to be writing a section every day next week.

I will be modelling the writing of my own story to help the children to structure and organise their story-writing; and to draw attention to how to develop characters, settings and the plot.

It would be great if you could chat to your child about their story (– the plot, the characters, the monsters) and so help them to have a good, secure idea about the content that they are going to develop over the week.

 

DM

Year 3 Home Learning - Wednesday 25th January

Wonderful World

For their “Home Learning” activity this week, I have suggested that the children make up a poem under the title “What a Wonderful World”.

They should try to include images and ideas that make them feel happy and put a smile on their faces.

In class we have listened to “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong and talked about the words in the song.

 

 

Many Thanks,

Duncan MacBean

Year 3 Praised in Assembly

Year 3  -  Praised in the School Assembly                

I would like congratulate all of the children in Year 3 for their hard work in the Spring Term. They have all shown lots of enthusiasm and interest in their schoolwork. We have been particularly enjoying learning about some of the ancient Greek myths

Today in our School Praise Assembly, I selected these children for a special praise for their work in specific areas of the curriculum:

-         Poppy, Rosa, Kitty, Katherine and Jamie for the detail they put into their stories.

-         James and Frank for their hard work in Mathematics over the course of the week.

-         Joseph and Edward for their enthusiasm in Swimming Lessons

DM

Year 3 Mathematics Week 4 - Multiplication Focus ( next week 21.1.17)

Just to let you know that the focus of our work in Mathematics next week (23..1.17) is "Multiplication and Division".

We are always encouraging the children to learn their "Times Tables", but we will be having an increased focus on this at this stage.

For your information, the Age Related Expectations in the National Curriculum at Year 3
"Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables."
- This builds on the knowledge of the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables expected at the end of Year 2.

DM

Year 3 - Home Learning Activity "Coins Problem"

Home Learning – Year 3                            Wed 18^th Jan

Write down as many different totals as possible that you can get from ...

two different coins:

(There are a lot of answers!)

Show your answers like this:

1p+ 2p= 3p

1p+ 5p= 6p

Have you been systematic in your approach to this?

DM

Y3 Money Mathematics (week 3)

In their Mathematics sessions this week, the children in Year 3 are doing work around the theme of "Money".

DM