A Christmas gift for the fabulous Eco Warriors- Year 3!

A Christmas gift for the fabulous Eco Warriors- Year 3! 

The Year 3 team were so impressed with how passionate the children were when we were learning about the Rainforest that we decided this year for Christmas instead of buying something that may get lost or broken, that we would buy the whole class a gift that would help save an endangered species. 

We have adopted an orangutan from the Borneo rainforest. All the information about this will be on our whiteboard in the morning. We are going to have a competition to name the orangutan teddy, this will be sent home on Thursday. 

We still have a jam packed week full of Power Maths, performances, Christmas lunches, crafts and party games! 

Please can we have ALL costumes in tomorrow as the performance will be filmed. 

Many thanks

The Year 3 team 

Trip cancelled tomorrow.

Due to the impending weather forecast tomorrow, we have made the decision to cancel the trip to the United Church in town. We felt that it was too far to walk in the rain and wind. 

We hope that this is a trip that the class can do next year instead. 

Reminders and getting ready for our Christmas performance.

What an incredible week we have been having. The children have thoroughly enjoyed their STEM week so far but there is still more to come...

Tomorrow (Friday) looks set to be another busy and fun day at the Prince of Wales school. The children will have their last STEM activity and we have a few surprises up our sleeves for them to enjoy.  

Here's some reminders for the next few days:

Tomorrow (Friday 6th December)

* Non school uniform day. Donations very welcome for the Christmas Fayre.

* Power Maths parent session at 2pm. 

* Science Fair at 2.30pm (children are welcome to leave with a parent or carer from 3pm).

* Buttermarket Christmas lights sing along. The event starts at 5.30pm, we will be singing at 6.30pm and the event finishes at 7pm. 

Home learning / over the weekend

* All children have been given a piece of paper with the details of their costume for the Christmas play. Please can you have a look at home to see if you could find or make a costume for them. Please talk to a member of the year 3 team if you have any questions or concerns. POWSA have some spare costumes that they may be able to lend. 

* Children will be sent home with their scripts over the weekend. Please support you child to read and learn the lyrics of the songs. 

Next week

* Journey to the stable on Tuesday morning. If any parent or carer would like to volunteer to join us please let a member of the year 3 team know. 

* Rudolph run for Weldmar on Thursday. Sponsorship forms went home on Wednesday. Please ask if your child didn't get one.

*   Christmas Fayre on Friday 3.30pm - 5.30pm. 

STEM week

Welcome to STEM week!

I hope the children liked arriving at the North Pole this morning. In our assembly this morning Professor Barbour explained about climate change and what was happening to the Arctic ice. All week the children will be with their lunch tables and work with all of the teachers on a set of challenges.

In the afternoon we will be doing Power Maths and our Christmas play practice.

Year 3 Superheroes

Wow, what a busy week we've had and what absolute superheroes your children have been.

In addition to the normal timetable, the children have planted trees to combat climate change, started rehearsing their Christmas performance and completed their Big Write. What has impressed us most has been the children's fantastic attitude to their learning this week. It has been wonderful to see them working hard and trying their best.

Home learning
1) Read and complete an AR quiz.
This week we would like you to focus on reading with your child. Regardless of their reading ability, it would be helpful if you could listen to them read and discuss their book with them. Please also encourage them to complete an AR quiz once they have completed their book.

2) Science fair preparation 
If your child would like to be involved in next Friday's science fair please use this week's home learning time to prepare.

 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The year 3 team 

The Big Climate Fightback- planting trees to save our world!

The Prince of Wales School have signed up to be part of the Woodland Trusts 'Big Climate Fightback'. We have pledged to plant over 100 new trees in our school grounds. 

'Trees are the ultimate multi-taskers, helping to combat the two environmental emergencies facing our planet: climate change and biodiversity loss.

They absorb carbon, fight flooding, reduce pollution, nurture wildlife and make landscapes more resilient'

We have a variety of different trees from Silver birch, Rowan, Oak to Cherry. Every class in the school will be partaking in the planting of these saplings. On Monday afternoon half of the class started the campaign off by planting Rowan saplings by our Forest School area. 

Everyone in Year 3 will have a chance to plant a tree by the Christmas holidays.

Clothes for tomorrow

Good evening

Just reminder that Ravenclaw and Gryffindor will need their Forest school clothes tomorrow