Learning our lines for our assembly

For Home Learning this week I have asked the children to have a go at learning their "lines" for their Cinnamon Sam Assembly.
DM

Health Care Plans

Please could you return all completed Health Care Plans for your child to the Office

Many Thanks
Mrs Hibberd

The Solar System

The children showed lots of enthusiasm for beginning to find out about the Planets of our Solar System.
We are trying to remember the planets and their order from the sun by using this helpful mnemonic-
"My very easy method just speeds up naming planets!"
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Perhaps you could have a go at this at home.

Parent View

Please follow the link from our website to Ofsted's short Parent View questionnaire to let us and Ofsted what you think about our school!

FANTASTIC NEWS!

I am delighted to confirm that our school film 'Running Blind' has been
selected to be screened at the Co-operative Film Festival 2012.
Congratulations! The organisers of the Film Festival are currently in the
process of creating a programme for the festival and a letter confirming the
date and time of our screening (Thursday 1st November or Friday 2nd November)
will follow in due course. For more information about the Co-operative Film
Festival 2012 please visit: http://www.co-operative.coop/filmfestival/About-the-Festival/.
For more information about 'Running Blind' see our previous Blog post at: http://pow-office.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/film-premiere-big-success.html
and to watch the film click here: http://pow-office.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/our-paralympic-inspired-film-watch-it.html

Class Assembly Costume

For our Class Assembly on Friday 12th October (at 9.20am) the children will need to be "dressed as 17th century sailors". -A shirt which is a little bit too big, tucked in by a belt/rope over the top of some tracksuit trousers would be great. They need not wear any shoes as they will be climbing on the P.E. apparatus as part of the performance. We would be grateful if they could bring this costume to school in a named plastic bag at the beginning of that week (8.9.12). Thank you.
We are doing a short "play" called "Cinnamon Sam" which tells of the nautical adventures of a farm boy who ends up being pressed into working on a Spice ship. Exciting stuff...we do hope you can come along.
DM

Swimming

The children in Year 3 are having a great time in the pool. We are already seeing some excellent progress and lots of confident, smiling faces. Excellent!

Listen back to our pupils on Wessex FM!

Every morning this week Wessex FM are playing clips from pupils at the Prince of Wales First School as part of their Breakfast Show feature 'School Report'. This is currently going out each morning on Wessex FM at 6.30am and 8.30am (after the news). If you have missed the first two days, you can now listen back at: http://www.wessexfm.com/school-report.php. For more information about the pupils visit to Wessex FM, check out the Digital Leader Blog at: http://www.dl-pow.blogspot.co.uk/

Some ideas for thinking about today's RE lesson

Today I have asked the children to retell the story of The Good Shepherd to their parents. They might like to draw a picture to help them remember the story for next week.

Did you miss this morning?

Did you miss our parent information session this morning? If so, you can watch the first thirteen minutes of Mr. MacBean's talk now below or direct on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11HXefY0VHc. Unfortunately, a technical error means we missed the final seven minutes of the talk on film, however, a newsletter with all relevant information will be sent home on 21/09/12. We hope you find the below useful.

Home Learning - Friday 14th (for Friday 21st)

What I Like About My School.
The children have been asked to complete the "shield" with pictures to show some of the things that they like about our school.
DM

Our Year 3 "Class Charter"

Dear Parents,
We have been having some discussions about the "Rules" of our classroom that will help us to have a happy and successful time at school. Here are the ideas that the children have come up with:

Be kind, fair and friendly and make people feel welcome and included.


Help people when they’ve got a bit stuck.

Don’t shout and don’t talk over people. Only use kind words and talk to people politely.

Don’t let other people persuade you to do the wrong thing.

Move sensibly around the school.

Look after the classroom and the equipment. Share things nicely.

Work together and be cooperative.

Always try your best. Be determined.

Follow the seven caterpillars.

We are learning about Christianity this term

This term Year 3 are being taught RE by Mr Farrington and we have started by looking at "Who was Jesus?"
The children could bring me their drawings of what they think Jesus looked like or try to find out more about his life and teachings. Next week we will be looking at why he is sometimes called "The Good Shepherd".

WE LOVE A GOOD COMMENT!

We love it when we log in and see that a comment has been made on our blogs! It shows you are reading them and encourages all of us to write more! All comments made on the class blogs, through the school website, can also be read out to the classes during carpet time...which the children love! To make a comment simply click the blog title on the school website and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Fill in the comment box with your comment and sign in with one of several account options or just add your comment as a guest by selecting ‘name/url’. To publish your comment, click ‘publish’. Any questions, please see Mr. Spracklen.

'Running Blind' to be shown in ICCI 360 Cinema

We are excited to announce that our Paralympic inspired film 'Running Blind' will be shown tomorrow (05/09/12) from 3-4.30pm as well as on Saturday (08/09/12) and Sunday (09/09/12) in the ICCI 360 Cinema in Weymouth. The ICCI 360 Cinema is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and more information about the cinema can be found at this link - http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/icci360.

Further information about our film can be seen below:

We have made our own animated film to celebrate a year of Paralympic activities in our school and we are now really proud to share it with the world! Inspired by blind footballer David Clark and ex-pupil and former Paralympic medallist Mark Newton, we have created Running Blind a Paralympic story with an agricultural twist featuring an angry bull, a Dorset farmer and the Team GB Paralympic training camp at Maiden Castle. Children across the school worked with a team of artists to write, draw, animate, voice and direct the three minute film which is being screened during London 2012 Paralympic Games. Blind goalscorer David Clarke faces the challenge of his life as he prepares for the Games. Players are baffled when a lost match ball is mysteriously heard moving around the pre-games venue at Maiden Castle.

With the help of other Paralympians, sharp-eyed schoolchildren help solve the riddle but getting that ball back takes all of the blind striker’s extraordinary skills. Project producer and drama therapist Sharon Hayden said the children had come up with some wonderful story ideas. “Through drama sessions and working with our scriptwriting mentor, they have produced a great story - and done it justice with some lovely drawing and animation. “We are incredibly grateful to funders First Light and West Dorset District Council who have given these children the opportunity to make something which will be seen by thousands of people.”

Assistant head Gary Spracklen said the experience had been one that would live with the children forever. “The team of artists from our production partner Nisbet Media have done a wonderful job and involved the whole school in this project. It has been extraordinary to see the different elements of the film come together.”

Running Blind is funded by the Lottery through the BFI's First Light initiative.

Film:

Making of film:  

Swimming Year 3 starts Thursday 6th September

Year 3's Swimming sessions start on Thursday 6th September. The children should be taken to the Dorchester Swimming pool at 8.45.
They will need a swimming costume, towel and a swimming hat - goggles are optional.
(They should not come to the school unless this has been arranged beforehand by talking to Mrs. Bernard or myself.)
For the time being we are using the "old" pool so we will meet you by the "Pavillion" changing rooms, which are behind the actual pool.
If you have any concerns about your child and their participation in our Swimming lessons please let me know.
Thank you,
Duncan MacBean

Welcome Back to School

Dear Year 3 Children and their Parents/Carers,
We are really looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for the start of the new term.
Mr. MacBean, Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Thorne
(Your Year 3 Teaching Team)