The Jewish sabbath

Today Year 3 learnt about how a Jewish family celebrate Shabbat. We tasted some chicken soup, looked at the special hallah bread and drank some wine. (well blackcurrant juice!) Next week we shall be finding out about Moses leading the Jewish people out of slavery. The children could find this story in a children's Bible and read it in Exodus.

Home Learning 25th January

I have asked the children in Year 3 to have a go at finding out about "The Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses". A picture and writing related to this would be great!
Thank you,

Duncan MacBean

Ancient Greek Myths Topic

The children are showing lots of enthusiasm for our work about "Ancient Greek Myths".

They have been doing some fantastic written work.

DM

This week's RE lesson

Today Year 3 continued to learn about the Jewish synagogue. Some words to find more about: rabbi, kippah,  tallit. See if your child can tell you what is happening in this photo?

Next week we shall be learning about the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat). 

School closure Friday 18th January

The school is closed today due to the snow.

This term's RE lessons

This term Year 3 will be learning about Judaism. Today we watched a short video about the synagogue and learned about the Jewish holy book, the Torah.

Clubs

Well the second term of clubs has begun this week and we’ve got a great array of clubs for your children to choose from. If you didn’t sign up for a club and your child wanted to please visit our school office to see if there are spaces.

 Choir will begin on Thurs lunchtime with Mrs Mewett, and this year we will be having the support of Mrs Gallego in this club. The choir will be open to all children in Yr 2, 3 and 4 and we hope we can entice children to attend with an attendance card which will be signed each time they come. There will be some rewards to work towards to encourage children to regularly attend the choir too!!!!

 Orchestra – this is very much taking the opportunity this year of our many talented proficient musicians. I endeavour to welcome all to orchestra, the children will need to have a range of notes to be able to play orchestral pieces thus why on the club lists I stated that the Music teachers will help me select children who are ready for this challenge! Anyway our task is to try to put one or two pieces together to showcase in the summer music concert! If you are able to help with this group then the more hands available the better so please contact me!

 

Recorder club – I will be talking to the school on Wednesday morning about this but wanted to let parents know that we will be offering a beginner recorder class from next Monday, open to Reception children and anyone else who wishes to begin.

 

The clubs are lots of fun for the children, can we ask you to help reinforce to your child that if they commit to a club then they do attend weekly? A lot of time is spent planning and preparing for these clubs, a benefit of when children regularly attend is that it really helps clubs which involve new learning each week like recorders and choir. I have been stunned by the progress recorder players made last year through committing to a weekly club.

 

Many thanks with your support. Any questions regarding clubs please see either the office team or myself.

 

Mrs Mewett

Home Learning- Friday 11th Jan

Home Learning

For their "home learning" this week I have asked the children to find out about a "Mythical Creature".
(That is to say a creature that is only found in stories.)
I have asked the children to do a piece of writing and suggested that a picture would be a good idea too. 
Thank you

Duncan MacBean- Class Teacher Year 3

Happy New Year

Happy New Year.

We hope that you have had a great time over the holiday.
The children have made a fantastic start to the Spring Term, showing plenty of enthusiasm for our new Topic:

"The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece"

DM

Parents' information session

Mr MacBean will be holding an information session for Year 3 parents at 9.00am on Monday 14th January to explain the plans for this term!