Parents' Information Session - 9.00 am, Friday 16th January

Dear Parents,
I will be holding a Parents' Information Session at 9.00am on Friday 16th January.
This will be an opportunity for you to hear about the curriculum for the Spring Term.
Duncan MacBean

Happy Christmas Year Three (Holiday Home Learning)

Dear Parents,

I would like to wish you all a "Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"

I have not given the children any extra "home learning" activities for the holiday, but have encouraged them to have plenty of fun reading over the next two weeks (and made sure that they have all brought home a "Good Reading" book). They do also have the usual "Spelling Lists" to be challenging themselves with.

As Mr. Farrington mentioned in Assembly, the children are likely to need to write some "Thank you" letters in the next couple of weeks. I would, of course, encourage them to write these in their neatness handwriting.

Thank you for your support of the last term. I am thoroughly enjoying working with Year 3.

Have a lovely holiday,
Duncan MacBean 

What a great performance!

Well done to the children in Years 3 and 4 for their fantastic contributions to our Christmas Show "Ebenezer". We thought you were all brilliant!
DM

Mixed up shoes (boys')

Dear Parents,
One of the boys in Year 3 has come home wearing shoes of a different size. Both shoes are the same model (black Clarks, 2 Velcro straps, green inner) but he has one 13F and one 2E. (Quite a size difference.) It seems likely that these have been mixed up with another boy's shoes;- who is likely to be finding one of his shoes a rather tight fit!
We have tried to sort this out at school, but without success. Please can you check your son's shoes to see if their shoes are mixed up too.
Many thanks,
Duncan MacBean

Christmas Show Costumes

Dear Parents,
Many thanks to those of you who have brought in a costume for the Christmas Show already.
Please put the costumes (in a named plastic bag) in Mrs. Thorne's room -that's the little room next to the classroom.
Any of you who may be struggling to find a costume, please let us know.
Many thanks,
Duncan MacBean

Christmas "Making Morning" Friday 12th Dec

Dear Parents,
Any parents who have a "spare" couple of hours on Friday of this week would be very welcome to come along and help out with our Christmas "Making Morning".
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Duncan MacBean

2014 DT Christmas competition has begun!

Design Technology Christmas Competition! This year the DT competition is based around making a tree decoration and all classes are welcome to take part! ·       Your decoration must be able to hang from a tree
·       It must be made from as many recycled materials as possible
·       You must have your name and class on a label clearly displayed.
·       What type of decoration can you create which make it unique from other decorations before?!

The closing date for this competition is Thursday 11^th December. Please take the decorations to the hall; we will be hanging them ready for judges and assembly!  Good luck!  Finally, we do accept parent help will be needed for this but it should be clear that the child has been involved too!

Experimenting with Forces

Science Sessions
In our Science sessions we have enjoyed experimenting with "Forces".
We carried out two investigations - One to make a "Tin Foil Boat" that would hold as many marbles as possible. - And another: to make supports out of paper that would enable a board to become a table (able to carry additional weights).
The children were all very engaged by the activities.
I'm sure that they would enjoy telling you how they got on, what they learned, and what shapes provided the best buoyancy /or structural support.

DM

Christmas Show Costumes -Year 3

Christmas Show Costumes - "Ebenezer"
Our Christmas Show is going to be a production of "Ebenezer". 
This is a simple version of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol.
We would like most of the children in Year 3 to be dressed in Victorian style costumes (caps, waistcoats, bonnets, pinafore-style dresses, cardigans etc).

The only exceptions to this Victorian attire are:
Natalya, Martha and Freya who are "angels"
Freddie, Olivia and  Elian who are "devils"
and Sam a Victorian headmaster.

Don't worry if you have any difficulties finding something suitable,-  please let us know.

Please bring costumes to school in a named plastic bag between Monday 8th and (by) Wednesday 10th December.

Thank you,

DM

Home Learning Friday 28th November

This week I am encouraging the children to read through the words to the songs we will be singing in our Christmas Show in a couple of weeks time. They have each been given a set of song words.

I am also encouraging the children to take part in the Christmas Decoration from "Recycled/Waste" Material Competition.
Entries for this need to be in by Thurs 11th December.

DM

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Thank you so much to everyone that came to the Bring and Buy Sale on Wednesday. We were very grateful that so many of you donated some fantastic items that were no longer wanted.

 

Due to everyone's generosity on Wednesday and on the non school uniform day on the 14th of November we have raised over £340 for Children in Need!

 

I would like to say a big thank you to all of the staff and children that helped on the day. Well done!

 

Mrs Thorpe

Bring and Buy Sale- items needed please!

This Wednesday (26th) the Children's Voice have arranged a Bring and Buy Sale to help fundraise some more money for Children In Need.

 

We are hoping that you have been able to have a sort out of any unused, unwanted; toys, clothes, books etc ready for Wednesday.

 

Please bring any items for the Bring and Buy Sale to Mrs Thorpe in Year 1.

 

The hall will be open to parents from 3pm on Wednesday afternoon so that you can have a look around without your children! Then the sale will carry on until around 4.30pm (unless we have sold everything!)

 

Items will be reasonably priced from 20p- £2.

 

We hope to have lots to sell and raise as much as we possibly can for children who need our help.

 

Mrs Thorpe and The Children's Voice

Year 3, Home Learning Activity - Friday 21st Nov

New Words From "Root" Words.

 

Using the activity sheet provided, the children should use their knowledge of suffixes to make new words from the "root" words they have been given.

For example:

child     -       childhood

care      -       careful

free       -       freedom

                                                                          DM

 

 

Handwriting Focus

We are having an increased focus on our neat handwriting and the presentation of written work.


We have been encouraging children to make sure that they have an appropriate pencil grip and that they are sitting with a good posture, effectively steadying their paper/book with their non-writing hand.

Please can you reinforce this message with written work that the children carry out at home.




I am hoping to give out certificates to children who have made notable effort and progress over the next couple of weeks.
Thank you,
DM

Handwriting

We are having an increased focus on handwriting and the neat presentation of our written work.
We are encouraging the children to check that they have an appropriate pencil grip and that they are sitting with a good posture - with their non-writing hand steadying the paper/book effectively.
Please can you reinforce these messages with the children's written work at home.
I am hoping to give out lots of certificates this week to children who have worked hard and made good progress.
Thank you,
                                                                                            DM

Year 3 class assembly

I think Mr MacBean's assembly symbolised the way we try to make learning come alive at The Prince of Wales School. The children learnt lots of important historical facts and information and at the same time had lots of fun! They showed great concentration, confidence, co-operation and enthusiasm in the performance. Well done to one and all! Mr Farrington

Home Learning - Week of Mon 17Nov

COUNTRIES IN EUROPE CHALLENGE

Home learning Year 3 –           week of Mon17th Nov

 

Next week, we will challenge the children in Year 3 to name as many countries in Europe as they can.

Can you learn the names of  five?----ten? --- or maybe, twenty?--- even more?!!

 

(They no not need to be able to locate them on a map, - just name them.)

DM

Nelson and Hardy Assembly

Well done to all of the children for their excellent participation in our Class Assembly. We think it was a great success. The children found out a lot about Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy. They had lots of fun doing the assembly.
Our thanks to all of you who were able to pop in to see it today.
DM

Home Learning Year 3 – Friday 7th November

 

 

For this “home learning” the children will need to look at a map of Europe.

I have given the children a "blank" map of Europe with the instruction of adding details by looking at a complete map.

Can they find and colour in 15 of the countries?

Perhaps they could label even more than 15.

The Great PoW Poetry Competition

The Great PoW Poetry Competition.........

Roll up, Roll up, Roll up..................don't forget the Great PoW Poetry Competition is in town!!!!!!! A reminder that the closing date is this Friday, so you still have a week to get your creative master pieces in to your class teacher.

Check back on the last blog for details, remember the theme is Autumn/Winter, there are no limits, only to say - be as creative as I know you can be!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to read them all and choose a winner from each class!!!!

Good Luck!!!!!

Get writing if you haven't already!!!!!

A VERY excited Mrs. Johnson

PE Kit coming home

Dear Parents,
We've sent the children in Year 3 home with their P.E. kits so that they can have a wash; and to give you the chance to check they are still the right size.
Thank you,
Duncan MacBean

Year Three Class Assembly is on Friday 14th November 9.20am

Dear Parents,

Year Three Class Assembly is on Friday 14th November 9.20am.

We are doing an assembly to help us to learn about the life of Nelson and Hardy, and a bit about the naval history of that period. The children are keen to dress up in simple costumes, so it would be great if they could bring along a white shirt, maybe a waistcoat, some tracksuit trousers (perhaps the odd head-scarf) etc, to become sailors from that period.

Thank you,
Duncan MacBean

Home Learning - Half term Holiday week

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

Right to play

This afternoon Mr Farrington spent the afternoon with Year 3 and the children learnt about the right of all children in India to play. We played with some Indian toys, watched videos of Indian children playing with marbles, bikes, trumpets, catapults and spinning tops and discussed photographs of other children at play.

Time

Dear Parents,
We are having a bit of a focus on "Telling the Time" in our Maths lessons for the rest of this week. For those children who are already able "time-tellers", there will be activities relating to addition and subtraction of time, using time-tables and working with data involving time.
DM

POWSA AGM

Just a quick reminder that the POWSA AGM is happening this Thursday 23rd October 19.45 in the school staffroom.
This is a great opportunity to meet the current POWSA Committee, find out what we do for the school and enjoy home made goodies! We are a committed, friendly but small band of parents and we are always looking for new members. the level of your involvement in planning, implementing and running POWSA events is entirely up to you. We don't expect you to be at every meeting and at every event from start to finish but with more members and if we all do a little bit then there is plenty of time for us all to enjoy each event with our families as well as helping out.
It is a lot of fun and in return you receive a huge amount of satisfaction and feeling of pride that you have raised funds which are used to help all our children and our fantastic school.
Please consider coming along and finding out a bit more. Hope to see you there, POWSA.

The Great PoW Poetry Competition!!!! Get Writing!!!!!

What a wonderful, exciting and inspiring time of year we are immersed in - beautiful autumnal colours, leaves floating to the ground and flooding the pavements, conkers peppering the streets, crackling fires, Diwali, Halloween, Bonfire Night, moving towards winter and all the excitement of Christmas............so let's fire up our creativity and use it to compose a poem!

I am thrilled to announce The Great PoW Poetry Competition!

The theme is Autumn/Winter.

BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU LIKE! Your poem can be as long or as short as you like, it can rhyme or not, you can use any particular style (Acrostic, Haiku, Tanka, rhyming couplets........) However you choose to construct your poem make sure it conveys the theme, remember the presentation of you poem is important too and why not illustrate it as well!!!!!

For Reception ONLY: if writing your own poem is a bit tricky, why not find a favourite poem about this theme and try to copy it, get an adult to help you write one, use a computer or even record yourself reciting one!

There will be one winner per class so, PUT YOUR NAME AND CLASS ON YOUR ENTRY AND HAND IT IN TO YOUR CLASS TEACHER BY FRIDAY 7th NOVEMBER.

The winners will also be displayed on the New Golden Writing Wall!!!!!

We are a very creative school with a bubbling and overflowing imagination so I would love to see as many of you as possible having a go...........then we can have more competitions like this!!!!!

Get writing!!!!!!!

Good Luck - Mrs. Johnson (Literacy Coordinator)

Year 3 English lessons - Poetry Focus

Poetry Focus
Next week the children in Year 3 will be exploring some different types of poetry.
They will find out about how different poems follow different structures and patterns. They will find out what is meant by "syllables", "similes" and  "alliteration".
They will read a selection of poetry in their "Guided Reading" sessions. They will write some of their own poetry too.
                                                                             DM

Home Learning - 10th Oct . Farm to Fork

Home Learning Year 3 -    10th October

 

The children are finding out about things that people have for breakfast. They are considering where things are grown and what happens to them before they arrive on the breakfast table, for example shipping, processing, slaughtering, refining, packaging, drying, bottling, transporting – depending on the food/or drink.

The children need to choose a breakfast item and create a diagram to show how it gets from "farm to fork".

 

Thank you for your help

Can anybody help?

On the 20th of October we will be having a Rights Respecting Week to celebrate 25 years of the UNCRC. 

The Children's Voice have decided that they would like to see some of the UNICEF articles of the Rights of the Child displayed in our school entrance. Each year group will be designing and making a flag portraying one of the articles. 

This is where we need your help! We are looking for some plain white flat sheets usually used for bedding that we could have please. As an Eco School we encourage recycling old unwanted items so was wondering if anyone has any old sheets that we could have for our project please. If so please can you either give them to your child's class teacher or pass them on to Mrs Thorpe in Year 1. 

Many thanks 

Harvest Celebration Cafe

Dear Parents,
On Friday afternoon we are having a "Harvest Café" in the hall.
We are asking the children to bring 20p to school to buys some items from café.
Parents are invited to come along to the café from 2.30pm.

DM

Where does our Breakfast come from?

This week we will be talking in class about the importance of having a good, healthy breakfast. We will be thinking about how things we eat and drink at breakfast time get "From Farm to Fork".        DM

Home Learning - Friday 3rd to Friday 10th October

Dear Parents,
This week we have asked the children to design a "flag" expressing the "Children's Rights - We Have the Right to an Identity".  Mrs. Thorpe has produced a leaflet for all of the children in the school explaining what is required, so that they can all have a go at this activity for their "home learning" this week.
DM

Whole school home learning

This week all children will be bringing home a whole school home learning project. We are really proud to be a Rights Respecting School and will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the UNCRC in the week beginning 20th October (more information to follow soon).

Article 8 of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child:

‘We have a right to an identity’

We are going to be designing a school flag to be displayed at The Thomas Hardye School as part of our DASP Rights Week Project (starting on the 20^th October). We would like the children to design something we can add on our flag linked to our theme. One design from each class will be chosen by the Children’s Voice. It could be a picture they draw or suitable quote/words. Why are the children proud to be them? What makes them special? All entries to be given to class teachers by the 10^th of October.

Home Learning - Year 3, Friday 26th Sept

For "Home learning" I have asked the children to create some pictures to show "what they like about school". They should make a simple label for each picture.
DM

Walking to swimming pool with school staff

On Thursday swimming days, please make sure your children are at school (at the Year 3 classroom) by 8.30 am prompt if you would like them to walk up to the school with members of the Year 3 Team.  - Otherwise they need to be at the Leisure Centre by 8.45 am
Thank you,
DM

Our Geology /and Railway Trips this week

Our Geology /and Railway Trips this week were a great success. The children were excellent! - very enthusiastic and well-behaved. We had a really interesting time learning from the local environment. This was a topic planned to be part of the South Dorset Ridgeway Project .
                                                                           
                                                                                               DM

This picture shows one of the children with their arm inside a cylindrical thromobolite at Portesham Rocket Quarry. This is a fossilised remains of a tree trunk.

 

 

POWSA AGM Thursday 23rd October 7.45pm

We know AGMs are not terribly exciting but POWSA does fantastic work raising funds for the school and developing our sense of community. We need new ideas and new faces and new enthusiasm to join our friendly committee of committed parents. We welcome especially parents of new Reception children. Our AGM is on Thursday 23rd October in the staffroom at 7.45pm. Please come along, meet new friends, help the school!

Year 3 Home Learning Activity - School Uniform – (Friday 19th September)

Home Learning Activity – Friday 19^th September

 Should Schools Make Children Wear School Uniforms?

 

Write about Reasons For and Reasons Against Wearing a Uniform When You Come To School.

We have discussed this in class and shared examples of our ideas.

There are also some statements to look at to help with the writing.

 Learning objectives –

-To develop idea of considering 2 opposing points of view.

-Writing a balanced argument which explores different opinions

I have written about the reasons for and against having a school uniform.

Ukulele with Mrs Thorpe

Every Wednesday lunch time I (Mrs Thorpe) will be teaching a beginners Ukulele club from 12.30-1pm. If you went to the beginners Ukulele club last year with Lucy feel free to come along. If you would like to start Ukulele then please come and see me before hand. We have a few Ukuleles in school if you do not have one. If you want to practice at home and have a tuner then the strong notes should be G, C, E, A starting from the top string. 

Looking forward to seeing you all next week! 

Parents' Information Session - Friday 19th Sept at 9.00am

An information session for Parent's of year 3 children will be held in the school hall at 9am on Friday 19th September, please come along for more information about this terms learning in year 3.
DM

Letter about our Geology Field trip to Abbotsbury

You should now have received a newsletter informing you about our class visits to Abbotsbury on Tuesday 23^rd, Wednesday 24^th September and Friday 3^rd October. Please fill in and return the reply slip as soon as possible. We would welcome all offers of support for these trips and are particularly keen to hear from those of you that would be happy to drive. Thank you.

DM

Home Learning -Year 3 - Friday 12th September

Home Learning      - Year Three         - Friday 12^th September

1.   Following on from the work we did in class - create an informative poster to show “Rocks Are Really Useful”. Your poster should include labelled pictures/diagrams of some of things we use in our daily lives that are made from rocks. (Use the notes we made to help you.)

 

2.   Stone buildings can last a very long time. For a “Home Learning” activity this week, find the names of some famous buildings around the World that are over 1000 years old.

Swimming - Thursday 11th September

 

Swimming  Lesson Arrangements
This Thursday (11^th September) we will be having our first Swimming session at the Dorchester Sports Centre (next to Thomas Hardye School, on Coburg Road).

Please bring your children to the Sports Centre by 8.45 a.m. Or, alternatively, bring them to the Year 3 classroom at school by 8.30 a.m. so that they can walk to the Sports Centre with members of staff in the Year 3 Team. Any children who attend “Breakfast Club” will walk up with the staff at 8.30 a.m.

We will be putting the children into “Swimming Groups” according to the information that we have received from you, and according to the ability level that they demonstrate in their first couple of lessons. This is how we will ensure that your child receives a lesson appropriate to their needs in a small group, taught by a qualified instructor. The instructors for these Year 3 sessions will be Mr. MacBean , Mrs. Sue Smith and Mrs. Nicole Smith. All of the other members of the Year 3 Teaching team will be present at the lesson to support in the pool and during the changing room time.

Please ensure that your child has the appropriate “swimming kit”: girls swimming costume (one-piece suit is preferable) or boys swimming trunks (not long-length beach shorts, please), a swimming hat (girls and boys) and a towel. Swimming goggles are optional. These items should be kept in a separate bag, or be in a waterproof bag inside their ruck-sacks.

If you have any concerns, please contact myself, any member of the Year 3 Team, or Mr. Farrington.

Duncan MacBean     Year 3 Class Teacher

Introducing the Year Three Teaching Team

We are delighted by the excellent start the children have made to the new term. They have settled in very nicely and are showing lots of enthusiasm and interest in the curriculum.

 

Introducing the Year 3 Team: There are a number of Teaching Staff that will be working with your children.

 

The Year Three Teaching Team:

Mr. Duncan MacBean - Class Teacher.

Mrs. Di Bernard -Teaching Assistant.

Mrs. Emma Hibberd – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Anne Creed – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Heather Hancock – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Lynne Reeves – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Dawn Cornell – Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Lynne Thorne – Special Support for Literacy

Mrs Bev Dukes – ICT /Teaching and Technician 

Please feel that you can approach any of the Year 3 Team to discuss any issues, worries, concerns that you may have when you drop off and pick up your child.

If you would like to arrange a more detailed or confidential chat with me (DM), then I would be very happy to make an appointment to do so. From my experience it is always better to deal with any concerns as quickly as possible rather that wait until the Parents Consultation Evenings.

 

Duncan MacBean

 

 

Thank you for your many generous gifts. Have a Fantastic Summer Holiday!

Dear Parents,
We have really enjoyed working with all of your children this year and wish them all the very best for the future. They have been a delightful class to work with and we have all had fun learning together.
Have a fantastic Summer Holiday!
Year 3 Team

Library books returned

Please can we remind you to check that all school books are returned before the end of the week.
Thank you

Reading Tips for Parents

We have given the children a booklet called "Reading Tips For Parents". This provides lots of useful information to support you with your child's reading at home. There are a number of useful websites listed too.

Library Challenge

We are hoping to to have an excellent level of participation in this Summer's Library Challenge. The theme this Summer is "Mythical Maze". The challenge is to read at least 6 library books over the Summer Holiday. Entry is of course free!

Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre VIKING Days

Just a quick note to let you know that the Cranborne ATC are having two open days with special Viking events on the weekend of Sat 26th and Sun 27th of July. (Entrance £5 for Adults and £2 for Children) there will be Viking re-enactors demonstrating Viking crafts, cooking and fighting techniques. Lots of fun for Year 3 to follow up their Viking longhouse experience!

20th Anniversary Book

If anyone would like to sign the 20th Anniversary Book it is outside the Office, please come and add a comment or memory to share.

We also have a few items of lost property from Saturday night, please check the boxes in the foyer.

Well done to musicians...

I just wanted to say well done to all musicians who have performed over the last two weeks; they have shown true skills in developing their confidence in performing, showing good progress over the school year and enjoyment in learning! Thank you also to parents for all the support; it truly makes a huge difference.

Mrs Mewett

20th Birthday Party POWSA Message

Your Country Fair needs YOU!!!

I hope you are all looking forward to this weekend.  Planning is well underway, and we here at party HQ are all ready.  There is still time to prebook your tickets and food, so dig out that booking form, fill it out and hand it in to the school office.We are still looking for volunteers to help on the day, so please consider signing up for just one hour.  If we all do a little bit we all get to enjoy the party with our friends and families as well as helping out our fantastic school.  The sign up sheet is in the staff  room, so if you wish to volunteer please ask at the school office.Fingers crossed for lovely weather!  See you on Saturday.Kate and the POWSA team

NEW|SCHOOL YEAR - Thursday 4th September

Just to clarify that the new school year commences on Thursday 4th September for all children and staff. Apologies for an error on the school calendar which specified another date.

INSTRUMENTS in school during day time Weds 25th June please!

I plan to see and hear all the children who will be taking part in the summer soiree that evening during the day of Wednesday 25th June. PLEASE check that your child has their instrument and music in school?

Many thanks!

Mrs Mewett

Join us for Guided Reading Sessions in Year 3

Next week we are hoping to encourage parents to join in with our Guided Reading sessions. These will take place at the following times:
Tuesday - 11.45am
Wednesday - 2.45pm
Thursday 2.45pm
Friday - 1.30pm
The sessions will last for about 40 minutes.
DM

School Photos

School Photographs - all orders for photographs need to be handed into the school office by Friday 13th June. Thank you.

Sleeping Bag Bag

Dear Parents,
We are looking for a Sleeping Bag Bag (the bag in which the sleeping bag is kept). It went missing after our Cranborne visit. It is "army camouflage" coloured.
Please can you check that it didn't go home with your child my mistake.
Thank you.

Home Learning - activity over half-term Hols

Year Three-  Home Learning          (over Half Term Holiday)

I have asked the children to find out about and write about “Animals”. They have been asked to choose at least one animal to focus on (but more if they wish). Their work should include pictures/diagrams. The activity sheets provided should remind them of the sorts of things their work should include.

 

Thank you for your support,

Duncan MacBean    Class Teacher Year 3

Parents' Questionnaires

I would like to remind you about the opportunity to fill in our "Annual Questionnaire". Each year we like to receive your feedback and opinions about the school.
I have put some spare copies of the questionnaire form in the blue tray by the door.
Thank you,
Duncan MacBean

Home Learning - Friday 16th May

Home Learning Year 3 -  Friday 16^th May
The Vikings settled in:

·                     Islands off the coast of Scotland - Shetland, Orkney, The Hebrides

·                     Around the north and north west coast of Scotland

·                     Parts of Ireland - Dublin is a Viking city

·                     The Isle of Man

Place Names –

Can you find any place names with these endings? These are likely to have been Viking settlements
Place names ending in –by
–by meant farm or homestead (village). These places mark the earliest Viking settlements.
 Place names ending in –thorpe (or -thorp, -throp or –trop)
-thorpe meant farms.
 Place names ending in –toft or-tofts. A -toft referred to the site of a house or a plot of land

Singing project - world cup anthems!

Hopefully you have all received your letters now mentioning the above? If not please see the Year 3 team.
The children have been working with a member of a group called Rock choir, Natasha has been in twice to help us learn our two songs, singing in two parts at times and becoming ready for the performance!?

If you are free on Monday 9th June at 1pm then please do contact DASP Music office and book a ticket, it would be fantastic to have some audience support for the children!

Any questions, please see me.

Mrs Mewett

Home Learning Friday 9th May

Home learning Activity – Year 3      Friday 9^th May

Write a “Thank you Letter” to Hannah, Pippa and Anthony.

As well as thanking them for working with you, you should mention your favourite activities and “Highlights” of your visit. You could say what you found interesting, hard-work, unusual or exciting. You could mention some of the things that you found out. You could include a picture of the Year 3 class in action at the centre.

 DM

Wheels to Go Sale at Summer Fair

‘Wheels 2 Go Sale’


Bring your unwanted bikes, trikes,

scooters, ride on toys etc. to sell at the

Prince of Wales School
Summer Fair

Saturday 17thMay11-2
All sizes please, toddler to adult!

You decide the price

50% for you,

50% for Pre-School

Dear Parents,

For the rest of this week the children in Year 3 will be working with Miss Hannah Coventry. I am away at Fairthorne Manor with the children in Year 4.

Just to remind you all that the Year 3 swim has been cancelled for this first week back (Thursday 24th April). Thee children will be in school as normal.

                                         Duncan MacBean

Year Three Parents' Information Session - Reading focus

Dear Parents,
I will be holding an "Information Session" with a Focus on Reading Development. This is at 9.00am on Friday 2nd May and should last about 40 minutes. I am hoping to hold the session in the classroom.

Duncan MacBean

Reading Journal - Home Learning (Easter Holiday)

We have asked the children to "decorate" their new "Reading Journals" as a home learning activity. They should cover their books with pictures that reflect their reading interests- pictures of book covers, characters, authors etc. The cover should also include their names.
DM

Farm Visit - Friday 4th April

Just to remind you that our visit to Maiden Castle Farm has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
Please remember your Wellies (or outdoor boots) and a coat.

DM

No swimming...

Just to clarify that the Year 3 swim has been cancelled for the first week back after the Easter holidays (Thursday 24th April). They will be in school as normal.
Apologies for the wrong day on the letter, this was the Year 4 swim date which has also been cancelled as they will be at Fairthorne!

Mrs Mewett

Easter Egg Colouring Competition

Easter Egg colouring competition.  All entries need to be with the school office by Wed 2^nd April, to allow sufficient time to judge the entries and to hide them in the shops!  Sorry for any confusion caused.

Buy a signed copy and meet the author tomorrow!

Good evening everyone!

An exciting day tomorrow - as it is part of our reading week, we have arranged for a children's author/illustrator to come in and inspire the children about creating stories! He will be giving an exciting presentation/workshop to each class in the morning and then setting activities for them in the afternoon! The author and illustrator is, Mike Brownlow, author of Ten Little Pirates and creator of the TV series Little Robots.

More information about Ten Little Pirates

Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane . . . and a giant squid . . . and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting backwards from ten to one, is great to share with young children who are learning about numbers. The colourful, humorous illustrations feature objects to spot and count on every page. With a bouncy, rhythmic text and lots of great sound words, this piratical adventure is perfect for sharing again and again. Short-listed for the Nottingham Children’s Book Awards and the Sheffield Children’s Book Awards, 2014.

Other books that will be on sale:

Make It! Rocket,

Make It! Robot, both published by Scholastic

Bad Manners! Benjie,

Dog Did It! both published by Piccadilly Press.

Mike will be selling copies of his books at the end of the day which you can buy and get signed as a special gift for your child. They will cost £6.99, and it would be appreciated if you could bring the correct money. The children will have a great day experiencing first hand how to create a book, and it would be a lovely, inspiring momento to take away! Check out his website!

We hope to see you at the end of the day tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

Music lesson next week!

I have asked the children to bring in a tuned instrument for next week's lesson if they play an instrument or have a xylophone or glock at home? We are going to be creating our own introductions to a piece of music and need plenty of tuned instruments.
If your child does bring something in then please ensure it is named and kept safe until the music lesson which is last in the day (2.30pm).

Many thanks,     Mrs Mewett

Home Learning - Time Challenge (17.3.14.)

I have asked the children to have a go at putting things in order of how long they last/ how long they take.
They will need to cut out the sentences and arrange them in order. There is not necessarily a "right" answer, but the activity should promote some interesting thinking and discussion.
Have a great weekend,
Duncan MacBean

Spring Family Bingo

At the Prince of Wales School Friday 28th March.

Everyone Welcome £2 per book = 15 games

Doors open at 5.30pm, eyes down at 6pm

Raising funds for Prince of Wales Pre-School

 

Home Learning Friday 7th March

Homework Year 3- “Writing My Story in the Style of a Myth”.

Dear Parents,

The children in Year 3 are very enthusiastic about starting to write their “Myths” next week. We have talked about the key features of this style of story.

Please could you encourage the children to continue planning their “Myth –style” story over the weekend. They may like to take their planning home over the course of next week too, but it is important that they bring any of this planning to school each day, as this project will be running through the week.

Yours sincerely,

Duncan MacBean

Class Teacher Year 3