Recycling

Recycling Christmas Cards in the New Year

Please help us recycle your Christmas cards for the Woodland Trust Scheme.
We're asking you to recycle your Christmas cards to help us turn your cards into trees!

For every 1,000 cards dropped in to Marks & Spencer stores for recycling throughout January 2017, a new tree will be planted!

In the New Year, please bring any Christmas cards to the foyer outside the school office where there will be a bin. Do bunch these together and place a slip with the amount you are posting into our bin - this way the children will be able to calculate quickly whether we have collected enough to plant one or two trees. Please do not put loose cards in. The recycling bin will be in the foyer form the start of term. If you can, please do support this worthwhile venture. We will then make arrangements for the cards to be transported to Marks & Spencer at the end of the January 2017.

We wonder how many trees we can donate?!

Year 3 Party Food for Friday

Just to remind you that the children in Year 3 are having a "Party Lunch" tomorrow. The "party food list" has been up in the classroom for the week. If you are able to provide party food but have not yet signed up, we could do with some more sandwiches/rolls and salad.
There will be no hot dinners for Year 3. (These have already been cancelled.)
DM  

Year Three Class Photos - Gallery

Just a quick reminder that you can look at photographs of the children in Year 3 in action at school by looking at "Year Three Class", following the link from the "Class Photo Gallery" on the School Website (front page).
With the holidays soon upon us, this might provide a convenient way of the children responding to the question "What have you been up to this term?" - when they are asked by visiting relatives.

DM

 

http://www.princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk/website/year_3_2016-17/234249  

Year 3 Reminder - No Swimming lesson this Thursday 15th Dec

Just a quick reminder - No Swimming lesson this Thursday 15th December.
There is a Swimming lesson in the first week back after the holiday on Thursday 5th January.

DM

Recycling Christmas Cards in the New Year

In the New Year, please bring any Christmas cards to the foyer outside the school office where there will be a box. We will make arrangements for the box to be transported to Marks & Spencer at the end of the month.

Please help us recycle your Christmas cards for the Woodland Trust Scheme.
We're asking you to recycle your Christmas cards to help us turn your cards into trees!

For every 1,000 cards dropped in to Marks & Spencer stores for recycling throughout January 2017, a new tree can be planted!

DM

 

 

 

 

Christmas performances

It is time once again for our Christmas productions!

Reception, Year 1 and 2 are performing Sleepy Shepherd -10am

Years 3 and 4 are performing Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstalk – 11am

There will be refreshments by POWSA between the shows.

On the day of the performances the front doors will open at 9.40am. Please enter via the School Office entrance.

Technology day (9/12/16)

A ‘Christmassy, art and crafty’ day was enjoyed by all on Friday 9^th December. It was the POW school annual ‘Technology day’ when children select three activities in which they wish to create a Christmas themed piece of art/ design work.  The manner in which children moved around the school, worked well within the mixed up age groups was superb. All children were displaying our resilient tortoise in tackling activities and the older children were lending a hand in helping organise the younger children’s work, showing the next steps in how to produce an item. Super skills from one and all! Some products made have been added to this blog.

Thank you finally to all parents who managed to join for some/ or all of the day, the extra pairs of hands very much helped!

 

Christmas Jumpers - Friday 16th December

On Friday this week, we are holding a "Christmas Jumper Day", when we are encouraging children to bring in a £1 for the charity "Save The Children" and to wear a Christmas Jumper.

DM



Year 3 - Home Learning Friday 9th December

Finding “Words with Suffixes”

Starting Words      Suffixes

Hope Nice Home Thirsty Sick Friend Quiet Free Thought Pain Cold Fruit King Lone Near Doubt

ful ness hood ish ly ship like less ment dom er

Year 3 - Working on "Time" in Mathematics this week

Just to remind you that we are working on learning to "tell the time" in our Maths sessions this week.
The children in Year 3 have worked really hard on this. A special mention of praise for William, Odette and Amalia who are really making fantastic progress through their hard work and determined attitude.
DM

Journey to the Stable - Year 3

Today the children in Year 3 enjoyed their "Journey to the Stable" experience at the United Church in South Street, Dorchester.
This was a lovely opportunity to learn about the Christmas Story and the celebration of Christmas.
Our thanks to Peter, Lynne, Brenda and colleagues for inviting us to the event and to Odette's Dad and Noah's Mum for helping us with the visit.

DM

 



Christmas fair, 2nd December

What a busy, Christmassy feel to the school yesterday evening! The school was full of children and our families making the realisation that Christmas is nearly knocking on our doors!

The school would like to thank you for your support, for the goodies donated and for spending those pennies! All which will be ploughed into making the children's learning and environments a richer place to learn in.

A huge thank you also to everyone who has helped in preparing for the Christmas fair, preparations, laying out and running stalls to tidying up at the end. Thank you to POWSA.

Year 3 "Telling the Time" (2.12.16)

Next week in our Mathematics sessions we will be working on "telling the time" and finding out about units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years).

DM

Year 3 Home learning - Friday 2nd December

I have given the children some mathematical questions relating to "Measurement" for their suggested "Home Learning" activity.

DM

Well done Year 3 for an entertaining Class Assembly today

Well done Year 3 for an entertaining Class Assembly today. The Mums and Dad, Grandmas and Grandpas, children and school staff all thoroughly enjoyed the polished performance of "Jack Spice Sails with Sir Francis Drake".
We were all impressed with how well the children delivered their lines, concentrated on their miming, and sang so enthusiastically.

DM

Year 3 - Exploring Healthy Food Options

Today in our D.T. lesson we had a go at making "banana open-sandwiches" using different types of bread and spread. We were finding out which option we thought was the most tasty and spending some time discussing which option was the more healthy.
We tried white bread, brown bread and seeded-bread. These were topped with butter, soft full-fat cheese or "no spread".
The "seeded, soft-cheese banana-open-sandwich" option was my personal favourite.

DM

 

 



 



Year 3 Class Assembly - this Friday 2nd December 9.20 am

Dear Parents,
Just to remind you that it is our Year 3 Class Assembly this Friday 2nd December at 9.20am in the school hall.
The children will need their "16th century sailor costumes" (play clothes).
We hope you are able to come along.

DM

Year Three Have Fun with Fossils at Thomas Hardye School

The children in Year 3 had an exciting and interesting time at Thomas Hardye School this morning. We learned about bones and fossils and did a variety of interesting activities.
Our thanks to Miss Pengelly and her laboratory staff for providing this experience.

DM

 

Home Learning -Year Three Friday 25th November

Home Learning  -Year Three             Friday 25^th November        

Homophones

 Homophones - words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning.

 Can you find some pairs (or groups) of homophones?

Bear  Bare

Eye     I

You    Ewe    Yew

Please make sure you have had a go at learning your “lines” for our Class Assembly next week (Friday 2nd Dec).

Science Lesson at Thomas Hardye School - Friday 25th November

Dear Parents,
Just a quick blog to let you know that we are having this week's Science lesson at Thomas Hardye School. We are very lucky to be able to get some additional expertise and access to resources  to support our Y3 Science work about "Rocks".
We are walking up to the school at 11.00 and will be back at the Prince of Wales School for lunch as normal.
DM

Costumes for Class Assembly – on Friday 2nd December

Costumes for Class Assembly – on Friday 2^nd December

Dear Parents,

It would be great if the children could bring in a costume for their Class Assembly on Friday2nd December. They are all going to be playing the part of sailors on board a 16th Century sailing ship.

Tracksuit trousers and T-shirts would be ideal. Handkerchiefs over their heads might make a nice addition. Any that fancy a bit of face paint to add tattoos and moustaches would be welcome. As the children will be climbing on the PE apparatus, they will need to have bare feet. (They will not be allowed to use any toy cutlasses or pistols as they will need their hands free for climbing.)

We hope that you can come along to the assembly to see them in action.

Many Thanks
Duncan MacBean

Year 3 Writing Project - Jack Spice (Mon21stNov)

This week the children in Year 3 will be writing the story of “Jack Spice” and his adventures as a sailor (in the sixteenth century). This is tied in with our class assembly at 9.20 am on Friday 2^nd December.

This writing will follow the “The Big Write” approach; where we are using drama to set out the story and encouraging the children to spend time talking over their ideas for their writing beforehand. 

The story will be in the form of some diary entries at different stages of Jack’s adventures. There are various chapters in his adventures:
Being tricked on board the ship.
Learning to become a sailor.
Sailing around the World with Francis Drake.
The mutiny!
Battle with the Spanish Armada.

DM

Year 3 Mathematics - wk 21 Nov = Measurement

Dear Parents,

Just a quick blog to let you know that our Y3 Maths Topic over the next couple of weeks is "Measurement".
- Next week we are looking particularly at "Length" and the use of the mm, cm, m and km (-and conversions between these).

DM

Wow! Lots of money raised for Children in Need

Thank you so much to everyone who bought some of the Children in Need merchandise, donated money for wearing something spotty and made and bought cakes. 

The Prince of Wales School made an amazing £505!!!

Year Three Home Learning - wk Fri 18th Novemeber

Year 3-  Home Learning              -week of Friday 18^th November .

1. We would like the children to practise their lines for our Class Assembly.
Just to remind you that the Assembly is on Friday 2nd December at 9.20am.

2. Put these verbs into the past tense:

Today  (Present)	Yesterday   (Past)
open
sit
is
eat
hear
see
drink
ring
bring
sing
sting
take
hide
take
know
throw
shake

 

Thank you, 

Mr. MacBean and Mrs Bernard

Year 3 - Indian Cuisine

The children in Year 3 were lucky to have an experience of Indian Cuisine yesterday.
Mrs Mistry-Dyer came in to teach the children how to make Chapatis. We then had an Indian feast with all sorts of very tasty Indian food that Mrs Mistry-Dyer had prepared for the children.
We would like to say a very big "Thank you" to Mrs. Mistry-Dyer.
DM

Last day for Operation Christmas child shoe boxes!

Just a reminder that tomorrow will be the last day that we will be taking the 'Operation Christmas child' shoe boxes at school. Mrs Mewitt has kindly said she would take the shoe boxes that people have bought in to school to the drop off point in Weymouth. So if you have a shoe box please bring them in tomorrow. Also please remember that the shoe boxes need £3 in them to support the transportation fees. 

Thank you for supporting this cause

Mrs Thorpe and the Children's Voice

Children in Need this Friday!!

This Friday (18th) we will be supporting Children in Need. The children should come in dressed in something spotty. We are asking for a 50p donation for this please. 

As well as this, after school on Friday we will be having a bake sale. If you can bakes a cake, biscuits or cupcakes then please do. All cakes to be given to Mrs Thorpe in Year 1 please on Friday morning. 

We will be selling Pudsey key rings and wristbands on Wednesday and Friday after school this week.

Many thanks in advance!

Y3 Fantastic "Home Learning - Nelson Quiz Actiivity"

Well done to all of the children in Year 3 who completed their "Nelson Quiz"!
There was a marvellous response to this activity. The children clearly enjoyed doing research of this kind and presented their answers in many stylish ways.

DM



Home learning – Year 3 Europe Map Friday 11th December

Home learning – Year 3              Europe Map    Friday 11^th December

 

The children in Year 3 have been given a map of the outline of Europe. I would like them to find where some of the countries of Europe are and label these on the Map. They may also like to shade in some of the countries with different coloured pencils.

I do not want the children to do all of the countries as this would be really tricky. (There are 51 independent countries in total – depending on one’s definition of a “country”.) They should try to select some of them.

How about 15?

Many thanks,
Duncan MacBean

Year Three - Home learning - Research about Nelson. Friday 4th November

Year 3 Home Learning Friday 4^th November  - The Nelson Quiz

Find out the answer to as many of these questions as you can.   If you get stuck on a question, don’t worry, just leave it and go on to the next one. You don’t have to do them in the order that I’ve written them.

What was Nelson’s father’s job? 

How old was Nelson when he first joined the navy?

What two significant injuries did Nelson get when fighting at sea?

How did Nelson famously ignore an order to retreat?

When was the Battle of Trafalgar?

How did Nelson send the famous message: “England expects every man will do his duty”?

How was Nelson killed?

Who was with Nelson when he died?

How did they preserve Nelson’s dead body so that they could bring it back to England?

Where is Nelson buried?

Where is the HMS Victory now?

Year 3 Praised in Assembly

Well done to these children in Year 3 who were praised in Assembly today for their hard work:
Erica, Rohana, Lewis, Noah, Charlotte, Nicole and Skye for their work in English
Kitty for her hard work in Swimming
Scarlett and Rosa for their work in Mathematics

DM

Christmas Card Orders

Christmas Card Orders

We received communication today that the online ordering for the Xmas Cards has now failed completely. The company are reverting to paper orders and a pack is being sent to school. As far as we are aware any successful online orders are still valid but all others will need to complete paper order forms and bring money to school. This is not an ideal situation; however, POWSA are at hand to help you solve any issues and can take cash or cheques.
So, on Friday 4^th November and Monday 7^th November before and after school, POWSA will be manning a table in the foyer where you can fill in the order forms and hand over cash or cheques.
We apologise for this inconvenience, however this is out of our control and are working hard to make the process successful!

All years - Christmas Cards - 2nd November 2016

Christmas card orders
We received communication today that the online ordering for the xmas cards has now failed completely. The company are reverting to paper orders and a pack is being sent to school. As far as we are aware any successful online orders are still valid but all others will need to complete paper order forms and bring money to school. This is not an ideal situation however POWSA are at hand to help you solve any issues and can take cash or cheques.

So, on Friday 4 th November and Monday 7 th November before and after school POWSA will be manning a table in the foyer where you can fill in the order forms and hand over cash or cheques.  We apologise for this inconvenience, however this is out of our control and are working hard to make the process successful!

Year 3 - Multiplication and Division - focus in Mathematics Lessons

Dear Parents,
Just to let you know that the focus of our work in Mathematics for the next few weeks 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 in the year.

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 Year 2.

DM

Christmas cards order

Christmas card orders

Hopefully you have all received your child’s card design? You were given the information to order through the company directly on the back of the art work. The art work needs to come back to school to your child’s classroom, into their envelope - by Friday 4^th November – end of this week, ready to be sent off.

The company will be collecting on Monday 7^th November from our school office, no set time has been given so it is vitally important the art work is back in the class envelope on Friday please.

We are hoping for the cards to be delivered back to school around 22nd November.

Royal visit - arrangements 27/10/16

We have received slight changes to Thursday for the Royal visit. All children and parents from The Prince of Wales School now need to meet at the security tent which will be located at the top of Peverell Avenue East. Please be there for 10 -10.15am latest.  Mr Scott (Lexi’s dad) is going to be a representative for the school so please make yourself familiar to him when you arrive.

Mr Scott has kindly suggested that anyone wishing to park may do so at his business. This is Deane Computer Solutions, unit 6A middle Farm Way, Dorchester. DT1 3AR.

Many thanks to Mr Scott for helping with this organisation.

Home learning Y3 - Friday 21st October

Home learning Y3             Friday 21^st October

Response to a “story introduction”.

The children have been asked to write the next part of the story, following on from this introduction:

 

I was feeling very odd when I woke up this morning. I was strangely hot and felt as if I wanted to scratch myself. When my alarm clock went off it actually scared me, and I leapt out of bed. I landed lightly on my feet.

When I looked into my bedroom mirror I couldn’t believe what I saw.

Could this be possible?
I had turned into a chimpanzee!!!

DM

 

 

Bling Your Bike - Friday 21st October

“Bling Your Bike Morning”

Yes that is “Bling”, although we would like you to “Bring” your bikes too!

This Friday 21st October we will be holding another “Bling Your Bike” event. This is to promote “Being Safe by Being Seen” when out on your bikes and scooters. We are having a competition to see who can make their bike or scooter extra colourful and bright ,- so that it really stands out!

The children may score extra marks for having bright, colourful clothing that they can put on when parading their “blinged”-bike.

Children who would like to take part in the competition should bring their bikes to school on the morning of Friday 21^st October. Winners will be decided during the day and we have some nice prizes, kindly donated by Sustrans

It is important that any materials added to your bike or scooter should not be in the way of moving parts.

DM

Year 3 Home Learning - Friday 14th October

Year 3 Home Learning                     Friday 14^th October

1.     – Design a poster encouraging people to wear a proper cycle helmet when they are riding their bikes.
2.    – Put the missing punctuation into this text. It’s fine to ask someone at home for a bit of help.

 (I have given the children a large copy of this text.)

ann caught johns eye and they grinned excitedly at each other this was it today was the day the two best friends had been waiting for both of them had been looking at the clock every 5 minutes both willing the hands to move forwards faster so that they could be go home at last they were going on holiday I am so excited said ann me too said john just then there teacher mr macbean saw them chatting what are you two up to he asked

DM

Y3 - Praised in Assembly Today (14.10.16)

Today in our School Praise Assembly, I selected these children in Y3 for a special praise for their work in specific areas of the curriculum:

-         Finley, Edward and Scarlett for their hard work in Literacy, particularly writing their reports about "Bicycles".

-         Kitty and Katherine for their fantastic “Moses and the Plagues” pictures.

-         Rohanna for her thoughtful and very well-presented “home learning” about Salmon Farming.

                                                                                                              DM

Year 3 Bicycle Writing

This week in our English Lessons we have be using the theme of “Bicycles” to develop our writing.

The children had to collect facts about bicycles and group these facts into sections or paragraphs. A non-chronological report set out like this is more useful to the reader and easier to read.

The children in Year 3 have done some really good written work.

Do make sure you have a look in their books.

DM

Whole School Monday 10th October 2016

Whole school Monday 10th October 2016

Yippee! The Book Fair arrives this week - perfect timing for some christmas shopping!!!!!!The children will all be visiting the book fair with their class, and I am sure they will come home full of excitement about books they have seen, so do pop along and buy a book or two!!!

We really appreciate the support you show us each year at the book fair, not only encouraging your child's love of reading but, every time you buy a book, we earn commission in vouchers to buy new books for the school library and the guided reading library. Great isn't it?

We rely heavily on this source to maintain a high quality, up to date library full of the latest reads and best sellers! This ensures that ALL children in the school have access to a well stocked library to explore and foster a love for books!


Thank you in advance for your support and generosity!

Mrs. Johnson