Mathletics Year 3

Don't forget to have a go at our on-line "Mathletics" challenge at home.
There are still some children in Year 3 who are not taking up this challenge.
Well done to Jensen, Harris, Mason, Darcey, Millie, Tilly, James K and Megan who all managed to get a Bronze certificate for earning over 1000 points this week....
and an even bigger "Well done!" to Hannah and Joshua who achieved a Silver certificate for passing 2000 points!
I have set the children some challenges relating to "Time" to fit in with the work we are covering in class. 

DM

In our Mathematics Lessons next week we will having another focus on learning about...

"Time".

For your information, here are the areas that we will be revisiting. These are learning objectives taken directly from the Mathematics National Curriculum at Year 3:

Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks
Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute.
Use vocabulary such as o'clock, a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight.
Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year.
Compare durations of events (for example to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks).

Thank you,
DM

Home Learning Year 3 – Friday 29th January

LIGHT
Learning Objective – Light source Investigation – I can identify a number of light sources. 
Light source
Draw a picture.
I have asked the children to complete the grid that we started at school.

Praised in Assembly - Year 3 (Friday 29th January)

Well done to Tilly, Abi, Harry D, Archie, Hannah and Emily who were all praised in today’s school “Praise Assembly”.
Tilly and Abi - for their enthusiasm and hard work in Mathematics over the course of the week

Harry D., Archie and Hannah – for making excellent contributions towards “Guided Reading” sessions

Emily- for trying particularly hard with her written work

Old Wellington Boots?

We have another plan afoot!  Have you got any old, outgrown or holey wellies at home?  If so we would like to use them for a project in Eco Week.  Please bring in your old wellies to year 2 to be up-cycled!

Used CDs

I am after used CDs which we can paint and stick onto for an Eco school activity. If you have any old CDs you are willing to hand over, please bring them to the school office or find me in Year 2 classroom.

Many thanks!          Mrs Mewett

Reading Targets on Learning Diaries - Year 3

You may have noticed that I have been sticking a "reading target" on the front of the children's diaries. This is to give the children a specific focus to work towards. It will help the children to see their reading as an on-going progress, with different elements of learning. If you have any concerns on your child's reading at home or would like to discuss their targets please feel free to see me in the morning or after school.

DM

Fantastic Trojan Horses for "Home Learning"

Well done to all of those children in Year 3 who took up the challenge of making or drawing a Trojan Horse for their "Home Learning" activity last week. We had some brilliant models and art work!

DM

Magnets

Today the children in Year 3 began finding out about the "magic" of Magnets. This is a part of our Science topic about Forces.
We saw how opposite poles attract,- and the same poles repel.

More fun investigative activities about magnets coming up this week.

DM

Y3 - Multiplication

The children in Year 3 have been working hard on learning their "Multiplication Tables". This is essential to support their development in Mathematics.

Do please encourage your children to practise their "Times Tables" at home.

DM  

Y3 Home Learning - Suffixes - Friday 22nd January

 

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

Where praise is due - Year 3

Well done to Harris, Isaac, Ruby, Sophie, William, Isabelle and Leo who were all praised in today’s school “Praise Assembly”.
Harris and Isaac - for their enthusiasm for our ancient Greek myths work and the effort that they put into their “home learning”
Ruby and Sophie – for great work in Mathematics over the course of the week

William, Isabelle and Leo - for trying particularly hard with their written work
                                                                                                                                        DM

Plastic Bottle Lids

We have a plan for our Eco Week after the half term holidays!  We need your help in collecting as many clean, colourful plastic lids as you can - any type of bottle.  Please bring them along to the year 2 classroom where we will look after them and turn them into something wonderful!!  Many thanks!

Home learning Year 3 – Friday 15th January

Home learning Year 3 – Friday 15^th January

 Part 1

The children have enjoyed hearing some of the stories from the Odyssey this week. We have arrived at the part when Odysseus tricks the Trojans with the Wooden Horse.

For their “Home learning” this week, I have asked the children to create a picture or model of “The Wooden Horse of Troy”.

 

Part 2.

The digraph "ow" can make different sounds - ow as in "cow"  - "ow" as in "snow".

I have asked the children to complete a Venn Diagram exploring this.

DM

Praised in Assembly Today

Well done to Joshua, Luke, Ben, Daisy, Megan and Mable who were all praised in today’s school “Praise Assembly”:

Joshua, Luke and Ben – for their fantastic work in Mathematics over the course of the week.

 

Daisy - for her great work in English

Megan – for the brilliant effort with her "My Trip to Paris" display

Mable – for her excellent progress in Swimming.
                                                                                                                             DM

Parents' Information session - reminder

Just a quick blog to remind the parents of children in Year 3 that I will be holding a "Parents' Information Session" this Friday (15th). I will be talking about the curriculum that we will be covering during the term and some special events that we have planned.
                                                                                                                                     DM

Today we have found out about the story of Daedalus and Icarus. The children really enjoyed this ancient Greek myth. We will be using the story as a basis for some of our written work this week.
                                                                                                                                                DM

Praise where praise is due (Friday 8th Jan)

Well done to Milly, James K, Bruno, Jensen and Mason who were all praised in today’s school “Praise Assembly”:

Milly and James K. – for their fantastic work in English and Mathematics over the course of the week.

Bruno – for his brilliant effort with his handwriting and the presentation of his work.

Jensen and Mason – for their phenomenal progress in Swimming.

                                                                                                                                       DM

Super "Shape" work - Year 3

The children in Year 3 have had a busy time in their Mathematics lessons this week learning all about "Shapes". We had a particular focus on what is meant by "a right-angle" and looking at the symmetrical properties of shapes.  We also tried to learn the names of some 3D shapes.
                                                                                                                                               DM

Year 3 Home Learning - Friday 8th January

Year 3 Home Learning                                   Friday 8^th January

Ancient Greek Fact Finding Mission       Part 1

What did the ancient Greeks eat?
Find three facts about Athena?
What was an Oracle?
Who was Poseidon?
What is the Parthenon?
Find the names of as many ancient Greek Heroes as you can:
Who was Aesop?
Find out three facts about Alexander the Great:
What was a trireme?
Who lived on Mount Olympus?
What sports did the ancient Greeks play?

The children have also been given a "Mathematics activity" to have a go at.
DM

Great first day back

The children in Year 3 made a great start to the new term today. We started our topic about "Myths and Legends" by looking at the tragic tale of "Orpheus and Euridice" from ancient Greece. The children thoroughly enjoyed the story and produced some great written work.
In our Maths lesson be began our work on "Shapes" by looking at the properties of 3D Shapes.
DM

Happy New Year and details of Jan' week 1

Happy New Year! I do hope that you have enjoyed a fantastic holiday and that Father Christmas was kept appropriately busy at your house!

Welcome back to school. We have another busy week of exciting learning planned.

As a mini-project in English (with links to Humanities), we will be finding out about myths and legends; starting with some from ancient Greece. This project will reach a finale with the children writing their own stories in the style of ancient myth. (- So, that's heroes on quests that defeat monsters on the way with the help of little bit of magic! - I love this project!)

For our learning in Mathematics in the first week, we will be studying "Shape":
The learning objectives of the Year 3 curriculum are listed below:    

Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials.

Recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them.

Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn.

Identify right angles and recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn .

Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle.

Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines.

See you Monday,
Mr. MacBean