Home Learning - Easter Holiday Project - Year 3

Easter Holiday   - Year 3 Home Learning

What can you find out about The Anglo-Saxons?

- their homes, family life, customs, religion, wars, kings/queens, when/where
It would be great if you could present some of your findings:
Maybe a short piece of writing, or diagrams, or pictures etc

Have a great holiday!

DM

Multiplication - Year 3

 

This week we are having another "Push" at MULTIPLICATION  in our Maths Lessons.

DM

PE Kits home for a wash

Dear Parents,
We will be sending the children's PE kits home with them today for a wash. A number of children have been saying that their PE shoes are getting too tight. Please can you take a look to see if this is the case with your child's shoes.
Many thanks,
DM

Sports Relief walk!

The entire school decided to take the Sports Relief challenge today; the school’s ‘Children’s Voice’ decided that they too would like to face a challenge, walking 1.75 miles from school to Maiden Castle and back. Despite it being rather chilly and a Friday afternoon, the children did this in super spirits and attitude. We were also pleased to see the Yr 4 children clearly supporting their buddies from Reception class to complete the walk.

We would like to thank the super turn out of parents today, enabling the children to complete this walk. The children have raised over £150 today and should be extremely proud of their efforts and awareness of supporting such a worthy charity.

Fixing a Puncture - Year 3

Our Thanks to Jonathan Dixon from Sustrans who popped into Year 3 after our "Bike-It Breakfast" on Tuesday and showed the children how to fix a puncture on a bicycle.
All of the children had the chance to fix a punctured inner-tube.

DM

Home Learning Year 3 - Friday 18th March

Similes-  Home Learning Activity Year 3

Can you complete the simile?

As frightened as (a)

As brave as  

As green as

As deep as

As fast as  

As bent as

As new as  

As cold as

As hot as

As soft as

As wicked as

As clever as

As wet as  

As happy as

As a still as

As empty as  

Can you make up some of your own similes?

Praised in Assembly

Well done to James K, William, Mason, Jensen, Hannah, Ewan and Ben, who were all praised in today’s school “Praise Assembly”:
James K and William- for their enthusiastic contributions in our “Group Reading sessions.

Mason, Jensen and Hannah - for their fantastic work in our Swimming lesson this week

Ewan and Ben - for trying particularly hard with their Mathematics this week.

Sport relief this Friday!

 

Sport Relief is this Friday the children can come in to school in their sports wear. From 1.30pm the whole school will be walking to Maiden Castle. We would like lots of parental support for this walk. If you are free and able to walk with your child's class please see your child's class teacher.

 

We are asking for a £1 donation for this sponsored walk.

 

Thank you  

Year 3 finding out about Anglo-Saxons

We will be finding out more about life in the past in the local area.
Our particular focus is the Ridgeway area around 1000 years ago.
This BBC website would be a useful one to take a look at to gather some general information about life in Anglo-Saxon Britain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/anglo-saxon_life/teachers_resources.shtml

DM

Torches for our Science lesson on Wednesday please

Dear Parents,
I'd be very grateful if the children could bring a torch to school for our Science lesson on Wednesday.
(Don't worry if you don't have one. - We'll need 8 or so, and I'm sure we can share.)
We are exploring whether materials are transparent, translucent or opaque.
Please pop your name on any torches brought in.
Thank you
Mr. MacBean

Year 3- Interesting Visit to the Ridgeway Today

Interesting Ridgeway Visit

Well done to the children in Year 3 for the interest and enthusiasm they showed during our two visits to the Ridgeway today:
We went to the site of the "Viking Massacre" that we have been learning about, and looked at the new display boards and the old Roman Road.

We went to the Culliford Tree Barrow. This is an ancient Bronze-age Barrow that was also used as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxons about 1000 years ago. It is likely to have been around here that the Anglo-Saxons of the local area gathered for meetings and for special events (like deciding what to do with 54 captured Viking warriors, for example). It was thought to be a place of magic! The ancient people believed that faeries lived inside and that music could be heard coming from the ground! (We didn't hear any though).

 

 

 

We had a quick look at the 7 Bronze Age Barrows that surround the Came Down Golf Club. Our thanks to the manager for allowing us to visit.

 

And an extra big “Thank you!” to Steve Wallis (Dorset County Archaeologist) who gave us such interesting lessons in the classroom and who came with us on the visits today.     DM

 

spotted ... Yr 3 singers

A lovely surprise tonight as I watched the Yr 4 class singing at St Osmunds school to see three children from Yr 3 come onto the stage with Skylarks choir run by Kathie Prince.

Well done to Megan, Elsie and Olivia - super singing, concentration and confidence displayed in front of such a big audience! The Prince of Wales school is very proud of all this talent!
 

help#greenhouse

Any spare help?!

You may have seen that the plastic bottle greenhouse is starting to take shape, but we do not some people to come in and volunteer to help us complete all sides. Then we will have a last collection of bottles to create the roof. Please come in and speak to Mr Gibson R or Mrs Webb (Yr 2) if you have a spare hour to help? We know the children will love using this resource when completed!

Home Learning Year 3 - Thurs 10th March

For  their "Home Learning" challenge this week, the children have been asked to think about whether  different materials could be discovered by archaeologists because they are likely to survive 1000 years. The children needed to fill in the grid provided, deciding which column is appropriate for the different materials. (This is more clear when you see the "activity sheet".)
DM

Home Learning - Year 3, Friday 4th march

Light

When you are outside in the daylight, why is your shadow sometimes in front of you, sometimes behind you and sometimes right beneath you?

When is it a good idea to wear reflective material?

Is it possible to see without light?

Can you explain your answer?

Why is the sun so important to life on earth?


What happens to a shadow when you move it towards the light source?

 

Can you think of 6 different light sources?

An enjoyable Year 3 Class Assembly

Well done to the children in Year 3 for their interesting (and amusing) class assembly today. Lots of fun! Our thanks to the parents and grandparent that were able to pop along this morning to watch.
DM

Owl Competition - Year Three

A huge WELL DONE to the these children in Year 3 who entered our Recycled Owl Competition!
Jensen, Milly, Elsie, Ben, James F, Darcey, Megan and Harris.
ALL of the entries were absolutely brilliant. It was almost impossible to pick an overall winner (because they are all winners), but I did. And the winner in Year 3 was.....(drum roll) .....

James F.

Nice one James!

And here's a quick joke:

Knock, knock!

Who's there?

Too-whit-too.....