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.