Y3: Not long now!

 

Well that was what we definitely wanted to hear! We cannot wait to welcome you all back on Monday 8th March!!!

In the meantime we have Fairtrade fortnight to get stuck into! 

This week we are going bananas :) we will be learning about how and where they are grown and how they get to our supermarkets. In Science we will be learning about nutrition and how to have a balanced diet. Could I ask please that you start to keep back some of your food labels for next weeks Science lessons at home. 

In Maths this week we come to an end to our Statistics unit (tomorrow) and start Length on Wednesday. 

Sorry about the confusion and mix up with the grammar and punctuation booklets. If you have emailed me saying you have the wrong ones then they are in your packs for you this week. 

Please keep on adding your miles in to the fitness calculator, just one more week left and we want to claw it back from Year 4 to be the winners!!!! 

Can't wait to see you all during the zoom meeting on Wednesday pm 

Mrs Thorpe and the Year 3 fabulous team! 

Y3: Important notice

 Hello everyone 

Just a quick message about the timetable. The blue underlined writing on the timetable is a video link. We encourage you to watch these links as it will tell the children the information they need to know about the lesson. We’ve noticed that a few children have started their new Power Maths books at the beginning of the book. As the first Maths video of the week explains, we’ve decided to skip ahead to ‘Statistics’ and we will do the other units when we are all back together. Just confirming please start on statistics. If you could share this with the class we would really appreciate it. 

Many thanks

The Year 3 team 

Y3: Gold winners! Information about packs this week

Well done Year 3 on winning the GOLD medal in week one of fitness February that is fantastic! I'm glad you are enjoying being active whether its on a daily walk/bike ride or fitness in your house. 

I hope you are all enjoying learning about the Celts. I've loved seeing your Stonehenges and writing about roundhouses. Is there anything that you are really enjoying that you want to share with me? Or at the same time is there anything that you might be struggling with that you want to let me know about? I'm always here to help and happy to have zoom meetings where needed.

This week we have started statistics in Maths and focussed on pictograms before moving on to bar charts. Why not make a chart daily? For example what's your favourite pizza topping? Or fruit? You could do a vote in the house about what film you want to watch? It's great practice for the children to make bar charts as sometimes this can be a tricky skill to grip. 

During RWI time this week the children have sheets that link to sounds that they have already covered in their books. In this weeks pack you will have a booklet that the children will use in this RWI time however it will now be called 'grammar and punctuation'. I will do daily videos to explain what I would like the children to do so please do show them these where possible. We will pick up the RWI and spelling when we are all back together at school. You will also get our next group text which is Matilda. It's inevitable that some children may have already read this book. I suggest that if they have read it then they could either read it again or skim read the chapters and spend their daily time answering the comprehension questions in the booklet I have prepared. If you think that this story may be a little hard for your child then please do share it with them. Maybe you could take it in turns to read a paragraph or even a sentence at a time. I know a lot of children will say that they have watched the movie but there really isn't anything better than reading the story! Some children may not be anywhere near close to finishing their last books which is absolutely fine it's just we wanted you to have the book there ready. 

If you have any questions please do email me. I look forward to seeing all the children on zoom tomorrow. 

Mrs Thorpe 

 

Another Rocking week with Rockstars - 7th February 2021

 

 A very big well done to all of you who have been rocking with Times Table Rockstars this week.  Each and every one of you will be receiving a Golden Trophy award in Marvellous Me for continuing your times tables journey.

This week we would like to praise the following children in each class for either achieving the most number of coins in the past week or the most time per day spent rocking (or both):

Year 2 Rock Solid Rockers are:  Marissa and Isabel

Year 3's Rock Legends are: Jacob A and Hollie

Year 4's Rocking around the clock stars are:  Gracie-Mae and Orson

Well done everyone!

And remember TTRS is not essential, it is an added, extra fun way of building your times table recall.

Keep Rocking!

Mathletics Update - 7th February 2021

 

Well done if you have logged on to Mathletics this week.  We have lots of Super Mathletes and we will be sending you all a Resilient Tortoise Badge to celebrate your continued efforts.  

We would like to celebrate the following children achieving their next Mathletics Bronze Awards this week:

Ellis, Malie, Joshua H, Charlotte, Joshua K, Grace, Alexander, Mia, Rohan, Hollie, Rosa, Alfie, Jessica, Alfred, Olivia, Lottie, George W, Noah, Orson and Evie P

We would also like to celebrate the following children achieving their next Mathletics Silver Awards this week:

Asimina, Ursula, Charlotte N

AND

We have two
GOLDS!!!

A big shout out to:

Vasilis and Anna C

We have a special Mathletics wrist band and gold star pin badge waiting for you at school!

Well done everyone!

And remember... Mathletics is an optional extra.  Its not essential, but provides an extra platform to practice those important skills if you have time.

Window Wanderland and an extra arty task! Jiggly Jellyfish - 4th February 2021

 Hopefully you have all received your latest lockdown goody pack today!  You will find included some tissue paper and some black card to help you join in with this week's challenge. 

#InspiredToLearn - Lockdown 2 - Week 5 Challenge

We have been asked by Window Wanderland to take part in a Dorchester Wide community event!  

Window Wanderland is coming to Dorchester on 19th-21st February, 6-9pm.

This event asks people to decorate a window at home as part of a window trail around our local community.

Window Wanderland’s aim is to bring the whole community together to create a magical outdoor gallery of hope and solidarity, at this difficult time.

 

They are asking everybody, from individuals to businesses, to register and create a window display on the theme, 

 

'A Brighter Future.'

 

All are invited to view the wonderful windows and Dorchester's community spirit on a safe, Covid-friendly evening walk.

It would be great if you would consider signing up and creating a window even if you don’t live in the local community or want to take part in the actual event.

 

If you do want to be part of the trail, registration is quick and simple at: www.windowwanderland.com/Dorchester

 

If you have enjoyed getting Arty with your own windows and fancy an extra challenge how about making a Jiggly Jelly Fish to hang in a shop window?

Then you need #InspiredToLearn EXTRA ARTY CHALLENGE!

We have been approached by Store6 in Poundbury to help us decorate their windows with your models of Jellyfish made from recycled materials.  If you fancy joining in and seeing your design in a shop window during the window wanderland event, please bring your completed jellyfish to school by next Friday 12th February and place it in the box inside the front entrance
.  Please could you add your name and a hanging thread to your design so that it can be hung up for all to see!

Don't forget to look out for your design if you take part in the Window Wanderland Event between the 19th and 21st of February.

Year 3 3/2/21

 Hello everyone. It was great seeing most of the children on zoom today and for them to share some of the things they have been making at home. We're so lucky to have platforms such as zoom to keep in touch and it is good to hear that some families have been keeping in touch with each other throughout the lockdown. 

I've been really impressed with the dedication the children are showing both at home and in school. It certainly is a strange time for them all but I think keeping to your own routines definitely helps. This doesn't mean that you have to complete everything that is set every day but just do what you can. 

I have to apologise about the link on today's Literacy, for some reason it didn't work. I have changed tomorrow's lesson as it was from the same source. 

If anybody has any questions then please do just give me an email at b.thorpe@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk