Y3: Merry Christmas!

 

Thank you all so much for our kind and generous gifts. On behalf of the Year 3 team I would like to say that we have had such a great first term and can't wait to get stuck into the New Year! 

We hope you have a fun filled festive break and enjoy spending time with family and friends. 

Thank you

Mrs Thorpe, Mrs Hall, Mr MacBean,

Mrs Hibberd and Mrs Scott

Year 3: This week and tomorrow

 We've had a very fun and busy week so far! I'm so proud of all of the children's performance this week in our performance of Snow White. 

The children have sung at the Weldmar Hospice and Cheriton care home. They've watched Jack and the Beanstalk and had lots of festive fun including seeing Father Christmas appear on a motorbike!

Tomorrow the children can come in non school uniform. Christmas clothes/jumpers but please something warm.  They should also bring a 'wrapped' lunch. 

See you all tomorrow for the last day of the Autumn term! 

Year 3: DT week and reminders for the rest of the term

What a fantastic Design and Technology week we had last week. Here are some photos of the making process. 

The children worked so hard to design, make and evaluate these figures and I am so impressed with the dedication and effort that they put in! 

All of the models are now on display in Brewery Square so please do go and see them. These will be coming home before the end of term. 

We have not set home learning or spellings this week and will not next week. We understand that it can be a very busy time of year for families.  If you feel like your child needs something to focus on please do practice the Year 3/4 word lists I gave you. Everyone also has access to PurpleMash, TTRS, Mathletics and AR reading. 

Below are a few reminders about a few things coming up over the next couple of weeks: 

Tuesday 6th: DT figures that the children made last week will be on display at Brewery Square. They will be in a shop front next to the ice rink and under the screen. 

Wednesday 7th :Please could you aim to bring the children's costumes in by Wednesday for the Christmas performance. If you are unsure of what your child should be wearing, please get in touch with the Year 3 team.  

Friday 9th 

Christmas jumper day in aid of Save the Children. It is also Christmas technology day. 

After school on Friday it is the POWSA Christmas Fair in the school hall, library and reception classroom. 

Next Week:

Monday 12th: Christmas performance dress rehearsal. Year 3 are singing carols at Weldmar. 

Tuesday 13th: Christmas performance 1. Years 3 and 4 will perform at 11am. Year 3 will be going to Journey to the stable at United Church in town in the afternoon (more about this to follow) but if you are free to help with the trip we would really appreciate it please. 

Wednesday 14th: Panto at school. Christmas dinner day. Hot dinners should be ordered at least a week in advance. Whole-School Cheriton House Care Home Singing.

Whole school Carol Concert. Preschool and Reception children will act out the nativity and Year 4 will be narrators and do readings 5pm - 6pm St Mary's, Dorchester 

Thursday 15th: Christmas performance 2 at 11am. 

Friday 16th: Last day of term. Christmas party day. No hot dinners on this day. Children should bring a packed lunch wrapped up as a present. 

Year 3: An amazing day!

Wow what a treat we have had today! The children were all so very well behaved and loved visiting the library and going to watch Matilda the musical in the cinema.

 Thank you so much to POWSA that made this possible! 

This week we have finished our learning about The Romans and the battle of Watling street. We ran out of time to film today so hope to do this next week at some point. 

In Maths we have been looking at subtraction in the column method where we have had to exchange the tens or the hundreds and this is what the home learning this week focuses on. 

Thank you to everyone that had their children's reading records in. It's fantastic to see how much you are all reading at home and it is definitely making a difference as their AR numbers are increasing. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend. I will be sending out social stories for the children that might need this for our inspired to learn STEM week which will start on Monday. 

🎞 The Year 3 team🎞 

Year 3: Week 4

 This week we will be coming to the end of our learning about The Celts, Romans and the Battle of Watling Street. We will be filming scenes for a short video to share on our learning.

On Tuesday and Wednesday the children are invited to audition for a speaking part in our play. 

All children will be involved in the play and costume requests will come home soon. 

During our upcoming STEM week we will be doing some sewing. If there are any keen seamstress' out there or even someone who is free for a short time to oversee sewing in small groups during the following times then please let us know. We would be very grateful for any times. 

Tuesday 29th November 9-11am

Wednesday 30th November 1.30-3pm

Thursday1st December 1.30-3pm

Friday 2nd December  9-11am

Thank you for all of the reading records that came in and being filled out. Like all things, just getting in to the routine with them either your child filling them out after they have read or you. It doesn't have to be lots of writing, date, title and a quick summary or book review mark is fine. We really appreciate the time and effort that you are all putting into these so thank you. 

Friday is obviously our surprise special activity. Please do try and keep this a surprise, if you need to tell your child because of the nature of the event then please try and do this on Thursday after school or Friday morning. Snacks and drinks will be consumed in the venue so please make sure your child has both. 

If you have any questions then please do feel free to email or catch us at the door. 

🌟The Year 3 team 🌟

Year 3: Spellings and home learning

 

Year 3: This week

 We have had a busy week writing about Boudicca's Revolt. The children have order the historical facts, written full sentences, made notes and completed a newspaper report. 

Yesterday we went to Maiden Castle to film the 'mock battle'. We will be doing some filming at school next week to show what we have learnt about the Battle of Watling Street. The shields will then be coming home on Thursday. 

In Power Maths we have been learning how to use the column method.

This week we is our Therapeutic Thinking week and so we have been talking about our pro social (positive) and anti social (negative) feelings. 

The Year 3 team 

Computing with Mr Spracklen

Today in Computing with Mr Spracklen we continued our unit of work on 'Spreadsheets'. 

Today's success criteria was to use -

- The‘more than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equals’ tools to compare different numbers and help to work out solutions to calculations.

- The ‘spin’ tool to count through times table. 

We completed this work mainly in pairs (so that we could talk through what we were doing and develop our thinking still further) -

Key activities included -

Want to find out more about spreadsheets and extended your child's understanding?

Check out this great unit of work from the Oak National Academy -

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/spreadsheets-ecb4

 

Year 3: Just a reminder

Good evening, could I just put a reminder out for AR reading books to come in to school everyday please. Also on a Friday please can we have the home learning folders in, even if the home learning hasn't been done. We need the folders to sort the spellings. 

Thank you 😀

Y3: Home learning pieces of art!

I popped into the classroom at the end of the day and as soon as I walked in I was amazed by the brilliant shields all around the room. Thank you so much for your support and help with these shields. It really is a task that the children will remember for a long time to come. 

They have all been asking me when the battle is! So the plan will be to 'battle' with these either at the end of this week or the beginning of next but this all depends on the weather. 

☆Mrs Thorpe ☆

Year 3: Home learning 4/11

 

Computing with Mr Spracklen

Today in Computing with Mr Spracklen we found out how spreadsheet programs can automatically create graphs from data.

We used 2Calculate (which is part of Purple Mash).

In class, all children completed Activity One -

Mr Spracklen was very impressed!

Most children also completed Activity Two -

Some children completed Activity Three -

If you want to explore this further at home... why not give Mr Spracklen's Activity Four: Extension activity a try -

Well done Year Three, another great Computing lesson!

Year 3: Home learning-shields

 It was so lovely to see all the children again today. We spent some time looking at our new timeline in the hall. We spoke about what we had been learning about last half term and then looked at what we are learning about now and how this fit on the timeline. 

Today in History we learnt about how the Romans conquered Britain and what happened during this time. 

It was brilliant to see the children getting excited when they saw faces that they recognised on the timeline and key events which they had learnt about in previous years. Some of the things that they noticed were the Great Fire of London and Nelson. We look forward to using the timeline in future lessons, being inquisitive Historians. 

Following on from above, we spoke about the home learning. Just a reminder that 

Hippogriff + Dragon’s = Roman shield 

Owl + Phoenix = Celt shield

Roman shields tend to be the red/yellow ones and the Celts the more earth coloured shields. I reminded them that we do not want swords in please. These are going to be used in our Mock battle. I had originally said by this Friday but I have extended it slightly to Monday. Please bring your child's shield in on Monday 7th November.

Any questions please just give me an email or catch me at the door.

Thank you 😀

☆Mrs Thorpe ☆

Y3: Autumn 2

We're all looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday! 

Autumn 2 is always so full of excitement and inspirational learning. We have some brilliant learning experiences planned. 

We will be having PE on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please can you make sure your child has a PE kit in school, there are a number of children without them and it is important to have them in school.

Forest Schools will still be on a Thursday pm, waterproofs are essential for this term.

Please can you bring the shields into school on Monday 7th November. We cannot store them in school before hand so please do not bring them in before the above date. We're really looking forward to seeing these and thank you in advance for all of the effort you have put into supporting your child to create them. The children will be using them in a mock battle and so they should be able to hold them in one arm. Please can we ask for no swords to accompany the shields. 

See you all on Tuesday! 

☆Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall, Mrs Hibberd and Miss Alston☆

Year 3: Ancient Technology Centre trip

 We've had a fantastic day at The Ancient Technology Centre. The children were all brilliant and listened and learnt lots! Thank you to Jen and Nada who supported us today with the different workshops. The children learnt how make cordage out of reed, how to weave on a loom and looked at artefacts from the bronze and iron age. It was a brilliant day. Thank you to all of the adults that supported our trip today.