Last Day of Term!

 Hi Year Three Families,

Phew! Here we are at the end of term. I am so proud of how far the children have come this term and I know you are too. They are continually a joy to be with and they all work so hard.

We have been so impressed with their attitude and performance skills during The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and The Horse and especially their beautiful singing.

This week we have been busy with a fantastic Art project making Lino Prints we, hope you enjoy the cards and have found somewhere special for their ‘Plinth People’ to live.

I will be in touch again with plans for the Spring Term in the New Year.

Thank you for all your support and kindness this term and for all our wonderful gifts.

I would like to pay a special thank you to the Year 3 team, Mrs Scott, Mrs Thomas and Miss Gosling they have worked incredibly hard all term and myself and Year 3 would be lost without them.

All that is left to say is Merry Christmas, May your days be Merry and Bright.

See you 2025.

Ms Evans

Final Week of Term!

 Hi Year 3 Families,

Here we are final week of term! It will be a busy POW week full of wonderful activities!

We have our dress rehearsal tomorrow, please ensure all costumes are in school tomorrow morning at drop off!

Performance details and other important information is at the end of this blog.

In Maths we have been focussing on our 3, 4, and 8 times tables, please ensure that children continue to practise these at home.  Children also completed a new Accelerated Reader assessment and will know their new numbers. 

I am looking forward to spending this final week of term together and hope you all have a wonderful Christmas break when it comes on Friday!

Ms Evans, Miss Gosling, Mrs Scott and Mrs Thomas!

The performance details are below:

Christmas Show Performances

● Tuesday, 17th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

● Thursday, 19th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

For families with young children, the Tuesday, 17th December performance is designated as the only event where babies, toddlers, and children below school age are welcome. We kindly ask that families respect this arrangement.

Here are some other important festive dates!

Whole School Carol Service

We will gather for a Whole School Carol Service on Wednesday, 18th December 2024, from 5-6 pm at St. Mary’s Church, Edward Rd, Dorchester, DT1 2HJ. Pre-School and Reception children will act out The Nativity Story, and Year Four children will serve as narrators. The Prince of Wales School Choir will also perform. We warmly welcome all families to attend this special evening.

Cheriton Care Home Festive Visit

On the morning of Friday, 20th December 2024, the entire school, including The Prince of Wales Pre-School, will walk to Maiden Castle Road to sing festive songs for the residents at Cheriton Care Home. We’ll leave mid-morning and return by lunchtime. This visit is covered under our ‘local trips and visits permission slip.’

Christmas Packed Lunch

On the last day of term, Friday, 20th December 2024, we encourage all children to

bring a special Christmas packed lunch, wrapped festively as a Christmas parcel, to enjoy in their classrooms. You may want to include holiday surprises, like a festive chocolate treat or Christmas tree-shaped sandwiches, but please remember that we are a nut-free school.

A busy week in Year 3

 Hi Year Three Families,

We had a lovely week, it has been lovely to start our production rehearsals the children are doing a brilliant job learning their lines. 

Please see information below about costumes, please do not feel pressured to buy something new, homemade is great! And do let us know if you need any assistance. Please can we have all costumes in a named bag no later than Friday

The performance details are below:

Christmas Show Performances

● Tuesday, 17th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

● Thursday, 19th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

For families with young children, the Tuesday, 17th December performance is designated as the only event where babies, toddlers, and children below school age are welcome. We kindly ask that families respect this arrangement.

Here are some other important festive dates!

Whole School Carol Service

We will gather for a Whole School Carol Service on Wednesday, 18th December 2024, from 5-6 pm at St. Mary’s Church, Edward Rd, Dorchester, DT1 2HJ. Pre-School and Reception children will act out The Nativity Story, and Year Four children will serve as narrators. The Prince of Wales School Choir will also perform. We warmly welcome all families to attend this special evening.

Cheriton Care Home Festive Visit

On the morning of Friday, 20th December 2024, the entire school, including The Prince of Wales Pre-School, will walk to Maiden Castle Road to sing festive songs for the residents at Cheriton Care Home. We’ll leave mid-morning and return by lunchtime. This visit is covered under our ‘local trips and visits permission slip.’

Christmas Packed Lunch

On the last day of term, Friday, 20th December 2024, we encourage all children to

bring a special Christmas packed lunch, wrapped festively as a Christmas parcel, to enjoy in their classrooms. You may want to include holiday surprises, like a festive chocolate treat or Christmas tree-shaped sandwiches, but please remember that we are a nut-free school.

Year Three were absolutely amazing on Thursday during the carol service, their singing blew me away and I felt so proud of them!

We have finished our Plinth People and we can't wait to share them with you!

We have a busy fun filled few weeks ahead, please do get in touch if you need anything!

Ms Evans, Miss Gosling, Mrs Scott and Mrs Thomas

The Jolly Postman and Christmas production

 Hi Year Three Families.

We had such a wonderful Inspired to Learn Writing Week, the children really enjoyed exploring the fantastic tale of The Jolly Christmas Postman. 

We have continued our focus on the Stone Age and Iron Age in History learning about Skara Brae.

In Maths we have been learning about multiples, this focus will continue to the end of term, a perfect opportunity to practise some TT Rockstars at home! 

Turning our attention to next week, we will be beginning our rehearsals for our Christmas Show; children should know their parts and brought home a script with them. 

Homework until the end of term will be learning lines and making costumes.

In terms of costumes for the show, please can you provide a simple homemade costume representing the animal they are portraying there is absolutely no expectation to buy a costume, homemade is always wonderful! There are some ideas below. If you need any support with this please do get in touch.

We will be writing letters to our pen pals in Australia, prior to their 'summer break.'

On Thursday Year Three will be on tour for the day! We will be participating in  Harleston House's Carol concert with our Pop up Choir in the morning. Then we will continue into town to visit the wonderful Journey to the Stable. Please can ALL CHILDREN bring a packed lunch with them on Thursday!

Here are some other important festive dates!

Christmas Show Performances

● Tuesday, 17th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

● Thursday, 19th December 2024: Years 1 & 2 at 9:30 am and Years 3 & 4 at 10:30 am

For families with young children, the Tuesday, 17th December performance is designated as the only event where babies, toddlers, and children below school age are welcome. We kindly ask that families respect this arrangement.

Whole School Carol Service

We will gather for a Whole School Carol Service on Wednesday, 18th December 2024, from 5-6 pm at St. Mary’s Church, Edward Rd, Dorchester, DT1 2HJ. Pre-School and Reception children will act out The Nativity Story, and Year Four children will serve as narrators. The Prince of Wales School Choir will also perform. We warmly welcome all families to attend this special evening.

Cheriton Care Home Festive Visit

On the morning of Friday, 20th December 2024, the entire school, including The Prince of Wales Pre-School, will walk to Maiden Castle Road to sing festive songs for the residents at Cheriton Care Home. We’ll leave mid-morning and return by lunchtime. This visit is covered under our ‘local trips and visits permission slip.’

Christmas Packed Lunch

On the last day of term, Friday, 20th December 2024, we encourage all children to

bring a special Christmas packed lunch, wrapped festively as a Christmas parcel, to enjoy in their classrooms. You may want to include holiday surprises, like a festive chocolate treat or Christmas tree-shaped sandwiches, but please remember that we are a nut-free school.

Please do let me know if there is anything you would like to discuss, myself and Miss Gosling are sharing 'door duties' 

It is a lovely busy time of year and I can't wait to share it with the children.

Ms Evans Miss Gosling, Mrs Scott and Mrs Thomas

Year Three Explore the Power of Spreadsheets!

Today in Computing, our Year Three pupils delved into the fascinating world of spreadsheets. With Mr. Spracklen leading the way, they revisited key concepts and learnt how to use spreadsheet effectively.

The learning objectives for this session were:

• To recap spreadsheet terms and purposes.
• To add and edit data in a table layout.
• To explore how spreadsheet programs can automatically create graphs from data.

Our success criteria ensured that pupils:

• Used correct terminology for spreadsheet programs.
• Created a table of data on a spreadsheet.
• Used the program to generate charts and graphs automatically.

Using 2Calculate on Purple Mash, the children quickly got to grips with inputting data, editing table layouts, and exploring the magic of automatic chart and graph creation. It was wonderful to see their excitement as their carefully entered numbers transformed into colourful, clear visual representations.

The pupils demonstrated fantastic focus and creativity, building confidence in a skill that is as important in today’s digital world as it is practical. By the end of the session, every child successfully created their own charts and graphs, showcasing their newfound knowledge.

This lesson laid a solid foundation for further exploration into data handling and analysis—a crucial part of our Computing curriculum. WELL DONE YEAR THREEE! Keep up the amazing work. 

Stay tuned for more updates on our Computing adventures! Mr Spracklen

Snow days, Art and Audtions

 Hi Year Three Families,

Goodness me what an exciting week we had!! The children all had an amazing snow day on Thursday, such fun!

In History this week we were learning about the different stages of Human Evolution with Miss Gosling I wonder if the children can remember the names of the different species?

In Art we started sculpting our Plinth People, this was a tricky task and I am very proud of how resilient everyone was during this task.

This week in Maths we finished our focus on Addition and Subtraction and next week will we start a new focus on multiples, please remember to use TTRockstars regularly and see me if you would prefer a sheet to complete.

Turning our attention to this week, ohhhh exciting POW Magic is coming and we are very much looking forward to our Inspired Writing Week! Please do check information sent home from Mr Spracklen.

We will be holding our very informal auditions for the Christmas Play this week, this is 'opt in' children do not have to audition, however, if they would like to be considered for one of the roles of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox or The Horse we would love to see them audition. Information and a short script was sent home last week.

On Friday it will be our Christmas Craft day, children have made their choices for this wonderful day!

I am very much looking forward to a busy few weeks with the ever wonderful and fantastic Year Three

Ms Evans, Mrs Scott, Miss Gosling and Mrs Thomas

Christmas Cracker Competition

In Computing this week, Year Three put their skills to the test and entered the 'Heart and Soul' Christmas Cracker Competition -

Mr Spracklen was blown away with the Year Three designs that have now been submitted to the judges. 

Please see below for a small selection - 

Spencer -

Seth -

Sam -

Nellie - 

Nathan -

Esmee -

GREAT WORK YEAR THREE!