Home Learning & Spellings coming home today

 Hello everyone,

Just to let you know that Home learning and the new spellings activities are coming home today - this is a day earlier than the normal day of Fridays. 

What to look out for:
A paper copy of the spelling sheet should be coming home that looks like this:

Hyperlinks to electronic versions of the spelling sheet can be found here:

[Spellings activities for Group 1 can be found here]
[Spellings activities for Group 2 can be found here]

The children will also be able to practice their spellings by logging onto Edshed at home. 

Once logged in, if you click on the assignments as shown below:

then choose the homework assignment as below to access the spellings the children will be learning the following week. 

I will give the children access to these spellings from the weekend but please be aware that they will not learn the spelling rule until the following Monday spelling lesson. 

Today children will also come home with a sheet detailing their autumn creativity home learning. That will look like this:

Some children will also come home with their CAPOW extended schools policy (those children accessing CAPOW). 

Any questions or confusions do please get in touch via email or talk to a member of the team. 

Autumn fun in Year 3

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you’ve been enjoying the beautiful autumn days we’ve had recently. Fingers crossed they continue into our Food, Faith and Farming Fortnight—especially for our farm visit next Thursday! At the end of this post, you’ll also find some key upcoming dates for your diary.

Spellings

We have recently made some small changes to the way we teach spellings in Key Stage 2 and Year 2. We are trialling a new approach designed to make learning spellings more enjoyable and to reduce the pressure often associated with traditional spelling tests.
Instead of weekly “tests,” the children will now take part in a Friday spelling check. Year 4 have already started this and are responding very positively.
Spelling homework will continue to go home on Fridays. These words will be linked to the new spelling rules the children will be learning the following week.

• [Spellings activities for Group 1 can be found here]

• [Spellings activities for Group 2 can be found here]

Home Learning

This week’s home learning is all about Autumn. We would love to see your child’s creative take on the season. Some ideas include:

• Taking an autumn photograph

• Writing a seasonal poem

• Composing an autumn-inspired story

• Creating artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

• Or any other autumn-themed creative project!

You are very welcome to use the enclosed sheets, but feel free to use your own resources too. Please email any photos you want to share to c.browne@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk s

Upcoming Dates

• Tues 1st, Wed 2nd, Thurs 3rd & Fri 5th October – Book Fair

• Mon 6th October – Food, Faith and Farming Fortnight begins

• Thurs 9th October – Farm Trip (children will need wellies and a change of clothes—joggers or trousers suitable for muddy fun!)

• Fri 10th October – Autumn Fest

• Fri 17th October – Harvest Festival (9:15–10:00am), followed by food tasting

• Tues 21st October – Early Parents’ Evening

• Thurs 23rd October – Late Parents’ Evening

• Mon 27th–Fri 31st October – Half Term Holiday

• Mon 3rd November – INSET Day

• Tues 4th November – All children return to school

As ever if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to a member of the year 3 team.