Year 3 - Successful Trips to find out about local rocks and the Abbotsbury Railway

The children in Year 3 enjoyed their trips out on Monday and Friday when we found out about local rocks and the Abbotsbury Railway. We went to lots of different places of interest over the course of the day. For more information, we intend to put a display of the children's work. (I'll let you know when that is ready.)
Our sincere thanks to the parents who came along to help out on the two days. I hope you enjoyed yourselves too. A special "Thank you" for Odette's Dad, Thomas, for driving today.

The children were able to compare some old photographs taken of the Abbotsbury Railway with what is there today.

Our last stop was at Hardy's Monument (made from stone from Portesham Quarry - where we had our picnic).

DM

 

Year Three - Praised in Assembly Friday 23rd September

Today in our School Praise Assembly, I selected these children for a special praise for their work in specific areas of the curriculum:

-         Skye and Avril for their hard work in Literacy.

-         Megan and Finley for their hard work in Mathematics and particularly in their  “Reasoning Journals”

-         Joseph and Henry for their concentration and listening to instructions during this week’s Swimming lesson.

DM

Home Learning – Year Three - 23rd September

Following our “Poetry Focus” this week, we are asking the children in Year 3 to have a go at “learning a short poem off-by-heart”.  They have had a look at various different types of poem this week and can now choose one from any style that they wish
(- including one of their own creations).

Many Thanks,

Duncan MacBean

This Friday 23rd September is "Scoot to School Day".

This Friday 23rd September is "Scoot to School Day".

Our SUSTRANS cycling officer, Jonathan Dixon, is running a "Scoot to School Day" and we are encouraging as many children as possible to come to school on their scooters.
We will be counting the scooters and sending our tally to Jonathan to contribute to his South Dorset challenge.

DM

Fun at the South Dorset Ridgeway Project Festival of Schools.

On Tuesday we had fun at the South Dorset Ridgeway Project Festival of Schools. Mr. MacBean took a selection of Year 3 and Year 4 children to represent the school and to take part in the festival held at Little Bredy. We had a chance to take part in a number of interesting workshops and find out about the fascinating heritage of our local landscape.

DM

 

Year 3 Home Learning - Friday 16th September (for Friday 23rd September)

Dear Parents, I have give the children in Year 3 the challenge of measuring various things at home as their "Home Learning" activity this week: 

1	How tall are you in m and cm?
2	How many millilitres are there in your bottle of shampoo? (ml)
3	How much does your box of cereal weigh?(g)
4	How tall is the tallest person that lives in your house?Measure in m/cm
5	How high up do you sleep when you’re in bed? – measure in m/cm
6	Find the biggest potato (or apple, or banana) in the bag.  How much does it weigh?   (g)
7	Measure the distance from your seat in the lounge to the television set.(m/cm)
8	How much does your breakfast cup/glass contain? (ml) Estimate or measure.
9	How many millilitres are there in your bottle of ketchup? / or tin of soup? Have a look at the label on the bottle.
10	If a cereal/soup bowl was full, how many ml of liquid could it hold?

  DM

Year 3 Praise Assembly - Friday 16th September

Today in our School Praise Assembly, I selected these children for a special praise for their work in specific areas of the curriculum:

-         Rohanna, Charlotte, Alfie, Lewis, Oona, Erica, Scarlett, William and Edward for the effort and detail they put into their Rocks Posters.

-         James and Nicole for their hard work in Mathematics over the course of the week.

DM