Year 3: The week so far...

 We have had a very busy week so far. On Tuesday Helen came in and gave us a talk on what it is to be a Humanist. This was such an interesting talk and the children found out about something completely new to them. 

On Tuesday afternoon they spent time with Jack who is a Christian and they did art work using his music and pictures as inspiration. 

Today we have predicted and planned an investigation into the material which would give the most friction for a car moving down a ramp. The children worked in teams to experiment with the four different materials and then summarised this at the end.

This afternoon we followed a step by step guide to drawing a cow! These will be up for the Harvest celebration on Friday 

Y3: Home learning week 4

 

McGonagall spelling work:

Y3: Food, Faith and Farming Fortnight- Week 1

 What a busy week we have had this week! 

On Monday Mr MacBean took Year 3 to the farm where they learnt all about the cows Hazel has there. They learnt about what foods cows produce and what they are fed. Thank you so much to Hazel and Maiden Castle farm for the visit! 

On Tuesday, Pip came in and gave a talk on what it is to be a baptised Sikh. This was a fascinating talk that explained about the Khalsa and 5 K's. The children were so inquisitive and learnt so much about being a Sikh. Thank you so much Pip for coming in. 

On Thursday the children enjoyed spending time outside in the afternoon making art work using natural materials. 

And finally today (Friday) the children had a talk from Sherene all about Islam and the link of food. Sherene explained about the five pillars of Islam and the beliefs of Muslims surrounding certain foods. Thank you so much Sherene for coming to give this talk. The children came away with lots of new knowledge and understanding. 

Just a reminder the you can now book your parent evening slots. If you can't make these or think you will need a longer slot then please do feel free to email me. 

We cheered Mrs Hall out today and wished her lots of luck for her exciting London Marathon adventure on Sunday! 

Have a lovely weekend 

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall + Miss Alston🍁

Year 3: Week 3 learning

 This week we have been focussing on fronted adverbials. The children used fronted adverbials today to write a postcard. They pretended that they were the boy in the story 'The Stone Age Boy' and wrote a postcard back to their parents to explain what they had been up to. 

In Maths this week we are looking at intervals on a number line. They are been looking at filling in missing numbers on a number line. This can sometimes be quite tricky if there are less numbers on the number line. This weeks home learning will focus on this. 

I have given all the children their log in cards. This is the copy for home that will give them all the usernames and passwords for TTRS, Mathletics, Purplemash and AR reading. All children have an AR book that is their number. The library is open in the mornings and after school to change these. We encourage you to read with your child everyday and once they finish a book they can complete a quiz. Any questions about this then please let me know.

In Forest School this afternoon we have carried on with whittling our tent pegs and learning how to do a reef knot as well as amazing teamwork and imagination when building some pretty impressive dens! 

Just a reminder that home learning folders need to be in tomorrow please. 

Next week: Monday is the farm trip. Children can wear normal school tops but home trousers and wellies please. It might be best to have another pair of shoes to put on for when we get back. 

Please do contact me if you have any questions

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall and Miss Alston🍁

Year 3 home learning and spellings 16/9/22

Thank you all so much for attending the parent information session. I hope you found it useful and understand a little bit more about what we are doing in Year 3 this year. There is a recording for anyone that missed it and please do contact me if you have any questions. 

Below is the home learning and spellings. All of the children were given paper copies of these on Friday but if you need new ones then please see me at the door on Tuesday. Please could we have home learning and spellings in by Friday in their plastic named wallets. Thank you 😊

Have a restful weekend 

🍁Mrs Thorpe, Mr MacBean, Mrs Hall and Miss Alston🍁

Survival skills in Forest School and a reminder about tomorrow!

 We have had such a fun afternoon outside learning how to tie reef knots! 

I explained that a reef knot is such an important knot to use. You can use when building shelters to attach materials together. 

I showed the children how to use a sheath knife safely. We spoke about how you must never use knives without adults present and talked through the process of keeping safe with these knives. We then made a tent peg! The children were fantastic at this and we will carry this on next week for the ones who haven't had a go yet. Over the next few weeks we'll use the skills we are learning outside to help us make other items such as larger waterproof shelters and jewellery. 

Just a reminder that tomorrow is school photo day so please can we have tops and jumpers/cardis in. 

Also it is my parent information session. This will now be in the staffroom from 9am. 

This will be recorded and so if you have any questions you would like me to cover please feel free to email you and I will make sure I do this. 

🍁Mrs Thorpe + Mrs Hall 🍁

The Sikh Ceremony of Taking Amrit

In Religious Education with Mr Spracklen today we learnt about the special Sikh ceremony of taking Amrit. 

We watched the below video where we met eleven-year-old Taran and his brother Joven. They showed us what happened at their Amrit and explained their customs. 

Amrit is made from sugar water stirred with a sword. 

It is blessed and sprinkled on the hair and eyes. 

Amrit can be taken by men, women or children - like Taran and Joven. 

It is taken in the presence of five Khalsa Sikhs, and the holy scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib.