Year 3
Week beginning 14th October
Another fantastic week of learning. We are so proud of how well the children have done this term and the transition they have made into Year 3.
Remember that on Monday 14th October the children will be having their Frazer Portraits Individual Photos.
Worship Theme: Challenges
Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.
This weeks learning:
English - We will be beginning to write our non-chronological report about an Anglo-Saxon village
Maths - We will be continuing our unit on addition and subtraction and introducing the column method
History - We will be learning how the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity
Science - We will be completing our end of unit assessment
Computing - We will be continuing with touch typing and looking more closely at improving right hand typing
RE - Will be understanding what Christians can learn from the creation story
Our new class book:
Spelling words of the week:
Review of Y2 common exception words
Beautiful Would
Because After
Improve
Homework:
Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of the page.
The children will receive their homework sheets this week. Please choose at least two tasks to complete over the course of our project. The children are welcome to complete more if they wish. We look forward to seeing what they produce in our homework museum on the Monday 21st October 2024.
We also encourage children to practice our weekly spellings at home as well as the Y3/4 common exception words.
Reading:
We would love to see Year 3 using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please therefore keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records into school everyday.
Additional resources
Below are some other resources that you can use for optional work at home:
Recommended reading list:
English reading activities:
English reading activities should consist of reading an extract or short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
Maths
TTRS should be the main way the children use to practice their timetables. Children should still be completing 3 soundchecks and 2 garage bands a week.
However, if they would like a change or to focus on particular tables, they can use hit the button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This website is a good resource to find fun games for the children to play with age ranges specified.
Coming up:
- Wednesday 18th September - Parent information evening
Science Award Ceremony...VOTE VOTE VOTE
Last year, we had a number of winners in the National Science Competition ‘If you were an engineer what would you do?’ Well… Emily Jackson (now in year 4), who won the previous year and had her prototype for the ‘seed drone’ made up by the engineers at Southampton university, has been nominated for the prestigious MacRobert award in Glasgow! We are so proud of her and her wonderful achievements. You can vote for Emily’s prototype on the link below. Emily’s is the last one, under Southampton University. https://www.primaryengineer.com/primary-engineer-macrobert-medal-public-vote/
Many thanks for all of your support,
Miss Finnigan and Mrs Talbot