Year 3 Mrs Smith
Grammar knowledge
The children have lots of grammar terms they need to know the meaning of. It would be great if you could revise these. The glossary of what they should know is attached. The Year 2 and the Year 3 sections are the most useful. Thank you for supporting them.
Year 3 – Trip to Tattershall Castle
As part of our trip, the children were able to explore the castle and reflect on their Castles unit of learning. The children took part in a range of activities such as: brass rubbings, mystery trail, dressing up and performing a medieval dance.
What an amazing afternoon food tasting with Mrs Kadar. A big thank you to Mrs Kadar for making us Mauritian food.
If you have still got your reading challenges please return them to Mrs Smith as soon as possible.
Friday 5th May – Coronation Celebration Day
Please come to school dressed in the colours of the Mauritius Flag
Easter Holiday Homework
Please can you complete the following:
Reading twice a week to an adult. This will be six reading signatures in total.
TTRockstars - 10 minutes per week
Reading comprehension
Celebrate all your hard work by trying out the Easter recipe. Team points for photos of your creations.
Have fun!
Easter Recipe
Owlets took part in the Trinity London Arts Award and achieved their Discover certificates. Amazing Owlets!
An excellent workshop on African drumming was held in the hall. Great work Owlets!
What an amazing day! Well done Year 3
Year 3 - Superhero Dress Up Day
On Monday 20th February year 3 is having a Superhero day! We ask that you come dressed as your favourite superhero. Please do not buy expensive costumes - feel free to craft your own costume using what you have. We look forward to seeing your outfits!
Today we have be thinking about Healthy Minds and looking at links between ourselves!
TT Rockstars
Please can you make sure you are doing your TT Rockstars every week for at least 10 minutes. These are checked every Monday morning and raffle tickets are won to go into a prize drawer.
Look at our amazing hamper! Don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets!!
Holiday Homework
Over the holidays we would like you to do some important holiday homework.
Firstly, please read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. This can be read as a family, individually, or as a performance.
Secondly, we would love for you to have a go at some Christmas baking. Follow the gingerbread recipe and if possible take some photos to stick in your homework book.
Lastly, enjoy a Christmas family film together. Popcorn optional, fun compulsory!
Have a very Merry Christmas. Cherish your time together.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Gingerbread Recipe
Switzerland Day
On Wednesday 14th December Year 3 will be taking part in a Switzerland Day. They will be continuing their learning about Switzerland, creating some Swiss themed art, and doing some taste testing. For this day the children will be able to dress in the colours of the Swiss flag red and white.
This term the Year 3s will be learning about chocolate. This will include finding out about the process of making chocolate, writing diaries as Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and learning about the History of chocolate.
In Maths the children will be continuing work on addition and subtracting, including subtraction with exchanging and word problems.
In Science the children will be learning about Light. They will be finding out about different sources of light and planning experiments using simple circuits.
The children will take part in a Switzerland themed day linked to their Geography topic when they will take part in some Swiss themed crafts and taste some food.
In DT they will be testing soup and deciding on which flavour they would like to make. They will complete work on healthy eating, look at food labels and design soup tin labels.
PE (indoor) will be following the Royal Opera House Alice in Wonderland programme, whereby the children will create a dance and work to gain their Art Award Discover certificate from Trinity Arts London.
TTRockstars
The children have started to work on their TTRockstars tests in school. To help them please ensure that they complete 10 minutes of TTRockstars each week. The login details are in the front of their reading records. Progress is recorded and can be accessed in school. There will be raffle tickets awarded for taking part and prize tickets drawn each term.
Thank you for supporting your child with this.
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/genre/7/featured-books-for-7-readers
Please see the link to access a range of reading suggestions that are age appropriate for our children. This website allows children to search based on their favourite genres and styles of book. For each title, there is a free extract that can help support children to choose books tailored to a range of interests.
Welcome to Owlets Class
We hope you are going to have an amazing year and be the superstar readers in the school.
Please make sure you read to an adult at least twice a week and get a signature in your book. Also, if you have bookmark, please complete one question from the bookmark in your reading record. These need to be handed in on a Monday. Star box awarded for amazing reading homework.
PE will be indoors on a Wednesday and outdoors on a Friday.
Homework for Mrs Smith will be set on a Monday and will need to be handed in on a Monday.
Homework for Miss Neal will be set on a Friday and will need to be handed in on a Friday.