We have had another busy week in Year 3 and everyone has been working extremely hard.

This week in English, we moved onto our third toolkit that focusses on similes, and we explored appropriate comparisons for these types of sentences. Next week we will be combining these with our newly acquired dialogue writing skills.

In Maths, we have continued with our topic on place value, looking at hundreds, tens and ones, with a focus on calculations involving 100, 10 or 1 more or less than a given 3-digit number. Next week we will be looking at number lines up to 1000.

Foundation Subjects

In Art, we practised cross-hatching to shade our sketches of a woolly mammoth skeleton.

In History, we explored the impact of the Bronze on the Stone Age and how this transformed their lives. We also investigated artefacts and what these could tell us about the ways prehistoric people lived.

In Music, we created actions to enhance our performance of David Bowie’s song ‘Space Oddity’

In RE, we explored the meaning of the term ‘Grace’ and how it offers a blessing to people through prayer. We then really enjoyed creating our own blessing verses to add to a song.

Home Learning

Doodle  - Please continue to support your child’s progress by accessing the Doodle Learning platform and remaining in the green zone for English, Maths and Times Tables.

Reading  - Please ensure that you have listened to your child read at least five times during the week and signed their reading record each time, so that they can be rewarded with a star stamp for their efforts.

Spellings - Below is a selection of this week’s spelling words which could be practised with your child, both in isolation and by writing them in a sentence.

This week’s spelling rule will focus on adding es after y

armies,   parties,   hobbies,    families,    countries,    puppies,   replies,   babies

Change Maker Project

This half term, we are focusing on the value of ‘Friendship’. Please do continue supporting your child as they collect and record evidence of their chosen activity.

Dates for your diary

Our Harvest Festival is on Thursday. Please drop the children directly to the church for 8:45am in smart uniform.

Wednesday 30th September - 8:50 - Class Rep meeting

Thursday 1st October - 9:00 - 10:00 - Harvest Festival at St Mary's Church - Years 1 to 6.  Drop off at the church at 8:45 (smart uniform)

Thursday 1st October - 16:00 - 18:00 - Multisports Event at St John's Catholic Primary School - limited spaces

Tuesday 6th October - morning - Individual and sibling photographs (smart uniform for Years 1 to 6)

Friday 16th October - Year 3 - Class trip to Celtic Harmony

Wednesday 21st October - 15:15 - 15:45 - Years 3 to 6 - Book Look

Sunday 8th November - 16:00 - 18:30 - PTA Fireworks Night

Emails sent this week

Years 3 & 4 Multisport event for selected pupils

Iced coffees and pastries

Ice Lolly sale

Keeping our school site safe

Have a wonderful weekend

Mrs Collett