Friday 16th October
We have had a fantastic week in Year 3, with lots of highlights! These included a thoroughly enjoyable poetry workshop with acclaimed poet Simon Mole and songwriter Gecko at Rickmansworth Library, as well as our fabulous trip to Celtic Harmony, where we immersed ourselves in life during the Stone Age.
A special thank you once again to Alex, Maeve, Norah and Sylvie’s mums, who kindly accompanied us on our trip. We really appreciate your support!
In English, we have been working hard to draft our own characterisation stories, incorporating the focus toolkits we have explored this half-term. Next week, we will be editing our work and beginning to write our final versions in our publishing books.
In Maths, we have been focusing on adding and subtracting 1, 10 and 100 from a given three-digit number.
Foundation Subjects
In History, we thoroughly enjoyed our class trip to Celtic Harmony, where we had the opportunity to experience aspects of life during the Stone Age.
In Art, we created our own class cave painting to represent everyone in Team Year 3!
In Science, we explored the process of fossilisation and learnt about Mary Anning, the famous English palaeontologist. We also had great fun creating our own fossil imprints using clay.
In PSHE, we explored the theme of discrimination and discussed how we can help to prevent it from happening to anyone in our school community.
Home Learning
Doodle - Please continue to support your child’s progress by accessing the Doodle Learning platform and aiming to remain in the green zone for English, Maths and Times Tables.
Reading - Please ensure that you listen to your child read at least five times during the week and sign their reading record each time. This will allow them to earn a star stamp in recognition of their efforts.
Spellings - There are no new spellings this week as we finish for the half-term break on Wednesday 21st October.
The Changemaker Project - Friendship Activity
A final reminder about our Changemaker Friendship Activity! Please support your child in completing the activity and ensure it is sent into school before Wednesday. We will be awarding the first of this year's stickers on Wednesday, and we are excited to celebrate the children's efforts to promote kindness and friendship.
Dates for Your Diary
We look forward to welcoming you into the classroom for our Book Look on Wednesday at 3:15 pm. Please head to the Year 3 classroom after collecting your child from the playground. We look forward to sharing the children's hard work with you!
Thursday 22nd October to Sunday 1st November – Half-term holiday (Tech & WOW Camp at St Mary's)
Monday 2nd November – Children return to school
Sunday 8th November – PTA Fireworks Night, 4:00–6:30pm
Wednesday 11th November – Armistice Day: Year 3 lead Remembrance Collective Worship, 9:00am – parents welcome
Monday 16th to Friday 20th November – Anti-Bullying Week
Monday 16th November – Odd Socks Day: wear school uniform with odd socks to celebrate our differences
Thursday 19th November – “Uniquely Us!” Non-Uniform Day: celebrating our differences and showing kindness. Please bring an item for the Christmas hampers.
Friday 4th December - 3:30 - 5:00pm - PTA Christmas Event
Friday 4th December – KS2 Target Reports shared with parents
Wednesday 9th December – KS2 Parent Consultations
Thursday 10th December – KS2 Parent Consultations
Friday 11th December – Christmas Discos: Reception–Year 2, 3:30–4:45pm; Years 3–6, 5:00–6:15pm
Tuesday 15th December – Beauty and the Beast at Watersmeet – afternoon
Wednesday 16th December – Christmas Jumper Day, Christmas lunch and afternoon class Christmas parties
Thursday 17th December – KS2 Christmas Service at St Mary’s Church, 6:00pm
Friday 18th December – End of term – school finishes at 1:30pm
Emails sent this week
Year 3 Celtic Harmony trip
Year 3 Library visit
Year 3 - Reading and home learning expectations
Scholastic Book Club
Xmas4Schools
Remembrance poppy Display - egg cartons needed
Christmas Wreath Making Night
Wishing you all a restful weekend
Mrs Collett