Class 3
Friday 9th October 2020
admin on: Class 3
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had another wonderful week in class 3; your children are just amazing! They're so hard working and enthusiastic about all we share; it really is a pleasure to teach them all.
We've spent our afternoon today focusing on mental health and have discussed the importance of looking after our bodies, including our minds. We began the afternoon with a wonderful yoga session together and ended by adding the final touches to our 'Happy Jars'! I do hope they have landed home safely and in one piece!! We've also enjoyed beginning some super artwork linked to our text, 'The Iron Man'.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend; let's hope it's not the rainy sort of weekend we endured last weekend!!
Here are this week's spellings to learn;
once
school
house
behind
child
children
every
everybody
I will add these to 'Spelling Shed' (the children have their new logins) but they are also in the children's diaries.
Please check 'Mathletics' for this week's activity. No doubt your children have told you we won the trophy for 'Mathletics' this week; we are very proud indeed! Please do encourage your child to try a number of activities on 'Mathletics' as I really do feel its an amazing resource to develop mental maths (and of course we want to win again- as P.E. co-ordinator, I'm very competitive!!)
Have a super weekend!
See you very soon,
Mrs Matthews x
World Mental Health Day 2020
admin on: Class 3
9th October 2020
As October 10th is World Mental Health Day, throughout the today, every year group has learnt about what mental health is, discussed this topic and completed different activities based upon this. Why not ask your child/ren about what they have learned today?
Young Minds is a charity that is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges. They are there to make sure young minds get the best possible mental health support and have the resilience to overcome life’s difficulties.
For more information about Young Minds click the link here:
For more helpful links about the topic of wellbeing and mental health, please visit our PSHE curriculum webpage. Here, you will also find other useful links to topics such as healthy lifestyles, safety and anti-bullying. The link can be found below:
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss H x
Friday 2nd October
admin on: Class 3
Hello all!
We've had another wonderful week in year 3! We've been sharing our new text 'The Iron Man' and have thoroughly enjoyed creating wonderful posters of him, labelled with all the facts we have learnt about him. We've decorated our 'Happy Jars' and will be adding fancy lids on Monday in readiness for bringing them home next week. They really do look so lovely!
I have given the children some homework today. Please see the spellings below! I have also asked the children to focus on learning their 2 and 5x tables as many of them have forgotten these. We will gradually work through most of the times tables this year. I have also highlighted a 'Mathletics' activity I would like the children to complete; it's focusing on place value. Please encourage your child to try other activities too as it's such a great resource and certainly helps to improve mental maths.
Here's a couple of photos of the children completing their 'Iron Man' posters; they had great fun working together on these! We've linked the story to drama and music too. We've even used drama in our French this week too; the children are fabulous actors and actresses!
Here, the children are perfecting their wonderful dance. They are developing a great routine!
Here are the spellings for this week;
were
here
there
where
friend
because
kind
mind
Have a super weekend everyone!
See you Monday,
Mrs Matthews x
A little update 30th September 2020
admin on: Class 3
Good evening everyone!
I just thought I'd post a little message to you all to say 'hallo' again and to let you know what we have been doing. We are continuing to have a great time together in our year 3 bubble. We have had great fun in science; we have become quite skilled scientists! We've been conducting investigations on our rocks and have learnt lots about their physical properties. We've investigated density, durability and even looked at how porous they are and whether they react to vinegar!! We've had great fun!! We have even created amazing sculptures with them.
Our 'happy jars' are progressing well; we will be bringing these home when we have finished them. Each will be filled with positive comments about us and decorated as per our designs. I hope they bring many happy emotions for the children as we continue through this wonderful pandemic!!
I understand many of you have had difficulty accessing the activity I put on 'Teams' last week; I have had a look and sorted the problem so hopefully you should be able to access the activity!!
We are currently working hard on times tables as I feel many of the children are forgetting these. Please could you continue to help your child learn the 2 and 5x tables (believe it or not, many have forgotten them). We have a 'times tables challenge' in class and award a sticker to the chart whenever the children have learnt one. They need to be able to recite the times table and know them randomly too; this seems to be proving tricky!! We aim to know times tables up to at least 8 x tables by the end of year 3!
I haven't been putting homework on the blog up until this week as I have wanted to give the children time to settle into year 3 without feeling overworked at home. I have asked them all, however, to continue reading to you every day and to learn these times tables. I will begin adding homework each Friday to the blog from this week; keep an eye out on Friday!!
Here are just a few of our photos.....
Have a lovely week! I'll be in touch on Friday.
See you soon,
Mrs Matthews
15th September 2020
admin on: Class 3
Good afternoon everyone!
Hope you are all making the most of this gorgeous weather; sadly I don't think it's going to last much longer!!
Just a quick note about P.E.
Many apologies if I've confused you all about our P.E. days; we are now having P.E. on a Wednesday and Thursday. I promise it won't be changing again!
We have been recapping lots of maths this week and have been working on our times tables. I have asked the children to practice their 5 times tables this week so that they are much more confident when asked them at random. We will work on a different one each week and have a mini quiz on a Friday.
Thanks so much for your support,
Mrs Matthews