Year 3 Week 6 9th December

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Well, what ANOTHER busy week!
We hope you all enjoy a restful weekend and have energy for the last week of term!
💜 Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie 💜
*We didn’t have a chance to change all the reading books so they will be given out next week instead*

🎄CHRISTMAS PANTO MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER MEET AT THE CHURCH 9:30AM 🎄

🎄 WEDNESDAY 18TH CHRISTMAS DINNER AND JUMPER🎄

🎄FRIDAY 20TH SCHOOL FINISHES 1PM🎄

Enjoy the photos!

Last Spellingshed and Mathletics have been set for this term.
We will work on the new spellings to hand out before the end of term and we will register for Timetable Rockstar accounts too.  

Last Friday

Tuesday

Monday

Last Friday

Monday

 

What a fun Christmas day we had!

 

 

Year 3 Week 5 2nd December

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Well, that was a busy week!
Two Advent Services in one day!
We are so proud of your behaviour, effort and respectfulness this week.
You have made us extremely proud to be your teachers.
We hope you all enjoy a restful weekend as there is a busy week next week too!

💜 Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie 💜

🎄CHRISTMAS FUNDAY THURSDAY 12TH DECEMBER WEAR YOUR OWN FESTIVE CLOTHES 🎄

Enjoy the photos!

We know it has been a busy week and lots of festive events are happening at the weekends too so Spellingshed and only one Mathletics have been set.
We will work on the new spellings to hand out before the end of term and we will register for Timetable Rockstar accounts too.  

On Wednesday morning we set off to Potters Bar station to make our way to Victoria for the Advent Carol Service.
The children walked lots! They enjoyed being on the train and counting down stops. 
Their behaviour was exceptional and there was lots of fun had by all.
Once we arrived, the children listened to the Christmas Story and even saw a real donkey take part in the performance!
Thank you so much to all of the parent helpers for your support.
Some of the children said they wish to practise the recorder at home so here is the link that they were playing along with. They start from 50seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sejZ0y-UnlE

Week 4 Friday 29th November Year 3

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RE

A group of children led us in a beautiful act of worship this week. They gathered, prepared, responded and listened with great respect.

Maths

In maths this week, the children have used their previous knowledge on adding two numbers with no exchange to adding two number across a ten.

Science
We are coming to the end of our Humans and animal unit and we have used lots of scientific language to describe and group animals according to what they eat.
We are moving on to our Food Waste topic next.
We are enjoying out poetry unit based on foods and have been exploring the language and phrases used in the poems to illustrate what we imagine as we read. It’s still making us very hungry!
The children worked well to describe their food items using similes today. Look at their mad hair too!
Last Friday! Well done!
We are enjoying our Music lessons- thanks Mrs McNamara! They are inspiring us to be creative and notice music notes in other areas of our learning.
We are going to be such busy bees so we have made a class calendar to help us keep track of December’s events.
Mathletics
– How long is that?
– ​Add multi-digit numbers 1
– ​Add 2-digit numbers: regrouping
– Column subtractions
Spelling Shed
– Words where ‘-ing’, ‘-er’ and ‘ed’ are added to multi-syllabic words
*The choir will be singing in various different places over the next four weeks. Please see the newsletter for further details.
Advent Service is Wednesday 4th December at 6:30pm
Songs can be found here 

O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL (Y3)

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to you, O Israel!

O come thou Wisdom from on high,
who orders all things mightily.
To us the path of knowledge show,
and teach us in her ways to go.

Lines for  all year 3

The people who walked in darkness

have seen a great light.

They lived in a land of shadows,

but now light is shining on them. 

Year 3 Week 3 Friday 22nd November

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RE

In RE, the children have been learning to recognise, describe and give reasons for some of the symbols, actions and words associated with Advent.

They labelled an Advent Wreath and started making a class wreath using their hands!

 

PE

This week the children started their session with a game of Team Tag Belt Tag. They then practised how to hold and scoop a rugby ball.

     

 

Maths

The children learnt the column addition method this week.

In measure the children compared units mm, cm and m and decided which would be suitable to measure certain things.

English

The children started their poetry unit and will continue it on Thursdays and Fridays. All the poems were based on food and were making them very hungry!

For next Friday the children are welcome to bring in their own food item to use as a writing stimulus and to munch on after.  Fruit or veg will be suitable but I don’t mind if they bring in a small treat, as long as they are able to write similes and metaphors for it! 

 

Thank you for the kind donations of tissues 🙂

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie

Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

 

*DATES to remember*

* Next Friday is mad hair day when children are encouraged to come to school in their normal
school uniform but with a creative, colourful hair style. We ask that children bring in a donation for the
class hampers; please see your class colour in this newsletter!


*The choir will be singing in various different places over the next four weeks. Please see the newsletter
for further details.

Homelearning:

Spellings: -mis

Maths: How long is that?, Strategies for column addition, Are you ready? Columns that add.

Please practise lyrics for Advent Service, which can be found here.

Year 3 Week 2 Friday 15th November

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We wish to start by expressing how proud we are of the children and their assembly today.

Thank you so much for supporting your children in learning their lines.
They enjoyed a chocolate biscuit as a treat after.

Remembrance

On Monday morning, the school gathered in the hall for 2 minutes silence before beginning our pilgrimage through the classrooms to look at all the remembrance displays. They used this time to reflect and pray for all the lives lost. Thank you for the memorial cards and pictures sent in, they were added to our classroom display.

RE

In preparation of how we remember and wait for the birth of Jesus, the children have been looking at how they can prepare for a special event. They had a Q&A session with Deacon Shaun about how he prepared for becoming a Priest and discussed what it feels like to wait for something.

Maths

This week the children have been learning how to subtract 1’s across a 10 and then 10’s across a 100.

The children will be learning about Length and Perimeter on Thursdays/ Fridays. This week they measured in mm, cm and m. They found so much around our classroom to measure. They enjoyed Miss Sowden taking their measurements in height so we can use it to compare and order in a few lessons time.

We are down to our last tissue box and would appreciate any donations please and thank you. 🙂

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

                                                    Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie

Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

 

Homelearning:

Spelllingshed – dis-

Mathletics: measuring length, place value and partitioning renaming.

 

Year 3 Week 1 Friday 8th November

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Welcome to the second half of the autumn term. It was lovely to see the children return all refreshed and ready to learn.

RE
In RE the children have been looking at the Preferential Option for the Poor and what they can do to help. They discussed how Jesus shows a preferential option for the poor by putting them first. The children then went on create their own Advent giving calendar.

English
In English this week, the children started their new unit on a book called Tuesday. They spent the week making predictions and sequencing the story using pictures in small groups.

 

Maths

The children have been learning to add and subtract by spotting patterns, adding 1s across a 10 e.g. 273+3 and adding 10s across a 100 barrier e.g. 690+80

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to seeing you at our class assembly on Friday 15th November,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
Mon, Tu & Wed Th & Fr

Homelearning:

Please support your child to learn their assembly lines which have been stapled to their reading records today.

Reading: daily reading school or home books.
Spellings: Words with the prefix ‘re-‘
Maths: Mathletics has been set to support mental fluency with addition and subtraction.

 

Please see below the autumn term letter for RHE.

Life to the Full Plus letters to parents Years 3 and 4

 

Week 8 25th October 2024

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One World Week

This week our focus has been on Nigeria, the children have taken part in some engaging, creative and practical activities. They have located Nigeria on a map, and understand that Abuja is it’s capital. They also explored some of Nigeria’s landscape facts.

At the beginning of the week, the children made their own Nigerian flags using collage. They then went onto to explore Cafod, and how their work supports Nigeria.

Towards the end of the week, the children explored Nigerian musician Burna Boy and listened to some of his songs. We discussed how he uses his platform to speak truth to shine a light on issues affecting people in Nigeria and around the world.

Year 3 have enjoyed learning about Nigeria this week, they have had lots to say and thrown themselves into all of the activities that were on offer! Additional information can be found here- https://cafod.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/africa/nigeria

 

We wish to thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning this half term and wish you a safe and happy half-term holiday.
We look forward to welcoming you all back on Tuesday 5th November.

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

Reminders:

  • Year 3 assembly Friday 15th November at 9:15am.
  • Homelearning is not set during the school holidays but Mathletics and Spellingshed users are still active.
  • Reading books to be in school every day please.

Year 3 Week 7 Friday 18th October

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R.E.

This week the children showed a respectful and prayerfulness atmosphere when they participated in a meditation. They focused on the nature of our world and where they feel they can find and feel God.

Maths

The children worked hard in their end of unit quiz and began to explore their new unit on addition and subtraction. They started with revising their number bonds to ten and seeking links to number bonds to 100 before recapping on methods to add and subtract single ones in three-digit numbers.

English

The children explored their Fantastic Mr. Fox unit further by selecting appropriate vocabulary to describe him and began to use a range of conjunctions to join their sentences. They applied their fantastic descriptive language when constructed wanted posters.

Science

This week the children got out their muscles! They enjoyed flexing and using the scientific language to explain what happens to muscles and why they are needed. They then looked at diet and nutrition and how this is needed to support and strengthen them.

Reminders:

  • Please book parent consultations for Tuesday 22nd October or Thursday 24th October
  • Reading books to be in school every day please.
  • Fri 15th Nov 9.15am Year 3 Class Assembly
    All are welcome to come!

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
   Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

Homelearning:

Reading: Expectation is to read with your child for 20 mins a day and comment in the logbook.

Spellings: Edshed activity has been set ‘ture’

Maths: Mathletics activities set are compare to 100’

 

*Additional* Please may you bring in a family/ child photo and a brief description of where your family come from and what the culture is like there? We are trying to build up a world map of where our class comes from.

Thank you for those that have already come in!

Week 6 w.b. 11th October

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R.E.

This week the children recapped their learning from Key Stage One about what The Holy Trinity means. They identified biblical stories that represent God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit. They then looked at different symbols representing The Holy Trinity and used a zone of relevance to organise which one they believed represented the Trinity the best.

Maths

The children are coming to the end of their unit on place value and will be using their knowledge to in addition and subtraction net week. This week they were able to compare and order numbers to 1000 and count in 50s.

English

The children used hot seating to explore the thoughts and actions of a character. We read some more of the story and the children worked in small groups to ask each other questions. They then began to read Chapter 2 and select adjectives to describe Mr.Fox and The Farmers.

Science

This week the children built on their knowledge of the skeleton by looking at joints. They identified two different joint types – hinge and ball-and-socket joints. They were able to name the hips, elbows, knees, shoulder joints, and decide whether these are examples of hinge or ball – and – socket joints.

PE

This week the children explored a series of rolls. They had to use their space effectively and create a sequence of rolls and balances.

Reminders:

  • Reading books to be in school every day please.

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
   Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

Homelearning:

 

Reading: Expectation is to read with your child for 20 mins a day and comment in the logbook.

Spellings: Edshed activity has been set ‘sure’

Maths: Mathletics activities set are ‘Place Value 1 and 2’

 

*Additional* Please may you bring in a family/ child photo and a brief description of where your family come from and what the culture is like there? We are trying to build up a world map of where our class comes from. 

Year 3 Week 5 Friday 4th October

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R.E.

This week the children looked at Biblical metaphors and discussed that because we cannot see or touch God we use the world around us for people and things that are, in some way, like him. The children came up with their own metaphors of what God is like for them.

Rooted in Love lesson- Our focus in on Creation this half term. We joined Year 4 and learnt all about how the world is gifted to us by God and we shared ideas of how we can appreciate that gift.

English

The children finished drafting their final pieces this week and spent a lot of time and effort writing them up in neat. Their drawings are nearly finished and will then be displayed to match their writing.

The children will be reading and learning about Fantastic Mr Fox and are welcome to bring in their home copies to read in class.

Maths

The children worked well to identify 1 , 10 or 100 more and less of given numbers and had to really think about which digit needs to change.
They also revisited number lines but they went all the way up to 1000 in different intervals. They worked well to explore what they think it went up in.

PE

In PE this week the children were demonstrating different, graceful ways of getting from the floor to the ground and vice versa. They also looked at how they can perform symmetrically and asymmetrically.

 

Reminders:

  • Reading books to be in school every day please.

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

 

Homelearning:

 

Reading: Expectation is to read with your child for 20 mins a day and comment in the logbook.

Spellings: Edshed activity has been set ‘Words where the digraph ‘y’ makes an /i/ sound’

Maths: Mathletics activities set are ‘Place Value 1 and Model numbers’

 

*Additional*
Please may you bring in a family/ child photo and a brief description of where your family come from and what the culture is like there?
We are trying to build up a world map of where our class comes from.

 

As mentioned in the Newsletter email-

This week your children should come home with a Christmas Card design sheet in their bags. This is for our annual Christmas card project run by Emma Linden on behalf of FOPPS. Please send your child’s design back into school by next Friday 11th October. Christmas cards with their design will be able to be purchased later on in the term. We shall organise a design collection box by the back door in the KS2 playground. Please do not give the design in to the office.