Year 3
Week beginning 20th January
What a lovely time we had last week!
We were lucky enough to have a Jewish visitor come to our school to teach us all about the story of Passsover and how it is celebrated in the Jewish religion. The children tried lots of different symbolic foods and heard some traditional Hebrew prayers and blessings. We have included some photos in our Year 3 photos album.
We also had a visit from the Treehouse Theatre where we got to watch a pantomime!
Worship theme of the week: Baptism
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:16
This weeks learning:
English - We will be continuing our Opening Doors unit surrounding the poem 'Green Candles' by Humbert Wolfe
Maths - We will be continuing our unit on multiplication and division where we will learn how divide a two digit number by a one digit number
Science - To know different parts of the body have special functions
Art - To learn about our key artists: Picasso and Archimboldo
Computing - We will be learning about branching databases
Handwriting - How to correctly link ff in cursive
Our new class book:
Spelling words of the week:
Please look below for our termly spelling overview.
Homework:
Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of the page.
The children will receive their homework sheets this week. Please choose at least two tasks to complete over the course of our project. The children are welcome to complete more if they wish. We look forward to seeing what they produce in our homework museum on the Monday 21st October 2024.
We also encourage children to practice our weekly spellings at home as well as the Y3/4 common exception words.
Reading:
We would love to see Year 3 using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please therefore keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records into school everyday.
Additional resources
Below are some other resources that you can use for optional work at home:
Recommended reading list:
English reading activities:
English reading activities should consist of reading an extract or short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
Maths
TTRS should be the main way the children use to practice their timetables. Children should still be completing 3 soundchecks and 2 garage bands a week.
However, if they would like a change or to focus on particular tables, they can use hit the button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This website is a good resource to find fun games for the children to play with age ranges specified.
Many thanks for all of your support,
Miss Finnigan and Mrs Talbot