Year 3 - Autumn 2 - Week 6
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 3:52pm
We are feeling extremely festive in Year 3 this week. Santa Dash was a huge hit, followed by our Christmas party.
For Collective Worship this week, we were introduced to our new theme of ‘Hope’. We watched the Sainsbury’s 2014 Christmas advert which was about Christmas in 1914, where the war stopped and a game of football took place between countries. Children’s reflections on the meaning of hope were thoughtful and relevant.
In Miss Lucas’ English group, we applied our learnt grammar, sentence structure and punctuation in the form of a letter. We offered advice to Winter’s Child, to encourage him to leave, so Spring could finally arrive. The children then used a ‘success criteria’ to assess their own writing and make improvements. Peer assessment was then used to ensure assessments were accurate and this involved some excellent discussions. One area Miss Lucas has seen great progress in, is our courage to start using paragraphs in our writing.
In Mrs McRae's writing group, we have been working on constructing complex sentences using 'when' and 'because.' Also, using The Polar Express, the children have been writing in character to describe their thoughts and feelings throughout their journey to the North Pole. Next week, we will be writing a letter to tell our 'sister, Sarah' (from the text) about our trip to see Santa Claus and when we received the first gift of Christmas.
This week, children have brought their RWI spelling log books home, which contain 5 words that your child wants to learn to spell this week. Please remember to return log books for Monday, so new words can be added.
As you are aware of now, the poetry competition that everyone entered in the first half-term has been a success! All of our entries have been accepted for publication in an upcoming poetry anthology. Many of you have returned the permission slips or given permission online for your child's work to be published. The deadline for permission slips is 18th December. Please check your e-mails for details how to do this online, or get in touch with any questions concerning this matter.
In Miss Lucas’s Maths group, we reviewed some key questions on our recent assessments, so we could address misconceptions, understand the meaning of questions and share strategies. The children found this lesson very beneficial. We then moved on to our new unit of measure, where we will focus on length and perimeter. One area, we found challenging was converting mm into cm and mm, for example; 58mm is equivalent to 5 cm and 8mm. You can find the questions we looked at this week on Google Classroom, if you wish to review this learning.
In Mrs McRae's Maths group, the children have been using pictures and objects to practise adding and subtracting two 2-digit numbers. We will continue our strategies next week, but apply our skills to solving word problems.
On Tuesday, we began working on our 3-D pop-up Christmas cards in DT. We designed the front cover and the inside. Next week, we will finish decorating the front cover and begin cutting and shaping our cards to make them 'pop-up'! If you have any old Christmas cards that we could reuse, or you have any Christmas stickers, then we would appreciate any donations to decorate our cards.
In Science, we investigated the purpose of a skeleton, named bones in the body and learnt about voluntary and involuntary muscles. The children were able to explain the difference between the types of muscles very well, giving great examples.
Our Spanish is improving week by week and we can now say ‘I am…’ and a given animal in Spanish. There are interactive games the children can access on Language Angels. Login details can be found on Google Classroom.
In Music, we used our skills to attempt to learn how to play ‘Jingle Bells’ on the glockenspiel. The music sheet can be found on Google Classroom for those who wish to continue learning the song.
Our week ended with a fun-filled festive party, full of music, dances and lots of games. Thank you are a wonder afternoon everyone.
We can’t wait for our Christmas Movie Day on Monday!
Reminders:
- RWI Spelling Log Books must be returned for Monday.
- Christmas Dinner Day is on Wednesday.
- KS2 church service is Friday at 9:15am.
- School finishes on Friday at 1pm.