Week Nine

Year Three Weekly Update

Monday 29th October - Friday 2nd November

Review (This week) 

English : Diary accounts and Instructional texts

Maths : Addition and Subtraction with bar model and column method

Science : Materials and how they are used

Preview (Next week) 

English : Instructional texts

Maths : Addition and Subtraction with bar model and column method

Science : Materials

Homework : Maths and English homework books (2 pages); spellings; reading and times tables.

Notices: We would request that the children bring in a cereal box each next week.


AS PART OF OUR TOPIC WORK THIS WEEK WE WERE LOOKING AT RANGOLI PATTERNS AND THE CHILDREN PREPARED FOR THEIR RANGOLI ARTWORK BY PRACTISING WITH FLOUR TO MAKE DIFFERENT SYMMETRICAL DESIGNS. NEXT WE WILL TRY WITH RICE FLOUR AND COLOURED SAND!

NEXT WEEK WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE SOME MODELS OF MOUNT EVEREST AS PART OF OUR INDIA UNIT (the country of nepal also being part of the indian subcontinent) AND THEREFORE WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU SEND IN A CEREAL BOX FROM HOME FOR OUR BASE!

THE CHILDREN HAVE PLAYED SOME GREAT MEMORY GAMES IN THEIR SPEAKING AND LISTENING ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK. IN ONE OF THEM THEY HAD TO REMEMBER DIFFERENT OBJECTS THAT WERE ON THE BOARD AND IN THE OTHER WE PLAYED A GAME OF "I PUT IN MY BAG...". GREAT MEMORY SKILLS BY YEAR 3!

AS PART OF SCIENCE THIS WEEK WE WERE LOOKING AROUND SCHOOL AT HOW DIFFERENT MATERIALS WERE USED: NOT ONLY HOW THEY WERE USED BUT WHY THEY WERE USED. the children also enjoyed using our new interactive display in the corridor and the discussions that followed.

DO ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO BE MORE CRITICAL AT HOME by ASKing 'WHY' AND 'HOW' QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSing WHY DIFFERENT MATERIALS ARE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

The children have been working so hard on their maths work this week, particularly when exchanging for subtracting and using a place value grid to show their understanding. well done year 3.

the children took part in a year 3 art competition last half term and the results from the voting came in this week: the winners were cassy and tony! well done to you two!

Have a great weekend from everybody in the Year 3 team!