Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 24th October

Autumn Term 1

And just like that the first half term has come to an end, the children have settled really well into year 3 - this half term has been a term of learning new routines and learning how to be year 3s! The children have done a great job and we are a great year 3 team.

This week we have listened to the Parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee, we thought about being humble and not boastful. We are all unique and should be proud and celebrate our qualities and achievements but we should also value and celebrate those of the people around us.

On Tuesday our prayer leaders led a beautiful worship in which we thought about those around who may need our prayer. As October is the month of the Rosary, we turned to our Mother Mary and asked her to keep these people in our prayer, we made scrolls and added them to our Rosary display.

Our learning this week…

English
We have focused on speech this week and taken on the part of characters in the story Weed by Quentin Blake. We used punctuation clues to identify speech in the text. We looked at picture form the Greenling story by Levi Fold and thought about what the characters would be saying in each picture. We recorded their speech in speech bubbles then in speech marks.

Maths
We’ve continued using the bridging strategy to add and subtract across the 100’s boundary.

Swimming

Our swimming stars this week (As chosen by the swimmers teachers) are: Leo T and Maya.
Swimming will continue after the half term break.

Harvest

Thank you for all your jam donations - as a school we collected a huge amount of food for our local food bank, you can find more info on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

Enrichment

On Wednesday afternoon the children enjoyed gardening with Mrs Hotchkiss and Mrs Mather. They harvested potatoes that were then enjoyed by the children and staff at lunchtime on Thursday - they were delicious.

Book looks and parents day.

It was lovely to see so many of you on Tuesday afternoon, sharing books and moment of pride with your children. Many of you said that you couldn’t believe how much work the children have completed in such a short space of time - they really have worked their socks off and I too am very proud of them.

Thank you for taking the time to come a discuss your children and how they have settled into Year 3 on Friday. It was lovely to hear so many positive comments.

Design Technology

The children have started the next unit of DT work with Mrs Mather - they are sewing. Mrs Mather has asked the children to practise tying knots over half term, small knot in wool or thread - this is in preparation them securing thread when sewing.

Choir and Autumn 2 term clubs

There are lots of extra curricular opportunities for the children next half term from choir to Christmas crafts, judo and archery!

Find more info and sign up here

No certificate this week.

Our virtues next half term will be Faith Filled and Hopeful.

Reminders

• PE Days - Monday (outdoor) and Thursday (swimming)

• Upcoming trip - Stone age to Iron age at Woodmatters - Wednesday 19th November .Please complete permission form above. payment is now open on Parent pay

• School reopens on Monday 3rd November
  

Have a great half term,

Mrs Naylor, Mrs Carter and Mrs Davis

L.naylor@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 17th October

Our learning this week…

English
We’ve been immersed in lots of lovely books about hidden gardens, topairy tress and adventures in enchanted trees! We’ve continued to ask questions and make predictions from pictures and recorded them in our books. We made picked out clues and compared pictures to stories we already know and made links to real life eg. We spotted some yellow flowers in a picture that reminded us of daffodils, we went on to think about the time of year we see daffodils in the garden.

Maths
We have been putting into pracise all the skills of the last couple of weeks and solving addition and subtraction problems. We’ve built on our bridging in Year2 and have been bridging multiples of 10 across 100.

Swimming

Our swimming stars this week (As chosen by the swimmers teachers) are: Evana and George.
Well done, the whole class ae really impressing me - I don’t think we’ve had so many children who are able to swim so early on in the year.

Scientists in Year 3

We have been learning about soil, how it is formed, what it is and how long it takes to form. We looked really closely at sample of soil to see what we could see, the children were very observant and recorded what they found in their samples.

Forest School Photos!

Harvest

Please help - so far we have had no donations in our class.
The Mini Vinnie’s have asked year 3 to collect jam for the Food bank - any donations will be greatly appreciated.

Library books

I will be returning books to the library on Monday - if you would like me to take your child’s book to the library for them. Please send it into school on Monday. They are due back on Tuesday 22nd October.

Woodmatters - Stone Age Trip

Please click on the button below to give permission for your child to attend our trip and choose a lunch option.

Certificates

Our learner of the week is Henry
You have had a fantastic week, you have come in everyday focused and ready to learn. You have actively listened in all lessons and worked extremely hard, particularly in our maths lessons. You are a wonderful role model to your year 3 friends and we’re very proud of you.

This half term’s virtues are Learned and Wise.

Our Virtue star this week has been awarded to Frank

Reminders

• PE Days - Monday (outdoor) and Thursday (swimming)

• Library books are due back to the library by 22nd October

• Year 3 book look - Tuesday 21st October @ 2.30pm

• Friday 24th October Parents day - Most people have appointments - thank you. Over the weekend I will catch up and set up the rest of the online appointments - look out for an email. If you’ve not yet got an appointment please email me.

• Upcoming trip - Stone age to Iron age at Woodmatters - Wednesday 19th November .Please complete permission form above. payment is now open on Parent pay

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Naylor, Mrs Carter and Mrs Davis

L.naylor@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 3 Parents Day Appointments

Thank you for responding to to the request for face to face meetings or virtual.

I have managed to speak to a few of you at the end of the school day and arranged times for meetings.

If you have not yet arranged a meeting time with me, please email me with your preferred time.
I will add appointments as I receive your emails and update on the list below.

email: l.naylor@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 3 Weekly Blog 20th June

What an amazing week, filled with sunshine and fun!

Worship Our class worship was led this week by Blythe, Logan, Bella, Elsie and  Dexter. We listen to the story of Philip and how spread the word of God. As a class we thought about how we spreads God’s work, we decided that it was not just through speech but in acts of kindness, care and love. We though about times we had show care and compassion and times others had shown us care. Thank you for leading our liturgy Blythe, Logan, Bella, Elsie and  Dexter, you will be our prayer leaders this week. 

On Thursday we watched the Mark 10 Little Liturgy. We meet Jesus as he spoke in front of a great crowd but there was a problem, they needed something to eat. His disciples brought him five loaves and two fish and Jesus worked a wonderful miracle. Greg helped us reflect upon the Gospel for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. We then gathered with Jesus to pray, we thought about those who are not as lucky as us and may be hungry.

Sports Day and Gym Jam Jog

I’m sure you will agree we had a fantastic sports afternoon, the sun was shining and the children were superstars. Thank you so much to the parents and friend who came and supported the children and cheered them on.
It was lovely to see so many families jogging together on Thursday morning for our annual Jim Jam Jog. Check out the picture on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

Our learning this week…

English We have started reading the classical poem ‘The Spider and the Fly’, the children have written statements and questions around illustartations form the text and started to make prediction about what they will think will happen.

Maths - We are column addition and subtraction experts - the children have smashed these units and I am so proud of them. We have started looking at fractions - recognising the whole and parts of everyday objects. For example, the cake is the whole, the parts are the icing, the sponge, the chocolate chips and the cake case. Can your child recognise the parts and wholes of items out and about this weekend?

Spelling - this weeks spelling are more homophones: weather, whether, heel, heal, he’ll, accept, except, affect and effect. Spelling quiz will be 30th June.

Science - We have continued looking at magnetism and non contact forces. We experimented with magnets and wrote statements about what happened when like poles were put together eg north to north and opposite poles were put together eg south to north. We added attract and repel to our scientific vocabulary and used these in our statements.

Conversation starter…

What is the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?
How did you feel after you had done it?

As we come closer to the end of the school year, children might be starting to feel nervous about moving classes and meeting new teachers. It would be a good time to remind them of how they felt at the beginning of year 3 and how far they have come.
Are they proud proud of their achievements?

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Certificates

Our learner of the week is Jude
You have impressed the adults in class this week with your learning attitude. You have been focused and engaged particularly in maths. You have worked cooperatively with your learning partner and solved tricky problems together. We can see your brain growing right in front of us! Keep up the hard work Jude!

This half term’s virtues are Loving and Compassion.

Our Virtue butterflies this week have been awarded to Blythe.

Reminders

• PE Days - Wednesday (outdoor) and Thursday (indoor).

• Sponsored swim money - to be in by Friday 20th June

• Glazey Days class trip - we will be visiting Glazey Days in Fleetwood on Wednesday 9th July. We will be travelling by bus and coach (keeping the cost down), then speding some creative time in their studio to paint pottery. The cost of the cost of the trip is £20 and can be paid on parentpay. More info to follow next week.