More brilliant animations, well done Year 3!

Another collection of super animations, they are simply brilliant children. There will be more to come next Friday, so keep your eyes peeled.

Make sure you scroll all the way down and press play on each one, you won’t want to miss one.

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” Year3 Week ending 29th January 2021

What a super week we have had this week. We are so impressed with all of the work that the children have been doing both in class and at home. Well done everyone.

It was so lovely to see the children on the Zoom meeting on Wednesday and to share what they have been enjoying doing.  We hope that you all enjoyed it at home as much as we did in school. We look forward to organising another for next week—same time and same place. I will send out the Zoom details in an email to you all. We are looking forward to seeing you all again.

We hope that you have enjoyed the learning this week and that you are managing OK. Thank you for all of your lovely emails and super photos. It is lovely to see all of the children’s hard work on Purple Mash and to see how they are continually trying to improve. You are such enthusiastic Bobby Bees, Lizzie Ladybirds who want to improve and Sadie Spiders who just keep on trying, Cooper Crabs who concentrate, Curious Clara Clownfish who are great at asking and answering questions, brave have a go Tommy Turtles  and Creative Kiki Chameleons. On top of all that you must also be Co-operative Roger Robins because you are getting your work done. Well done everyone. Keep up the good work. Don’t forget to say a great big “thank you” to your lovely parents who are helping you everyday to do all of your fantastic work. (Can you think of something a little bit special that you can do to say thank you to them?)

Let’s Celebrate:

The children both at home and in school have continued to work really hard and to make us so proud with their creativity and focus. We are loving looking at all of the wonderful learning that is taking place at home and how children are really engaging with the videos, lessons and Purple Mash. Well done everyone. Thank you parents for all of your support and hard work too. This week, we just could not decide between quite a few learners at home and so we have decided to be incredibly cheeky and give not 1, not 2 but 3 home learning certificates this week as well as a certificate for a school learner. Well... we just could not decide who to choose and we did not want to wait until next week. So here goes: Our home learning certificates go to Millie, Angel and Max this week and our school certificate goes to Leo.  Millie receives a concentrating Cooper Crab because she is so focused on her work and gets everything done. You are also so enthusiastic Millie. Well done, we are so impressed with all of your lovely work. Angel gets an Enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate because he is just bubbling with enthusiasm at the moment. We are loving how you are engaging with everything and even trying hard to encourage others as well with your enthusiasm. Well done Angel—keep up this wonderful attitude. Max you are getting a Creative Kiki Chameleon certificate for your amazing animation. Wow!! We were all so impressed with this in school. We hope everyone at home enjoys it too. Make sure that you have a look at all of the animations that Miss Edmondson has posted. Max you have also been such a Bobby Bee too and your work is always super. Amazing handwriting too—well done. In school our certificate goes to Leo. Leo gets an Enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate because he is so enthusiastic about doing all of his work. You are being so enthusiastic with your reading too Leo. We are really impressed with your efforts to reach your new (huge) reading target. Keep up the good work Leo. Well done.

More reasons to celebrate - we hope that you enjoy this week’s photo movie.

IXL success

Once again we have achieved another certificate from IXL for our amazing maths, well done children. View our certificate below.

Just look at the photo of the Rainbow - well done to those who are climbing up it. Rosa you are soooo close with 92.3%. I know you will do it by next week. Well done everyone!

Things to Note:

• Please make sure that your child has layers on during this cold weather. We need to have doors and windows open for ventilation and so the classroom is really cold at times. Thank you.

• Don’t forget that if your child is learning at home, they can take reading quizzes from home again (Go to the orange “How to Help your Child” on the class page and scroll down to find the Accelerated Reader button—click on this, log on and take a quiz as you would in school). Please do try to have a go at quizzing if you have not managed to do this yet.

• Please check your emails about our next Zoom meeting that we are organising for next Wednesday 3rd February at 9:15am. Please remember that by accepting the invitation to join the meeting  you are agreeing to accept the guidance. For this Zoom meeting we would like the children to find their best work to show the rest of the class and to say why they are proud of themselves. Please have this ready and have a think what you are going to say. Can we remind everyone at home that they should not be sending messages to each other whilst we are on Zoom meeting please. Thank you.

Thank you for all of your support and co-operation this week. We really do appreciate all that you are doing to help the children with their learning at home and for all of the emails and photos that you have sent to us this week. We are so proud of the children and we want them to continue their learning journey no matter whether they are at home or school. 

Please do continue to email us and keep in contact. We are here to help where we can and to keep the children learning.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Amazing animations.

Wow children, you have blown me away with your animations. You really stepped up to the challenge set by the children who are now in Year 4. I know lots of you have really enjoyed this. Can you guess who made which one?

It has taken us a little longer to complete this in school as there a few of us, so if you need more time to complete it do not worry. Send them to my email as and when you can. I can always pop them on next week’s blog.

Make sure you scroll all the way down and press play on each one, you won’t want to miss one. It’s like being at the cinema. Sweet and salted popcorn for me please!

What is a bookshelf other than a treasure chest for curious minds... Year 3 Friday 22nd January 2021

We are so proud of all of the work that is going on in class and at home. We recognise that it is not easy and that the children are missing each other, but like true Sadie Spiders the children keep on trying and trying and trying and they are doing some great work. Well done children and thank you parents for all the support that you are giving whilst trying to do everything else as well.

Sadly, we have had to close our class bubble, as we have had a confirmed case of Covid-19 within the children who are coming into school. Hopefully everyone will be okay and we are sure that you will join us all in hoping that everyone is safe and keeping everyone in our prayers.

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Our novel the Iron Man is really beginning to get very exciting and the children have had some very creative ideas about what might happen.  I am loving reading what they have written. We continue to be really impressed with the children’s ability to add and subtract involving exchanges. We are coming to the end of this topic and next week we will be starting our topic of multiplication and division. Geography is proving to be very exciting, looking at maps and learning all about the local area. In RE the children have continued to think about the Sacrament of  Reconciliation. 

Purple Mash is working well and the children are really engaging. Well done children. (Just one little blip—we need to add a 2Do for you to put photos on —we have realised that we have missed some of the work that children have sent to us because it is going into the children’s files and not into our alerts. Whoops—sorry. Our fault not yours. 2dos will be set when needed to return your work to us, so keep your eyes peeled for 2dos. If your child is at school on that date they will have completed it in class.

Please continue to send photos via email if you wish for them to go on the class blog page. Thank you.

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Let’s Celebrate:

This week the children both at home and in school have continued to work really hard and to make us so proud with their creativity and focus. We are so proud of all the super learning that is taking place at home and how children are really engaging with the videos, lessons and Purple Mash. Well done everyone. Keep up the good work children and thank you for everything that you have sent to us. Well done parents for all of your support and hard work too.

This week, we are delighted to present Ruby-Lilly, Evan and Owen with their certificates.

Ruby-Lilly receives a Lizzie Ladybird certificate for her continued effort to improve and get better in all of her lessons.  Ruby-Lilly you are a pleasure to teach and you are always so enthusiastic too. Keep up the good work.

Evan and Owen, you both receive Co-operative Roger Robins/Creative Kiki Chameleon certificates. You have both continued to engage fully in the work and have had brilliant ideas about what you think might happen in the Iron Man story. You have completed some super work. Great punctuation too, well done!

Well done also to Leo who is the first to have reached 100% of his reading target this term. Well done Leo. That’s wonderful. Make sure that you put your bird up on the rainbow when we get back into class. Well done everyone. You have really tried to get on with your reading this week and to take quizzes. We have a few people now in the 60% zone and others in the 40% zone. Remember to take a quiz if you have not done this yet please.

Take a look below at the photos from this week. Sorry there aren’t as many as there should be - I have struggled to open the ones that we took in school as we are now working at home. Hopefully, I will be able to rectify this when I get back to school.

Another thing to celebrate

As a class we have achieved great things on IXL, please open the PDF below to see our certificate. Great work Year 3!

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 Things to Note:

• Please make sure that your child has layers on at school during this cold weather. We need to have doors and windows open for ventilation, so the classroom is really cold at times. Thank you.

• Don’t forget that if your child is learning at home, they can take reading quizzes from home again (Go to the orange “How to Help your Child” on the class page and scroll down to find the Accelerated Reader button—click on this, log on and take a quiz as you would in school).

• Please check your emails about the Zoom meeting that we are organising for the children to get together as a whole class. It will be on Wednesday 26th January at 9:15am. (for about 20mins) You will need to read and agree to the Zoom meeting guidance which I have attached below. By accepting the invitation to join the meeting  you are agreeing to accept the guidance. During the Zoom meeting we will be sharing things that the children are enjoying doing during Lockdown. (Maybe you could have a think about what you would like to say children.)

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Again, we would like to say a huge “thank you” all for your support and co-operation this week. We really do appreciate all that you are doing to help the children with their learning at home and all of the emails and photos that you are sending to us, it really is important to us to try keep our class together even if it is virtually.

Please do continue to email us and keep in contact. We are here to help where we can and to keep the children learning.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

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Year 3 Photos, photos, photos!

Computing - photography

Another fun lesson of using our cameras to produce some lovely photos, collages and edited work. Super children!

“There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy” Year 3 15th January 2021

No matter whether they are at home or school the children are trying hard to be positive and do their best to demonstrate the different learning characters. We have so many Cooper Crabs, Kiki Chameleons, Bobby Bees, Sadie Spiders, Roger Robins, Curious Clara Clownfish, Tommy Turtles and Lizzie Ladybirds it has been very difficult to choose who will receive our certificates this week.

We hope that you are all keeping well and staying safe during these very strange times. “Thank you” for all of the lovely photos showing the children engaging in their work at home and also for all of the lovely emails from you too. We really do appreciate these. We hope that you will enjoy looking at the photos of the children working both at home and at school this week. Well done children, thank you parents..

There has been some lovely writing this week, all relating to our super class novel - The Iron Man. Well done children you have been very creative and full of enthusiasm. We are really impressed with the maths work that has gone on both at home and in school this week. The children have all worked so hard to move towards mastery of addition and subtraction involving exchanges this week and they are all doing so well. We hope that you enjoyed this week’s science lesson. It certainly was very exciting when we did it in school. The children now definitely understand what digestion and the digestive system is all about. (Yes it was rather messy - I said it would be, but it really helped with understanding.) In computing the children have worked hard to manipulate their photos and present them in a collage. Make sure you have a look on the blog that Miss Edmondson has added to the webpage. In RE we have started looking at Reconciliation. This will also help us in our preparation for receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which hopefully we will be able to celebrate once we are back to normal. Just like it said at the top of the blog - There are so many reasons to be happy.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week the children both at home and in school have continued to impress us with their enthusiasm and concentration. We are so proud of all the super learning that is taking place at home and in school and how children are continuing to engage with the videos and lessons. Keep up this super work children and thank you for everything that you have sent to us.

This week, we are delighted to present Rosa and Anncia with their certificates. Rosa receives a Bobby Bee certificate for being such enthusiastic learner this week. You have been amazing with everything and such a little star with your reading quizzes and IXL. Well done Rosa. Keep up the good work. Anncia, you have grown in confidence so much and shown that you are such a brave Tommy Turtle. Well done Anncia, you are working so hard and we are all so proud of you and everything that you are learning.

(Even more reasons to be happy!)

Even more reasons to be happy - children your learning this week has made us so proud. Keep smiling everyone!!

Things to Note:

• Please make sure that your child has layers on during this cold weather. We need to have doors and windows open for ventilation and so the classroom is really cold at times. Thank you.

• Don’t forget that if your child is learning at home, they can take reading quizzes from home again (Go to the orange “How to Help your Child” on the class page and scroll down to find the Accelerated Reader button—click on this, log on and take a quiz as you would in school).f your child is learning in school, we will be doing PE on Mondays and Fridays. (PE kits needed please)

• If your child is learning in school, they will need an art shirt for their art lesson  - art will be on Tuesdays.  Art shirts can be kept in school. (see Mrs Curtis’ blog)

• We will not be giving the usual homework during Lockdown.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support and co-operation this week. We really do appreciate all that you are doing to support the children with their learning at home and all of the emails etc that you are sending to us, it really is important to us to try keep our class together.

Please do continue to email us and keep in contact. We are here to help where we can and to keep the children learning.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 3 Photography skills

Children, you have impressed me again with your photography skills. Well done. I’m sure there will be more to add to this as other children send them in.

“It’s amazing what we can accomplish when we’re in it together.”

When we all arrived back at school on Monday morning, we were really impressed with how calm the children came back to the classroom and how eager and excited they were to get back to their learning.

Well, unfortunately for all of us that didn’t last long and we were all forced into working in different places following the government’s announcement on Monday evening. That hasn’t stopped the children from working though—and even creating their own work stations and work timetables. (Well done girls—you know who you are!!!) As the Year 3 team, we want to take this opportunity to say a big “Thank you” for all of the lovely photos showing the children engaging in their work at home and also for all of the lovely emails from you too. We really do appreciate these. We hope that you enjoy looking at the photos of the children working and also the gallery of photos that the children took as part of their computing lesson this week—photography. We definitely have some budding photographers in our midst. Well done everyone.

This week, we have started our new class novel (not the one we were intending to do—but we needed to make sure that we could let the children see the text so we changed it after the announcement. Hopefully we will be able to do our other book soon.) Already I can see that there has been a lot of engagement in this—we have some lovely drawings of the Iron Man and some super ideas about what might happen and where he might have come from. In maths this week the children have been adding and subtracting and again lots of super engagement. We have loved seeing all of the different types of counters that have been used—very Creative Kiki Chameleons. Well done everyone. Our geography topic, the local area,  has proved to be very exciting too, as has the computing topic of photography.  Next week we hope to bring you even more lessons to engage in, so make sure that you are ready to get learning and show how enthusiastic and independent that you can be.

We hope that you enjoy these photos of learning that has taken place both at home and in school.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week has been very different and very strange in many ways and it makes us truly proud to see that the children have taken these changes in their stride and have continued to work no matter where they have been learning. Normally, we would give 2 certificates out for hard work and attitude and this week we have decided to divide these between home and school, as we know that the children at home are working just as hard as the children at school. We are so proud of all the lovely comments about independent learning at home and how children are engaging really well with the videos. Keep this up children as it means that your parents can get on with their work too.

We are delighted to announce that Stanley and Iris receive this weeks certificates. Stanley and Iris both get an enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate for being such enthusiastic learners this week. Stanley, you have definitely shown that you are up for a challenge and that you have been excited by the work that has been set. Iris you have also been such a keen learner this week and you have been ready to share all of your lovely ideas. Well done children. Keep up the good work.

Things to Note:

• If your child is learning at home they can now quiz from home again (Accelerated Reader).

• If your child is learning in school, we will be doing PE on Mondays and Fridays. (PE kits needed please)

• If your child is learning in school, they will need an art shirt for their art lesson  - art will be on Tuesdays and art shirts can be kept in school. (see Mrs Curtis’ blog)

• We will not be giving the usual homework during Lockdown.

Thank you for your continued support. It is so good to be able to stay in contact with you and keep our class together as one, even though it might be virtually.

Please do continue to email us and keep in contact. We are here to help where we can and to keep the children learning.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 3 Photography work

Children what fantastic photography skills you’ve got, watch the video below and try to guess where/what it is and maybe even which of your friends took the photo. Happy watching! There are a few photos underneath too, so make sure you scroll down below.

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” - Ruth Carter Stapleton

Well done children! We have reached the end of the term and what a term it has been!

We would like to say a big “thank you” to you all for all of your smiling faces and support throughout the term. The children have been amazing and they have really settled well into the different routines and life in the juniors. They have worked their socks off throughout the term and really shown how much they have grown. We are really looking forward to watching them grow their brains even more when we come back in January.

We have continued to be busy with our learning throughout this week as well as having lots of fun and enjoying our Danceathon on Tuesday and our Christmas party yesterday. The children were so excited when they saw the little video that we made when Father Christmas arrived at school to deliver some gifts. Have a look at our photos to see some of the things that we have been doing. Thank you for all of your kind donations towards our Danceathon, we will be making our donation to Street Life when we return to school in January.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Leon and Edi. Leon received a Concentrating Cooper Crab certificate for his focused work and determination to do well. Well done Leon. We are loving seeing you so focused. Keep up the good work. Edi received an Enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate. You are always smiling and happy to do your work Edi, you are also a lovely learning partner too.  Keep up the good work.  Well done boys.

We are delighted that  Harvey, Lily-Mae (again), Max (again), Franek (again), Georgia and Stanley (3 times WOW!) have achieved 100% of their reading targets this week. Well done children. I am so proud of all of the reading that everyone has been doing. You are all doing an amazing job. I can’t wait for next term to watch everyone reaching their targets all over again.

Well done also to Betsy who got this week’s Lunchtime Role Model of the week and also to Leon who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners certificate this week. What an amazing week you have had Leon-  2 certificates in 1 week. You have made us so proud!

Things to note:

• We hope that you enjoyed the Christmas Nativity video that the whole school made and was posted on the Discover page earlier in the week.

•  There is no Home Learning over the holidays. Instead spend some fun times together and enjoy this special time of the year.

• Please do continue to read as much as possible over the holiday. (Remember that you can quiz on books after the holidays if you want.)

We  would just like to say another “thank - you” for all of your support over the term. We hope that you all have a Happy and Holy Christmas and enjoy some relaxing and fun times together as a family. Best wishes for the New Year.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

“Kindness is Free, Sprinkle that Stuff Everywhere.”

What a lovely week we have had in Year 3. It has absolutely flown by but has been filled with the buzz of learning and the excitement of Christmas preparations and our Christmas Jumper Jog too.

We would like to say a big thank you to you all for your donations for our Christmas Jumper Jog  -  all monies will be sent to Street Life, a local charity doing such an amazing job supporting homeless people in the local area. The children all looked lovely in their Christmas jumpers and we had so much fun running around the playground at every opportunity we could get. (We were really lucky with the weather too.) We also made some beautiful cards to send to Street Life to give out over Christmas. Well done children.(See the attached photos below.)

We have continued to be busy with all of our learning this week. Have a look at our photos to see some of the things that we have been doing.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Franek and Charlie. Both boys received Enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificates. You are both becoming so enthusiastic and eager to do your work.  It is so lovely to see your smiling faces and your enthusiasm. Keep up this wonderful Bobby Bee Buzz.  Well done boys.

We are delighted that  Rosa, Alexander, Matilda (again), Betsy, Ruby-Lilly (again),Nicola (3rd time - WOW!!!!), Leo (3rd time—WOW!!!! and Charlie have achieved 100% of their reading targets this week. Well done children. I am so proud of all the reading that everyone has been doing. You are all doing an amazing job. I know that there is another group of children who are so close to reaching the top of the rainbow and will achieve their target before the end of term and I am sooooooo excited. Well done everyone.

Well done also to Molly-Ann who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners Certificate this week. Manner are so important and cost us nothing.. Well done Molly-Ann.

Things to Note:

· On Tuesday 15th December we will be doing our annual Danceathon. This year it will be slightly different as we will not be able to do our early morning playground dancing but we will be able to do our dances throughout the day as we usually do. Also this year we will not be raising money for school based projects but all money that we raise as a class will go to our class charities, so the money we raise as a class will go to Street Life. We are asking for £1 donation (single coins again please) rather than the usual sponsored event. Children are asked to wear their PE kits and trainers on this day.

· Our Party Day this year is on Thursday 17th December. Children can wear their party clothes on this day and can bring a treat (chocolate bar or a packet of crisps) and a drink (not fizzy please) for their snack on this day. This year our parties will be based in the classroom but we will be having lots of fun and playing party games. (Please remember that children will be playing out at playtime and will need their coats and sensible shoes.) We will also be enjoying our school Christmas dinner cooked by our lovely Jacqui on this day (or packed lunch if your child has packet lunches—maybe you could try to make this a bit Christmassy!! Thanks)

· Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.

· Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

· We break up from school next Friday 18th December for Christmas. Marsden and Harcourt 12:45pm as usual. Bamber and Plessington at 1pm as usual.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

“The World is Brighter with the Happiness of Children,” Mehmet Murat Ildan

Another happy week in Year 3, there has been lots of excitement with the start of Advent but there has also been lots of lovely learning and co-operating with others.

This week we are delighted to welcome a new member to our class. We hope that you and your family will be very happy as part of our class and school family.

This week in RE we have been looking at the Incarnation and also the birth of Jesus and the Shepherds’ Visit.  We have been reminding ourselves to carry out our Advent Promises and we have also been doing a daily act of kindness through out Advent calendar. We have also been practising our verses for our Christmas poem. In English this week we have written diaries as one of the cottars from the story of the Green Children. We have continued to practise writing what different people have said using inverted commas making sure that they are in the correct places. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting and we have been bridging different hundreds. We have continued counting in tens and bridging those hundreds and we have been using bar models. In Science the children have continued with our topic of electricity and have been making and drawing circuits using bulb, motors and buzzers.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Matilda and Alexander. Matilda you are always so focused and ready to concentrate on your work. You are such a Cooper Crab. You are also always happy to help others and you are a lovely work partner. Well done and keep up the good work. Alexander you have been so enthusiastic and eager to do your work this week. You have been buzzing with enthusiasm and have been super in maths and also when practising our Christmas Shepherd poem. Well done Alexander, I am loving your enthusiasm and want to see this continue.

We are so proud of Lily-Mae who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners this week. Well done Lily-Mae.

We are delighted that  Iris, Angel, Connor-Sean and Millie have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done children. I am so proud of all the reading that everyone has been doing. You are all doing an amazing job. I know that there is another group of children who will achieve their target next week and I am sooooooo excited. Well done everyone.

Things to Note:

· Our class charity this year is Street Life. As a class, we have decided that we would like to do a Christmas Jumper Run on Wednesday 9th December. We will be doing laps of the field at regular intervals throughout the day. The children can come into school that day wearing their Christmas Jumpers, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. We would be delighted if the children could bring a donation of  £1 (as a single coin please so that they can be weighed rather than counted) on this day, which we will donate to Street Life.

· On Tuesday 15th December we will be doing our annual Danceathon. This year it will be slightly different as we will not be able to do our early morning playground dancing but we will be able to do our dances throughout the day as we usually do. Also this year we will not be raising money for school based projects but all money that we raise as a class will go to our class charities, so the money we raise as a class will go to Street Life. We are asking for £1 donation (single coin again please) rather than the usual sponsored event. Children are asked to wear their PE kits and trainers on this day.

· Our Party Day this year is on Thursday 17th December. Children can wear their party clothes on this day and can bring a treat (chocolate bar or a packet of crisps) and a drink (not fizzy please) for their snack on this day. This year our parties will be based in the classroom but we will be having lots of fun and playing party games. (Please remember that children will be playing out at playtime and will need their coats and sensible shoes.) We will also be enjoying our school Christmas dinner cooked by our lovely Jacqui on this day (or packed lunch if your child has packet lunches—maybe you could try to make this a bit Christmassy!! Thanks)

· Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.

· Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is BOOK BASED. Many thanks.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern. 

Another busy week in Year 3, with lots of learning and co-operating with others.

This week in RE we have been thinking about the choices that we make and the choice that Mary made when she said “Yes” to God.  We have started to think about our journey through Advent and have made our Advent Promises, thinking about what we are going to do during Advent as our gift for Jesus. In English this week we have made predictions and written what we think the next part of the story will be. We have been writing what different people have said using inverted commas. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting and we have been bridging different hundreds. We have been practising counting in tens and bridging those hundreds. We are getting so much more confident and more proficient at doing this. (Keep practising at home too please). In Science we have continued with our topic of electricity and have been making and drawing simple circuits. Have a look at the photos below.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Nicola and Stanley. Nicola you are always such a Bobby Bee and you are always so enthusiastic and eager to do your work. You are a little bundle of energy and love to get involved in your learning. Well done. Stanley you have been trying so hard with your reading and you are getting better and better and better at it. All your hard work is definitely paying off and I am so proud that you have reached your target again. Well done. Keep up the good work.

We are delighted that Lily-Mae, Franek, Evan (again), Jay (again), Nicola (again) , and Stanley (again)  have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done children. I am so proud of all the reading that you have all been doing. I know that there is another group of children who will achieve their target next week. Well done everyone. Well done also to Georgia who got the Lunchtime Role Model of the week for Year 3 and 4.

Things to Note:

• Our class charity this year is Street Life. As a class, we have decided that we would like to do a Christmas Jumper Run on Wednesday 9th December. The children can come into school that day wearing their Christmas Jumpers, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. We would be delighted if the children could bring a donation of  £1 on this day, which we will donate to Street Life.

• On Tuesday 15th December we will be doing our annual Danceathon. This year it will be slightly different as we will not be able to do our early morning playground dancing but we will be able to do our dances throughout the day as we usually do. Also this year we will not be raising money for school based projects but all money that we raise as a class will go to our class charities, so the money we raise as a class will go to Street Life. We are asking for £1 donation rather than the usual sponsored event. Children are asked to wear their PE kits on this day.

• Our Party Day this year is on Thursday 17th December. Children can wear their party clothes on this day and can bring a treat (chocolate bar or a packet of crisps) and a drink (not fizzy please) for their snack on this day. This year our parties will be based in the classroom but we will be having lots of fun and playing party games. (Please remember that children will be playing out at playtime and will need their coats and sensible shoes.)

• Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

Another exciting week of learning in Year 3.

This week we have had our Autumn Internet Safety Day. We have thought about how to stay safe on line and also about what we should do to report an incident if we are not happy with what has happened to us on line. The children made super posters and wonderful E-Safety Heroes. We have also been busy reading  and looking at vocabulary in our English. We have been thinking about speech and what people have said. We have been spotting this and thinking about how they have said it too. (Keep spotting speech when you are reading—look out for the inverted commas “ …”) Again in PE we have been working together as a teams. Our challenges today included working together to make different letters of the alphabet and untangling ourselves as a group from the knot. Again the children had to work together like little Roger Robins, to solve the problems. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting. We are getting so much faster at recalling number facts too. (Keep practising) In Science we have been thinking about different uses of electricity. (See the home learning for a bit extra on this).

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Tabby and Angel.  Both children received Bobby Bee certificates for their enthusiasm in class. Angel you have been so much more enthusiastic and ready to learn this week. You have also been much more organised. Well done. Tabby, you are always so enthusiastic and ready to do your work. You are also a kind and considerate learning partner. Well done! I am also so proud of Ruby-Lilly who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners certificate this week. Well done Ruby-Lilly..

We are delighted that  Stanley, Nicola, Evan, Tabby, Iris, Angel, Leo, Matilda, Max and Ruby-Lilly have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done children. You have been so focused when it comes to your reading and you have worked really hard, reading lots of books.  I know we have another big group of children who are almost reaching their target and with all the reading that I know they will do over the weekend and next week, I am sure that we will have lots more children to celebrate next week. Well done children—keep up the good work.

Things to Note:

·We have been talking in class council this week about what we would like to do to raise money for our chosen charity, Street Life, this Christmas time. The children have decided that they would like to do a Christmas Jumper Run. More details to follow next week.

• Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form which I sent the link for with your child’s mid term report. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.

•  It is good to see that children are wearing layers in class and keeping warm. Thank you.

• ·Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is BOOK BASED. Many thanks..

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

This week we have had some lovely prayer and liturgy time thinking about humility. We have thought about how we can put others before ourselves in our thoughts, actions, words and prayers.

Again in PE we have been working together as a team. We had another very exciting lesson this morning with a variety of challenges where the children had to be like little Roger Robins, working together to solve the problems. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting. We have also been trying to recall number facts quickly so that we don’t have to work them out. (How fast can you do it?) In English, we have been expanding our vocabulary and looking up the meaning of different words in the dictionary. We have made predictions about what we think might have happened and what is going to happen. In History we have looked at the ancient settlement of Skara Brae and found out what life was like there.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Max and Millie.  Both children received Cooper Crab certificates because they have been really focused this week. Max you have been really focusing on what you have been asked to do and doing it straight away. This has meant that you have been much more organised this week and ready to do your learning. You have been amazing! Keep up the good work. Millie, you are always so focused and ready to do you work and you manage your distractions well. You are also a kind and considerate learning partner. Well done! We are also so proud of Edi who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners certificate this week. Well done Edi.

We are delighted that Jay and Owen (second time this term for Owen with a very high target set) have achieved 100% of their reading target already. Well done boys. You are so focused when it comes to your reading and you have worked really hard, reading lots of books.  I am also so proud to say that we have a big group of children who are almost reaching their target and with all the reading that I know they will do over the weekend and next week, I am sure that we will have lots more children to celebrate next week. Well done children—keep up the good work.

Things to Note:

• Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form which I sent the link for with your child’s mid term report. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.(see the button below)

• It is good to see that children are wearing layers in class and keeping warm. Thank you.

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. -

I hope that you all had a lovely week and managed to enjoy some time together as a family.

The children have settled down well into their learning again and we have had a lovely week.

Today in PE we started our team building unit. This was very exciting with lots of different challenges which the children were so enthusiastic to work together on. What fantastic Roger Robins we have—there was so much co-operation and focus in how they solved the different problems. Well done children. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting. Regular fluency lessons are also ensuring that the children are practising and over learning the skills. In English, we have started our new topic which will see us looking at the text The Green Children and the also The Greenling. This has been most exciting and has generated lots of ideas, talk and questions. What curious Clara Clownfish and enthusiastic Bobby Bees we have been!. All children have had their reading targets reset and some children have also received new ZPDs. The children have been so enthusiastic about their reading. It has been wonderful to feel the buzz that is happening in the classroom when it comes to reading! Well done children—keep up the good work. We have some children who are so enthusiastic about their reading that they have already reached their reading target for the term!! (They have done this by reading lots during half term and then quizzing on what they have read.) In Science the children have started their new topic of electricity. A very busy and exciting week with lots of enthusiastic and curious children.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Molly-Ann and Leo.  Leo receives a Bobby Bee certificate because he is always so enthusiastic during learning. You are always so bubbly and ready to learn Leo and you are trying so hard with all of your work. You always join in and have so much to offer. Well done, keep up the good work!   Molly-Ann receives a Lizzie Ladybird certificate because she keeps trying to improve her work. You always listen carefully to advice and try to make improvements in your work. You are also looking carefully at what you have done and trying to spot where you can improve independently too. Well done.

Harvey received Role Model of the week for lunchtime. Well done Harvey. It is great to be a good role model,

We are delighted that Evan, Owen and Leo have achieved 100% of their reading target already. Well done boys. You have done a super job with your reading. I have reset their targets with a very tricky challenge and all three of them are determined to try to reach them again before the end of this half term. The children are all determined to climb up the rainbow faster this half term and what a fabulous start we have had.

Things to Note:

• To make things easier for you if your child is off school due to illness, we have created an online form for you to complete. This form can be found on the Discover page, Attendance and there is a button at the bottom which says REPORTING AN ILLNESS. Please complete the form and submit it in the case of illness. We hope that this helps. Thank you.

• As the weather gets colder, please make sure that children are wearing multiple layers for school. We need to keep the windows /door open as much as we can for ventilation and the classroom can get quite cold. We have discussed this in class and suggested sweatshirt/ cardigan plus tracksuit top, vests and t.shirts under school t.shirts etc. Thank you.

•  Please can I remind you about the Home School Partnership form which I sent the link for with your child’s mid term report. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. Many thanks. (Click on the button below)

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work

I can’t believe we have arrived at half term already. Time just seems to have flown by. They say” time flies when you are having fun” and that is just what we have done but there has been so much work done too. Well done children, I am so proud of you all.

This morning I have sent you all a mid-term report for your child and at the bottom is a link to the Home School Agreement form which we would like you to complete and submit

sometime during the holiday. (Thank you so much to the two families who have already done this - you are amazing!)

This week we had a lovely class council when we decided that we would like to raise some money throughout the year to help the homeless. We decided that Street Life would be a deserving charity. The children thought that maybe they could do some jobs over half term for you, to raise donations . We will have a collection pot in class throughout the year. We will be doing different events during the year to support Street Life. Thank you for your support.

Let’s celebrate:

Well done to Matilda, Jay, Nicola and Rosa who have achieved their reading targets this week and also to Owen, Evan, Iris and Franek who have achieved their reading target again.

Well done also to Millie who was role model of the week at lunch time.

Well done to Angel who was French Star in this week’s French lesson.

Well done children you are all stars!

Have a lovely half term and a well deserved rest.

Take care and stay safe

Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

Another lovely week with lots of super learning and children being enthusiastic,  curious and creative in their work.

In maths this week, we have been doing lots of adding and subtracting, thinking about whether we are adding to the ones or the tens. Regular fluency lessons are also ensuring that the children are practising and over learning the skills. In English, we have written diaries as the Crow from the fable of the Crow and the Fox. We have also continued to think about complex sentences creating complex sentences using because, if and when. We have also been trying to focus on our handwriting this week and earn some pen licence points. (Handwriting is on the homework this week too. Don’t forget you can earn pen licence points for homework too). In history we have been looking at some of the changes that took place for Stone Age man as they began to farm the land. In RE we have been thinking about being part of the Christian family and what that means for us. We have been thinking about how we become part of the Christian family. In Science the children have been classifying different groups of animals, they have been using research to find out the names of different bones and they have also learned how muscles contact and relax to help us to move. Make sure that they show you their paper muscle and ask them to explain what is happening.  In computing the children have been researching and also practising their typing skills. We are very pleased to say that we have some budding typists in our class. Keep up the good work children A great week of learning children, well done. This week has also been our turn to use the trim trail which was so exciting. Make sure that you have a look at our lovely photos.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Georgia and Rosa.  Rosa receives a Bobby Bee certificate for her enthusiasm during learning. You are always so enthusiastic and ready to learn Rosa and you are trying so hard. Well done!   Georgia receives a Resilient Sadie Spider certificate for the way that she has kept on trying and trying and has not been giving up when things have got tricky. It has been lovely to see how you have been getting better and better because you have not given up. Well done Georgia—keep up the good work.

We are also delighted that Connor Sean, Leo (again),  Max and Ruby Lilly have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done. You have done a super job with your reading. We have reset their targets and all of them are determined to try to reach them again before half term. I am sure that by next week we will be celebrating even more children who will have reached their targets too as we have a whole host of children who are in the 80s. Targets for all children will be reset after the half term holiday.

Things to Note:

• · Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. This should be handed in after half term.  This week’s learning is BOOK BASED. Many thanks.

• · Please make sure that children have a coat for playtimes and also a jumper or a cardigan for class time as the weather is getting colder but we are having windows open for ventilation. On cold days layers are best so that if it does get warmer in the classroom they can take 1 layer off.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” – George Sheehan

We are so proud of the children and their enthusiasm for learning. Keep up the good work children and keep trying. I know that we will succeed this year if you keep trying as hard as you are.

In maths this week, we have been solving problems and explaining our reasons. We have also been adding and subtracting. In English, we have read the fable of the Crow and the Fox and thought about the different characters and their feelings. We have been gathering wonderful vocabulary to use when we write next week. We have continued written complex sentences and also looked at the determiners a or an. In RE, we have thought about the Church family and about our parish and diocese. We have also looked at the Rosary and how October is a special month for the Rosary. We will be saying the Rosary throughout the month of October, maybe you could try this at home too. In Science the children have  been classifying vertebrates and invertebrates and researching bones to answer questions. A great week of learning children, well done.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Christian and Owen.  Christian receives a Bobby Bee certificate for his enthusiasm during learning. You are trying so hard Christian and you are so excited about all of your work. It is so lovely to see your hand up so often and how you are so enthusiastic about answering questions. (You have great typing skills too.) Well done! We know that you are going to have a brilliant year if you keep this up.  Owen receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate, you have been a super learning partner this week Owen. Thank you. You are always so enthusiastic and focused in class too and you love to share your thoughts and ideas. Well done. Keep up the good work.

We are also delighted that Evan, Leo and Franek have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done boys. This is fabulous news. We have reset their targets and all of them are determined to try to reach them again before half term. I am sure that by next week we will be celebrating a number of other children who will have reached their targets too. Well done children - remember READ, READ, READ—it takes you to exciting places!!!

We are also celebrating lunchtime role model of the week in our class this week. Well done to Edi. It is wonderful that you are setting such a good example.

Things to Note

Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Please make sure that this is completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

Please make sure that children have a coat for playtimes and also a jumper or a cardigan for class time as the weather is getting colder but we are having windows open for ventilation.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this week. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

“ Nothing can change God’s love for me.”

We have had more wonderful learning again this week. Well done children.

We have had some wonderful reading this week. Most children are reading and quizzing well and making good progress towards their targets. Next week, I think that we might even have a few more children reaching 100% of their targets  - which is well before half term when we expect targets to be reached.  Watch this space!!! I can’t wait to celebrate. In maths this week we have continued to compare numbers and to think about the place value. In English, we have continued to look at fables thinking about the different characters and what they were thinking. In science the children have been finding out all about skeletons and bones. Have a look at some of the photos of their science work below. RHE this week, we have been thinking about ourselves and our feelings, knowing that we are all special and loved. We have shared more stories about Kester and thought about how we can pull out the weeds in our hearts so that we can change and become better people. We have continued to reflect upon how Kester and Abraham are similar to ourselves and our relationship with God.  We have thought a lot about God’s love this week and how wonderful it is to be loved by God, no matter where we are.

Let’s Celebrate:

Congratulations to Nicola and her family on the birth of your new little brother. What a special time it is for all of you.

This week our certificates go to Fran and Evan.  Fran receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate because she is always willing and happy to help others in class. Thank you Fran for your kindness and generous support towards all of us. Evan receives a Sadie Spider certificate for being resilient and not giving up on something when it got tricky. It was lovely to see your pleasure when you realised how well you did Evan. Make sure that you keep on trying and know that you can do it if you have a go and keep trying. Well done children.

A huge well done to Iris who is the first in the class to reach her 100% reading target.

It also makes us so proud to say that we got the Table of the Week in the hall this week. Well done children. We  are also very proud of Connor Sean who received lunchtime’s Role Model of the week.

We have also managed 100% attendance this week too. So well done everyone. What a wonderful week of celebrations.

Things to Note:

As the weather is getting colder, please make sure that your child has a jumper/cardigan to wear in class - we are opening windows for ventilation. Also please make sure that they have a coat for playtimes.

Please make sure that all personal belongings are clearly named so that items can be easily identified and returned to their owners, especially water bottles/snack pots and cardigans/sweatshirts/tracksuit tops. Thank you.

Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Please make sure that this is completed by next Thursday and home learning books are returned to school.  This week’s learning is mainly BOOK BASED. Many thanks.

Please ensure that you have completed an up to date medical form following the link which has been emailed to you. It really does only take a couple of minutes to do. (If you have not sent us an email address we have not been able to send this to you yet. Please make sure that we have an email address to correspond with you with asap. Many thanks.) We are still missing quite a few of these medical forms.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this week. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk