Year 3 08.10.21 - 'Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again' Nelson Mandela

It’s been all about the writing this week and wow what resilience and pure determination Year 3 have shown this week! Lots of mistakes were made, however, the children each day listened to their feedback, reflected on their errors and got straight back to their learning to improve and with great success! True learners know they have to make mistakes, learn from them and try again- this is, of course, when we learn the most! We have had another great week in class, with lots of hard work, reflective minds and positive attitudes!

Year 3 Learning this week …

The children have worked so hard on their writing this week in English. We have taken the fable ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ and well and truly made it our own, with the animal characters we chose for homework last week. The children helped me to write me fable of ‘The Cheetah and the Elephant’ and then innovated this to create their own and what an excellent job they did too! Marking their work each night to give them feedback the next day was a pure delight! They even worked hard to include our adverbs of time in their sentence work, which I was very proud of! Next week the children will be writing their own fable independently, and we can’t wait to see their work!

This week the children have been using arrow cards and counters to represent numbers up to 1,000 in class. Partitioning these numbers and looking at their place value in more depth. They have also been working in partners to spot right angles in 2D shapes

Children are really enjoying learning all about the Stone Age period. This week, we have looked at the main changes throughout this time, reflecting on what these changes meant to these people and the quality of their life. We also started to look at the stone built Neolithic settlement on Skara Brae, and next week we will take a closer look in to one of the dwellings and interpret how they might have lived based on the evidence they find- we can’t wait!

Finally, in science we have started to look at teeth, we have looked at our own teeth and how teeth can vary depending on age and how we care for our teeth. We have also looked at the type of teeth we have and compared human teeth with animals. We are finding it very interesting!

Let’s Celebrate!

An enthusiastic Bobby bee Archie: This week your wonderful attitude towards learning has shone brightly Archie. Your enthusiasm is just infectious! You play such an active role within the class, focusing always and joining in with every discussion! You are just a delight to have in Year 3 and a super role model for others around you. Keep working hard, managing distractions and showing great determination. All of these skills will help you to reach your goals. Well done Archie!

A brave Tommy turtle Riley: What an improvement Riley! In just a few weeks you have become so much braver in your learning. You have changed your mind set and are no longer saying you can’t do something. Instead we are seeing you have a go and we could not be more proud! Keep this going Riley, remember to have a go and you will keep surprising yourself with your capabilities! Well done on your super week Riley, you should be feeling so proud of yourself.

Notices…

• A kind reminder that homework does need to be completed for Thursday please.

• School Trip alert … please could all payments be made, where possible, before half term.

• Look smart …Tempest photographs for individual children next Wednesday!

• Don’t forget to book your parents day appointment, you will find the link on Miss Hornby’s newsletter.

• PE- Please remember that shorts must be in school every Thursday for indoor PE. We have a rising number of children without shorts and we do not have enough spares for everybody.

Exciting News!

Year 3 will be going on a trip on Monday 8th November, as part of our Stone Age History topic. It is going to be a fun, jam-packed day, of shelter building, fire lighting and much more! This trip is an amazing day out, that really helps the children to see what life was like during the Stone Age period and how people survived. The day will be spent at Brockholes, Preston and the entire day will be spent outdoors, which we know the children will love. Obviously, with the trip taking place in November (we are being brave!), this will mean the children will have to wear suitable clothing, dressed for the weather and the outdoors. Children, on this day, may wear their own clothes, that they are not bothered about getting dirty. They will need to wear warm, waterproof clothing and boots or wellies. We will be leaving 9am and arriving back at school at 3pm, which means children will need a packed lunch for the day. If your child usually has a hot dinner on this day, then a packed lunch will be provided by Jackie, but we would need to know the choice of filling for the sandwiches the week before. The total cost of the school trip is £15, which covers the cost of the trip itself and the transport. Please can this be paid before half term, via Parent Pay.

Many thanks.

Year 3 Home Learning 1.10.21

Spellings:

This week we are looking at the spelling focus: the ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ spelling for the sound ‘n’.

Here are this weeks spellings:

1. knock

2. knight

3. knees

4. know

5. knew

6. kneel

7. knuckle

8. knife

Can you spot any homophones? Write both these words and their meanings in your homework books.

Maths:

We have been thinking about angles, and this week we have looked at right angles. Please find your to do on purple mash called, ‘Professor angle - right angles’.

Please also complete Z.1 on IXL (remember to go into Year 3 work)

RE:

To prepare us for our learning next week we would like you to think about our church. In your homework books you will find a picture of Our Lady’s church, please think about:

How do you behave in church? Why do you go to church? How does it feel being in church?

Around the picture please write your thoughts to these questions.

Year 4 blog for week ending Friday 1st October

Our week in Year 4 has been full of fascination for flowers. Even though the weather has been dismal, children have made the most of it with their determined attitudes and thirst for learning this week.

It has been a week for Science, starting on Monday with the dissection of a lily, in order to find out all about pollination and reproduction in plants. We even managed to view the pollen under a microscope! Then it was time to learn all about the tricky processes involved, through re-enacting, answering questions from videos and retrieving all this information until we were secure. Finally, children have blown me away with their excellent explanation texts - all about the life cycle of a flowering plant.

In maths this week, we have moved along to place value. Children have been revising their understanding of numbers to 1000 and the values of each digit in a three digit number. Next week - onwards and upwards to larger numbers!

We were rocking in our recorder lessons this week and learned the next note already. We are starting to sound very tuneful - hopefully at home too! Other highlights include dramatising the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours in RE and climbing the ropes and climbing frame this week in PE.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, A Sadie Spider certificate has gone to Daisy. You always try so hard in everything you do Daisy and you have a drive to do well. Your improvement just in a few weeks is brilliant! A Roger Robin certificate goes to Dominic, for being such a brave boy starting our school and such a friendly one too! A Tommy Turtle certificate goes to Molly-Ann for having such excellent concentration - during reading time, when writing your life cycle and in every subject. Your focus is really paying off and you tackle everything! You should feel very proud.

PE stars this week were: Leon and Harvey for listening well and trying hard.

Music stars this week were: Evan and Millie

French stars this week were: Jay, Lily-Mae and Tabby

Notices:

Please could all children have a coat each day now as the weather seems set to change! Thanks so much for making sure they have the appropriate PE clothes on PE days. It means we could all access the equipment.

Have a lovely October weekend.

Warmest regards,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Woodrow

A rainy, blustery week!

A funny sort of week at nursery, the weather has definitely taken a turn for the worst. We better start thinking about wellies and winter woolies!

Nonetheless, the children have been undeterred to brace the elements. Our outdoor sand pit is now a mud kitchen, we think it is even better now!

This week has seen the launch of the new ‘What to Expect, when?’ document for parents. The purpose of this booklet is to help you as a parent/carer find out more about how your child is learning and developing during their first five years, in relation to the EYFS.

Children develop more rapidly during the first five years of their lives than at any other time. This booklet has been written to help you as a parent know what to expect during these vitally important years by focusing on the seven areas of learning and development which are covered in the EYFS. Click on the button below to find out more.

The children have been loving an old favourite story, Little Rabbit Foo Foo. As promised on the newsletter here is the link to watch the video. I bet the children will be able to join in! Click here for Little Rabbit Foo Foo.

…and now for your favourite part of the blog…

I am pleased to say that Colette will be back at nursery next Wednesday, in the meanwhile Clare has been compiling photos of Colette’s key children.

Clare’s (and Colette’s) blog

This week we have been deepening our learning on our emotions. We each took a group of photos acting out each emotion and discussed when we experience these emotions. These photos are on this blog, see if you can work out which emotion is which! You may want to play acting out each emotion with your child.

Clare

Hannah’s blog

Some very rainy days have given us the chance to explore more of our lovely nursery classroom this week whilst we couldn’t play outside. It has been nice to watch the children be creative with different things! We have had skeleton jigsaws to piece together, magnet creations that crossed the whole length of the nursey when linked up and some fast cars whizzing down ramps that we have built. Lots of us managed to identify that fruits and vegetables were indeed healthy in our shopping basket game, but were a little more puzzled when it came to deciding if fish fingers and ice creams were healthy or treat foods! This has been such a fun game to play with the children whilst we share ideas about which foods are sugary and might not be as good at helping our bodies grow big and strong! We did spot that brushing our teeth is really important too, along with exercise and a good night’s sleep!! Well done everyone on another fun filled week at nursery.

Hannah

The children look so happy and are eager to try lots of new activities.

Worship

This week we have been thanking God for the gift of our oceans. Together we thought of sea animals that live in the ocean and came up with 29 different creatures! You may want to see how many you can name at home.

We also asked the children why Earth is called the blue planet? Please ask your child, as I know they would love to tell you why. We then watched a short video full of sea creatures and thanked God through prayer for his wonderful gift of oceans. Click here to watch the video at home.

Next, I have just a few snippets of important information for you.

Firstly, could we ask that you do not park close the corner of Kenilworth Road junction at drop off and collection times. It makes it difficult for cars turning in and out of the adjoining roads as well as putting children crossing the road at risk. I fully understand that these are busy times and parking is difficult but please help us keep our children safe.

Secondly, this year Tempest photography will be taking individual photographs for all classes (including nursery) on Wednesday 13th October. Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate family groups or children who do not attend nursery on that morning.

Lastly, as you will know all parts of society are struggling with supply and delivery and school catering has not been immune. Over the past two weeks Jacqui, our cook and her team have tried to problem solve as deliveries have been late or have not arrived and I have to say they have done a fantastic job keeping everyone well fed despite the disruption. Going forward Lancashire catering have now introduced a temporary menu until the situation eases. Within school we have decided to try and keep as much variety as we can, including that well loved roast dinner. We will create weekly menus depending on our deliveries. We are so sorry for this inconvenience but please rest assured all children will be fed with tasty food lovingly prepared by our cook Jacqui and the team.

We hope you manage to get out and about this weekend without getting too soggy or blown away. Whatever you have planned stay safe and well and we will see you all on Monday.

Barbara