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