What a lovely day we had on Wednesday when the children made their First Reconciliation with Father Peter. They were a little nervous before hand but all children emerged like butterflies from the cocoon, looking sparkly and shiny and new. There were a lot of smiles, a few giggles and all children looking happy that they had made their First Reconciliation. When asked how they felt once they had celebrated this beautiful sacrament, one child commented that he felt “accomplished and blessed” another saying that they “felt like the guilt had been lifted and taken away”. Everyone agreed that there had been nothing to worry about and said that they would not be worried about going to confession again. At the end of the day we had another little celebration with a few nibbles just to mark the occasion. Thank you for returning the slips about First Holy Communion, if you have not yet returned the slip expressing a wish for your child to take part in the Sacrament of Holy Communion in September, please return by Monday. Many thanks.
We hope that you enjoy the little video of photos below showing the children celebrating their first Reconcilation.
This week in Maths we have been looking at direction and angles. The children have had lots of fun turning clockwise and anti-clockwise and working out which way to turn. Have you ever stopped to wonder how many angles there are in different letters? We had great fun working out which letters had 4 angles. We have continued to delve into the poem of the Spider and the Fly. We have been investigating vocabulary this week. We have looked at the story of the Good Samaritan in RE and thought about what God would want us to do. In Science the children have been investigating the strength of magnets. We have been thinking about the different relationships that we have in RHE. Another little video for you to watch of some of the things that we have been up to this week. We hope that you enjoy it.
Let’s Celebrate:
This week we celebrate Connor-Sean (again), Owen (again), Evan and Christian who have reached their 100% reading target this week. Well done children, I have reset your targets and I know that you are all going to keep on trying so that you can get there again.
We have also celebrated more pen licences this week—well done to Nicola, Anncia and Evan. They are now able to use a pen in their written work. Well done - keep up the lovely handwriting.
This week we our certificates have been awarded to Georgia and Anncia.
Georgia receives a Lizzy Ladybird certificate for her efforts to improve. You are being really focused, brave and enthusiastic with your learning Georgia and you are trying so hard to keep improving with your work, especially with your maths. What a star you are being. Well done! Well done also to Anncia who receives a Sadie Spider certificate for being so resilient with her learning. You just keep on trying and trying and trying Anncia and we are so proud of you and everything that you do. Well done and keep up the good work.
Jacqui’s Marvellous Manner went to Betsy. Role Model of the week went to Evan. Well done children we are so proud of you.
Things to Note:
Hopefully the children will be able to celebrate their First Holy Communion on either 11th or 18th September.. Please can you make sure that the form attached to the letter that came home last week is returned to school by Monday. Many thanks. Thank you to all those who have returned them already.
PE on Fridays is outdoor PE this term so please make sure that the children have trainers and their PE kit. Many thanks. (Monday and Tuesday outdoor PE lessons will continue as normal.) No ear rings please. Thank you.
We have a sweatshirt that ha been left in class with no name in it. Please let us know if you think it is yours. Thank you. Please also can you check that clothes are labelled so that we can return items quickly - we know sometimes the names do fade in the wash.! Thank you
We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.
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