Year 3 have been very creative this week in their English. This week we have been developing our inference skills in reading, continuing to infer the thoughts and feelings of our characters in ‘The Green Children’ text. Then using this knowledge and understanding to write our very own diary entry as one of the green children. I can’t wait to see their depth and how they have applied all of their grammar work to their writing! The children’s homework that they competed on the Green Children last week, looks fabulous in our classroom. Such thought and effort has clearly gone in to them so thank you.
In PE we have continued looking at games across the centuries, where the children are working in groups to set up and play these games. They are working so hard on working as a team and listening to the rules, to ensure all games are fair and consistent. The hope is that these games can then be played fairly on the playground, giving the children more choice and ideas as to what to play. Maybe you could try these games at home, our focus this week has been different adaptations of Hopscotch and Queenie. Why not ask the children how to play these games, they are a lot of fun! In Maths we have used stem sentences to approach calculations, using known facts to help us add and subtract from 100. They are doing very well with this!
World Book Day was a big hit! On Thursday our classroom became the home to Cinderella, Wally.. although he wasn’t always easy to spot… footballers, a handful of Harry Potter’s and many, many more wonderful story book characters. We had such a wonderful day celebrating the magical world of books! Reading is such a special skill that can take our imagination and transport us to a new world. To celebrate this we put our memories to the test with a, ‘Walkabout Bingo’ where the children walked around the classroom, asking one another about the different books they have read and enjoyed. We had so much fun, whilst also gaining lots of book recommendations! We also had a fun game of Quiz, Quiz, trade… this time the questions were created by the children based on their favourite books. We had great fun quizzing each other and learning about books our friends have enjoyed reading.
On Wednesday we celebrated Ash Wednesday with a liturgy led by Father Peter. What a beautiful way to enter our Lenten Journey. The children were extremely reverent and reflective during this liturgy, as we thought about the sins we are asking forgiveness for and what we can offer Jesus during this period. In council this week the children have been discussing ways in which we can raise money during Lent.
After much thought we have decided that our almsgiving through Lent will focus on CAFOD’s Walk Against Hunger and we will be praying for all those around the world who are in desperate need. The children will be asking you to sponsor them as each class tries to walk at least 200K (125 miles!) over the next five weeks in our lead up to Holy Week in school. You can do this by donating on ParentPay which will be live from today. If every family donates at least £5 in sponsorship we should be able to head towards that magical £1000 for this very worthy cause. In the past a few families have collected Lenten alms with wider family and friends and passed on the donation to our chosen charity so we will put this item on ParentPay showing a range for the amount to be donated but there are no expectations and all donations are gratefully received. Below are some of the items and support which CAFOD is hoping to provide:
· £12 can buy ingredients to make a highly nutritious sesame seed paste so a new mum can help her
malnourished child grow big and strong
· £20 can fund expert nutrition and healthcare classes for new mums and dads in rural communities
· £200 can feed ten malnourished children sesame paste for a week, helping them grow big and
strong
· £500 can provide an entire community with pepper seeds for planting season
· £600 can help local experts deliver a highly effective door-to-door campaign in rural communities,
training people in proper sanitation, hygiene and nutrition
Year 3 have decided to run each day around the school playground. We are recording each lap that we do in our Walking against hunger passports. We have also decided to link up with our Year 5 friends to go on a special walk to a church towards the end of the half term.
Let’s Celebrate!
Layla… for showing such improvement when listening in class. This focus is having a huge impact on your learning and you are starting to grasp skills that you once found quite a challenge. Keep up this wonderful effort and determination Layla. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to watch you continue to fly.
Dominic… We have been so impressed with the wonderful determination you have shown towards improving your handwriting skills! You should feel so proud of yourself and the hard work you have put in to develop this important skill… what a difference this has made! We are very proud of you Dominic, well done and keep up this wonderful effort!
Notices…
Don’t forget our open afternoon on Wednesday 16th March to look at your child’s learning. You book this through the form found on the last week’s blog on the discovery page.
Don’t forget your parent meeting appointments which are taking place on Wednesday 9th March and Wednesday 23rd March from 2:30pm - 5:30pm.