Year 3 Weekly Blog 06.9.24 - ‘Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen.’

What a wonderful first week we have had, it was lovely to see the children come into the classroom excited and eager to learn on Tuesday morning, we know its not easy getting up early and getting back into school after the summer break. The children have returned to school full of enthusiasm for the year ahead.

On Friday we went to church to celebrate the start of a new school year and think ahead about what is to come. The children were so reverent during Mass and such role models for the school. It really has been a lovely first week!

We’ve made a great start on our English topic - Paddington Bear. The children have used word hippo to find the meaning of new words we’ve come across in the first chapter of the book.

In Maths we have been using strategies to add 3 numbers together, we’ve been spotting doubles and using our knowledge of them to help us. We will continue to find strategies for adding 3 numbers next week and will learn more about time.

In PE we had great fun playing tea games with Mr Murray, it was lovely to see how well the children work together and encourage and support each other.

In science we have been looking at how rocks are formed. We learnt some technical vocabulary that will help us with this unit of work. I wonder if your children can tell you the three types of rocks?

We had our first Kidsafe lesson yesterday and talked all about Yukky feelings and trust. We revisit Kidsafe each year as the messages are so important. After each lesson, a letter will be uploaded to the blog, giving your more information on the themes covered so that you can talk about them together at home.

Reminders

  • Please fill in the medical and consent forms opposite.

  • The school day starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.25pm - children may come into school through either gate.

  • Swimming will begin next Thursday, children need to arrive at school at 8.30am, we will travel by coach to the YMCA - our lesson begins at 9am; a letter has been sent home today about goggles.

  • We would like to welcome you all for a visit our classroom for induction evening on Wednesday 18th September. We wil be holdng 2 session - session 1 3.45-4.30pm, Sesson 2 4.45-5.30pm. All of our year 3 team will be here, giving us the wonderful opportunity to give you all the essential information about Year 3 and answer any questions you may have.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs Naylor, Mrs Carter and Miss Hennessy