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Y3 15.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 8:56pm
Buenas Dias Robins children 
See the Power point attached. Today we will learn how to add and subtract multiples of 100.
Click here to watch the you tube video of my Maths Power Point if you can't hear my voice on the normal Power Point.
Times Tables
Recap your 3x table. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of 3? Try saying it whilst bouncing on the spot (or on your trampoline) or try counting up in multiples as you walk up the stairs and then say the multiples backwards when you are coming downstairs. TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Writing
See the Power Point attached. Today we will be writing a set of instructions for how to play a game.
Here is the you tube link to my Writing Power Point as a video.
Reading
Today I'd like you to read out loud to either a grown up, your self, a pet or a teddy! I'd like you to focus on your story telling voice. Think about your pace and expression.
Spellings
Quiz time! See the attached Story n Spelling Power Point for my spelling test.
Click here for the you tube video of our Story n Spell Power Point.
Click here for the You Tube version https://youtu.be/AqjnNOU_di8
Worship
Mrs Powell has recorded us a lovely worship. Today she shares a super story with us. I wonder if you can work out the messgae behind the story?
Time to stop and relax and come with me into Giant country...
If you can't hear me on the Power Point, I have turned today's story time into a you tube video for you.
To keep active, this link is fabulous. You can sing along to Disney songs whilst you dance. Let's try it and maybe you could let me know on School Spider which one you like.
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/disney-workouts/
Have a wonderful weekend my fabulous Robins. You have been excellent this week. Have a rest now!
Love from
Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 14.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 10:56am
Buenas Dias Robins children
See the Power point attached. Today we will learn how to subtract a 2 digit number from a 3 digit number.
Click here to watch the you tube video of my Maths Power Point if you can't hear my voice on the normal Power Point.
Times Tables
Recap your 3x table. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of 3? Try saying it whilst bouncing on the spot (or on your trampoline) or try counting up in multiples as you walk up the stairs and then say the multiples backwards when you are coming downstairs. TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Writing
See the Power Point attached. Today we will be writing a description of the most amazing setting. You will love this picture Robins!
Here is the you tube link to my Writing Power Point as a video.
Reading
Read an article on the National Geographic Kids UK website. You can choose something that interests you and try to remember 3 things about your article to share with your family later. Choose the ‘Discover’ tab on the website, then select an article. There are different headings including Animals, History and Science so there’s plenty to choose from. I like this article about a ‘unicorn’ puppy:
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/narwhal-the-unicorn-puppy/
Or, simply enjoy some quiet time reading something that you enjoy. xxx
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
capture (capturing, captured)
future (futuristic)
picture (pictures, pictured, picturing)
nature (similar to natural)
creature (creatures, similar to create)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz this Friday. Why not create a "Roll and Spell" game to learn these words or do your own spelling scribble/doode?
Thomas thought of another one for our 'Roll and Spell" today - ROBOT LETTERS! Have a go! He did them all with straight lines to look like robot wriitng.
Worship
It is time for our signing worship today Robins. It has been such a long time since we were able to sing properly together in school which is one of the parts of school life that I miss the most. However, whilst you are at home, you can sing your little heart's out beautifully.
I am attaching some songs to learn to sign but you can sing along too whilst at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXPXWBcE3I
Time to stop and relax and come with me into Giant country...
If you can't hear me on the Power Point, I have turned today's story time into a you tube video for you.
To keep active, this link is fabulous. You can sing along to Disney songs whilst you dance. Let's try it and maybe you could let me know on School Spider which one you like.
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/disney-workouts/
Have a great day my lovely Robins, Friday tomorrow! Keep up the hard work.
Love from
Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 13.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 9:32pm
Wednesday 13th January
Buenas Dias Robins children.
Maths
See the Power point attached. Today we will learn how to add a multiple of 10 onto a three digit number, crossing the hundreds boundary!
Click here to watch the you tube video of my Maths Power Point if you can't hear my voice on the normal Power Point.
Times Tables
Recap your 3x table. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of 3? Try saying it whilst bouncing on the spot (or on your trampoline) or try counting up in multiples as you walk up the stairs and then say the multiples backwards when you are coming downstairs. TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Writing
See the Power Point attached. Today we will be writing a diary entry from the view point of Piper, a beautiful, little bird.. There is a Pixar animation to watch first to help us!
Here is the you tube link to my Writing Power Point as a video.
Reading
Please spend 20 minutes enjoying reading a text from home today. Let me know on our discussion page what you have been reading. Maybe you have found a new author that you could reccommed to us all?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
capture (capturing, captured)
future (futuristic)
picture (pictures, pictured, picturing)
nature (similar to natural)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz this Friday. Why not create a "Roll and Spell" game to learn these words or do your own spelling scribble/doode?
Worship
Enjoy some mindfullness meditations today about The Gratitude Tree. It is important to find time in our day to stop, have some quiet time and relfect on all the good things that we have in our lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QzBuhsyuk
Story Time.
If you can't hear me on the Power Point, I have turned today's story time into a you tube video for you.
Have a great day my lovely Robins. Keep up the hard work.
Love from
Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 12.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 1:28pm
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Buenas Dias Robins children.
Maths
See the Power point attached. Today we will continue to subtract ones but today, from a 3 digit number!
Click here to watch the you tube video of my Maths Power Point if you can't hear my voice on the normal Power Point.
Times Tables
Recap your 3x table. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of 3? Try saying it whilst bouncing on the spot (or on your trampoline) or try counting up in multiples as you walk up the stairs and then say the multiples backwards when you are coming downstairs. TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Writing
See the Power Point attached. Today we will be describing a setting again using our exciting noun phrases, adverbs and prepositions. We're off to Ancient Egypt today!
Here is the you tube link to my Writing Power Point as a video.
Reading
Please spend 20 minutes enjoying reading a text from home today. Perhaps you could take a look at the First News newspaper that I uploaded yesterday, read a story, a chapter book or a non fiction text. You could read to a grown up, tell your teddies a story or enjoy reading to yourself. Escape into the wonderful world of books Robins.
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
capture (capturing, captured)
future (futuristic)
picture (pictures, pictured, picturing)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz this Friday. Why not create a "Roll and Spell" game to learn these words or do your own spelling scribble/doode?
Worship
Robins, enjoy a fabulous worship delievered by another Open The Book team which tells the Bible story of The Storm on the Lake. Do you remeber their song? "I wonder if you've heard, that this is God's own word, it's full of special things...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRd7-PaoUaI&feature=youtu.be
Story Time
Have a great day my lovely Robins. Keep up the hard work.
Love from
Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 11.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 4:55pm
Hola Robins, Buenas Dias
How is everyone today? I hope that you all had a super weekend and a lovely rest so that we are all refreshed and ready to tackle the week ahead.
Today we will subtracting a ones digit from a 2 digit number that involves us crossing that tricky tens boundary! We have looked at this before in class, so you will be experts at it!
If you can't hear my voice on the Maths Power Point, you can access here in a You Tube version of it. https://youtu.be/ZVcszizl_Mg
(Fingers and toes crossed that you can hear me on this one....)
Times Tables
I have sorted TTRockstars so that it is set to 3 and 4 times tables for you. Have a play today and see how far you get to on the leader board today? https://ttrockstars.com/
Writing- Let's make an information poster today all about Seals 
If you can't hear my voice on the Writing Power Point, you can access here in a You Tube version of it https://youtu.be/pslqSn8RwRs
Reading
Please spend 20 minutes today reading something wonderful. Any book of your choice. Get lost in the wonderful world of story or find out an interesting new fact in an non ficiton text. See if you can find any new vocabulary that you have't used before in your writing. If you don't know what the new word means, ask your grown up if they have a dictionary or ask me on our discussion page.
I have also attached a children's newspaper for you to read, it is excellent. We have copies of First News in school so you may have seen it. This is written just for Primary School children, I think you will really enjoy looking at the articles and reports in here.
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
Today’s word:
adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
capture (capturing, captured)
future (futuristic)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz this Friday. Why not create a "Roll and Spell" game to learn these words or do your own spelling scribble/doode? My Thomas has got his spellings on the fridge door!
Story Time
I have attached a separate Power Point for the next installment of our BFG story.
Worship
I had a lovely time recording Mrs Powell for today's worship and listening to her beautiful Bible creation story.
Here is the link for Mrs Powell's worship today https://youtu.be/3pPOy7E5WNQ
Please click here to watch a little video about God's Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHB_hNk42g
Have a great day Robins class. Pop onto our School Spider class discussion to say hello.
Abrazos (hugs in Spanish)
Love Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 8.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 10:12pm
Thursday 7th January 2020
Good morning Robins
How are you all? It's Fridaaaaay! The weekend is at our finger tips! Hopefully you are all well and able to see and hear my Power Points. I have put the Power Points as You Tube videos as well on here if you are having difficulty hearing my voice. Please email school if you are having a problem.
I am online on the class discussion page all day to answer any questions you may have. You can just pop on there and say hi or tell me what you have been doing. It is a lovely way of staying in touch.
Y3 Maths Power Point in video form https://youtu.be/Y3HYMj3ZwpE
Today we are going to add a single digit number to a three digit number where we have to cross the tens boundary. The Power Point is also attached as normal.
Times Tables
I have sorted TTRockstars so that it is set to 3 and 4 times tables for you. Have a play today and see how far you get to on the leader board today? https://ttrockstars.com/
Writing- See the Power point attached.
Y3 Writing Power Point in video form https://youtu.be/apAhhrAizC8
Today we are going to research facts about your favourite African animal and write a non chronological report about it.
Reading
Have you found a good book at home to read whilst we are away from school? You could read a chapter a day. Please remember, reading magazines and non fiction books are fabulous activities too. Thomas and I are reading Bad Dad by David Walliams and it is wonderful. His website is great too, he reads his stories on here. Take a look!
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/watch-and-listen/
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
Today’s word: adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
capture (capturing, captured)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz next Friday.
Story Time
Have a great day Robins class and a wonderful weekend. Play games, read stories, watch TV, colour in, bake, ride your bike, go for a walk, chill out and be a lovely, kind Robin.
Abrazos (hugs in Spanish)
Love Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 07.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 2:47pm
Thursday 7th January 2020
Good morning Robins
How are you all? I have had a few laptop problems today, I think everyone in England has! Hopefully you are all well and able to see my Power Points. Please email school if you are having a problem.
I am online on the class discussion page all day to answer any questions you may have. You can just pop on there and say hi or tell me what you have been doing. It is a lovely way of staying in touch.
Addition and subtraction of three digit numbers- See the Power point attached. Our home learning maths lessons will be guided by a recording of my voice which will explain what to do (like I do each day in class) Just click on the little speaker icon on the power point page)
Maths Power Point https://youtu.be/J6JT9Pne0Ew
Times Tables
I have sorted TTRockstars so that it is set to 3 and 4 times tables for you. Have a play today and see how far you get to on the leader board today? https://ttrockstars.com/
Writing- See the Power point attached. We are going to be a lighthouse keeper today and write a diary entry from his point of view. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Writing Power Point https://youtu.be/zQ3IcG-vFH8
Reading
Have you found a good book at home to read whilst we are away from school? You could read a chapter a day. Please remember, reading magazines and non fiction books are fabulous activities too. Thomas and I are reading Bad Dad by David Walliams and it is wonderful. His website is great too, he reads his stories on here. Take a look!
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/watch-and-listen/
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
Today’s word: adventure (adventuring, adventures, adventured)
mixture (mixtures, mixing, mixed, mixers)
I will add a new word each day and we can have a little quiz on Friday.
Story
(this is being recorded and embedded into our Writing Power Points)
Have a great day Robins class. I know how strange this all is. Keep smiling.
Take care
Love Mrs Rice xxx
Y3 06.01.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 1:20pm
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good morning my lovely Robins
How are you all? I am so sad that we are apart once again and that I didn't get to say goodbye to you. But... we have done this before and we can do it again. I will miss your little faces dearly and will be thinking about you every day.
Please look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to "chat" to you about the work that I have set for that day, this is a great way that we can keep in touch.
Maths
Addition and Subtraction multiples of 100- See the Power point attached. Our home learning maths lessons will be guided by a recording of my voice which will explain what to do (like I do each day in class) Just click on the little speaker icon on the power point page)
If you can not hear my voice, we have converted the Power Point into a video so you should be able to play the slidesPlease contact admin and we can get the video to you. Don't worry. x
Maths video link: https://studio.youtube.com/video/tyP4r2R3RqY/edit
Writing video link:
Times Tables
Recap your 3x table. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of 3? Try saying it whilst bouncing on the spot (or on your trampoline) or try counting up in multiples as you walk up the stairs and then say the multiples backwards when you are coming downstairs. TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Writing
A setting description - See the Power point attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Reading
Robins I would love you to read a little each day of a book of your choice. This could be a story, a non - fiction book or even a magazine. Maybe you could read to an adult, read to your teddies or listen to your grown up read to you.
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix ‘ture’
I will add a new word each day and then on Friday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: adventure (word family words: adventurous, adventured, adventuring)
Story
(this is being recorded and embedded into our Writing Power Points)
Have a wonderful day at home Robins. Remember our Christian Values of kindness and friendship. Smile lots at home and use your beautiful manners.
Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan xxx
Y3 Wk Beg 21.12.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 10:34am
Feliz Navidad!
Mrs Brennan and I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have loved teaching you in Y3 so far and can't wait to welcome you back in January. Thank you for our gifts, they are were so thoughtful. We hope that you have enjoyed your presies from us. Thank you for your smiles, fantastic signing and the way that you have embraced this difficut year. I am so proud of you all. Thank you for making it a special time in our class.
Have a wonderful, restful Christmas with your families. I have attached some Christmas Maths just incase you fancy it!
Keep warm, watch films, read stories, drink hot chocolate, play with your new toys and remember to say thankyou.
I will be waiting to greet you on 4th January, ready to hear all about your Christmas fun.
Take care
Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan xxx
Y3 Wk Beg 07.12.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 9:40pm
Hi Everyone
What a great week we had last week! Christmas has definitely arived at Lostock Gralam! I hope you all like our Christmas tree in the playground that we will plant on the field in January as a premanent reminder of how different Christmas 2020 was. Robins have enjoyed learning how to play 'Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer' on the ukuele and sounded absolutely fantastic on Thursday when we recorded a little something for you. The children also enjoyed making their own Christingle, another first in these different times. We have missed having our sevice in church however our room looked beautiful with every child's glow stick shining in the darkness, a reminder that Jesus is the light of the world. The children took part in a recorded worshp with Mr Cliff leading us in the making of our Christingles and they were able to explain the significance of each element. We have loved learning how to sign Christmas songs and carols and it was just magical for the whole school to be out side in the playground together, socially distanced, as we all signed a special song for you. A few tears were shed by the adults!
This week we will be having little assessments in reading, spelling and maths to add to my own, continuous teacher assessments. Inbetween the assessments, as a treat for all of their hard work, the children will be watching a pantomine from The Grange theatre that they have kindly sent into school for us. We will continue to explore the app 'Book Creator' on the ipads during our computing lessons, adding sound, music and graphics into the super hero books that the children have already started. The children have been excellent in these lessons, listening well, having fun and supporting each other.
In PE, Robins are learning how to play Netball with Mr Ault, focusing on shooting, passing and receiving the ball as well as how to get into a good space during the game. Please remember that all PE lessons are now on a Monday and the children can wear gloves as it is getting colder.
Thankyou for your continued support with home reading, spelling and times tables. These three areas, continue to be the homework for Robins class. Please don't hesitate to ring me at school or send me an email via admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk if you have any questions or queries.
Have a great week.
Many thanks
Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan xxx
Y3 Wk Beg 30.11.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 30th Nov 2020 @ 10:12pm
Hi Everyone
We are going to be very busy this week with Christmas crafts, signing songs and practising our Christmas song on the ukueles. I can't wait!
The children are really enjoying our story Seal Surfer. They will be using speech marks for the first time as they learn to write conversations correctly. We will explore synonyms for said to make our writing more interesting. We will also use dictionaries to find the definition of new vocabulary that we uncover in the story.
In Maths, the children will continue their addition of three digit numbers with a focus on the tens digit. They will be adding tens that cross over into the hundreds column above or below. We will also be exploring problem solving activities involving addition of three digit numbers. In addition, we will also be consolidating fractions work that we missed in Y2.
We will be enjoying reading lots of different non fiction Stone Age texts and exciting new stories. I will introduce the children to DEAR (drop everything and read) that we will enjoy daily.
Our spellings for this week continue with the prefix 'im'. They are challenging however we will be exploring the meaning of each word all week.
impartial, immaturity, improper, improbable, impatiently, immovable, immeasurable, important
In Science, we will be exploring which materials form shadows when a torch is shone on them. The children will make and test their predictions whilst embedding their understanding of how and why a shadow is formed.
It will be a busy but exciting week. All our PE lessons are now on a Monday. Mr A has said that the children can wear gloves. Please continue to read with the children and practise their spellings and times tables. We really appreciate your continued support and as always, love working with Robins class.
Please ask me via the admin email if you have any queries about anything.
Many thanks
Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan
Y3 Wk Beg 16.11.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 12th Nov 2020 @ 7:56pm
Hi Everyone
I am really looking forward to our parents evening calls tomorrow, thank you so much for using our new system to book.
We have had a fabulous week together in Swallows class. Thank you so much for your Pennies for Pudsey, your donations are greatly appreciated, we will get busy counting and let you know how much we have raised. Our two highlights have been decorating our wooden crosses for Remembrance Day and taking them over to church, they look beautiful. The children were so respectful whilst we were making and laying them at church. We have also had a fantastic virtual workshop from Mr Trevor, a Stone Age visitor who taught us lots about how the Stone Age people lived. I have been really proud of our children. We are exploring how to make tints and shades in art using pastells in order to create stunning versions of Stone Henge for the front cover of our Topic books.
Next week we will be continuing to add 3 digit numbers in a variety of ways, looking at crossing the tens and hundreds boundary. We are ejoying our new story, Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman. We have made sensible predictions using clues from the text, identified noun phrases and introduced prepositions of place, time and cause. We continue to collect and explore new and exciting vocabulary such as perilous, determined and segregation.
Please continue to read with your child daily and help them to recall their three times tables, your support is always greatly appreciated and so valuable to the children.
Our spellings this week continue to focus on how a prefix can alter the meaning of a root word. We have introduced the children to term 'antonym' eg able/unable.
disobey, disadvantage, disconnect, inactive, incredible, informal, unlock, unhappy, unsafe and unkind.
Please contact me via the school admin email address or give me a ring, I am always here to discuss any questions or queries.
Have a great week, many thanks
Mrs Rice
Y3 Wk beg 9.11.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 10:25pm
Hi
I hope that everyone is safe and well. Thank you for making your parents evening bookings on line for Fiday 13th November, I'm really looking forward to speaking to everbody. If you haven't made an appointment yet, please have a look on School Spider to see which times are still available.
Now that we have settled back into school life so well, we are going to return to our weekly spellings each Friday. The children were really excited when I showed them the list and said "We haven't done this for ages!"
Our spellings for this week are based on the prefixes dis and in.
disagree, disappear, disapprove, dishonest, dislike, incapable, incorrect, invisible, incomplete, independent
We have started our addition and subtraction work of three digit numbers in Maths. I am really proud of how the children are tackling trickier problems and showing perseverance. We are continuing to explore rapid recall of multiplication and division facts of the three times tables.
In Science, the children are learning how we see things, how light travels and how shadows are formed. We will be investigating how to make the biggest shadow and why the shadows change size during the day.
In our reading lessons, the children have thoroughly enjoyed reading Lights On Cotton Rock by David Litchfield (if you're looking for a Christmas stocking filler, they have absolutely loved this story.) This week, we will be exploring our likes and dislikes of the story, any questions we still have and patterns across the text that we have spotted.
Thank you for continuing to read with your children at home, please may I remind everyone that homework at the minute is daily reading (three comments in reading diaries equals a raffle ticket) Times Tables Rock Stars and now, weekly spellings. Thank you for your continued support with this.
This week, we will be celebrating Remembrance Day by laying our wooden crosses at The Cenotaph. We will also be collecting Pennies for Pudsey on Friday 13th for Children in Need. Just copper coins please, we have a laminated Pudsey that we would like to cover in pennies.
If you have any questions or worries, please contact me via the office admin email or give me a call at school. It feels so very strange still, not being able to chat to you all each day. Your children remain a delight to teach. We are having a wonderful time together in Robins class. This half term, we have lots of exciting Christmas activities planned for the children, some magical moments will be recorded and sent home to you, watch this space...!
Many thanks
Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan
Y3 Wk beg 19.10.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 10:58am
Hi Everyone
What a fabulous week we have had! The children have been so engaged in their learning this week, it has been fantastic to see. I am really proud of the passion the children are showing for their writing, as we further explore the Space Race and Moon Landing in 1969. The children are beginning to plot the key events in Katherine Johnson's life in preparation for writing a biography about her. We will be using noun phrases, a variety of conjunctions and the correct tense.
The children are making excellent predictions, connections and inferences in our reading lessons as we read more of our gorgeous story, Lights on Cotton Rock. We are also loving sharing Stig of the Dump together as we discover what life was like in The Stone Age in preparation for our topic after the holidays. We have explored our understanding of The Trinty in RE and discussed how other people view us. The children produced some beautiful work in this lesson.
Next week in Maths we will begin addition of three digit numbers using partitioning, practical equipment and eventaully the column method. We are continuing our learning, understanding and recall of the three times tables and we have seen great progress with this already. Thank you so much for the work that you are doing at home with the children, it really makes a difference.
Please may I add a gentle reminder that reading at home regularly remains an expectation for the children and greatly benefits thier progress and love of books. Three comments in their diary enables the children to enter our reading raffle.
Mrs Brennan and I feel like we have won the lottery with our class. We are so so proud of their efforts and attitude towards school, coming into school each day to teach your children is a real pleasure. They are also making Mr Ault happy with thier football and netball skills.
I am attaching the Y3/4 spelling words from the National Curriculum for you to have as flash cards at home. These words are the expectation for the end of Y4 so please don't panic as they are quite tricky. I just thought it would be useful for you to have these. We will be working on Y3 spelling patterns in class from now on which include:
Prefixes dis, in, super, sub, re and anti.
Suffixes ous, ly, ion and ian.
Homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt differently with a different meaning eg knight/night)
As always, please ask if you have any questions or worries via the admin email or give me a call in school.
Thank you for your continued support
Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan
Y3 Wk Beg 12.10.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 8th Oct 2020 @ 8:56pm
Hi
What a super week Robins have had! I am so proud of how hard they are working, how much care the children are putting into the presentation of their written work and how happy they are to be back in school. There is a lovely atmosphere in our classroom.
The children have really engaged with our class text, Stig of The Dump. They love listening to the adventures of Barney, Lou and Stig. This text is a great lead into our Stone Age topic which begins after half term. The children are also working hard in their writing lessons as we learn more about The Space Race and the important role that Katherine Johnson played. We have written excellent diaries and scene descriptions focusing on noun phrases and conjunctions.
Next week, we continue this work, with a greater emphasis on punctuation and tense. In Maths, we are consolidating our place value of 3 digit numbers and focusing on the multiplication and division facts of the three times table. Our RE work has centered on how Christians use images to represent God and we have matched Bible quotes to different artist impressions as well as thining about how we think about God.
We will continue to revise the Year 2 spelling patterns of adding 'ing' to verbs as well as concentrating on correct joined handwriting. The children are using their 'Gratitude Jars' to remind them of all the things that make them happy. I am enjoying every day with my class, appreciating being their teacher and embarking on another exciting year ahead. Mrs Brennan always comments on how well behaved and friendly the children are!
As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Many thanks
Mrs Rice
Y3 24.09.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 25th Sep 2020 @ 8:31am
Hi
Thank you so much for talking with me over the phone this week, I have really enjoyed catching up with everybody. It is so strange waving from across the playground so the opportunity to chat about how the children are was great. I did leave voice mails where I could and I will continue to try to catch the parents who I wasn't able to reach yesterday. If you need any thing at all, please email admin and I will get back to you.
We have had a super week in Robins class, I have been impressed with how well the children are partitioning 3 digit numbers and recalling multiples of three. We race against each other to see how quickly we can record the three times tables forwards and backwards!
Next week we will be exploring different Bible stories and discussing how God is represented in each one. The children will continue with diary writing using conjunctions, ordering and comparing 3 digit numbers and mastering adding suffixes to root words. We will also learn how to use apostrophes for possession.
Mrs Brennan and I are really enjoying being with our class, they make us proud every day.
Many thanks
Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan
Y3 17.09.20, by Mrs Rice
Date: 17th Sep 2020 @ 5:04pm
Hi Everyone
Welcome back to our weekly blog. I am absolutely delighted to be back in school with my class. They have been brilliant. Mrs Brennan and I are so proud of how well the children have settled in to our new classroom. I still pinch myself daily that I have the pleasure to be their teacher again this year, I am loving every minute!
Thankyou to all of you for your continued support during lockdown and since we have returned to school. It is strange not to be able to talk to you each morning and evening but I am awlays here at the end of the phone or can reply via