PTA disco
On Friday 17 November, we have our PTA disco at St James’ Church Hall. Tickets are being sold every day this week. You’ll find a member of the PTA selling tickets in the playground if you would like to purchase some.
Potion Commotion
We have had so much fun with our book of the week Potion Commotion, we enjoyed hearing about Betty, making her own potion and saving the town from the hungry dragon. We have been writing our own potion recipes and even had a go at making our own, we had so much fun watching them fizz and bubble!
Maths
This week in our maths we have been learning to notice what we can see and how we can see it. We have been using number stories to help us to develop this skill, using the key words first, then, now.
Ask your child to tell you the number story below.
Help at home
Our first book after half term is called Binny’s Diwali where we will be talking about the Hindu Festival of Diwali, we will move on to talk about a different celebration called Bonfire Night and the story behind that. If you go to any light shows, see any illuminations or go to a firework display over the half term break, we’d love to share your photos in class. We’ll use the pictures to support our topic Light and Dark.
Reminders
We will be doing PE on Monday, so please send your child to school wearing their PE kit and trainers. They will stay in this all day.
Stay and Learn Sessions
This is an opportunity for you to come into school to find out about the Early Years Curriculum and watch your child Learning in school.
Maths- 15.11.23 2.20pm-3.00pm
Phonics Phase 3- 16.1.24 2.20pm-3.00pm
Early Writing- 05.02.24 2.20pm-3.00pm
World Book Day 07.03.24 -8.50am-9.20am
Learning Journey Drop In’s
An opportunity to “drop into” school and share your child’ learning journal with them.
Times- 8.45am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm (Tuesday and Thursday)
Week beginning 11.12.23
Week beginning 25.03.24
Week beginning 08.07.24
Don’t forget to email your pictures from home stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org thank you, have a lovely half term!
Mrs. Kendrew, Mrs. Rippon and Miss. Feldman
Spellings 15.09.23
Common exception words
These are everyday words that don’t follow the phonic rules taught at school.
Please learn the words below ready for a test on Friday 22nd September 2023.
are is she
ask love so
Spellings
Please practise your spellings for a spelling test on Friday 15 September.
- play
- spray
- made
- game
- read
- being
- eye
- sure
- said
- were
Final Week in Year 3
Wow! I think the last week has been the fastest week yet!
From construction challenges to pizza making, Year 3 have had a blast.
I want to thank them for all their effort this year. They are such a fantastic class and I can’t wait to see them in September.
One final thing…
have a great summer!
Group Reading
This half term, some children will spend our “Book Club” sessions reading in a shared group. Year 3 love this time and it’s brilliant to see them sharing a love of reading together.
I have been so impressed with how they organise themselves in their reading groups and decide on a realistic amount of reading that should be done at home before the next session.
In order for group reading to work properly, the children need to make sure they are reading at home so they can keep up with their group.
What’s the time?
This week, Year 3 have been learning how to tell the time on an analogue clock.
We recapped o’clock and half past and familiarised ourselves with the minute and hour hands.
After this, we looked at telling the time past the hour and to the next hour.
We notice that the numbers on the clock represent 5 minutes, so knowing our 5 times tables is very important.
We also tried to solve some word problems such as:
Year 3 leave for their trip at five past 9 and arrived at half past 9.
How long does it take them to travel there?
Help at home:
Use this virtual analogue clock with your child and ask them to make different times looking carefully at the hands.
Interactive clock | analog clock | digital | movable | teaching clock | visnos
Improving our knowledge of world religions
To start this week’s R.E lesson, we recapped what we already knew about some of the world’s major religions.
We also learnt new facts about religions that may have been less familiar to us.
Each week, we will keep looking at these facts and building on our learning of other faiths.
Help at home: Ask your child what facts they can remember about some world religions. Can they name the places of worship and holy books?
Spellings 19th May 2023
though
through
thought
straight
special
strange
strength
separate
remember
Spellings 05.05.23
This week, our spellings will be the months of the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Learn your spellings by using the months of the year in a silly story!