Talk Homework (28/3/14)

Dear Parents,

This week your child’s Talk homework is to discuss how speech should be written correctly, thinking of; speech marks, a new line for a new speaker, alternative words for said, punctuation after the spoken words etc.

Please chat to your child on this topic and others surrounding  it. This will help support their writing on Friday

If possible, could the T.V be turned off while the discussion is taking place!

Thanks you for your support.

 

Oral Presentations.

In literacy we have been planning and presenting oral presentations. The children organised themselves into groups, then they planned what they were going to say and how they would present it (the topic was looking after your teeth). Then, very bravely, they presented what they had done to the whole class. 

We were mightily impressed, the children tried really hard to project their voices and face the audience, the information they were presenting was relevant and informative and everyone took part and did themselves proud, even if they were nervous or a little shy! 

Here are some photos of the presenters;

Tell me how you felt when you were presenting.

What have you learnt about keeping your teeth healthy?

Maths Morning

On Tuesday morning, it was our school maths morning, Year 3 worked with Year 2, we made maths board games, made 3-D shapes from nets and tessellating patterns. We had lots of fun, here are some photos of our morning;

What was the 12 sided 3-D shape called?

Holiday Learning Log

As usual the latest learning logs were of a very high standard, I loved looking at all your holiday snaps and all the fun things you did while you were away. Here are some photos of your learning logs;

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would your dream holiday location be and why?

Learn By Heart

Learn By Heart Year 3; Spring Term.

Issue date; Wednesday 19^th March 2014

Test 1; Wednesday 26^th March 2014

Test 2; Wednesday 2^nd April 2014

Target;

To be able to multiply and divide any number by 10.

Remember the rules;

When you multiply a number by 10 you add a 0 onto it e.g.  4 x 10 = 40     61 x 10 = 610

When you divide a number by 10 you take a 0 off of it e.g. 60 / 10 = 6       500 / 10 = 50

Learning Log Target

Learning Target
To show me what you have learnt in Maths
this term.
Think about everything you know about Maths.

What could you do?
- Write what times tables you know
- Draw what 2D and 3D shapes you know
- Show what fractions you know
- Show your knowledge of multiplication and division
- Show what clock times you know
- Draw lines of symmetry on letters or shapes
- Show how you can measure lines accurately
- Draw bar charts, pictograms or tables
- Show your knowledge of addition and subtraction (the column method)
- Anything else you want to show

To be handed in Wednesday 2nd April

Talk Homework (21/3/14)

Dear Parents,

This week your child’s Talk homework is to discuss letters, how they should be set out (the address, date etc). Also think about things they might do if a friend slept over.

Please chat to your child on this topic and others surrounding  it. This will help support their writing on Friday

If possible, could the T.V be turned off while the discussion is taking place!

Thanks you for your support.

 

Gold Book (13/3/14)

Here are this weeks year 3 Gold Book children are;

Olivia

Olivia is a hard working girl who contributes during class discussions, who always tries her best and always comes to school with a smile on her face to brighten our day!

Jack L

Jack is a competative member of Year 3, he is always ready to learn, he always gets straight on with the task set and he always wants to do well.

Talk Homework (14/3/14)

Dear Parents,

This week your child’s Talk homework is to discuss a park, thinking about what you can see there, smell there, hear there and do there and how you would describe it as a setting.

Please chat to your child on this topic and others surrounding  it. This will help support their writing on Friday

If possible, could the T.V be turned off while the discussion is taking place!

Thanks you for your support.

 

Gold Book (6/3/14)

This week Gold book children are;

Lilly
Lilly has been trying really hard in class to do the right thing, she has also really challenged herself in maths this week to solve column addition and subtraction. Keep it up Lilly.

Jack S
Jack has settled back into the school way of life after the holidays, he comes to school ready to learn and he tries his best.

University for Children

On Friday afternoons the whole school takes part in University for Children we have courses like, Harry Potter Club, Cookery club, Digital Studies club, Art club, Animal club, Football club and Hockey club. The session lasts for an hour and the children pick which course they want to do each term.

I run the Cookery club which is always very popular, the children in my class take part in lots of different courses, here are some pictures;

 

Art Club -

 





 

Digital Studies club -

 

Cookery club, today we made our own pizzas -

 

Preparing....

 

cooking....

 

Yummy!

 

What is your favourite Uni for Children course?

 

What courses would you like to do?

 

What fun activity have you done in Uni for Children?

World Book Day

Today is World Book Day, we celebrated it by coming as Dr Seuss characters.

We have dedicated the day to Dr Seuss, we have been reading his books, using his website, writing poems and drawing posters all about his work.

We were using the Suessville website, it is great, use the link to visit it.

Here are some of us dressed up;

 

The Things

 

Some Cats in a Hat

 

Daisy Head Maisy

 

Sally and Nevines (from Cat in the Hat)

 

 

Have you celebrated World Book Day?

 

Have you read any Dr Seuss books?

 

What is your favourite Dr Seuss book?

Art, Observational Drawings

We have some old fashioned kitchen utensils that we have borrowed from a museum, today we looked at them closely and drew them, we concentrated on drawing an accurate shape and accurate shading/colouring.

Here are the utensils;

 

A fish slice and a wooden spoon

 

A masher and butter churners

 

A food chopper

 

Here are some of our drawings;

 

 

Have you seen the modern version of these utensils?

 

Have you ever done an observational drawing?

 

Thank You!

Year 3 would like to thank all the Abercorn children who left comments on our blog, we loved reading them and we hope you leave more this week when we add more posts.

Thank you again

Year 3

P.E. Throwing and Catching

Today in P.E. we have been learning how to throw and catch the ball with a bounce.

We worked in pairs and practiced throwing and catching a tennis ball.

We learnt that we need to move our hands or body to catch the ball, we need to concentrate and watch the ball at all times, we need to stand ready to catch the ball, we needed to be the right distance apart so the ball bounced in the right place and we need to get our hands ready to catch.

 

We brought the ball towards our body after we have caught it so we don't drop it.

 

We moved our body so we were in the correct position to catch the ball.

 

We kept our eyes on the ball at all times.

 

We stood facing each other and if we were too far apart we moved closer and if we were too close we took a step back. 

 

We stood in a position to catch the ball, with our legs one in front of the other,

 

We got our hands ready to catch the ball.

 

Why don't you try to see how many times you can throw and catch a ball without dropping it.

 

What have you learnt about in P.E.?

 

Do you like P.E.?

 

Can you throw and catch?

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From all of Year 3