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Class 3

Welcome to Class 3

Astor Dance Performance

Today twenty children from James’ Dance Club went to Astor School in Dover to participate in a multi school dance festival. Every one of our girls performed confidently with great stage presence. Thank you to all the parents for providing costumes and for offering help with transport. The children behaved extremely well and were a credit to the school. They should all be very proud of themselves. Thanks James for all your hard work.

WBD Hat Competition

Last week, to celebrate World Book Day, sixty of our children took part in our Hat Competition. It was wonderful to see how much care, time and creativity had gone into each and every hat. The entries showed fantastic effort from the children, with each one designing a unique hat inspired by a favourite story or book character. Today we announced the winners and took time during our celebration worship to recognise and celebrate every single hat. The display was truly breath-

Reading Escape Room

On World Book Day we were so lucky to take part in a Reading Escape Room! Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils had to escape Crow Castle by working in teams and taking a journey through the rooms via the magic of books. From MacBeth to Charles Dickens, Frankenstein and Sherlock Holmes, the children had to turn detective and search for clues. They had to read, infer, comprehend, spell, scan, skim and riddle their way to freedom, or face the Crow Queen and be trapped in Crow Castle. Duck

Flying Birds

Year 3 have finally finished their fantastic flying birds and we could not be prouder of them. They worked incredibly hard on this project last term and their perseverance has truly paid off. We began by carefully studying photographs of British garden birds, looking closely at colours, shapes and features. The children then designed their own special bird for a Minpin to ride on, taking inspiration from the beautiful illustrations in Roald Dahl’s The Minpins. Their sketchboo

Boogie on down to better health!

We started our assembly with a quiet check-in, thinking about how we were feeling. Lots of us were a little tired as it is our first week back after half-term...mostly the teachers! As we chatted, the hall felt calm and still. So then, it was time to wake up and shake up! The music started, our bodies began moving, and soon we were dancing our hearts out, with some brilliant cheerleaders leading the way at the front. After all that jumping, dancing, and smiling, we checked in

Maths Outside for Year 3

We have been waiting for a dry day for ages so we could take our maths outside! At last we managed to enjoy the sunshine this morning as we attempt to answer the problem of: Do the tallest people always have the largest feet? Whilst we have managed to take the measurements of everybodies feet and height, we have not yet looked at the results, so watch this space for an update!

Homework in Year 3

Some of the work produced last term was amazing. The hard work and concentration that has gone in to them shines through. Here is just a little selection of some of the work they have produced. Well done Year 3!

Glendale Reading Buddies

Once again this term many of our children have enjoyed taking a trip to Glendale to read with our group of reading buddies. Depending on the age and ability of our children, each child reads their levelled book and then shares a picture book with the buddy or if a free reader, then the children take their chosen book to read aloud to a Glendale reading buddy. We are very grateful that they give up their spare time to listen to the children read and sometimes read to them, enc

Internet Safety Week Year 3

This week is internet safety week and year 3 got to watch the live lesson on BBC yesterday all about AI and Chatbots. We also joined in with the activities; answering questions and drawing what we thought the chatbot might look like. We explored the careful decisions behind responsible AI design, from selecting reliable, accurate and unbiased training data to writing system prompts that prevent bad AI behaviour. We then designed our own Chatbot and included them on to an int

Science: Forces in Year 3

This term we have been investigating forces in Science. We have looked at push and pull forces along with whether or not they are a contact or non-contact force. We have also been looking at the different pulls of magnets. They can repel and attract as well as having a South Pole and a North Pole. We have investigated the different pulls of various magnets: horse shoe, bar, disc and spherical magnets. The findings were very interesting.

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Class 3 latest blogs

Dear Parent/Carer

Welcome back to term 4, I do hope you have all had a lovely half term. As usual this is a quick overview of what we will be studying in the weeks leading up to Easter. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to ask.

History:
Our history topic this term is Ancient Egyptians. We will be looking at who they were, their daily lives, Gods and Pharaohs and the achievements of the Ancient Egyptians.

Science:

The science topic for this term is, What plants do and what they need. We will be growing plants and investigating what they need to stay alive and how we can help the process. We will also start to understand the functions of leaves and roots.

Maths:

This term we will be looking at understanding and working out perimeters of different shapes. Then we will go on to Fraction work.

English:
In English we will work towards creating a ‘Rags to Riches’ story based on a Cinderella story which links to our history topic of Egypt.

Whole Class Reading:
This term we will be reading The Ancient Egyptian Sleepover by Stephan Davies. This will also link to our history.

RE:

Our focus again this term is; Sikhism – Worship and Celebration

PSHE:

Our topic of conversation will be Healthy Me - Positive Mental Health e.g. Mindfulness: Mindfulness exercises/learning outdoors. What does good mental health look like? How do I cope with my anger?

Art:

Mrs Purver will be teaching art on a Friday. This term’s focus will be on Paint Surface Textures, Cloth and Thread.

French:

Mrs Gerbino leads French on a Friday and we will be learning - Je m'habille (I get dressed) Clothes.

PE:

This term our Tuesday PE lessons we will be inside as the weather is unpredictable at the moment so we will be looking at movement in gymnastics. Friday’s lessons will be learning the game of Basketball.

Computing:

Mr O’Neon will be teaching computing on a Friday and this term’s subject will be all about Coding.

REMINDERS:

PE this term will be on a Tuesday and Friday and children must have a named PE kit in school at all times please as we also have workshops going on throughout the term.

If there are any questions or queries please do not hesitate to ask.

Yours faithfully

Mrs Edgar