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Class 3

Welcome to Class 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.

Art Club

Last week was the first week of art club and as it was so cold we thought we would start with some lovely winter scenes. This week we decided to design the covers to our sketch books using an assortment of ways in which to make them colourful.

Christmas Tree Trail

Before Christmas, the children took part in a wonderfully creative Artist Day, which blossomed into a truly special festive event for our whole school community. During the day, each class learned about a famous artist, explored their unique style, and used this inspiration to design and create their own beautiful Christmas tree decorations. These unique pieces of artwork were then displayed on Christmas trees throughout the church for our after-school Christmas Tree Trail. S

Tuned Differently!

Have you ever thought about the differences between sounds that musical instruments can make? Some are loud, some are quiet, some are tricky to play, others appear more simple! In our assembly today that's exactly what we did! We had a range of instruments and thought about the sounds these made, were they the same or were they different? After this we played together as a band - our instruments made very different sounds but they worked together. So what was the underlying m

Christmas Carol and Christingle Service 2025

We ended the term in the most special way with our annual Carol and Christingle Service, held on Friday afternoon at St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church. As we arrived, families were welcomed into the church by our school Christmas choir, who have spent much of December spreading festive cheer throughout the local community. The choir have been visiting care homes and supermarkets, sharing popular Christmas songs and traditional hymns, and it was a joy to see them open our serv

Zootopia 2

Today the whole school went to our local cinema, Silver Screen, to watch Zootopia 2. We were very lucky to still be able to visit this side of Christmas as the cinema has been closed for ages to accommodate some building works, they just re-opened in time for us this morning. Everyone had a great time and were extremely well behaved.

Pompeii Exhibition

Year 3 and 4 were lucky enough to go to London to visit the 'Last Days of Pompeii' exhibition. The children got to experience a 360-degree digital show, including a seated VR adventure where they entered the coliseum and witnessed a gladiator fight, as well as explored the legendary Villa of Mysteries. All the children had a great time!

Christmas Fair

This year's Christmas fair has been a huge success. A massive thank you to all those behind the scenes and on the day making sure all went to plan. How fabulous it was to see so many young entrepreneurs selling their wares and earning some well-earned pennies. Congratulations to all involved.

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Dear Parent/Carer

Welcome back to a very busy Term 2, 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 Christmas. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to ask.

Geography:
Our geography topic this term is Rivers and the Water Cycle. We will learn about how rivers are formed and the journey they take, along with the impact flooding can cause in both the UK and Europe and what could be done to prevent this.

Science:

The science topic for this term is Simple Forces, including magnets. We will be looking at how different things move on different surfaces and carry out tests to compare how those things move. We will investigate that some forces need contact between two objects and give examples from real life and then look at how a magnet works by experimenting with different items to find if they are magnetic or not.

Maths:

This term we will be carrying on with our multiplication and division unit for a couple of weeks, then moving on to Length and Perimeter.

English:
In English we will working towards creating a recount of something that has happened in the school! This is written as a report and will include both direct and indirect speech using the appropriate punctuation marks.

Whole Class Reading:
This term we will be reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. This will also link to our writing.

RE:

Our focus this term is; Sikhism - What is important for Sikh people? Pupils will get to know that: Sikhs believe that there is only one God, who they have several names for. (Waheguru).
Sikhs try to put the teachings and examples of the 10 gurus into daily practice by living a good life, treating everyone equally and sharing all they have.
It is important for Sikh’s to belong to a community of believers called the Khalsa. Khalsa Sikhs wear 5 articles of faith which reminds them of their faith and duty as a Sikh. All Sikhs are encouraged by their Guru (Guru Granth Sahib) to perform Seva or Selfless Service.

PSHE:

Our topic of conversation will be ‘Celebrating differences’. Physical Differences: Exploring disabilities and how it can effect/inspire (age appropriate). Celebrating differences and similarities in the class. Celebrating our own identity: We are not perfect: strengths and weaknesses. Understanding feelings of success when things go right and how we cope when things go wrong. stereotypes: Basic introduction to gender based stereotypes. What is bullying?

Art:

Mrs Purver will be teaching art on a Friday. We will be looking at: Working in 3 Dimensions. Telling a story through drawing and making.

French:

Mrs Gerbino leads French on a Friday and we will be learning Qu-est-ce que c'est? (What is it?)

PE:

This term our Tuesday PE lessons we will inside as the weather turns and we will be looking at movement in gymnastics. Friday’s lessons will be Dodgeball.

Computing:

Mr O’Neon will be teaching computing on a Friday and this term’s subject will be Spreadsheets and branching data bases.

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