Class 3
January 2020
Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and would like to wish you all a very happy New Year! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays and the wonderful presents you got from Father Christmas! Thank you all for the extremely generous gifts, cards and good wishes that I received, they are very much appreciated.
We start the new year with a very busy term with lots of exciting opportunities and I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Stone Age-Iron Age and we will be looking at Forces and Magnets, Electricity and States of Matter in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and Myths and Legends. A copy of the class timetable can be found below and subject planning is located in the 'Planning' section.
Could I remind all parents to make sure that their child has an indoor AND outdoor P.E. kit in school every day. This should include a warm tracksuit, separate outdoor P.E. trainers, shorts, T-shirt and plimsoles (which also make fantastic indoor shoes!) Make sure all clothing is clearly labelled with your child's name. Please also check regularly that items still fit your child and are in good condition, including trainers.
P.E. Kits should be at school every day please.
Please could you also ensure that your child has a named drink bottle at school every day.
Your child will receive regular homework, which will include reading, spellings and times tables practise. There will also be topic homework throughout the term, which will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. This will be an activity chosen by your child from the homework grid. Your child is also welcome to pick extra activities from the homework grid as 'Extra-Mile' homework. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible!
If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. Please do not forget to make a quick comment and note of the pages read in their reading diary. If your child needs to change their books, they should let me know first thing in the morning and we will try to change them at some point during the day.
There will be a small quantity of focus spellings each week, adhering to the spelling patterns and rules within the National Curriculum, as well as High Frequency and Common Exception words. These will be practised during class time, but a copy of the spellings will be sent home for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week and the accompanying words to be learnt will be available below for your information.
We have lots of exciting activities coming up this term and we will keep you informed of each one as it approaches. Please also see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Mrs Wagg
Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and would like to wish you all a very happy New Year! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays and the wonderful presents you got from Father Christmas! Thank you all for the extremely generous gifts, cards and good wishes that I received, they are very much appreciated.
We start the new year with a very busy term with lots of exciting opportunities and I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Stone Age-Iron Age and we will be looking at Forces and Magnets, Electricity and States of Matter in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and Myths and Legends. A copy of the class timetable can be found below and subject planning is located in the 'Planning' section.
Could I remind all parents to make sure that their child has an indoor AND outdoor P.E. kit in school every day. This should include a warm tracksuit, separate outdoor P.E. trainers, shorts, T-shirt and plimsoles (which also make fantastic indoor shoes!) Make sure all clothing is clearly labelled with your child's name. Please also check regularly that items still fit your child and are in good condition, including trainers.
P.E. Kits should be at school every day please.
Please could you also ensure that your child has a named drink bottle at school every day.
Your child will receive regular homework, which will include reading, spellings and times tables practise. There will also be topic homework throughout the term, which will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. This will be an activity chosen by your child from the homework grid. Your child is also welcome to pick extra activities from the homework grid as 'Extra-Mile' homework. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible!
If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. Please do not forget to make a quick comment and note of the pages read in their reading diary. If your child needs to change their books, they should let me know first thing in the morning and we will try to change them at some point during the day.
There will be a small quantity of focus spellings each week, adhering to the spelling patterns and rules within the National Curriculum, as well as High Frequency and Common Exception words. These will be practised during class time, but a copy of the spellings will be sent home for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week and the accompanying words to be learnt will be available below for your information.
We have lots of exciting activities coming up this term and we will keep you informed of each one as it approaches. Please also see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Mrs Wagg
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Term starts - Teacher Training Day 6th January Children return to school 7th January After-School Clubs start 7th January Ye-Ha! auditions 30th January Half Term 17th-21st February RNLI Workshop 2nd March Parents Evening 24th March Parents Evening 25th March End of Term 3rd April Please Note: Year 3/4 Production of Ye-Ha! 11th June Hunstanton Residential 29th June - 1st July |
This Week's Star of the Week: 
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TIMETABLE
Spellings:
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Our focus spellings for week beginning 13th January:
Planning
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Homework
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Homework set - Choose at least one activity from the homework grid to complete for each hand-in date. Try to complete a range of activities, e.g. art/English/Maths.
Hand in: 1. 24th January 2. 14th February 3. 6th March 4. 27th March Weekly Homework:
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Why not try to improve your times tables skills using the times tables speed test challenges!
Click on the buttons below to start
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Or you could try learning your times tables with these catchy songs!
GALLERY
Experiencing Christmas Workshop at the Methodist Church
Christmas Party Day!
Board Games Day...
Yummy Christmas dinner...
Strictly Come Dancing Competition....
Celebrating Elf Day!
Christmas Decoration Day !
Our trip to the New Walk Museum for our Egyptians Topic
Going the extra mile homework........
Here are a few examples of our 'Going the extra mile' homework.
Making Harvest Biscuits for the elderly people of the village
Our Egyptian Death Masks
Indian visitors from Leicester.
