Class 3
April 2021
Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and got lots of chocolate eggs! I hope you were able to enjoy yourselves as much as possible during these strange times. Luckily we had some lovely weather, so hopefully you were able to enjoy meeting up with friends and family outside.
This year continues to be different to what we are used to, and although we are still not able to participate in some of the usual activities, we will try to provide a rich and varied experience for your children, keeping you all well informed of any activities taking place in school via the website and/or ParentMail. This term would usually be when the class go on their three day residential, but due to Government restrictions, we are unable to offer that this year. We are in the process though of planning an exciting adventure day for the children, and will hopefully be able to give you more details soon. Please see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
Our History topic this term is Ancient Greece and in Geography we will be moving on to Rainforests. In science, we will be looking at Animals, including humans. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and humorous stories. 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 comes to school IN their PE kit on PE days (Thursday and Friday). All children also need to have a pair of indoor shoes/plimsoles to change into.
Please make sure ALL clothing and footwear is clearly labelled with your child's name.
Each child also needs a named drink bottle at school every day, as the water fountains cannot be used at the moment.
Your child will receive regular homework. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Homework will be in the form of a grid, where your child chooses an activity to complete for each of the hand in dates. There is also the option of completing additional activities to hand in as 'Going the Extra Mile' homework, but this is optional. Occasionally your child may also be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. There will also be weekly spellings, Times Tables and reading activities to complete. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible! The homework will be set on Teams, but I will also attach a copy below for reference.
Your child will be bringing reading books home to read at home only. You do not need to send these to school each day. If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. When you need new reading books, please return them to the member of staff at the gate when you arrive at school in the morning, and they will be replaced. We will not be sending reading diaries home at the moment, instead we would like you to record your child's reading using the online Go Read log. Please remember to mark each book as complete before returning it to school. Children are also able to log any reading they have done independently on the Go Read log, including books that they have at home.
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 put on Teams, as well as below for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. Children are expected to practise their spellings at home using the Spelling Shed website each week, as well as Look, Cover, Write, Check, including the two additional High Frequency words each week.
Children are also expected to complete Times Tables Rockstars activities each week as part of their homework.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask, either via the class email (class3@wymeswold.leics.sch.uk) or in person at the school gates.
Andrea Wagg
Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and got lots of chocolate eggs! I hope you were able to enjoy yourselves as much as possible during these strange times. Luckily we had some lovely weather, so hopefully you were able to enjoy meeting up with friends and family outside.
This year continues to be different to what we are used to, and although we are still not able to participate in some of the usual activities, we will try to provide a rich and varied experience for your children, keeping you all well informed of any activities taking place in school via the website and/or ParentMail. This term would usually be when the class go on their three day residential, but due to Government restrictions, we are unable to offer that this year. We are in the process though of planning an exciting adventure day for the children, and will hopefully be able to give you more details soon. Please see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
Our History topic this term is Ancient Greece and in Geography we will be moving on to Rainforests. In science, we will be looking at Animals, including humans. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and humorous stories. 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 comes to school IN their PE kit on PE days (Thursday and Friday). All children also need to have a pair of indoor shoes/plimsoles to change into.
Please make sure ALL clothing and footwear is clearly labelled with your child's name.
Each child also needs a named drink bottle at school every day, as the water fountains cannot be used at the moment.
Your child will receive regular homework. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Homework will be in the form of a grid, where your child chooses an activity to complete for each of the hand in dates. There is also the option of completing additional activities to hand in as 'Going the Extra Mile' homework, but this is optional. Occasionally your child may also be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. There will also be weekly spellings, Times Tables and reading activities to complete. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible! The homework will be set on Teams, but I will also attach a copy below for reference.
Your child will be bringing reading books home to read at home only. You do not need to send these to school each day. If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. When you need new reading books, please return them to the member of staff at the gate when you arrive at school in the morning, and they will be replaced. We will not be sending reading diaries home at the moment, instead we would like you to record your child's reading using the online Go Read log. Please remember to mark each book as complete before returning it to school. Children are also able to log any reading they have done independently on the Go Read log, including books that they have at home.
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 put on Teams, as well as below for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. Children are expected to practise their spellings at home using the Spelling Shed website each week, as well as Look, Cover, Write, Check, including the two additional High Frequency words each week.
Children are also expected to complete Times Tables Rockstars activities each week as part of their homework.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask, either via the class email (class3@wymeswold.leics.sch.uk) or in person at the school gates.
Andrea Wagg
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Our cloakroom
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Our classroom
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New sinks
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Outside of the toilets
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Boy's toilets
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Girl's toilets
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Term starts 12th April Parent's Evenings 27th-28th April Non-uniform Day 7th May Half Term 31st May - 4th June Class photographs 9th June Sports Day 23rd June Bushcraft Day 5th July Orienteering & BBQ 6th July School Closes for Pupils 9th July Teacher Training Days 12th-13th July End of Term 13th July Our School Council Representatives:Our Anti-bullying Representatives: |
This Week's Stars of the Week:
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TIMETABLE
Spellings:
Our focus spellings for week commencing 21st June:
The children have ten focus spellings that follow the spelling pattern learnt at school, plus two words from the Year 3/4 spelling list. This is the last week of spellings!!
The children have ten focus spellings that follow the spelling pattern learnt at school, plus two words from the Year 3/4 spelling list. This is the last week of spellings!!
End of Year Expectations:
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Try these websites to help you learn the new spellings!
Why not try to improve your times tables skills using the times tables speed test challenges!
Click on the buttons below to start.
Click on the buttons below to start.
Or you could try learning your times tables with these catchy songs!
Planning
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Homework
HOMEWORK:
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. 7th May
2. 11th June
3. 2nd July
Weekly Homework:
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. 7th May
2. 11th June
3. 2nd July
Weekly Homework:
- Reading at least twice a week and recorded on the Go Read website.
- Spellings - Complete the weekly assignment on Spelling Shed and Look, Cover, Write, Check activity.
- Times tables - Complete the weekly assignments on Times Tables Rockstars.
- Going the Extra Mile - complete any activity that you would like to do! It can be art, craft, writing or some maths.
Hot Meal Menu:
GALLERY
Our song for this year's leavers....
Day 2 of activity days..... A bit of fun at the park, Hotdogs and CPR skills with Peter.
Bushcraft Day Activities....
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Our Musical Performances.......
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Going the extra mile homework........
Here are a few examples of our 'Going the extra mile' homework.
Maths Easter Egg Hunt!
Our Egg Rolling Champions!
Egg Rolling 2021! (in the rain)
Easter Baking....
Christmas Surprise!
Each Amazing Breath - Take Five
Last year, all of the children were asked to design their own Take Five breathing exercise. These were then sent off to Each Amazing Breath to be entered into their competition. The winners of the competition have had their designs made into official Take Five cards, which have been sent out to participating schools! We had quite a few winning entries in our class, as you can see below. Well done everyone!!
Yummy Christmas dinner!!
Here are some of our Christmas decorations that we have made:
Our Pudsey Bear Nature Art
Remembrance Poppy Art Work
RNLI Water Safety Workshop
Invasion of the Flingatrons - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Workshop
Indian visitors from Leicester.
