Class 3
January 2021
Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and I 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.
This year has been quite different to what we are used to, but you have all learnt the new routines very well and have settled in to Class 3 brilliantly! Unfortunately, we are still not able to participate in some of the usual activities, but I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of any activities taking place in school via the website. Please see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
Our History topic this term is Early Civilisations and in Geography we will be continuing with our Extreme Earth topic and then moving onto All around the World. In science, we will be looking at Animals and their Habitats. 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 comes to school IN their PE kit on PE days. 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 Go Read log. Please remember to mark each book as complete before returning it to school.
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.
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 Christmas and I 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.
This year has been quite different to what we are used to, but you have all learnt the new routines very well and have settled in to Class 3 brilliantly! Unfortunately, we are still not able to participate in some of the usual activities, but I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of any activities taking place in school via the website. Please see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
Our History topic this term is Early Civilisations and in Geography we will be continuing with our Extreme Earth topic and then moving onto All around the World. In science, we will be looking at Animals and their Habitats. 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 comes to school IN their PE kit on PE days. 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 Go Read log. Please remember to mark each book as complete before returning it to school.
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.
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
Our classroom
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Our cloakroom
Outside of the toilets
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Girl's toilets
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New sinks
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Boy's toilets
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TIMETABLE
End of Year Expectations:
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Spellings:
Our focus spellings for week commencing 18th January:
The children have ten focus spellings that follow the spelling pattern learnt at school, plus two words from the Year 3/4 spelling list.
The children have ten focus spellings that follow the spelling pattern learnt at school, plus two words from the Year 3/4 spelling list.
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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
NO HOMEWORK DUE DURING ONLINE LEARNING
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. 22nd January
2. 12th February
3. 5th March
4. 26th March
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. 22nd January
2. 12th February
3. 5th March
4. 26th March
Weekly Homework:
- Reading at least twice a week.
- Spellings - Complete the weekly assignment on Spelling Shed.
- 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.
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Teacher Training Day 4th January Term starts 5th January Half Term 15th-19th February End of Term 26th March Our School Council Representatives: |
This Week's Star of the Week: Our Anti-bullying Representatives: |
GALLERY
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:
Going the extra mile homework........
Here are a few examples of our 'Going the extra mile' homework.
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.
