Class 3
August 2019
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had a fantastic summer! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
We start the year with a very busy term, with lots of exciting opportunities for you. I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Ancient Egypt and in science we will be looking at Living things and their habitats, and Animals including humans. We will also be looking at various texts in English, including poetry, information texts and 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 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. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Occasionally your child will be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. 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 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.
Andrea Wagg
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had a fantastic summer! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
We start the year with a very busy term, with lots of exciting opportunities for you. I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Ancient Egypt and in science we will be looking at Living things and their habitats, and Animals including humans. We will also be looking at various texts in English, including poetry, information texts and 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 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. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Occasionally your child will be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. 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 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.
Andrea Wagg
Our School Council Representatives:
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Term starts - Teacher Training Day 27th August Children return to school 28th August After-School Clubs start w/c 2nd September Class welcome meetings 10th September Village Show 15th September Individual Photos 17th September Harvest Church Service 3rd October Parents Evenings 8th & 9th October Teacher Training Day 11th October Half Term 14th-18th October Harvest biscuit making 28th October Flu Vaccinations 1st November PTA Disco 1st November Open Morning 13th November Children in Need - PJ day 15th November Egyptians Workshop at Museum 22nd November Decoration Day 2nd December Elf Day 6th December Experience Christmas Workshop 10th December KS2 Christmas Sleepover 13th December Carol Service 19th December End of Term 20th December |
This Week's Star of the Week: 
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TIMETABLE
Spellings:
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Our focus spellings for week beginning 11th November, tested on 15th November:
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. 23rd September 2. 21st October 3. 11th November 4. 2nd December 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
Click on the buttons below to start
Or you could try learning your times tables with these catchy songs!
GALLERY
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.
Egg Rolling
Our Egg Rolling Champions!
Making Easter Cakes...
Experiencing Easter.....
Launde Abbey Trip
Red Nose Day - Crazy Hair!
Christmas Party Day!
Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas dinner.....Yum!
Christmas Decoration Day
Delivering harvest biscuits in the village...
Making Harvest Biscuits...
Here are some of our Royal Wedding cards....
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The winning cards for class 4.......
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Artist Workshop
On Monday 16th April, we were visited by an artist Paul Gent. He showed us some of his sketches and explained some of the techniques he used. We then went out into the village to sketch some of the buildings and interesting architecture around Wymeswold. It was a beautiful day, and we really enjoyed sitting of the bank of the brook sketching.
Paul will be back later in the month to do some work on using water colours with us.
Paul will be back later in the month to do some work on using water colours with us.
Science Week Challenge Day.....
Author Visit - Linda Chapman
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we had a visit from a local children's book author - Linda Chapman. Linda introduced us to some of her characters and stories that she has written. She then read some of 'Sopie and the Shadow Woods' to us and told us how she had come up with the ideas for this series of stories. She asked us to help her plan a new character for Sophie to battle; a Bat Goblin! We then went back to our class to plan our own 'Sopie' story, including the new Bat Goblin character.
Our Science experiments to find out about rocks and soils.
Aspiration Day
Thank you to all of the parents, friends and family that joined us for our Aspiration Day. We had a fantastic range of careers represented, from pilots to stunt men, authors to builders. The children had also put a lot of thought into their future careers, including vets, fashion designers, engineers, hairdresser and footballers.
