English: This week we have been working towards writing our own short story about giving George’s Marvellous medicine to someone else and seeing what happens to them. We have spent the week coming up with lots of interesting ideas of what could happen and have thought of lots of interesting ways to describe these using adjectives, adverbs and similes. The children had a go at writing their own story towards the end of the week and have focused on using the above features as well as different punctuation and short sentences to make it more exciting.

The children doing Read, Write, Inc have been reading a story this week about a spider. They have had a go at writing a story about the spider and the different things he likes to eat, focusing on their handwriting, spelling and adjectives.

Maths: We have moved onto measurement this week. The Year 2 children have been practising their measuring skills – using centimetres and metres to measure different things around school. The Year 3 children have been learning about perimeter. They have been measuring the sides of shapes to find the perimeter and have been using their knowledge of the properties of shapes to help them – e.g. you would only need to measure one side on a square as all the sides are equal.

Science: The children have been working with magnets and have done an investigation to find out which magnet is the strongest.

RE: We have been talking about the Easter story and how Jesus came so people could be forgiven. We discussed times in life when we might find it hard to forgive each other and wrote some prayers relating to this.

D&T: The children made their scones this week and we all had a lovely time enjoying them at our British Afternoon Tea.

We have also spent time this week preparing for our performance in Celebration Assembly.

Well done Class 3 for all your hard work this week!

English: This week the children have been doing English through their Geography work by creating a holiday brochure for a destination in the UK. The children began the week by researching a particular type of UK holiday – city break, scenic holiday, seaside holiday etc and they had to find out a place in the UK to suit this type of holiday, find out whereabouts in the UK it is, how you can get there and what you can do there. After researching we had a go at coming up with our own whole class holiday brochure before the children began writing their own. The Year 2 children have been focusing on using neat handwriting, using capital letters in the right places, making sure their spelling is correct and using questions and conjunctions in their sentences. The Year 3 children have been focusing on these things as well as trying to use powerful adjectives, prepositions and different sentence openers in their work.

Some children have been completing the Read, Write, Inc programme this week and have done some fantastic reading and writing relating to a pirate named Black Hat Bob. They have focused on their handwriting, spelling, capital letters and punctuation as well as using adjectives and conjunctions.

Maths: We have continued our work on shape this week but have moved onto 3D shape. We have spent time exploring the names and properties of different 3D shapes – discussing the number of faces, the shapes of faces, the number of vertices, number of edges and the Year 3 children have also been learning how to identify if a shape is a prism. The children had great fun using modelling equipment to create their own 3D shapes and finding different ways of sorting the shapes according to their own criteria.

Science: The children have continued their work on forces and have been identifying the types of forces at work within different types of sport.

D&T: The children have decided on their final design for their scones and are very excited about making them next week!

RE: We have continued thinking about the Easter story and what this means to Christians.

PSHE: We have spent some time discussing friendships in PSHE this week, thinking carefully about how we should behave in different situations which we may find difficult.

Thank you for returning the slips to let us know who will be attending our British Afternoon Tea on Thursday 22nd March. If you still need to hand yours in please could you do so by Monday 19th March. Just to make it clear, the offer is open to any two family members  so Nannies, Grandpas, Aunties, Uncles etc are very welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Dear Parents/Carers,

The children from Class 3 should come home with a letter inviting you to a British Afternoon Tea next Thursday 22nd March.

Please see the letter attached below with the reply slip.

Class 3 Afternoon Tea Letter

English: This week we have been learning how to write a set of instructions. We started the week by reading some instructions and finding the different features and then we wrote a whole class set of instructions. The children also had a go at independently writing their own instructions for a marvellous medicine. The Year 2 children focused on using imperative verbs, adverbs and expanded noun phrases in their work. The Year 3 children focused on using imperative verbs, prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs of time and manner.

Maths: We have been learning about 2D shape this week. We have been identifying their properties – focusing on the number of sides, types of sides (straight or curved, equal) and number of vertices. We have also done some work on lines of symmetry. They Year 3 children have been challenged to identify parallel lines and perpendicular lines within a shape.

Science: The children carried out their investigation this week to see which surface the toy car would move on the quickest. They recorded their results and wrote a conclusion.

Geography: The children have been identifying mountains and hills within the UK.

D&T: The children tasted some different toppings for their scones in order to help them make decisions about their own scone they will eventually make.

RE: We have gone over the Easter story this week and have re-told it ourselves, thinking about how the different parts make us feel.