This week, I was able to welcome back the class, following our Easter break. It is has been a lovely week, with the children designing mosaics in art; dividing 2 and 3 digit numbers in maths and beginning to learn about the Romans during our history lesson. The children explored the timeline of the Roman …
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Week Beginning – 22nd March
Before I start this week, I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a lovely Easter break. You have all settled back into school brilliantly; I couldn’t be more proud of you. This week the class have been busy working up until the last day; in Science they looked at magnetic forces. They …
Week Beginning – 15th March
This week, during our science lessons, the class have been learning how to use Newton Metres. Newton Metres are pieces of equipment, used to measure the amount of force acting on an object. The children discovered they would need to use different Newton Metres, depending on how heavy the object was. We also took advantage …
Week Beginning – 8th March
So we’re finally back in class and what a lovely week it has been! This week, the class has been settling back into our class routines and completing some back to school activities, relating to their experiences of home learning and how they feel about returning to school. We have still had time to complete …
Week Beginning – 1st March
There we have it! Finally an end to ‘homeschooling’ and a return to normality. And with that normality, comes… your spellings for next Friday’s Spelling Dictation 🙂 You don’t need me to tell you how proud I am of you all – I’m sure you know that already. The classroom is now all set up …
Week Beginning – 22nd Feb
Almost there! I wasn’t planning on teaching idioms this term, however the phrase ‘hit a brick wall’ definitely comes to mind, when I consider how you all must be feeling. Online learning has definitely not been ‘a piece of cake’ so please don’t worry if you are struggling for motivation. I can’t fault any of …
Week Beginning – 8th Feb
Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Half Term Break! We’ve got through another half term of Online Lessons; you’ve all got a well earned break, next week. Parents, you have definitely earned it! I’m writing this, after finishing our virtual assemblies, and wanted to say how lucky I felt; being part of them today. I …
Week Beginning – 1st Feb
Good afternoon year 3, News of the week… our 1st weekly assembly is next Friday! Hopefully, you have all received an email, from the school, containing information on the virtual assemblies. The key information is, we will have 2 assemblies next week, with half the class attending each. These will be at 11:00 and 11:30 …
Week Beginning – Jan 25th
Good afternoon all, So another week down; I’m sure you’ve all got one eye on half term now, as it begins to come into view. I’ve said this before but I appreciate all you’re doing; balancing your own jobs, childcare and homeschooling must be extremely challenging. You’ve definitely got one of the most tiring jobs …
Week Beginning – Jan 18th
Hi everyone, We’re half way through the term already and hopefully another week closer to a return to normality. Once again, I am delighted with all the work you have submitted this week and it has been lovely sending voice notes to you all; I’ve even started receiving some in return. Not only that, it …