Welcome to Year 3!

Our learning last week:

In English last week we continued a new 'Writing for Pleasure' unit. This is an opportunity for children to write about a topic which really interest them. As we have focused recently on writing information texts, children will work towards writing an information leaflet about a topic of their choice. We started researching our topics and have already discovered some brilliant new facts. We have a very broad range of topics being covered, from ballet to Pokemon so I can't wait to read them when they are finished!

In maths we finished learning about shape. We have learnt to recognise and describe 2D and 3D shapes using vocabulary such as 'faces', 'edges', 'sides' and 'vertices'. We also learnt about parallel and perpendicular lines.

For our Big Picture topic 'Under the Canopy', we loved playing the recorder! We practised the 5 notes we learnt last week- B, A, G, High C and D. We used these notes to learn how to play 'In the Jungle'. The sheet music for this will be uploaded to our photo gallery so keep an eye out in case you would like to play at home.

In PE, we have finished choreographing our dance for the end of year production and are now working on refining the dance so it is performance ready! We have enjoyed learning the songs to go alongside this and can't wait for the show now! All of the songs are on the school website under the Children > Aladdin tab in case anyone would like to keep singing and dancing at home. Additionally, we have begun an athletics unit focused on sprinting technique. This will help us to get ready for sports day later in the term.

Exciting News

 Last week, we filled our class marble jar again! As a reward, we will be having a class celebration soon. An email will be sent out in the next few days regarding what children can bring in, should they choose to.