Maths – flexible partitioning
Year 3 have been getting to know 3 digit numbers and how to represent them. We now have three digits that represent hundreds, tens and ones.
What does the 3 represent in each number?
We began partitioning these numbers into the three columns:
Then we had a go at partitioning these numbers flexibly with exchanging.
We know:
10 ones = 1 ten
10 tens = 1 hundred
Here’s how we did it! We used place value counters and base 10 to help us with our number sentences.
Help at home: How many different ways can you partition the number 789?What does each digit represent? Can you a part part whole model or a place value chart?
PE: Hockey
This half-term in PE we’re playing hockey!
This week, we’ve learnt how to correctly hold a hockey stick and explored two types of passes: a hit pass and a push pass. We discussed how to make sure our passes are accurate and controlled, and practised passing in partners.
We then played a game of ‘Piggy in the Middle’, where the children had to pass the ball to their partner without it being intercepted by a defender. This was a fun way for them to practise both their passing and their defending.
They all demonstrated brilliant hockey skills – their passes were controlled, on target and powerful. I’m looking forward to seeing these skills exhibited in a match later this half-term!
Help at home: ask your children to show and explain to you how to correctly hold a hockey stick (you could use a broom or anything you have lying around the house). You could also watch this YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaVNiYGHcC8) and get your children to identify the different passes they can see.
Autumn 1: Week3
Thank you to all those that attended the parents information evening on Tuesday. I have uploaded the slides for you so that if you were unable to attend, you still have all of the information that was shared.
Introduction to Reception 2024-25 (1)
Please feel free to chat to me if you have any questions about it.
On Wednesday, you will be emailed a Collins Ebook user guide. This is the website that your child’s reading book will be uploaded to every Thursday.
The children are all settling into school life well.
They have enjoyed exploring the classroom equipment, building models and playing teachers.
During the week, we went on a walk exploring the school grounds. The children were following a map in order to find key landmarks and tick them off.
Yesterday, we were lucky enough to have a zoom with Farmer Verity. We will be zooming with Farmer Verity though out the year. This will allow the children to explore seasonal change and learn more about animals and their young.
The children will have brought home a sheet of paper today. This is what we have been learning in phonics this week.
Help at home: by recapping the sounds on the home learning sheet with your child.
PE: Castles and Cannonballs
This half term in PE we having been playing a game called ‘Castles and cannonballs’. The children have to build a castle out of cones and then there job is to knock it down by throwing a ball at it. This is practising their fundamental movement skills that they will need when they start to play more team games as they go through school. The children need to accurate with their throws.
This week we introduced a guard to protect the castle. This made the game much harder and we had to move in order to get past the guard. We will continue to develop this game over the half term with more variations.
Help at home by practising throwing, catching, kicking and hitting balls in order to develop these key skills.
Starting sentences in different ways
In writing this week, we’ve been learning about how sentences can start in different ways.
If you kept repeating the same starts, it would get really boring!
Y6 analysed how some example sentences started and put them into groups.
Working as a team, they had to discuss their reasons using their grammar knowledge.
Help at home by analysing how the sentences have been started in this class news post!
Summarising
This week’s reading focus has been summarising.
We’ve looked at some history-based texts about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age.
We worked as a team to digest the important information and formulate it into our own words.
History: We are Historians!
This half term, our topic is History! We will be learning about both British and world history. We have started to learn about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and we will be shortly moving on to Ancient Egypt.
In our lessons this week, the children had to recap and revisit their knowledge from the unit so far to sort a range of statements into the correct time periods.
They then went on to learn about different ancient civilisations across the world around 3000 years ago. We used the iPads to look at secondary research.
Help at home: Take a look at our key vocabulary for this unit. Can you use these words in sentences?
Living and Learning: Manners
Manners are words and actions that we can do to help us be kind and respectful to others. Good manners help us to get on well with others.
We thought about examples of good manners and we did some role play to model these good manners.
We linked our daily poem and our reading fluency text to manners to reinforce this important aspect of Living and Learning.
Help at home: reinforce this message about using good manners at home as well as at school. Encourage your child to greet the adults on the gate as they arrive at school.
Also, have a go at this manners quiz to check your child’s understanding.
Virtual author event with Tom Vaughan – Hercules!
This afternoon, Year 3 attended their first virtual author event with Tom Vaughan who is releasing his second book in his series of Hercules: Hercules – A Hero’s Journey (On A School Trip).
These books are all based on Greek Myths and Greek gods which is linked to our Topic learning this half term! He told us a little bit about the new book and then read us an extract which was full of toilet humour!
At the end of the event, Tom did a quiz where we had to guess the Greek god and their name. Lots of us got Zeus, Athena, Ares and Poseidon. The book is full of the same illustrations.
Help at home: Visit Scholastic to see what other author and illustrator events there are coming up!
Reminder: welcome to reception class meeting
An invitation to this event was emailed to you back in July but here is a reminder.
Come into school to find out some basic “need to knows” about life in Reception.
17.09.24 – 6pm – 6.30pm
