100% attendance
Eighteen children from Year 1 were in the draw for the prize of a meal at Pizza Express for having 100% attendance last half term:
Sam, Zidaan, William, Ben, Alexandra, Byron, Daniel, Eleni, Charlie, Natasha, Musa, Aisha, Kirsten, Kismat, Zakariya, Alexander, Manpreet and Maggie.
Let’s hope this continues into the Summer term.
Great effort from all players
Well done to our netball teams who took part in the North East High 5 netball competition alongside over 20 local schools and had the opportunity to meet players from Yorkshire Jets.
Phonics mornings
We hope you can attend the third and final phonics morning this week.
The sessions will be on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am.
See you there.
24 April 2015
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
Group 1
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|
root word |
plural |
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1. |
activity |
activities |
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2. |
company |
companies |
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3. |
city |
cities |
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4. |
copy |
copies |
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5. |
lady |
ladies |
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6. |
injury |
injuries |
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7. |
baby |
babies |
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8. |
memory |
memories |
|
9. |
quality |
qualities |
|
10. |
enemy |
enemies |
Group 2
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|
root word |
plural |
|
1. |
country |
countries |
|
2. |
party |
parties |
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3. |
difficulty |
difficulties |
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4. |
opportunity |
opportunities |
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5. |
society |
societies |
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6. |
community |
communities |
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7. |
responsibility |
responsibilities |
|
8. |
boundary |
boundaries |
|
9. |
priority |
priorities |
|
10. |
constituency |
constituencies |
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
24 April 2015
The homeworks this week are Talk Time and Practice Makes Perfect.
The Talk Time homework time homework ties in with the upcoming General Election. Children should talk with people at home about what policies / ideas they would introduce if they were the leader of a political party. The ideas should be realistic and should be ones which would benefit the community, not just them and their friends.
The Mathsletic homework is an activity about time which we will be focussing on in Maths lessons next week.
24 April 2015
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Please make sure homework is handed in by Wednesday 29 April.
In maths this week, we have been learning about fractions. The homework is all about halving – remember that using objects can always help if your child is struggling. It is also useful to make sure that they know that they are dividing by two or sharing into two groups.
24 April 2015
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 01 May 2015.
|
Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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screw |
precious |
night |
|
crew |
special |
space |
|
flew |
sure |
dark |
|
blew |
machine |
stars |
|
chew |
station |
constellations |
|
different |
tissue |
planets |
|
laughed |
position |
orbit |
|
through |
sugar |
nocturnal |
|
measure |
predator |
|
|
potion |
prey |
24th April 2015
This week’s spellings focus on prefixes and suffixes.
- untied
- unhappy
- dislike
- disagree
- dangerous
- comfortable
- impossible
- kindness
- decrease
- accidentally
Can your child identify the prefix or suffix in each word?
24th April 2015
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due on Wednesday 29 April.
I can use column addition.
Year 3 have been learning how to use column addition. They have a worksheet to complete to practise this skill.
Summer Term
What a great start to a new term! Year 3 returned to school after the holidays and every day this week have shown they are ready and eager to learn. Well done, Year 3!
On Monday, we began our new science topic Magnets and Forces. Check out some of the Year 3 scientists below.
