Dear parents/carers

I can’t believe how quick the half term has gone! Class 3 have been amazing and have settled in so well.

We finished our topic of gymnastics in PE. Children created their own routines with their partner making sure it was in sync. They were fab at this and used all their learning about the different balances and movements to create it.

In Maths, Year 1 and 2 have finished their topic of place value. This week Year 2 have been looking at counting in 5, 10s and 3s. Year 1 have been looking at number lines, number tracks and how we can use them in our learning. Next half term we will be learning addition and subtraction.

In Geography and Science, we have been completing some end of unit quizzes. The quizzes go to show the amount of learning the children have learned about the topics on Weather and Seasons.

On Wednesday we completed a range of activities based on famous black people to celebrate ‘Black History Month’. We created some lovely art work and created timelines of the famous people. We learnt that everyone should be treated the same. We created some art work based on Alma Thomas.

Well done Class 3 for all your hard work this half term! Let’s keep it up 🙂

Reminders:

• Children have got their guided reading book to read over the half term.
• No homework will be set on Monday
• PE will continue to be Monday and Thursday each week.
• Next half term in History we are going to be learning about castles and knights. We will be junk modelling a castle during the first week back so it would be great if you could collect and bring in some materials such as boxes, egg boxes, toilet/kitchen rolls for Monday 31st October- Thank you!

I hope you have a great half term break!

See you on Monday 31st October.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a fab week in Class 3! I cannot believe we only have 1 more week of the half term left! It has flown by.

In Art, we made nature artwork inspired by our artist of the half term- Andy Goldsworthy.

In English, we have been looking at conjunctions and how we can use them to make our writing even better! We have been writing a character description about Grandad from Grandad’s Island, using everything we have learnt over the last 2 weeks.

In Maths, Year 1 and 2 have been comparing numbers using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols. Year 1 have loved singing the song, I will attach a link to it so they can show you their amazing singing and actions.

Year 1 Maths Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka9zbPcqXBI

In Geography, we learnt about the different climate zones all around the world. We found that in the far North and South Poles it is very cold, but near the equator is very hot! We decided we are lucky to be in the middle where it is warm but not too hot and not freezing cold!

In Science, we learnt about how we can record rainfall and made some amazing rain gauges to put outside. We have been checking them daily and will continue to check them next week to see if there is any change!

Reminders

• Homework is due on Monday. If you’re having trouble accessing See Saw, please let me know.
• The KS1 team have spent a long time sorting out the outside areas by the classrooms. We ask that this is not played with during drop off/ pick up times as we would like to keep it tidy and accessible for use during the school day. Many Thanks.
• On Thursday, the 20th of December, from 3:20 pm- 4:20 pm, there will be the Spooky Disco. If your child is attending, please bring in clothes for them to change into at 3 pm. I will open the classroom door and allow you to come in and get your child changed before the disco.
• The last day of this half-term is, Thursday the 20th of October, because of a whole school training day.

 P.E

• Class 3 will have their P.E lessons on Monday and Thursday and will need to wear P.E kits on those days. 

Reading

• The children will bring their new reading book on Monday.
• Parents are welcome to come in on Friday mornings to read with their children.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a great week in Class 3!

In Art, we did some leaf painting which the children thoroughly enjoyed, we collected leaves and then painted them to make beautiful nature pictures! Class 3 also did an amazing job of tidying up the classroom and making sure the tables were wiped clean. We have some amazing helpers in this class!

In English, we looked at our new class text Grandad’s Island. It is a lovely story, and the children really loved the page where Grandad jumps down a waterfall! We focused on writing adjectives to describe his appearance and personality and finished with hot seating to explore what Grandad’s thoughts and feelings were during different parts of the story.

In Maths, Year 1 compared objects using the mathematical language fewer, more, and the same. In Year 2, they used number lines to count to 10, found numbers on a number line, and estimated numbers on a number line. It was a busy week for both, and they did SO well!!

In Geography, we learnt about extreme weather! The children were able to discuss the different types of dangerous weather and how they would stay safe!

In Science, we learnt about the different cloud types. Every day we have been super scientists checking the clouds! Today we looked out and saw Stratus clouds and it was pouring with rain!

Reminders

• We will be celebrating Hello Yellow on Monday for Children’s Mental Health. The children are welcome to wear something yellow.
• Next Friday, the children will be visiting the church for a Harvest service. I have attached the songs they will be singing in case they would like to practice at home (or if you’re unsure why they’re suddenly singing about combine harvesters!) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE1QFA1h5bs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpkWsR6Yew

• Homework is due on Monday. If you’re having trouble accessing Seesaw, please let me know.

 P.E

• Class 3 will have their P.E lessons on Monday and Thursday and will need to wear P.E kits on those days. 

Reading

• The children will bring their new reading book on Monday.
• Parents/Carers are welcome to come in on Friday mornings to read with their children.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear parents/carers,

What a brilliant week in Class 3!

In English, we looked at poetry. First, we looked at rhyming words and found out that poems often have rhyming words. Then, we counted the syllables in each verse of a poem about the seasons. Finally, we showed off our new knowledge by creating our own poem all about autumn.

In Maths, Year 1 learnt to count forwards and backwards within 10, and also looked at what is one more and one less of different numbers. Year 2, learnt about part-part whole models and learnt how to partition two digit numbers in different ways. Year 2 also wrote the words for different two digit numbers.

In Geography, we have been using maps of the UK and weather symbols to create a weather forecast for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In Science, we were investigators and used weather symbols to plot what the weather was like each day. It was lots of fun! We also found out that there is more daylight in summer and spring and less in autumn and winter.

 P.E

• Class 3 will have their P.E lessons on Monday and Thursday and will need to wear P.E. kits on those days. 

Reading

• The children will bring their new reading book and book bag home on Monday.
• Bookbags need to be handed in every Friday. The children will come home on a Friday with a photocopied Guided Reading book they have been working on in Phonics as well as a Reading for Pleasure book from our book corner, to read over the weekend. 
• Parents/carers are welcome to come in on Friday mornings to read with their children.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

What a great week in Class 3!

The children have been working really hard and earning lots of dojo points!

In English, we continued looking at the story Lila and the Secret of Rain. The children were able to write sentences to describe what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The children have also been looking at adjectives and using them in their writing to make it even better.

In Maths, Year 1 learnt about counting and representing numbers using a tens frame. Year 2, learnt about placing tens and ones on a place value chart using dienes.

In Geography, we learnt more about the weather and how weather forecasts are made. The children even worked together in pairs to make their own forecast… they were fabulous!

In Science, we looked at the life of a tree and how the tree shows us the different seasons. We then decorated our own trees, and wrote a sentence to describe what happened in each season.

In R.E, we learnt more about The Story of Genesis, and created a storyboard to show what happened on each day of creation.

In Computing, we looked at online safety and what the children should do if someone is making them embarrassed or upset online.

In Music, the children were learning about the concept pitch and recognising high and low notes in pieces of music.

In Art, the children have been learning about Andy Goldsworthy and we have made our own artwork outside inspired by the artist who focusses on natural artwork.

 P.E/ FOREST SCHOOL.

• Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Monday and Thursday, and will need to wear P.E kits on that day. 

Reading

• The children will bring their new reading book on Monday. Thank you to those who brought reading books back today.
• Parents/Carers are welcome to come in on Friday mornings to read with their children.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂

Dear Parents/Carers,

What a wonderful first week back that we have had in Class 3! The children have settled back into school beautifully, and I have been impressed by their attitude towards school rules and routines.

In English, we looked at capital letters and full stops and where we would expect to see them in a sentence.

In Geography, we started our new topic, all about seasons and weather. The children were able to name the four seasons and discuss the different weather that each season brings.

In Science, our focus is also weather this half-term. The children learnt that weather can be recorded using wind socks, and we even had a go at making our own wind socks that showed the speed and direction of the wind.

 P.E/.

• Class 3 will have their P.E lesson on Monday and will need to wear P.E kits on that day. 

READING BOOKS

• The children will bring their reading band book and record home on Monday evening. Please don’t worry if your child has been on the same colour band before, as most children will need to re-cap some phonetic knowledge after the summer holidays. 

Have a great weekend.

Miss Styles 🙂