Another superb week in Year 3! Take a look at what we have been getting up to.

Firstly, thank you for your support and involvement in the Harvest Festivals that have taken place this week. Your donations were very welcomed by the Thanet Food Banks, so a huge thank you! Also, a huge congratulations to all of the children that read in the festival. We could not be prouder!

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading, we have continued looking at the book ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura. We have been reading the story whilst focusing on fluency and accuracy. We then moved our learning on by clarifying vocabulary in the book by using dictionaries. We looked at vocabulary such as peering and beckoning.

Next week we will be starting a new book called ‘Lila and the Secret of Rain’,

English

Continuing with ‘Stone Age Boy’, we focused this week on developing our understanding of script writing. This week we wrote our own playscripts, ensuring we used all that was on the playscript checklist. We are so impressed with the children’s independent writing this week! Go Year 3!

Maths

In Maths this week we have moved on to subtraction. We recapped using subtraction using the column method. What super subtractors we have in Year 3! We used this learning to problem solve tricky calculations and test our subtraction knowledge!

Next week in Maths we will be looking at multiplication and division.

Fact of the week

Next week, the fact of the week is 2X7=14 and 7X2=14.

Thematic

In Thematic this week, we have been looking at how Britain changed between the beginning of the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. We used timelines and a range of sources to understand the changes. We looked at changes in weapons, metal, jewellery and agriculture.

Home Learning

In French this week, we have been learning the colours in French. For your home learning task, we would like you to recap your learning this week and represent your French colour knowledge in any way you wish! This might be a poster, labelling different colours or even learning a song. We look forward to see your creativity!

Other News

-We will now be completing regular times tables quizzes. This term we are focussing on our 2 times tables. Please be sure to practise with your child at home, another great way for them to practise is to play ‘Jamming’ on TTRS and ensure only ‘2’ times tables are selected.

- Year 3 children should be reading 4x weekly. Please ensure you are reading with your child as much as possible to support them in their reading progress and make a note of this in their Reading Record.

- Read at 3 will be happening every Friday in the Year 3 classrooms.

Dates to remember

Saturday 5th October – Cross Country

Tuesday 8th October – Flu vaccines

Friday 11th October – Fancy dress Disco Year 1, 2 and 3 from 3.15-4.15pm and Year 4, 5 and 6 4.30pm-5.30pm (Reception do not join us for this disco, as they can find it a little overwhelming)

Thursday 24th October – Parents invited into look at children’s books at 3.15pm

Friday 25th October – Inset day – School closed to children