What a brilliant final week for Term 3 it has been! This week, we have focussed on our RE learning as well as celebrating Online Safety Day! We took part in a brilliant day focussed on the dangers of using the internet and how we can be sharp and keep ourselves safe online. We took part in a Live Interland assembly, created informative posters and explored terminology such as phishing and secure. We hope you have a lovely half term and look forward to seeing you in Term 4!

A note from Miss Vaughan-

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of the wonderful children and parents who have made me feel so welcome at Chilton. My time here may have been short, but it has been immensely rewarding, and I have so enjoyed having the opportunity to teach your fabulous children. I know each and every child will continue to progress and succeed and I wish you all, all the best for the future.

Kind regards,

Miss Vaughan

 

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading, we continued our learning on Anthony Browne’s texts by continuing with ‘Gorilla’.  To begin our week, we carefully sequenced the story, summarising each part. Following this, we completed our AR quiz, demonstrating our knowledge of the text. To end the week, we took part in quiz teams to answer comprehension questions on a non-fiction text on gorillas.

English

In English, we continued our learning on Anthony Browne’s texts by continuing with Gorilla.  This week we have continued to develop our letter writing skills, focussing carefully on the difference between formal and informal writing. We have been very careful to ensure that our layouts were suitable to a letter format and used specific technical language.

Maths

In Maths this week we have returned to our learning on subtraction. We used our growing knowledge of column method to help us solve increasingly more complex subtraction problems and used relevant maths resources such as dienes and place value counters to support in regrouping through subtraction.

RE

This week we have been focusing on our RE learning, specifically focussing on what we know about Jesus. We considered how Jesus is represented in pictures and how this can be perceived differently depending on where in the world you come from. Following this, we explored quotes taken from the bible and how they symbolised different aspects of Jesus’ personality. To end, we listened to a variety of biblical proverbs and discussed what we can learn about Jesus from them.

Home Learning

Please take the half-term to spend time together as a family and rest. Using TTRS and reading (either your class book or through Myon) is plenty of Home Learning for this week. Enjoy, have fun and we will see you next term!

Other News

- May we please remind parents that Smart Watches are not permitted in school, this includes any devices of which the children can play games, take pictures or record.

Term 4 Dates

24th February – School begins at normal time

26th February – Year 3 swimming begins

28th February 9-10.30am – Autism awareness coffee morning in the studio

28th February – NHS well-being show in school

6 th March – World book day

10th – 14th March – Book fair

14th March 9 – 11am – Managing children’s behaviour workshop in the studio

14th March at 2pm– The Speaker 2025 Chilton final (parents of children speaking will be invited along to watch)

21st March – Red nose day/Rock your socks day for Downs Syndrome awareness. This year Red Nose Day is celebrating its 40th anniversary, originating in 1985. We would like to invite children to come into school in 1980s dress up. Children are invited to wear odd socks as part of their outfit to show support for Rock your socks Downs Syndrome awareness day.

21st March – Parents invited into school from 3.15 to look at their child’s learning prior to parent teacher consultations

24th March – Parent teacher consultation week

25th March – Year 3 trip to the Roman Museum

28th March – The Viking Speaker Final; 4 winners from Chilton to attend

3 rd April – Easter Egg Hunts in school

3 rd April – Last day of term. School finishes at usual time