What a superb first week of Year 3! It has been so lovely to see all the children and to hear about their summer breaks. We have started the term with a bang. Take a read to see what we have been up to!

Guided Reading

This week we have been looking at the book ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’ by Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley. We have focused on making predictions and reading the book fluently using expression.

English

Using the book ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, we focused this week on writing instructions. We started the week by reminding ourselves of time conjunctions and how we use them in a sentence such as first of all, next, then, later and after that. We used these time conjunctions to put instructions in the correct chronological order. We moved our learning on to our sentences to include imperative verbs such as fill, get, squeeze and rub. We found this added extra information that made the instructions clear and precise for us to follow. We tried this out by following instructions to made jam sandwiches!

Maths

In Maths this week we have been focus on Number and Place Value. We learnt how to represent 3-digit numbers using place value counters and Base 10. We used these resources  to recognise the place value of each digit in a 2 and 3 digit number for example 29 = 20 and 9 or 268 = 200 and 60 and 8.

Next week in Maths we will be partitioning and using this knowledge to add and solve missing number problems.

Fact of the week

Next week, the fact of the week is 2 X 3 = 6, 3 X 2 = 6

PSHE

In PSHE this week, we have been focusing on ‘One Childhood, One Chance.’  We have been focusing on:

• • • • The Chilton Way rules- Be safe (including how to behave around school when not in class) , Be respectful and Be ready.

• The Chilton Values- Respect, Kindness, Equality and Courage

• Zones of Regulation (Green- happy, calm, ready to learn. Blue- sad, anxious, worried. Yellow- excited, silly. Red- angry, frustrated.) 

• Social skills- reminders of using manners (including dinner table manners- using a knife and a fork, why we shouldn’t make a mess, throw food on the floor or leave rubbish on the field), and greeting people around the school.

We used all of this learning to celebrate being a Chilton Hero and created a recipe of a Chilton Hero!

Home Learning

This week we have been focusing our learning on ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, for your home learning this week, we would like you to create instructions on how to wash your own teddy or toy. This can be evidenced in any way for example writing, pictures, videos or illustrations.

Other News

- Sports Slam will be on a Monday for Year 3 (children to wear their trainers with their uniform)

- PE will be on a Wednesday. Please make sure children come into school wearing the appropriate PE kit of an unbranded navy/ black shorts or tracksuit, white t-shirt, black plimsolls or trainers.

- Reading books and AR information will be sorted ASAP. Please bare with us on this and continue reading your books from home or the book corner.

Dates to remember

Tuesday 17th September – Monkton Nature Talk in school for Year 3

Wednesday 18th September – EHCP talk for parents at 9am in school hall

Tuesday 1st October – 2.45pm Year 2 and 3 Harvest assembly for parents

Saturday 5th October – Cross Country

Tuesday 8th October – Flu vaccines

Friday 11th October – Fancy dress Disco Year R, 1 and 2 3.15-4.15pm and Year 4, 5 and 6 4.30pm-5.30pm

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

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