Email – Year 3

Messages emailed to Year 3 parents

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3 years ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2023 by

Forest school clothes

Hello

Our first allotment session was a great success, thank you for sending your children in with an appropriate change of clothes.
Our second session is due on Weds 26th April.
Could you please send your child in with Forest school clothes in a separate bag on this day.
Forest school clothes that are waterproof are particularly useful e.g waterproof trousers, anorak and wellies.
We will also be going on our Spring Nature Walk on this day.

Many thanks,

The Year 3 Team

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3 years ago
Posted on 12th Apr 2023 by

PE Days Summer Term

Hi Everyone,

We are really looking forward to seeing you all bright and early on Tuesday 18th April.
Please can you make sure you have PE kits on for the first day back.
Our PE days have changed for Summer Term.

Tuesdays Outdoor PE
Fridays Indoor PE

See you all next Tuesday.

The Year 3 Team :-)

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3 years ago
Posted on 26th Mar 2023 by

Year 3 Field study walk

On Friday 31st March, year 3 will be going on a walk around the Newdale area looking at local land use. Please make sure your child brings a coat so they can keep warm.

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3 years ago
Posted on 14th Mar 2023 by

NSPCC – ‘Speak out. Stay safe’

Dear Parent/Carer

RE: NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. online programme

I am pleased to tell you that this term (week beginning Monday 27th March) we will be participating in the ‘NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe’  online programme. This consists of an online assembly and supporting classroom-based activities. Speak out. Stay safe. is a safeguarding programme available to all primary schools in the UK and Channel Islands. It aims to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs of abuse in a child friendly way. Children are taught to speak out if they are worried, either to a trusted adult or Childline.

In the online assembly, the Speak out. Stay safe. messages are delivered in a fun and interactive way with the help of their mascot Buddy as well as special guest appearances from Ant and Dec.

We have studied the content of the materials and are extremely confident that they are appropriate for primary-school-aged children. By the end of the programme, we’re convinced children will feel empowered – knowing how they can speak out and stay safe.

If you would like to know more about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme you can find information on the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk/speakout or I would be happy to discuss any questions that you may have.

Additional resources

Activities for children at home

Keep busy while learning about staying safe and speaking out with our at-home activities for primary school children. These are hosted on the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk/activities.

Online safety hub

You may also like to visit the NSPCC Online Safety Hub where you will find advice and information on a range of different online safety topics including gaming, social media, sharing nudes, parental controls and more.

You will also find online safety information for families of children with additional needs and disabilities. We have worked with Ambitious about Autism and parents and carers who have children with additional needs and disabilities to create activities to help talk about online safety which you can find at www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-families-children-with-send.

Childline Under 12’s Website

Childline also have a website with age appropriate advice for primary school children on topics such as bullying.  It also has games and other interactive tools. Your child can visit it at www.childline.org.uk/kids.

The Childline website has an accessibility tool too, you can find out about it by clicking on the accessibility link in the Get Support menu. Children can use it to:

  • Read the website out to them
  • Change the text size and font
  • Change webpages to just text only
  • Add a mask or ruler to help them focus on just part of the page
  • Magnify parts of the webpage
  • Translate the website in to over 120 languages

 Talking PANTS with your children

 Talk PANTS is a simple conversation to help keep children safe from sexual abuse. From P through to S, each letter of PANTS provides a simple but important message that can help keep children safe. You can find out more and download the free resources at www.nspcc.org.uk/pants.

Penguin and Ladybird have partnered with the NSPCC to create a Pantosaurus book aimed at children aged 4 – 8. You can find copies of the new book on sale at https://shop.nspcc.org.uk/ or in Matalan’s selected stores. All profits from the sale of this book will support the NSPCC.

Support the NSPCC

You may be interested in the NSPCC’s new selection of BUDDY goodies available from the NSPCC shop at https://shop.nspcc.org.uk/collections/buddy which make perfect gifts for children – and all profits go to help keep children safe.

If you’d like to know more about the NSPCC’s work, or take a look at the wide range of information and advice which is available for parents and carers, please visit their website www.nspcc.org.uk/parents.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook

 

 

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3 years ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2023 by

Do you want to build a snowman?

Good Morning Year 3,

As you will know, school is closed for today and we know that you are going to want to get outside for some fun! We challenge you to create a snowman based on The Iron Man! We will have prizes on offer for any entries sent into newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk so get building!

 

When you’re shivering and cold, warm up with some activities on Google Classroom to keep you busy today!

Search for classroom.google.com, use your normal username (e.g. joe.bloggs@taw.org.uk) and the password you use on Chromebooks to log in. Check the stream for Miss Clay’s instructions and you will find all the activities under “Classwork –> Snow Day 10th March.”

To share your work, you could send it to newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk

 

If you cannot access Google Classroom, you could…

  • Create a snow poem and perform it to your family
  • Go out and become a wildlife/landscape photographer to document the day
  • Write a diary of your snow day, focusing on adverbs (when, where, how)
  • Create a Science experiment to see how quickly you can melt a snowball by using different methods
  • Do some baking/cooking (with an adult) to warm up, write down your recipes
  • Ask a family member all about their favourite snow memories
  • Re-read your favourite childhood book EXT – Can you learn it off by heart?
  • Practise your times tables using snowballs, before throwing them!
  • Create an army of snow angels, then make them all different using natural objects, e.g. twigs/berries/leaves

 

Have a lovely day and stay safe!

 

The Year 3 Team

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3 years ago
Posted on 09th Mar 2023 by

Optional Homework

Year 3 Children,

 

If you have some time at home warming up from the wintry weather, you could create a fabulous fact file about our Animal Man visit.

You could focus on carnivores, omnivores and herbivores, thinking about the teeth and eye positions.

You might also want to research some of the gorgeous creatures in more detail.

We saw all sorts including:

  • wild boar, tiger and badger skulls
  • megalodon teeth
  • tree frogs and bull frogs
  • cockroaches
  • boa constrictors
  • leopard geckos
  • hedgehogs
  • chinchillas

You could present your work however you please!

 

Enjoy!

3 years ago
Posted on 17th Feb 2023 by

Message from Buddy the Bear!

Staff have talked to children today about Buddy the Bear and that he hopes they all think about the ‘M’ this holiday.

Please see below letter from Buddy the Bear to children.

Have a great half term!

 

Hi children,

Sorry I have not been to Newdale in a while, but my best friend Cool Cat has told me he was in with his kittens a little while ago and said he loved seeing everyone.

I know you will have all been following the BeSMART code brilliantly this half term and I can’t wait to come and see you all again after the holiday.

Here is a great shot of Cool Cat!

Remember our BeSMART code needs to be followed at all times, not just in school. It would be brilliant if you could concentrate on the ‘M’ this holiday and make home enjoyable for everyone. See how you get on.

Take care everyone and stay safe.

See you soon. Your friend Buddy Bear x

 

 

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3 years ago
Posted on 14th Feb 2023 by

A message from Mrs Poole our SENDCO

If your child has special educational needs and you would like me to attend their parents’ evening appointment alongside you, I would be more than happy to do so. To arrange this, please let me know via the SENDCo email address (newdalesendco@taw.org.uk) your availability during that week and I shall discuss a time with their class teacher which we can all do. Please note that appointments will not be available on the Friday of this week as I do not work on that day.