Year 3

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6 years ago
Posted on 08th May 2020 by

Mrs Trevor’s Superstars

Hello to all my class!

I hope you are all still smiling, having fun and making lots of memories at home. I sure am but do miss you lots. Seeing your smiley faces on the blog or reading your emails makes me happy though.

Mrs Thomas and myself are extremely proud of how hard you are continuing to work at home and a big thank you to all your grown ups and siblings who are helping you too.

Another super week of amazing work! You are ALL superstars to us and deserve an achievement award.

Today I’d like to give a special shout out to –

  • Logan for his positive and smiley blogs which show us all his amazing pieces of work and his fun times with his brother.
  • Jessica for ALL her super hard work with literacy and maths this week a great attitude to your home learning.
  • Oscar B for his super stories and the fact he is really proud of his efforts and finished work – you should be extremely proud.. and
  • Shanai- for all her amazing cooking skills in the kitchen. I think we have a master chef in the making, she even sent me her recipe for pasta and wrote the instructions for me to follow.

REMEMBER Year 3 – I am absolutely amazed by all of you, keep working hard, keeping blogging and emailing me as I always look forward to hearing from you and most importantly keep being YOU.

From Mrs Trevor and Mrs Thomas :) :)

 

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6 years ago
Posted on 07th May 2020 by

VE Day Junk Modelling Challenge

As it is VE Day tomorrow, you may like to take part in a JUNK MODELLING CHALLENGE that has been launched by the museum at RAF Cosford. The challenge is to build your very own aircraft, using whatever you can find around your home! In school, pupils from Nursery to Year 6 love junk modelling so I am sure many children would love to have a go at this at home – it would even be a nice project for siblings, or whole families, to work on together! 🛫🛫

The competition deadline is Thursday 14th May. To enter your aircraft, all you need to do is post a photo of your creation in the comments on the competition post, which can be found at ‘The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford‘ Facebook page. Alternatively, you can share your photo using the tag ‘@rafmuseum‘ on Facebook.

Good Luck!! ☘

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6 years ago
Posted on 05th May 2020 by

Value of the Month- May

Thank you for all your support with the value of the month for April, which was Freedom. Throughout April, children learnt about the different aspects of Freedom from rights and responsibilities to freedom of speech.

Our value of the month for May is Perseverance

What is Perseverance?

  • Not giving up even when faced with a problem.
  • Trying your best in all situations.
  • Realising that sometimes we are faced with challenges but trying to overcome these in the best way possible.

Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:

Discuss what the word means. Has your child ever been in a situation where they have demonstrated perseverance? If so, can they tell you strategies of how they didn’t give up?

Discuss with your child situations where people have shown perseverance and have achieved success e.g. family members, individuals with mobility difficulties, athletes etc.

Self-belief- discuss with your child how they feel about their learning and other skills and attributes. Talk about what they could do when faced with a challenge. It’s important that children learn the importance of perseverance even when faced with difficulties.

Here are a few websites which show how individuals have overcome difficulties and demonstrated Perseverance:

Derek Redmond – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZlXWp6vFdE

Steve Jobs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVUqv0v1EE&app=desktop

Michael Jordan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc

Tanni Grey-Thompson – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/tanni_grey_thompson/

The Suffragettes – http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/22766676

Please let your child’s teacher know if we can celebrate any work from home, on our school website.

Feedback on the values and what you do at home is really valuable to us and we really appreciate all your support.

 

 

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6 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by

Helpful Books for Younger Children

It can be quite challenging to explain to children (particularly younger children) about what is going on in the world at the moment. To help find the right words to explain why we need to wash our hands so frequently and the reasons why we are having to stay at home, here are two more fantastic books to help:

‘Staying at Home’ by Sally Nicholls (available as a free download by Anderson Press) https://www.andersenpress.co.uk/staying-home/

Here is the PDF version:  STAYING_HOME_ Sally Nicholls 

Also helpful is ‘I Don’t Want to Wash My Hands’ by Tony Ross. You could order a copy online, but here is a link to the author reading his story aloud which you may find useful.

We hope you find them helpful.

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6 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by

VE Day Bunting

In preparation for the VE celebrations later this week, we created some celebratory bunting in school. The younger children decorated paper pennants whilst the older children used textiles and sewing to create theirs. I was so impressed by the resilience shown this afternoon as sewing can be really challenging. Ashleigh, Joe and Lola particularly impressed me.

 

 

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6 years ago
Posted on 03rd May 2020 by

Geography Week

Hello everyone. Thank you so much for sharing all of your excellent art and music activities over the last two weeks. The theme for this week is Geography. Please find attached a range of activities that you can try at home. I have also attached some resources that may help you complete the tasks.

We hope you enjoy the activities and look forward to hearing all about your fantastic Geography work via the homework blog.

Many thanks Mrs Evans and all the staff at Newdale

Home Schooling Geography Theme Week

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6 years ago
Posted on 26th Apr 2020 by

Year 3 Literacy W/C 27th April

Summer Term Week 2 Literacy

This week you will be looking at Non-Chronological reports, the past and present tense, the perfect tense and the progressive tense in poems. Wow I hear you say! Do not panic, attached are PowerPoints to help you understand before you complete the activities (attached for each day).

Day 1 – Year 3 Week 4 Day 1

1 – Read the Lego report twice and decide who it is written for.

2- Then highlight the features of the report (sections (paragraphs), headings, sub-headings, main title, introduction, present tense, technical vocabulary)

3- Read the other reports and find technical vocabulary and write the meaning of 3. (Use an online dictionary if you don’t have a dictionary)

Day 2- Year 3 Week 4 Day 2

  • Read another report and answer the questions about it
  • Choose one of the games listed, play it then make notes about it on the table
  • Write a report on the chosen game- use your notes to help you and include those key features – Main title (eg. Dangermouse Dash), sub-headings and paragraphs about that sub-heading (eg. Who is the game for? What is the aim of the game? What are the rules? What skills are needed to play?)

Day 3- Year 3 Week 4 Day 3

  • Read the portrait poem – answer the question
  • Use powerpoint Past and Present Tense with audio to remind you of the present and past tense then complete the practice
  • Use the portrait poem template to write about one of your friends (in the present tense) then draw a portrait of them in the middle. Once complete and if you would like to maybe try the extras.

Day 4 – Year 3 Week 4 Day 4

  • Read the shape poem out loud
  • Use the powerpoint Progressive Tense with audio to learn about the progressive tense then complete the practice
  • Think of some Action Poem ideas- TIME TO BE CREATIVE (or use one of the sheet) – write these on your sheet (or on paper). Can you try to write up your poem in the shape which matches the action? Look at the example how to set it out to help. Most importantly have fun with it!

Day 5 – Year 3 Week 4 Day 5

  • Read the poem I have had an awful day, discuss what things cheer you up if you are having a bad day?
  • Use the powerpoint Perfect form with audio to learn about the perfect tense- complete the matching activity.
  • Time to write your own sad to happy poem. Be as creative as you like and make sure you include the present form. Use the examples to help you.

Have fun with the literacy this week we cannot wait to read your poems, we know that they will be amazing with some exquisite vocabulary.  Any problems just send an email – newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk

Keep shining superstars. We are proud of you.

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6 years ago
Posted on 24th Apr 2020 by

Do you want to write like Luke Temple?

Do you want to write like Luke Temple? Well, here is your chance…

Luke Temple has contacted school and wants to bring some excitement to your writing at home!
In order to do this, he has made his most popular book, Mutating Mansion, completely free for all of you to download and created an activity pack which contains his secret writing toolbox, which he uses to make his books really exciting.

There is also a competition in the activity pack to win a signed book and a free author visit to our school (there are 3 of these prizes up for grabs). The closing date for the competition is 31st May.

Felix Dashwood and the Mutating Mansion (The Felix Dashwood Series ...

Find the links to the activity packs below:

Felix Dashwood and the Mutating Mansion

Luke Temples Writing Toolbox

Get writing!

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6 years ago
Posted on 23rd Apr 2020 by

Key worker children information

If your child is currently attending school because you are a key worker, please can you provide your child with sun cream to bring into school so they can apply it when needed. School staff have planned spending more time outside to make the most of the beautiful weather and social distancing easier for all staff and children.  

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6 years ago
Posted on 20th Apr 2020 by

School Update- Monday 20th April

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you all had a good Easter, despite the strange times we are living in at the moment.

I would love nothing more than to be writing to tell you of a reopening date, but alas, we are again bound by the rules of the Government in an extended lock down.

We are all hopeful that we will at some point return this academic year and really hope that we do, so that our Year 6 children can say their goodbyes, so that our new Reception children can get a taster of next year and of course so all of our other children can meet their new teacher and get to see their new classroom for next year. Fingers crossed…

I am very proud of all of the Newdale teams and how they have responded during this very difficult time. There is so much work going on behind the scenes and everyone is playing their part. The admin team have been battling with all sorts of issues around ordering vouchers and sorting out codes, the Pastoral team making sure all of our families are safe, our teaching team doing all they can to support online learning at home and the teaching assistant team volunteering and doing lots of preparation for this term and beyond.

We have and continue to remain open to the children of key workers. We were open all over Easter including Good Friday and Easter Monday, as we wanted to support the national drive to keep our key workers in work. The volunteers in school have been amazing. Despite anxiety around infection and the difficulties in social distancing with children, they are coming in and offering the best childcare possible in our hub. As ever, if you feel you qualify for provision then please email school or give us a ring (details on the website). If you have concerns about your children at home then we might be able to help with advice or signpost you to support, so please do get in touch.

I am trying really hard to see the positives and am very thankful that the weather has been very kind to us during this time. I am hoping children can get outside in gardens and enjoy their exercise sessions each day: I know I am!

I will update you when we know more, but in the meantime we thank you for your support with home online learning. It really will make a difference to the children when they finally return to us.

Kind regards and stay safe…

Miss Cook