Immanuel and St.

Andrew CE Primary School Year 3 Class Bulletin

Term 6
Dear Parents / Carers, Welcome back to the last term, I cant believe how the year is flying by! This term will be one of consolidating skills learned in Year 3 so all the children are ready for Year 4 in September. Please make a note of a few important dates to keep track of this term. o June 20th 24th Reading Week o July 1st Fun Friday 3.30 6.00 p.m. o July 6th School Sports Day AND Parents showcasing Evening 3.45 6.00 p.m. o July 15th Musictrax Concert (TBC) o July 14th 20th Arts Festival events and workshops o July 20th Last day of term. School finishes at 1.30 p.m. As always, if you have any queries please feel free to come and see me after school or e-mail me using this address jstroud@immanuelschoollambeth.org.uk Kind regards, Miss Stroud

June 2011

Topics this term

In Literacy this term the learning will be based around the Creative Curriculum focus Ancient Egyptians. Our first unit is narrative texts. We will be exploring what it might have been like to live as a child on a farm along the River Nile in Ancient Egypt and use this knowledge to write a short story about a child in Ancient Egypt who has an adventure. Skills we will be covering include; using drama techniques to generate ideas for writing; using factual knowledge as a basis for writing a narrative text. Our second unit is information texts. The children will produce their own leaflet, explaining an historical event from Egyptian times. Skills we will focus on include; using paragraphs to organise information, scanning information texts quickly to see if they are useful and setting out an information text appropriately. Towards the end of term we will spend some time writing instructions before finishing with play scripts. Hopefully the children will write and perform short plays that can be shown during our Egyptian day that I am hoping to have during the week of 11th-15th July. In Numeracy this term we will be focusing on shape, time, data handling, measures and money. Time can be a very difficult concept to grasp. Please chat to your child daily about the timings of the routines during the day, making them aware of what time you do things and how long they may take. It would also be helpful to talk to your child about money whenever you go shopping, challenging them to pick two items they may wish to buy and add up the cost mentally. Please continue to help your child practise their tables daily. By the end of Year 3 all children should know the 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 times tables. If your child is already secure on these then dont hesitate to challenge them on the 7,8 and 9 times tables as well. You may be aware that we have recently been having a weekly times table challenge. This gives the children the opportunity to show their skills in recalling a times table of their choice.

Important Notes

As a class, Year 3 is very good at remembering P.E. kit. However, a few are forgotten every week. Please remind children to bring their kit on the day or keep it at school as it is very important that everyone takes part in every lesson. Swimming Is still on Tuesdays. Well done everyone for bringing the correct kit every week so far! Do remember that earrings are not allowed to be worn in the pool and hair long enough to get in the eyes should be tied back. Outdoor PE will be on Fridays. Kit required: pale blue t-shirt/dark sweatshirt, navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms and trainers. Trainers for Break times: It is fine to bring trainers to school to wear at break times but we have had a problem recently with children taking a long time to change back into their school shoes at the beginning of the next lesson. This is partly due to some children being unable to tie their shoelaces themselves. If your child cannot tie shoelaces it would be helpful if you could spend some time teaching them how to do this at home. Jumpers I still spend too much helping children to look for their jumper. It is vital jumpers are named but please also keep talking to your child about being responsible for their own belongings and making sure they dont have someone elses accidentally.

Science We will be finishing off the unit called Helping Plants Grow Well. Before moving onto Light and Shadows. This unit introduces the relationship between light, an object and the formation of shadows. Children observe the apparent movement of the Sun and the associated changes in shadows. Investigations will focus on recording measurements and observations, drawing conclusions from these investigations and suggesting explanations for observations and conclusions. Creative Curriculum as mentioned earlier, our focus continues cover the Ancient Egyptians. We will continue to do a variety of topic work based on this. We will be doing a variety of DT and Art work as well as preparing for an Egyptian day to be held in the penultimate week of term (date TBC). RE Moses the Leader. This focus fits in nicely with our Creative Curriculum as it was Moses who led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the Red Sea.

Reading books are changed on Wednesdays Library Tuesday Lunchtime. A number of reading record books are not being signed every week so I would really like to encourage everyone to read regularly with your children. Reading to, or listening to your child and then questioning them about the text is not only helpful for their reading progress, it is also very important for developing their own writing style as they prepare to move on to the demands of Year 4 writing. Thank you for helping your children with their reading and for keeping up their excellent record of bringing their book bags to school daily. Homework This term I will aim to hand homework out on Wednesdays to fit in with homework club. I ask that children return their homework on the following Monday but if they complete it before I am happy to take it in to get started on the marking! I would be grateful if you could remind your child to have it out of their book bags to hand in on Mondays. Spelling tests will still be on Tuesdays and Times Table Challenge on Thursdays. __________________________________ PSHCE Changes We will be learning about the different types of change, positive and negative and the human responses to it. The theme seeks to develop childrens ability to understand and mange the feelings associated with change.

Please note:

You may be aware that there is a weekly prize of 2

for the class with the best attendance and one for the class who has been most punctual that week. Unfortunately we have only won 4 so the children choose. It would like to encourage everyone to be on time learning and so we can do something fun at the end of the year! far this year so we have very little money to spend on something else and come to school every day so you dont miss out on important

Dont forget: Wednesday 6th July a.m. Sports DayStreatham Common Wednesday 6th July p.m. Parents Evening end of year showcasing celebration of our work to all parents/carers Wednesday 20th July p.m. for staff training End of TermSchool finishes at 1.30