What is a shaduf?

Next week

Please bring in a small yoghurt pot on Monday so that we can make 3D shaduf pictures.

Please bring in a 3D shaped item that you can find around the house. It could be a cube, cuboid, pyramid etc.

Stars of the Week - Adam Brooks in Rowan. William Belcher - Cedar. Well done to you both.

Parent 'settling in' consultation - Tuesday 29th September. 3.30 - 7.30. Please be aware that we will try very hard to stick to the 5 minutes slots allocated and that the purpose of the evening is to let your parents know how well you are settling in to life in the juniors and for them to give us any insight as to how you are finding Year 3.



Another busy week has gone by in Year 3. In English we have been writing recounts and putting ourselves in the 1st person as Howard Carter, the famous archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen.

Here is a flavour of our diary entries;

23 November 1922

....
Lord Carnavon arrived with his daughter Evelyn. I told him we were ready. As we were getting down the step I told him there might be tomb robbers. Then we carried on going. 

Soon we met a wall. I made a hole in the wall. He asked me if I could see anything at all. I told him yes 'wonderful things'. I made the hole bigger so we could get in. 

As we went in all was silent. We were all amazed. There was a load of gold and furniture. We all wanted to go on. 

(Olivia)

Next week we will be having a go at writing a news report on the discovery.

In maths, we will be learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and some telling of the time. Please have a practise at home.

In Science we have continued investigating the properties of rocks. What can you remember about which rock fizzed when vinegar was placed on it?
Here is the link to the rocks and soils virtual investigation we also looked at. Have a go at the quiz too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/rocks_soils.shtml

Thursday was also very exciting for the whole school as we had the opportunity to vote just like our parents do, in proper voting booths! We were voting for our school council reps and head boy and head girl.

Thanks to Mrs Clements for organising the booths. It made it feel very special.

Finally, some of you are very well organised already with a whiteboard pen, pencil, rubber, glue stick and red pen for responding. It does make lessons run more smoothly if you can make sure you have these things in a named pencil case at the start of each lesson. Mrs Wright and I will be looking out for children who come well prepared for lessons and there maybe house points awarded so check your personal kit this weekend!

Have a great weekend

The Year 3 team.