Welcome back!

This week was a four day so a nice, slow start to the beginning of the second half of the summer term. We saw some sunshine so enjoyed a couple of playtimes on the field in contrast to a couple of wet plays too!

In English we have started a new unit. We are now looking at adventure narrative and the children enjoyed hearing the story of Alien landing. The children are learning to practise following a 5 part story. Why not ask your children if they can tell you what parts there are in a 5 part story? You could also ask them to recite a basic synopsis of the story 'Alien landing' to see if they can recall the main points? On Friday the children wrote their first paragraph to this story trying to include the main points of the story, whilst thinking about the exciting vocabulary they could use, vary their openers and by using a variety of sentence types. Next week we will continue drafting our ideas for the other four parts alongside learning more grammar technique to include to up-level our writing. In addition to this, the children are frequently being encouraged to edit their work as they go along, trying to identify spelling errors, improve punctuation and alter language or structure to make it more of an exciting read.

In Maths in Mrs Mercer's and Mrs Gaines set we have been looking at division, which we will continue this week. We have been practising dividing multiples by 10 and 100.

For example 450 ÷ 10 = 45  or 4500 ÷ 100 = 45.

We then moved onto dividing numbers by one digit, which involved using our tables knowledge.

For example  450 ÷ 9 = 5     We know this because we know that 9 x 5 = 45  or 5 x 9 = 45.

In Mr Clifford's set they have been working on shapes and revising facts about 3d shapes.

In Music we have been practising our songs for this Wednesday. We hope to see many of you there, you are in for a real treat, the year 3's have worked exceptionally hard on their songs.

During our creative curriculum lesson we had a wonderful lesson where the children made lots of discoveries for themselves using books and the Internet to research how the Anglo-Saxons used to live. We discovered facts about what they ate, their clothing and their pastimes. Many of the children were able to recall facts they had learnt from our Big bang visit to St. Albans Abbey, which impressed us all.

This week you could help you child at home by ensuring they know the words for the Music festival on Wednesday, continue to practise their tables as it is sneaking in Maths everyday and to help them learn their spellings.

Next week is assessment week so we would encourage an early night on Sunday and throughout the week to avoid tiredness and to ensure they are all fired up and ready to do their best.

We thank you again for your continued support. A particular thank you to our swimming rota parents this half term, it is really appreciated.

The year 3 team