Advent

This week we will start our work on Advent. Today is the first Sunday of Advent.

We will be looking at how Mary felt when the Angel Gabriel came and spoke to her.

Click on this link to a clip from Jesus of Nazareth to show when Gabriel met with Mary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62r829xum1A

Maths links

This week in maths we will be looking at measuring problems and how to the tell the time. We will be using these links to help us in our lessons.
For measures and scales:

http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html
To tell the time:

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/time/clocks.swf
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html

What is the job of the stem and the root?

On Friday, we talked about the jobs of the stem and the root in green plants.

We planned and set up and experiement to find scientific evidence to prove this.

We put a stalk of celery (green plant) into water stained with red food colouring. We predicted that the celery will have turned red when we look at it after the weekend.

Photo Frames

The children in 3C have been working very hard all term on making their photo frames with Mrs Somers. In DT, they have spent time designing their frames and working out the best way to make a support so that the frames can stand up.

Here are the finished frames - pretty impressive!!

3B's Assembly

Well done to everyone in 3B for a brilliant assembly this morning. Mr Barton's class told the rest of the school and our grown ups all about our preparation for First Confession and why it is so important to say sorry.

Operation Christmas Child

Well done to everyone in Year 3 who supported the shoe box appeal for Operation Christmas Child. The boxes have now been dispatched and should be on their way to children around the world.

Fraction help

The following link takes you to a fraction wall:

http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/fractionWall/fractionWall.html


These links take you to two games that we will be looking at together in maths this week:

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Numeracy/Keystage2/Number/Sharingcakes/Introduction/sharingcakes.htm


http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level1.htm

First Confession

Well done to everyone in Year 3 who made their First Confession yesterday. It was a very special and reverent morning.

Describing our Monster

How might we describe these?

What wow words can we use to describe these pictures?

Maths

This week in Maths we will be looking back at how to add and subtract.
We will be talking about the ways that we can do this in our heads ( mentally) and by working out problems.
We will have a look at these games.

For adding in our heads:
http://www.ictgames.com/bridging.html

http://www.ictgames.com/spacejumps.html


Using number lines:
http://www.ictgames.com/emptyline.html

First Confession

This week we will be preparing for our First Confession on Saturday (21st November).
We will go over to Church to practice our service.

In our RE lessons, we will be looking at the story of the Lost Sheep. We will use this video to help us.

Anti Bullying Week

This week is anti bullying week. We shall be doing activities in class this week to think about what bullying means and how we can feel really safe in school.

Problems for our hero?

We are using this clip to help us to find a problem or dilemma for our hero.

Myth and legend setting

This is the setting we are going to use for our myth and legend. I need you to think of as many wow words as possible to help you to describe this scene.

The Lost Son

This week in RE we will be looking in detail at the Prodigal Son. This story is part of our preparation for First Confession in a few weeks.

We will also be preparing this week for our Enrolment Mass this Sunday at 10:00am. (15th November)

Our First Confession meeting will be on Thursday evening (12th November).

Sorting Data

We will be looking at Venn and Carroll diagrams over the next few lessons.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/venn.swf

This link will remind you about what you may already know!

Do plants need leaves?

We looked at the experiment we set up before half term.

The plant with no leaves was not as healthy as the one which had leaves.

What does this tell us?

What keeps a plant healthy?

3B Plants Song from Simple Science on Vimeo.

3B Plants Video from Simple Science on Vimeo.

Measuring in centimetres

In our maths work we have been looking at measuring in centimetres and using a ruler correctly. have a go at this site to help.

http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

Create your own monster.

We have been creating our own monster using the wonderful site from the New York museum. Click below to create your own monster.

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Make your own hero

Follow these links to make a hero of your own.


http://marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero

or try this one

http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory