Part of our Advent Promise!

Don't forget that the 'Walk with me Calendar' starts tomorrow ( the first Sunday of Advent). Don't forget to check it every morning. We will talk about it each day as we say morning prayers!

Hosanna Rock!

Don't forget to learn your song words this weekend!! We will be practising in the hall next week with Year 4!

The Angel Gabriel appears to Elizabeth

This week we will continue our work on the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary.

How did she feel when she heard the amazing news? Here are some of the sentences you came up with!

'I felt petrified because I did not know what was happening when I saw a bright light'

'I felt special when I realised that God had chosen me.'

Maths target work

Do not forget to keep practising your timestables. Will you meet your target this half term?

Easier:http://weddell.sqweebs.com/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%202510.swf

Harder:http://weddell.sqweebs.com/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%20234510.swf

Do not forget the linked division facts too:http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf

The Angel Gabriel visits Mary

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

This week in RE

Next week is the start of Advent. We will start to think this week what we do during Advent and who we are preparing for.

Well done Year 3!

Well done Year Three. You made your First Confession this morning in a very spiritual and reflective way. What a special day for 3C and 3W. Thank you and well done to your friends who helped you prepare over last week!

This week in Science

Do plants need water to grow?

This week in Maths

Miss Cranmer's group this week will continue to look at time and then turn our minds to fractions again.
Try this time link!
http://weddell.sqweebs.com/time/clocks.swfhttp://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html
I have re-linked the fraction games from last week to have a look at!
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.htmhttp://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level1.htm

This week in Literacy

This week in Literacy we will be continuing the problem for our hero. What will happen next?

Science Experiment

We set this experiment up today. What do you think might happen to the celery if we leave it in red food colouring for a week? What does this tell us?

This week in RE

We will be getting ready for our First Confession this week over at Church. Make sure that you have a warm and waterproof coat in school. Remember to practice your Act of Contrition at home!

This week in Science

This week we are going to look at the job of the stem.

What do you think might happen if we put a stalk into food colouring?

This week in Literacy

What is going to happen to our hero?

Last week we wrote the setting to our myth. How will our hero save the day?

Many years ago, it was a warm and starry night in the enormous city.

The sky was bright orange, and as shiny as Christmas wrapping paper. The huge buildings glittered with their warm lights.

The people on the streets were rushing because they wanted to get to their comfy homes.

The roads were full of zooming cars, beeping their horns.

Suddenly ...

This week in Maths

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

Have a go at making your own monster!

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Follow this link to make your own monster!!

What might your monster / villian be like?

This video might help you with your ideas!!

What might the problem be in your myth?

We will be using this in RE on Friday

This week is Book Week!

Don't forget that the Book Fair is in school all week. We will visit as a class. Ask your grown ups if you can pop in one night after school. We will be talking about favourite characters in books. Who might you pick?

Well done Year 3 and those children of the Parish who led the liturgy at our Enrolment Mass this morning. Your readings and singing on the altar were wonderful. This now officially marks the start of our preparation for our First Holy Communion!

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week in Literacy... we shall be using our fabulous new Alan Peat writing techniques to improve the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will use this link as a starting point.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-beanstalk-popup.htm

This week in RE

This week in RE we will be looking at stories in the bible which tell us about forgiveness. We looked at the prodigal son last week, what other stories can we find out about? This video below retells one of them!

Thank you Year 3

Well done to everyone in Year 3 (and the rest of the school) who supported the shoe box appeal for Operation Christmas Child. The boxes MUST be in by Monday so that they can be sent off in time for Christmas!

This week in Maths

This is a fun fraction game to play against someone else!
http://www.numeracyhelper.com/fractionwalls/

The following link takes you to a fraction wall:http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/fractionWall/fractionWall.html

This will help us to read scales.
http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html

Next week in Literacy

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

Hickory Dickory Dock!

This is a fun way of checking your understanding of time - you need to get the answers right to feed the mouse with cheese. Watch out! - if you get the answers wrong, the mouse will go hungry!

http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html