Literacy - Instructions

RE - Listening to God's word.

We will use this video clip in RE as a useful talking point. How to we listen? How are we a good listener? What might it be like not to be able to hear?

Maths links

Miss Cranmer's group will find these links useful for the first week back!!

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

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/fractions/fractions.html

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level5.htm

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

Welcome back Year 3

Here are the targets that we will be working on this half term.

Writing:
MUST I can plan ideas in sections and begin to write in paragraphs.
SHOULD I can group related material into simple paragraphs.
COULD I can organise my writing into paragraphs for information, events or processes.

Reading
MUST I can explain, for example, alpha betical order, layout, diagrams, captions, different types of punctuation, hyerlinkes and bullet points.
SHOULD I can identify the basic features of organisation in different text types.
COULD I can use my knowledge of different organisational features of a text to help me find information.

Maths:
Must-
To begin to understand and use the words part or fraction.
Shade half or quarter of a shape.

Should -
To begin to recognise ,read and write a half.
To recognise and use quarters of shapes. To recognise that 2 quarters is equal to one half.
To find half of an even 2 digit number

Could -
To recognise unit fractions half,quarter,tenth third.
To recognise that 5/10 = ½ and that 2/4 = ½ and be able to explain why.
To find a half, quarter of a 2 digit even number

Merry Christmas Year 3

Well done for all your hard work this term!

We hope that you have been keeping warm and safe in the snow. Many of you will have made a snowman at home. If not, here is a chance to build a snowman in the warm!

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/creative/drag_drop/make_a_snowman.shtm

Have a go at making a Christingle just like Mr Kelly showed us in assembly!
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Christmas/MakeChristingle.aspx

If you have a few minutes on your hands this holiday, why not print and do some of these festive activities?
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Christmas/Activities.aspx

Have FUN!

Track Father Christmas on Christmas Eve

Follow this link on Christmas Eve to watch Father Christmas as he makes his huge journey all over the world.

If you look at the website over the next week, it will give you Father Christmas updates!

Have a lovely holiday Year 3!

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Some fun Father Christmas Puzzles

Here are some links to a couple of fun Father Christmas Puzzles - see how you get on!!

Put Santa back together again jigsaw.

http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/xmas/xjig/santajig.htm

Christmas sliding puzzle

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/40903026a/xmas/slide/xslide.htm

This week

We have a very busy and festive week in Year 3. Remember that we light the third pink candle tomorrow which means we can start to get excited!

On Monday, we will be watching Year 5 and 6 production of 'The Late Wise Man' on Monday afternoon.

On Tuesday it is Year 3 and 4 party day.

On Thursday morning we have KS2 awards assembly.

On Friday we have whole school Mass over at Church.

Not to mention those children in the choir who have three performances with Mrs Aldred this week!

Remember to keep reading and that your last homeworks for this term are due in on Tuesday. There will be no spellings set over the holiday!

A bit of festive fun!

A little bit of festive fun - I used to watch this cartoon before Christmas when I was little! What have Tom and Jerry learnt by the end of the cartoon? (Remember not to click on any other links on youtube without checking with a grown up!)

The Shepherds

We will use this video to understand how the shepherds felt at the news of the birth of Jesus.

Some fun puzzles in this chilly weather!

Make your own snowman!
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/snowman_v4.html

Have a go at these snow flake puzzles!
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/kids/popup/popup_fun_and_games_snowflake.html

Getting ready for Christmas

It is our Nativity on Monday evening. Make sure that you are learning your words at home!!

This is a fun link re-telling the nativity story:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/


Here you can make your own crib scene. In the Advent prayer bags which are going home, there is lots of information about St. Francis and the first crib:

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativity/nativity.html

We will be looking at the crib in RE too!

Maths

Miss Cranmer's group will be looking at times tables this week. Make sure that you are learning your six times table at home. I have re-typed some helpful links!

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

This week in RE

This week in RE we will be talking about the Messiah and the Jesse Tree.
Jesse Trees date back to the middle ages. Even some ancient cathedrals have Jesse Tree designs in their stained glass windows.
The idea for a Jesse Tree is inspired from Isaiah 11:1, "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit." (Jesse was the father of King David.)
In Matthew chapter one, the Messiah, Jesus, is traced from the line of King David, and back to Abraham.