Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year. May 2012 be a year of happiness and health. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 5th January!

Literacy - instructions

This is a useful link for our RE lesson

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 for our new target

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

Well done Year 3!

Well done everyone for all your hard work this term. Have a very merry Christmas and a good rest this holiday!!

Merry Christmas!

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Follow this festive link!!!

You can follow 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 and a half, it will give you Father Christmas updates!


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

Some 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

A Christmassy cartoon!!

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!)

We will use these in our RE lesson

Maths link - how to tell the time!

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

Coming up in our last week of term!

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!

Well done Year 3 and 4

Well done to all the actors in year 4 and all the choir in year 3. You put on a fabulous production of 'Are we nearly there yet?' What a great way to start the Christmas season at school!

A very festive song!

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.
We are turning the school Christmas tree into a Jesse tree. Can you make a suitable decoration for it at home too?

This week in maths - Fractions

This week we will be looking at Fractions.  What is a fraction?
Check out these links to help you.



http://resources.oswego.org/games/fractionflags/fractionflags.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_104_g_1_t_1.html

Keeping our Advent promise

Year 3 have promised to follow the Walk with Me calender every day. Make sure you check each morning. We will be asking you!!

Thinking about 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!

Some fun puzzles as we head into winter!

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

Miss Cranmer's Maths group.

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

Are we nearly there yet?

Don't forget that this week's homework is to learn the song words for our Nativity play.

Stay awake! Be ready!

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

We will be using this in ICT. Have a go!

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Follow this link to make your own monster!!

The angel Gabriel visits Mary

This week we will start our work on Advent. Next Sunday 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

Well done Everyone!

Well done to Year 3, those children in Year 5 and the children of the Parish who made their First Confession this morning. You were very reverent and the prayer service was beautiful.

Next week in Literacy

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

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

Measuring Metres in Maths

Look at what we did in Maths today. We both estimate and measured using a metre stick. We can also convert cm in m. Why not ask us?

LOOK!

We have retold the story of 'The Lost Sheep' in comic strip form. We have put them up in Church ready for you to look at.

We will use this in RE

Look at our Christmas shoeboxes being collected!!

Well done to everyone. We collected 102 boxes which broke our record of 85 from last year. What a fantastic effort. Thank you! Our boxes will be transported to Bosnia in time for Christmas.

Our Class Council Meeting

Today Year 3 talked about how we organise lunch at our school. We voted to change the order in which we go in to eat our meal. This is the result of our vote. It was a landslide!!!

Mass on Sunday

We are looking forward to seeing you all at mass on Sunday. Here you will present yourselves and sing

very clearly before the rest of the Parish.

Don't forget to be at church at 9:45 for a 10:00 am start.

Learning in Maths

We will be looking at measuring. Can you remember what these words mean: length, weight, capacity?

We will be using the link below for some of our work - so get measuring!

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm

Next 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?

Thank you!!!!!

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!

Myth - The problem. What is in this space ship?

Look what we have been doing in maths

We have talked about a net, vertices, edges and faces. We have used a net to make a cube.

Look what we have been doing in maths

We have been solving problems using 2D shapes...

We will find this link useful in literacy

This video might help you with your ideas!!

You can make your own monster!

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Follow this link to make your own monster!!

Next week in RE

This week in RE we will be looking at stories in the bible which tell us about forgiveness. What other stories can we find out about? This video below retells one of them!

Maths

Have a look at this site to get you ready for maths next week!
http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

Make your own hero for your myth!

We have talked about our hero in Literacy. After half term we will describe our hero. Do you want to try making one of your own?

Follow these links to make a hero of your own.
http://marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero

Look what we have been doing in art this term!

Coming up in RE

After half term in RE we will be looking in detail at the Prodigal Son, the lost sheep and other stories. This is part of our preparation for First Confession in a few weeks.

We will also be preparing this week for our Enrolment Mass on Sunday 13th November at 10:00am.

Our First Confession meeting is also coming up soon. Remember that it is straight after school at 3:00pm (10th November).

Links to help you with Maths targets

A fun website to practice your times tables (three levels)http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/y5d3a3.html

You can practice any of your times tables from x 2 up to x 10. You can double check your number bonds too!http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf

Targets for next Half Term

Our targets for the next half term for reading will be:
MUST I can find main events, characters and information in a text.
SHOULD I can discuss plot and characters and find information from sections in a text using simple signposts.
COULD I can identify character actions and how they respond to events and note the main points in a section/text.

Our targets next half term for writing will be:
MUST I can use capital letters and full stops when writing a sentence.
SHOULD I can use commas to separate items in a list.
COULD I can use a comma when I add detail to a sentence with a clause at the end.

Our targets next half term for Maths will be:
MUST I can work out and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables and the related division facts; recognise multiples of 2, 5 & 10
SHOULD I can work out and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 times-tables and the corresponding division facts; recognise multiples of 2, 5 or 10 up to 1000.
COULD I can work out and recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10, the corresponding division facts and multiples of numbers.

Well done and Happy Half Term!

Well done everyone for all your hard work this half term. Have a good rest next week and stay safe. Remember to keep up with your reading, mathletics and spellings. Why not have a little look at the following links for a bit of fun?

http://kids.f9.net.uk/flash/games/makealien.html


http://kids.f9.net.uk/flash/games/matchkids.html


Have a go at this Children in Need themed memory game.

How quickly can you match the pairs?

(Remember that this game is linked to CBBC, Holy Souls are not responsible for other things on this site.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/activitiespuzzles/#/lb/games/play/pudseypairs

RE this week

This week in RE, as we prepare for our First Confession we will look at the first part of the Mass. Can you explain what happens?

Shoe Box Appeal

This term, we would like to support Operation Christmas Child as a whole school project. Operation Christmas Child is the UK's largest children's Christmas appeal. Your child will have brought home a letter and leaflet explaining how you can help to support this project. Click onto the link below if you would like further details.

http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/

A bit more about teeth!

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/powerpoint/teeth_and_healthy_eating.ppt

Take a look at this powerpoint to 'brush up' on your knowledge about our nashers!

Writing a report on teeth

This week in literacy we will be writing a report about teeth. Can you label the kinds of teeth we have?
http://www.pheaseyparkfarm.walsall.sch.uk/Our%20Teeth.swf

We will also be having a look at this link to find out information for our report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/teeth_eating/play.shtml

Next week in RE

This week in RE we will be talking about Sacraments and what this word means. How many sacraments do you know?

Help with your Timestables

Here are some wonderful sites to help you with your times tables. Remember we are tested regularly on them!
First a great site from Woodlands Primary School in Kenthttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

This one does exactly what it says on the tin!!http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/

Another great site is this one where you fly over the solar system solving tables problemshttp://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html

Finally, we have a site where you can race against children from all over the world.http://www.tutpup.com/

Inspire Workshop - Thursday 6th October

This week is our Inspire workshop.
We will be talking about the transition to Year 3 and the important routines that we have.
We will also be discussing the Sacraments that we will make this year and the important dates that you need to know.
Our Activities will be based around our school writing targets. These links will help us with our Curriculum Targets next half term.

We will be looking at these links - we can not wait to see you all there!

A good starting point to practice capital letters and full stops.
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/alpha_drag/widepage.htm

A good site to learn where Capital Letters have to go.
http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writerold/pandg/ex2cap.shtml

A great site to work out when to use commas:
http://www.childu.com/sample_act/34lang_confusion.html


Miss Cranmer’s group:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/lug.shtml

http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/full-stop-beginner-1.html

Our RE work on Baptism

This mindmap shows what we already know about Baptism. We decided that we needed to find out more about the holy oils. Look at the beautiful white garment. Why do babies wear white for their Baptism?

Look what we saw at Ash End House Farm!