We had a fabulous time on our school trip!

On Tuesday, we visited Ash End House Farm - and what a wonderful time we had!  The weather was fairly kind to us and stayed dry which meant we were able to tour the farm without getting too soggy!

We saw lots of animals (adults and their babies) and managed to hand feed many of them.  Can you describe how it felt on your hand as you fed them?  We also handled chicks and ducklings and even had a chick perched upon our arm (so cute)!  Of course, we had to wash our hands many times to remove any sticky germs!
We discovered where our milk comes from and linked this with our Healthy Eating Topic in Science.

A new experience for this year was the Falconry Display - we all gasped with delight as a Harris Hawk named Hebe flew over our heads!

The children brought home a fresh egg from the Hen House - these are unfertilised eggs and perfectly safe for eating (sorry, no baby chicks will hatch!) - HOW WILL YOU EAT YOURS?
I'm sure the children will have told you all about their amazing trip and they have brought home activity booklets to share with their grown-ups.  We are also in the process of writing our recounts and making a class memory booklet.

Unfortunately, we are having a few 'technical difficulties' with the many photographs that were taken, but we will soon be able to post a selection on the blog and school website.

All the staff and children enjoyed a wonderful experience, with many memories to treasure.

If you want to find out more about Ash End House Farm we have provided a web link below.

http://www.childrensfarm.co.uk/visit-ash-end-house-farm

Thank you Parents!

 

Thank you for attending our Parental Consulations over the past few weeks.  As ever, it is a pleasure to meet the grown-ups of our children to discuss their progress, during what has already been a very busy first half term!  (It's also useful for you to see where they spend their busy days!)

As always, if you have any questions or anything you wish to discuss, you can always catch up with your child's class teacher at the end of a school day or leave a note in their daily diary.

We look forward to gathering with you again soon, as we meet to discuss your child's Sacrament of Reconciliation (letter to follow shortly).

Awards Assembly - Monday 20th October

Wow - it's that time of year again, as we approach the end of our first half term!
 

Key Stage 2 will be holding their awards assembly, in the school hall, on the morning of  
Monday 20th October, to celebrate this half terms achievements.  As always,  our grown-ups are more than welcome to attend and celebrate with us!

Mental Maths Challenges! - website help

Every Friday, Year 3 test ourselves in Mental Maths Challenges.  This includes your knowledge on all types of maths subjects.
Here is a useful web link to help you pratice all kinds of Mental Maths - we will be covering most areas this year, including revisiting those that we are finding tricky.

 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths

Maths - multiplication and division

Coming up in maths - multiplication and division!

We have been brushing up on our Times Tables which will help us with our multiplication calculations.  Then we can really understand our division too - great progress everyone!

There are web links below to help us too!

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division 

What are other Year Groups up to?

To the top right of Our Blog, you can see links to other Year Groups within Holy Souls School - you can click on links that they have been using and send them Blog comments too!

You can also access the main Holy Souls School Website from there.

WELL DONE YEAR 3 - you're getting fitter!

Our colleagues from Fit 4 Schools have been in school this week, testing our fitness levels!

On Friday, it was Year 3's turn - and you really impressed them by how much your fitness levels have grown since the last time they saw you (in Year 2)!

You will receive your personal fitness routines within the next few weeks.

Keep up with your Keep Fit at home, a remember that Mr Edwards will be coaching us on Thursdays!  (I think I need to join in!)

EXCITING NEWS - COMING SOON - a new website to help you at home!

 

Holy Souls School has a strong on-line presence and we encourage you to learn, within school and at home, in as many exciting ways as possible.  Very soon, you will have access at home to a new site that we are subscribing to and already using within our lessons.  You will have your own personal log-in and will be able to access many of the interactive themes that you have already seen within school.

More news to follow...

Coming up in Science - Skeletons!

We all have a skeleton - otherwise we would be very floppy!  With Halloween nearly upon us, we are seeing skeletons everywhere at the moment!  But can you name the bones of  skeleton?  Why do we need bones?

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at our skeleton and those of other animals.

We will be using some of the web links below to help us with our learning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/moving_growing_fs.shtml

http://inteleducationresources.intel.co.uk/content/primary/science/body_frame_skeleton/index.html

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Label-my-Body-and-Skeleton-36

We may even have a go at a skeleton dance (you'll have to wait for our science lesson for this)!  But for now,  I have included a classic Disney video from 1929 - The SIlly Symphony, Skeleton Dance!
 

We will also have a go at putting the bones of a skeleton back in the right places!