Look what we saw at Ash End House Farm!

Maths

Next week we will be looking at subtraction (taking away.)
This link is a good game to use to get speedier. Don't forget to look at the subtraction games on Mathletics!!

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

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SpeedGrid/Subtraction/urikasub2res.html

Next week in Literacy

Well done for writing such exciting settings this week. We have lots of great examples on our working wall.

Next week we will be looking at other settings and retelling the story.

Today we went to Middleton. Can you remember what these pictures show?

Use these videos to help you learn 3 and 4 x tables!

We will look at this video

This is what a baptism is like:

Coming up in RE...

This week in RE we will be looking at Baptism and understanding all about this important sacrament. What do you already know?

Mathletics

Don't forget........ you have all got your mathletics log in.

Click on here and collect those credits!

Why not compete against children around the world?

www.mathletics.co.uk

Literacy

This week in literacy we will be looking at Charlotte’s web. Why not look at the way the story has been retold on this fun site?

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/charlottesweb/comic/

This week in our topic work...

Today we looked at Acocks Green on a map and talked about all the facilities that we can find here.

We found shops, a library, a pub, a church, a school and many other things. Next week we will be off on our trip to Middleton.

I wonder if Middleton will look different to Acocks Green village?

Next in Art...

...we will be learning how to draw people. This video made us laugh!

Snail Rave

Miss Wood's literacy group has been looking at this cool link to help describe a snail ready for their poems - check out the music!!!

Coming up in literacy...

Year 3 we will be using the film of Charlotte’s web to help us with work on settlings. Here is a fun trailer to remind you!

In RE...

In RE we will be looking at special signs and symbols. What do these two remind us / tell us about?
Year 3 have been invited to parish mass on Friday 23rd. Make sure that you have a coat in school and that you are on time!

Coming up in our topic work

We have been finding out about Invaders and Settlers. Do you know what those words mean yet? Write a comment if you do!

Have a go at this maths link!

Here you can have a fun go at adding two single digit numbers together. http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/


See if you can be super speedy!!

Why do you think that people settled here?

What is it like? Why would it be good to live here? Any idea where it might be?

Look what we have been using in maths

We have used and abacus to understand place value.

RE this week

In RE this week we will think about what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus. How would you have felt if Jesus had asked you to 'put down your nets and follow me'?

We will use this link to a video

http://youtu.be/poNuGusSX5c

Next week in literacy....

We will continue our work on calligrams and shape poems. Have a look at these examples!

Another Maths link to use

Here is the abacus we used in our maths lesson.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bead/index.htm


Can you find the number in this game?
http://resources.oswego.org/games/DogBone/gamebone.html

We all belong to the family of God

We are all members of many different groups. We will be talking about these. Which are the most important to you?

Place Value work

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PVChartv8

We will use this link in class to help us understand place value. What do you know already?

Welcome Back Year 3

Hello Year 3!
Welcome back to school. We hope that you have had a fantastic summer break!
We are looking forward to getting to know you all a bit better and we hope that you are excited about what our year together has in store!!

A busy week ahead

There are lots of fun activities going on this week. Here is a reminder

On Monday afternoon we have golden time payback from Health Day!
On Tuesday morning we have KS2 awards assembly.
On Tuesday afternoon we have a Key Stage 2 assembly where the winning House will be revealed!
On Wednesday afternoon we hope to have a healthy picnic to complete our Health Month.
On Thursday morning we have the Year 6 leavers assembly and we end the day with a whole school mass.

What a busy and exciting week!!

Work on Egyptians

Don't forget to finish your topic homework about Pharohs this weekend!

Work on Shadows.

These are some of the videos we have used / will use to understand about shadows

This week is Multifaith week.

This week is Multifaith week and we will be finding out lots about Hinduism. What do you already know? We will be completing work on Rama and Sita, making our own Rangoli patterns and finding out about Hindu Gods. Do you know the names of any Hindu Gods? Do you know where Hindus pray?

Look what we have made..

As part of our Timetravellers Topic we have travelled back in time to ancient Egypt. Look at the pyramids we have made!

Look at our healthy sandwiches!! How many food groups have we included?

Look what we have been doing during Science week

We used the glove and marmalade to investiate WHY we need to use floss to clean our teeth well.

Some fun videos for our next topic lesson

For our work on Hinduism

Here is the story of Rama and Sita.

The Story Of Rama And Sita

View more documents from Yogesh Goel.

Rama and Sita

We will look at this on Friday

Next week is Science Week

We will be doing lots of fun science work next week. Our main focus will be keeping teeth healthy and we will share these two stories as part of our literacy lesson. Look at this link below if you would like a preview.

We will also be investigating shadows (if the weather is sunny) and we will be having a go at a few 'fun experiments' to see what they can teach us about the laws of science!!!!

Well done everyone!

Well done everyone, including all of us in Year three, for the work that you did for our Life Aware Fayre. Our school were overall winners of the Primary Enterprise Challenge this year!

Making sandwiches

This week in DT we will be making our healthy sandwiches. Remember to bring in an apron from home if you have one!!

Next week in Topic Work

Having researched modern Egypt, next week we will step into our time machine and start to investigate ancient Egypt. What do you already know? We will also find out about how mummies are made!

Look at the shape work we have been doing in maths!

On Friday

On Friday some of our health reps will be going to the Council House in Birmingham to tell the judges about our BXL project. We will explain about our Health Fayre and the role of each of the classes. Well done Year 3 this week for helping Miss Cranmer and Miss Trodden put some bits of our project together!

LIght and Shadows

Now that the weather is sunnier (hopefully) we will be doing some work on light, light sources and shadows. What do you already know?

All about Humphrey!!

Once we have read on with our new class reader we will answer the letter Humphrey has written on the back of the book. What might you ask? What you might you ask the author? We could blog a comment on her blog!