We will be designing our own Olympic Medals in Art. What will you put on yours?

Do you know who the person is on these medals?

Will you watch the procession on Tuesday?

Did you see any of the Jubilee concert?

Have you been watching the Jubilee boats on the Thames?

Happy Half Term!

Happy Half Term Year 3! Well done for all your hard work during this short but very busy half term! Have a good rest.
Make sure that you keep reading over the holidays. Why not have a go at the Olympic competitions? Don't forget everyone to bring your homework in by Tuesday, as normal. We will also be making our healthy sandwiches on Tuesday 12th June so try and bring in your aprons!
Have fun!!

'Sing' by Gary Barlow and the Commonwealth band

The Diamond Jubilee

Look at the video to know how long and important the Queen's reign has been.

We will all have a go at learning 'God Save the Queen'. (Thank you Year 1 for finding this great video to help us!)

Family Mass

Well done to Year 6 for leading a wonderful mass. It was lovely to see lots of children in their First Holy Communion outfits being presented to the parish!

Here is a link to the virtual keyboard...

This is what we were using to talk about instruments and how we manipulate sound in our ICT lesson. Have a go at home!
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm

What sort of Jubilee cake might you bring in next Friday?

Please remember to bring in / bake cakes for our Jubilee bake sale next Friday (June 1st). Here are some decoration ideas!

The Baptism of Jesus

This week in RE we will be looking at the role of the HOLY SPIRIT in Jesus' Baptism

On Friday 1st June...

we will be celebrating our Queen's Diamond Jubilee. All our work on this day will be based around this topic and you can come to school in fancy dress (King, Queen or in red, white and blue.) Don't forget to bring something yummy for our afternoon picnic and a cake for our after school bake sale!!!!

Well done!

What a beautiful mass you all led this morning year 3! Well done. We are looking forward  to celebrating with the parish on Sunday when Year 6 lead the mass.

We will use this poem in Literacy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/roger-mcgough-the-sound-collector-poem-only/8836.html

Look at our Egyptian Art work!

Mrs Leech has been working with a small art group. Look at what they have created over the last 4 weeks. Do you know what they are?

Today we made 3D shapes from 2D diagrams. Have a look!

The Olympic Torch has arrived...

These links show where the torch relay will happen across the country. It also shows the moment it touched down on Friday evening.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18093410

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

It is just around the corner! Look at the video to know how long and important the Queen's reign has been.

We will all have a go at learning 'God Save the Queen'. You can start at home!  (Thank you Year 1 for finding this great video to help us!)

Well done!

Congratulations to all the children in Year 3, 4 and 6 who made their First Holy Communion this morning. Thank you also to the choir - you were fantastic!

RE work - Pentecost

We will use this picture in our Pentecost work on Friday.

This week in Maths

In maths this week we will be looking at fractions again. Remind yourself how the size of fractions compare using this grid:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level2.htm

3W are preparing for their first Communion

We are praying for the children in 3W, Year 4 and 6 who are making their First Holy Communion on Saturday. This was presented to Year 3 today for our prayer focus by one of our very creative dinner ladies. Thank you - it is beautiful!!

Here are the simulations we evaluated this afternoon!

We will start to talk about simulations. Do you know what this word means?
Have a look at some of these links. Are they like real life?

http://www.mount-charles.cornwall.sch.uk/Curriculum_Links/Simulations/simulations.htm

Look what the Year 3 Art Group have been doing!

We have been learning all about ancient Egypt. What will our art work look like when it is finished?

OLYMPIC GAMES

Have a go at home!!

https://mascot-games.london2012.com/

Today we followed instructions...

Well done!

Well done to all the children in year 3C, 5 and the Children of the Parish who made their First Holy Communion this morning. You were all fantastic with great reading, singing and reverence. It really has been a very special day! All the children in the choir were also excellent - thank you to you!
We are now getting excited about celebrating 3W's First Holy Communions next Saturday!

Literacy next week!

We will be using this video in our work on Instructions next week!

A great link for Egypt work

This is a great link for topic work and Egypt homework. Have a look!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt.html

Our Trip to Alton Castle

These photos show what a great time we had. There will be lots more going up in school! Don't forget to complete your Alton Castle homework for Tuesday.

Links for Maths

In maths this week, we will start looking at multiplication and division methods.This is a good division reminder.http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html


Last week we looked at maps and turns. Have a look at these links to see how you get on as a bit of revision!
Using turns:http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jeux.lulu/html/anglais/flcoccin/coccinel.htm#http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=83

Getting ready for Communion

On Saturday 12th May or 19th May is our First Holy Communion. Do not forget to practice your hymns!

We will be going over to Church next week and the week after so that we can prepare for our special day.

These are the prayers after Communion that we will share. We hope that you are learning them!

1. Lord Jesus I love and adore you
You’re a special friend to me.
Welcome, Lord Jesus, O welcome
Thank you for coming to me.

2. Thank you, Lord Jesus, O thank you
For giving yourself to me!
Make me strong to show your love
Wherever I may be

3. Be near me Lord Jesus,
I ask you to stay
Close by me for ever
And love me I pray.
Bless all of the children
In your loving care
And bring us to Heaven
To live with you there.

The Communion Sash

This blog post is for all boys making their Holy Communion on Saturday 12th or 19th. You will receive your red sash for Communion on the Thursday or Friday before your Communion Saturday. Included with the sash is an explanation on how to put the sash on. We need sashes back in school on Thursday 24th May. You will also find a red tie in the envelope with 2012 on it. This is yours to wear on Saturday and keep as a momento.

Any questions? Come and ask Miss Cranmer or Miss Wood

Well done Year 3

Our Visit to Alton Castle was fantastic. Well done Year 3! Scroll down to see where we went! We all had chance to have a tour of the castle, share a mediation, play games using team work and make some art work. We completed our retreat day with a prayer service where we thought about the feeding of the 5000. The staff there made us feel very welcome. Thank you to Mrs Dwyer, Mrs Williams, Mr Moore and Mrs Keating for helping us on our special trip! We will post pictures of our other activities on the life channel. What was the best part of your day?

Let's meet some Olympic athletes!

Maths Target Work

Our target this half term is to look at word problems. Have a go at these and ask the computer to mark them!

 http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/y3math.html

Miss Wood maths group - do your sums balance?

Have a go at this fun maths activity to test your knowledge on number operations - does your sum balance?

Think about what the = sign means in maths!http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/calcbalancev3.swf

Feeding of the 5000

This week we will do some of our RE work and link it to literacy. We will read the story of the Feeding of the 5000 and think about this meal that Jesus shared.

What links are there between this meal and the Eucharistic meal we will be receiving soon?

We will also look at these videos to help us in our lessons.

Trip to Alton Castle!

Year 3 are going on our trip to Alton Castle next Tuesday (1st May).

Remember a packed lunch. change of clothes and a waterproof coat. Remember also that we set off from school early!! Why not have a look at the website and see where we are going?

http://www.altoncastle.co.uk/

We will use this link in our next PE lesson

This is the BIG picture showing where our batting and fielding skills may lead to!

http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/kids/kwik-cricket/

This week in ICT

We will start to talk about simulations. Do you know what this word means?
Have a look at some of these links. Are they like real life?

http://www.mount-charles.cornwall.sch.uk/Curriculum_Links/Simulations/simulations.htm

Don't Forget!

There is a First Holy Communion meeting for all grown ups after school in Church on Thursday. It begins at the end of the school day. If you are making your First Holy Communion, someone needs to attend this meeting. We look forward to seeing you and your grown ups there.

Here is the video I promised!

PE in Year 3

We have been working on batting in an accurate way. Look at our photos. What do we have to remember?

Coming up in our Literacy work.

We will being working on story writing next week and thinking about using wow words and exciting sentences to make a known story more exciting.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-red-riding-hood.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/stories/littleredridinghood/

We will use these links to retell the story. We will be finding out about 2A sentences in our writing.
For example.
She was a tall, pretty girl with blonde, flowing hair.
It was a tidy, comfortable cottage with a lush and leafy garden.

A good maths link

Miss Cranmer's group have been doing division in maths. This link might be fun!

http://www.mathplayground.com/Balloon_Invaders.html

Sanwiches (DT work)

We will use these links

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/breadstuffs/bread-glossary5.asp#h


http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-healthy-sandwiches-2

In just 100 days time the London Olympic Games will officially begin.
The motto for the games has been revealed - "Inspire a Generation" - and events are being held to mark the countdown to the opening ceremony.
10,500 athletes, 21,000 media people and 8.8 million ticket-holders will be arriving in the capital for the biggest sporting event on the planet.
Click this link to find out more!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17752254

Have you met some of the athletes who will take part in the Olympics?

We will be finding out lots about them!!