Track Santa on Christmas Eve

As promised click on this link on Christmas Eve and follow Santa as he travels around the world delivering his gifts. There is also an interactive Advent calendar with lots of games to play.

www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Fractions

Today we looked at finding fractions of shapes. We shaded in different amounts of squares, triangles and rectangles and then found out what fraction this was.

A good site to use is here
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm

Mary visits Elizabeth

This week in RE we will be looking at Mary's visit to Elizabeth. We will write playscripts about the event and a post card from Mary.

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

Maths work

This week we will still be concentrating on coordinates and time in maths. We will still use the links posted in the last maths post.

These links will also help with co-ordinates:

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/ss3/playground.htm

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

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

Our new revolving visitors

Click on the revolving map to see where in the world our visitors are from.

One of our hero stories

Here is a story by Younis and Connie about their hero called "Penguindad"!!!

Advent

This week we will start our work on Advent. Today 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

Maths links

This week in maths we will be looking at measuring problems and how to the tell the time. We will be using these links to help us in our lessons.
For measures and scales:

http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html
To tell the time:

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/time/clocks.swf
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html

What is the job of the stem and the root?

On Friday, we talked about the jobs of the stem and the root in green plants.

We planned and set up and experiement to find scientific evidence to prove this.

We put a stalk of celery (green plant) into water stained with red food colouring. We predicted that the celery will have turned red when we look at it after the weekend.

Photo Frames

The children in 3C have been working very hard all term on making their photo frames with Mrs Somers. In DT, they have spent time designing their frames and working out the best way to make a support so that the frames can stand up.

Here are the finished frames - pretty impressive!!

3B's Assembly

Well done to everyone in 3B for a brilliant assembly this morning. Mr Barton's class told the rest of the school and our grown ups all about our preparation for First Confession and why it is so important to say sorry.

Operation Christmas Child

Well done to everyone in Year 3 who supported the shoe box appeal for Operation Christmas Child. The boxes have now been dispatched and should be on their way to children around the world.

Fraction help

The following link takes you to a fraction wall:

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


These links take you to two games that we will be looking at together in maths this week:

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


http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level1.htm

First Confession

Well done to everyone in Year 3 who made their First Confession yesterday. It was a very special and reverent morning.

Describing our Monster

How might we describe these?

What wow words can we use to describe these pictures?

Maths

This week in Maths we will be looking back at how to add and subtract.
We will be talking about the ways that we can do this in our heads ( mentally) and by working out problems.
We will have a look at these games.

For adding in our heads:
http://www.ictgames.com/bridging.html

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


Using number lines:
http://www.ictgames.com/emptyline.html

First Confession

This week we will be preparing for our First Confession on Saturday (21st November).
We will go over to Church to practice our service.

In our RE lessons, we will be looking at the story of the Lost Sheep. We will use this video to help us.

Anti Bullying Week

This week is anti bullying week. We shall be doing activities in class this week to think about what bullying means and how we can feel really safe in school.

Problems for our hero?

We are using this clip to help us to find a problem or dilemma for our hero.

Myth and legend setting

This is the setting we are going to use for our myth and legend. I need you to think of as many wow words as possible to help you to describe this scene.

The Lost Son

This week in RE we will be looking in detail at the Prodigal Son. This story is part of our preparation for First Confession in a few weeks.

We will also be preparing this week for our Enrolment Mass this Sunday at 10:00am. (15th November)

Our First Confession meeting will be on Thursday evening (12th November).

Sorting Data

We will be looking at Venn and Carroll diagrams over the next few lessons.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/venn.swf

This link will remind you about what you may already know!

Do plants need leaves?

We looked at the experiment we set up before half term.

The plant with no leaves was not as healthy as the one which had leaves.

What does this tell us?

What keeps a plant healthy?

3B Plants Song from Simple Science on Vimeo.

3B Plants Video from Simple Science on Vimeo.

Measuring in centimetres

In our maths work we have been looking at measuring in centimetres and using a ruler correctly. have a go at this site to help.

http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

Create your own monster.

We have been creating our own monster using the wonderful site from the New York museum. Click below to create your own monster.

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Make your own hero

Follow these links to make a hero of your own.


http://marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero

or try this one

http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory

Myths and Legends

In literacy our next unit will be looking at myths and legends.

We will look at this website to plan what will happen in our stories.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythmachine.htm

We will also design our own heroes. Link to come soon.

Maths Links.

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

We will use this to draw graphs in class later next week
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html

First Confession

In our next RE lessons we will be preparing for our First Confession.

Make sure that you are learning your Act of Contrition at home. There will be an important Confession meeting on Thursday 12th November for your grown up in school at 7:00pm.

Our 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.

Half Term Homework

Over half term do not forget to do your literacy and maths homework. This needs to be brought in on the first day back ( Tuesday 3rd November).

Make sure that you keep learning your spellings and read every day.

Children in 3C - remember to learn your assembly part too!

Have a lovely half term break!

More 3D shapes

Click on the link below to explore the properties of 3D shapes.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/3d/index.htm

Estimating and measuring

This week in maths, Miss Cranmer's group will be looking at estimating and measuring. See if you can measure the length of these lines accurately:

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/ruler/ruler_cm_easy.swf ( This one is not too tricky!)

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/ruler/ruler_cm.swf ( A little bit harder!)

Do not forget to look back at the timestable games to practice on too!

Do plants need leaves to grow?

In our science lesson on Friday we talked in talk partners about what a plant needed to grow healthily. We said that plants need leaves to take in light. Plants use this light to make food.

To investigate if this is true we set up the experiment shown above. On one plant we took off all the leaves. On the other plant, we left all the leaves on. To make the test fair, we kept everything else the same.

We will leave this set up for two weeks and then observe (see) which plant looks healthier.

Times tables practice

Here are some wonderful sites to help you with your times tables. Remember we are tested each Friday on our tables.

First a great site from Woodlands Primary School in Kent
http://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 problems
http://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/

Our 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

3A Teeth Song from Simple Science on Vimeo.

Shape

This week in maths we will be looking at 2D and 3D shapes.

Have a go at this game for a reminder of all the 2D shapes you know.

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=31


Try out these games to test your 3D shape understanding!

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/longshape3d.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/MatchingPairs3Dshape.swf

Moon Maths

This week we are really getting starting on our timestables in Year 3.
The following game is great fun and helps us to practice. Focus on 2,5 and 10 timestables to start with!
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/moonmaths.swf (Link does not seem to be working, but we will use it in school!)

If you fancy flying a spaceship to the moon then click below. The spaceship is powered by your timestables.

http://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html

Mass

Well done to everyone and especially Year 3 for your fabulous singing in the choir today at our school mass. Thank you also to all of you who sat with your families in the congregation. Year 5 led the liturgy today, Harvest Sunday, and did a wonderful job. We will think in school tomorrow about what the gospel reading means for us.

Understanding what happens at Baptism

This week in RE we will be looking at what happened at our Baptism. We will be putting the events in order and understanding the symbols of Baptism. Tomorrow we will role play what happens at a Baptism in class. We will use RE-quest to look at the images. Have a look

http://www.request.org.uk/main/dowhat/baptism/infant06.htm

Counting on in 2,5, and 10s

Use the following links to practice counting on in steps of two, five and ten. Over the next week in maths we will be looking at our two, five and ten times tables. The first helps you with your timetable facts at speed.

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%202510.swf.

The second site asks you to 'catch' the multiples of 10.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasters1/gbcd.html

Alien addition

In our maths today, we pratciced adding two single digit numbers together. Have a go at this game.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

Charlotte's Web

We will be looking at Charlotte's Web in our visual literacy this week.

What kind of settings are used in the story? What wow words can we use to describe the settings? Take a look at the following website where you can pick the settings for the story and write what happened as a comic strip.

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

Middleton Landmarks

Being a Disciple

Over the last week in RE we have been thinking about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We read the story where Jesus picked his 12 disciples and talked about how this would have felt and what the chosen must have thought.
This afternoon we went to our first KS2 Mass in the hall on the theme of friendship. Well done Year 3 for your fabulous singing and participation!

Odd and Even

Today we looked at odd and even numbers and how to recognise them. Two sites to practice this can be found below.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasterseven/ghosteven.html


http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=npmenu

Middleton and Ash End House Farm

On Tuesday 22nd September, we will visit the village of Middleton to compare it with Acocks Green, and then we will head to the nearby children's farm at Ash End House. Further information regarding the trip will be given to the children on Monday but if you want to have a look at where we are going then click below.

http://www.ashendhouse.fsnet.co.uk/