Our Targets for next Half Term

This half term our reading targets will be:

MUST – I can find language that an author has used to make an effect.

SHOULD – I can find and talk about the language an author has used to make an effect.

COULD – I can talk about the effect words have on the reader.

This half term our writing targets will be:

MUST – I can choose interesting words from a word bank.

SHOULD – I can use lots of adjectives and verbs to add detail

COULD – I can add detail to give information about something I write about.

This half term in maths our targets will be about time:

MUST – use vocabulary related to time and be able to read the time to the nearest quarter of an hour.

SHOULD – use vocabulary related to time and be able to read the time to the nearest minute on a 12 hour digital clock and to the nearest five minutes on an analogue clock.

COULD - use vocabulary related to time and be able to read the time to the nearest minute on a 12 hour digital clock using am and pm and read the time to the nearest minute using am and pm on an analogue clock.
We will post lots of links to help but these are a nice start. Have a go!
http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/12-24Game.htmlhttp://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.htmlhttp://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html

Happy Half Term

Have a Happy Half Term holiday everyone! Have a good break. Remember to do your reading, homeworks and learn your spellings for our sponsored spell. Try and find family members / friends to sponsor you too. Well done for all your hard work over the last half term!

Today we investigated which stand would be the most stable for our photoframe

Have a look - which design would you pick and why?

Some fun puzzles for this chilly weather!

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

Well done Year 3!

Despite the snowy conditions, Year 3 had a wonderful trip to the primary proms concert at the Symphony Hall today. Well done children and thank you to all the grown ups who helped us!

Maths links

Here is a fun way to remember 3d shapes. Can you tell me the names of any others?



Look at these links to test your logic and thinking skills!

Can you do the inverse?

http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/thinkno2.html

Can you use your logic skills?

http://www.kidspsych.org/farm.html

Next RE lesson

We will be using this video in our lesson on Friday.
Here is an example of a Gospel Story.



In our last RE lesson we looked at different types of Gospel story. Can you tell me what type of story this is?