Alliteration and Onomatopoeia!

As part of our Poetry work, we have been looking at alliteration and onomatopoeia to make our poetry more interesting.

Can you explain what these terms mean?  How would you use them?  What sense does onomatopoeia particularly describe?

We have watched the 2 YouTube links below...have some fun and get your family to learn the 'Wishy Washy Washer Woman' dance with you!

Congratulations - Year 3 First Holy Communions!

A huge congratulations to the children of Holy Souls School and the Children of the Parish who received the Sacrament of First holy Communion over the past two weeks!

You read well,conducted yourselves with reverence and holiness, and looked amazing - we are all so proud of you!

You have now been blessed with Body of Our Saviour, Jesus Christ - may you continue to receive Our Lord in this way, regularly and reverently, and continue on Your Journey of Faith with LOVE, HOPE & JOY.

God Bless you all x

Spellings - THE RETURN!!!

We welcome the return of our weekly spelling tests, in Year 3!

We will continue to encourage the growth of our vocabulary with word families (to include root words, suffixes and prefixes) and new topic based vocabulary.  We will also revisit those High Frequency words that we may be finding tricky.
Phonics (the sounds that groups of letters make within words) will continue to be a focus.

We have provided some links below to some websites that may help you on your way to become 'Spelling Stars'!

These links contains many other interactive links for you to click on (please be aware to only use UK links, as other links may take you to sites with Americanised versions of spelling)...

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

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

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=42 Key Stage 1 skills you may want to practise

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=47 Key Stage 2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/ there may some challenges in here for you too!

Remember!  Good knowledge of spellings helps reading and writing too - don't forget what you have learnt already and put it to good use!

Literacy - Poetry - The Magic Box

Poetry - The Magic Box by Kit Wright

This week, we return to our Poetry unit of work, using the poem The Magic Box.

What do you think this poem will be about?

Click on the link below to hear version...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zkpmhyc

Why do you think this poem is called 'The Magic Box'?

What would you put in your Magic Box? Why?

The Angelus - May, The Month of Mary

May is the Month of Mary

Next week in RE, Year 3 will be learning about and reciting The Angelus, in readiness for our May Procession/Mary Day on Friday (we will be wearing something blue and raising money for our charity Cafod, who are working to support those who have suffered in the recent earthquakes in Nepal.)


The Angelus reminds us of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary with great news!
When we pray The Angelus with humility and love, we are sharing Mary's faith in God's goodness. We are blessed that we can ask both God and Our Blessed Mother for their help on our journey towards Eternal Life!

We pray to Mary in a special way...what prayer do we say?  This prayer also forms part of The Angelus.

Good Luck Year 6!

Year 3 would like to wish Good Luck to Our Friends in Year 6 as they work through their Assessments next week!

Bird Box Web Cam! - Spring is here!

Spring has sprung and with it, more of God's creatures are growing around us!

Year 3 (and Year 2) are privileged to have live web cam feeds into bird boxes dotted around our school.  We have many eggs laid from our BLUE TITS and already have a few hatched this week!
This is such an exciting time as we watch them grow...

What other animals or plants have you seen grow this season?  We would love you to share any pictures and experiences of God's Wonderful Creations.

Science - Plants

Some children at Holy Souls School have also been planting in our school garden - I wonder what we have growing in there?  Have you helped to grow anything at home?

Year 3 are already conducting our own investigations into plants - what have we found out so far?
Check out this link...
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/living/plants.html

Please share any of your SPRINGTIME experiences with us...