Coming up in LITERACY - TRADITIONAL STORIES and FAIRY TALES!

Yes, even us old, decrepit teachers grew up with the Traditional Stories (sometimes known as Fairy Tales) that we all know and love today!  My personal favourite was The Three Little Pigs  - this may have had something to do with the fact that my mummy is obsessed with pigs!

What Traditional Stories do you know and love?  I bet you have sat reading some with your grown ups ... perhaps you have read one to a brother, sister or cousin?

Over the next few weeks we will be exploring what makes a good Traditional Story, and using that knowledge to rewrite and even create a 'Fairy Tale' of our own!  We will be using all of the writing techniques we have been learning throughout the year to create our own wonderful piece of writing!

This web-link will take you through to links for some tales that you may know...
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=fairy+tales

MATHS - fractions and decimal fractions!

WOW!  We're really making progress with our maths work!

A big focus for Year 3 has been using our times tables knowledge.  We can use this for all sorts of maths...
What is the inverse of multiplication?  Do you know your fact-families-of-4?

As well as problem solving, we are now using our times tables knowledge to help us with fractions and decimal fractions.  Hopefully by now you will have discovered that 'fractions' and 'decimals' are not such scary words!

Other vocabulary we have been using in maths include unit fractions, non-unit fractions and tenths.

Have fun with the web-links below to scrub up on your understanding of how to use them...

Design your own flags using fractions  Fraction Flags

Fractions using 2d shapes  Can you also name the shapes being used?

Can you identify these fractions of shapes?  http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/ngfl/ngfl-flash/fractions/fractions.html

Can you be a Decimal Detective? http://www.mesc.gov.ws/ssn1/Decimal_Detective/Decimal_Detective.htm

How do you pray?

So far this week, we have explored the meaning of Jesus' special prayer that he gave us as a family - 'The Our Father'.

We will continue to look at how Jesus taught us to pray, according to the Gospel of Matthew 6.
We will use the video below to help us.

We will continue to look at ways in which we can pray individually and collectively, and how this makes us feel.
Some of us will be writing prayers to share in Class Collective worship.  Remember the three main themes for prayer:
* Thanksgiving
* Petition
* Sorry
Think about...
Can you remember where Jesus was when he taught his followers to pray?
Where do you like to pray?  What do you pray for?  What prayers do you use?  How do we pray as a school community?

Roald Dahl - an amazing author!

We will be studying the much celebrated author, Roald Dahl.  We will look at his life and, in particular, the inspiration for his books.
Can you name any titles of books he has written?  Have you read any Roald Dahl books?

Click on some links below to find out more about him and his writing.

https://www.roalddahl.com/

http://www.roalddahl.com/museum

Did you know that Roald Dahl also wrote poems?  Take a look at the video below of one of his 'Revolting Rhymes - The Three Little Pigs'.

We will also be studying one of his books, 'The Magic Finger', as a whole class in Guided Reading - we can't wait!

Find it out!

Do you know who originally illustrated most of Roald Dahl's stories?

What can you find out about Roald Dahl?

REMINDER! - We Return to School on Monday, 1st June!

This is just a quick reminder, to avoid any confusion, 

that we all return to school for the rest of our Summer Term on 

Monday, 1st June, 2015!

Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost! We pray for Year 6 during their preparation for Confirmation

This Sunday sees the end of 50 days of Easter, and welcomes the Feast of Pentecost - when the Holy Spirit entered the hearts of Jesus' disciples.

We look forward to seeing you at mass to celebrate this Holy Day.

When we return to school we will explore this most joyous moment.  For now, you may want to look at the video below to help you understand the event.

The Holy Spirit fills us with the Fruits and Gifts we need to spread the Good News, as disciples of Jesus.  The video link below may help you to remember these - think about how you will use the Fruits of the Holy Spirit throughout your Journey.

We continue to pray for Year 6, as they prepare to receive the Holy Spirit, through the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Happy Half Term!

Well done for all of your hard work so far!
You will only have 7 weeks left in Year 3 upon your return and we have still have lots to do!

So enjoy a well-earned rest, but please remember to keep up with Reading, Spelling, Maths and work on your Egyptian Research Project!

LET'S HOPE WE HAVE PLENTY OF SUNNY DAYS!