18 Sep 2015

Year 3 Update Wk 5

International Peace day – Monday 21st September
BHS CPD, School closed – Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September
Public holiday, School closed – Monday 28th September
Dress Casual Day – Wednesday 30th September
Public holiday, School closed – Thursday 1st October
ESF CPD, School closed – Friday 2nd October
Parent Consultations – Tuesday 6th and Thursday 8th October (information to follow)
School Photos – Week of 12th October
Camp Information evening – 14th October, 6pm
3K Class Assembly – 16th October, 9am
Half Term – 16th October, 3pm

International Peace day is on Monday. Children need to come to school dressed in peace colours. This can be any colour from the rainbow or all the colours from the rainbow. Year 3 will be looking at and designing their own symbols for peace. These symbols will be made into badges.

Please complete the ‘Home-School’ profile and return it to your class teacher if you have not done so already.

Please discuss your child’s school lunches with them. Ensure they like what they are intending to eat. We are happy to discuss this further with you if necessary.

Well done to all the children in Year 3 who remembered to bring fruit and vegetables to school for snack on ‘Fruity Friday’.

Children are now borrowing books from the Learning Centre. Please ensure your child returns any books borrowed after two weeks.

Please remember that we have a no nut policy at BHS due to some children having severe allergies. This includes peanut butter sandwiches and nuts in cookies or cakes.

Please ensure that ALL uniform (including shoes) is clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Please remember to check you child’s diary each evening for letters, updates and information.

People communicate in different ways and for different purposes

Lines of inquiry

Non-verbal and verbal forms of communication
Why people communicate with each other
The reasons and impact for communicating in different ways

The children will continue to inquire into how people communicate through the use of codes, including Morse Code and Semaphore. They will decipher and create their own.

The children will find out how symbols can be used in keys to interpret maps. They will create their own maps and key.

The children will explore drama as a means of communicating.

The children will explore drama as a eans of communicating

Central Idea

Place Value helps us represent and understand numbers

The value of numbers according to their place
The role of zero in the place value system

The children will continue to develop their knowledge of the different values of digits in a number and will be able to show their understanding in different ways. They will apply their understanding of place value to rename 4 digit numbers.

The children will apply their knowledge of place value in different game situations.

Position and Direction
• Use and follow positional and directional language
The children will use positional and directional language to describe the location of objects.

The children will interpret grid references to show position. They will also be creating their own town map using symbols to represent different locations.

Please encourage your child to complete the Mathletics activities set.

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Recount: Tells us about events that have happened to them or other people.

Children will be looking at the different features of a recount. This includes:

Creating a title
Using the past tense
Putting events in chronological order
Using time connectives

Children will give a verbal recount of a story they have shared ensuring all features of a recount are met. They will be encouraged to make varied and interesting word choices. They will proof read their work to check for coherence.

Poetry

Children will be listening and investigating sounds. They will also be inquiring into the different ways people communicate at BHS.

They will then plan and create a conversational poem. They will practise reading them out using appropriate rhythm and tone.

We are currently assessing all the children’s reading progress. These will be discussed at the parent consultations in October.