Week 2 in Class 3!

It has been a busy and VERY hot week in Class 3 this week.  We have been creating our own ideas to trap the creature that we saw last week.  We have been using the 'Talk for Writing' approach to help us learn a set of instructions before we write our own set later on in the week. Here are Class 3 in action...

Class 3 have been enjoying PE on a Tuesday with Colchester United and have been developing their football skills.  Here they are in action again.....

On Friday there was purposeful mess spread throughout Class 3 as children got creative in their RE learning with Mrs Allen.  Over the term, we shall be learning about worship in different religions.  Starting with Christianity, the children are working as a team to create a model of a church with all the necessary things inside that are needed for Christians to carry out worship.  As this is work in progress, photos will follow next week and it is already looking great!

We are beginning to settle in to the routines of Class 3 so all children should have brought home their first piece of maths home learning and spellings.  A few pieces of information which may be helpful:

Maths home learning - will be given each week.  Page numbers are in the front of the book.  Please can it be back in school by a Thursday so I have seen it by a Friday when the next piece will be set.  Please do mark it with your children if you wish, the answers are included at the back of the book. 

Spellings- these are the words for the half term and are based on the new curriculum expectations for each year group.  The common exception words need to be practised and learnt at home over the half term please.  I have also included the patterns we shall be learning at school and any extra support with this at home will always be beneficial. 

Creative home learning -  will be given later on in the term. 

Reading Books - All children should have brought home a reading book.  Please do change books with your children after school and please don't hesitate in coming to speak to me about your children's reading books if you feel the challenge isn't quite right.   

Active learn website - All children have now been allocated bug club books, abacus maths games and grammar games too.  The maths and grammar games support and consolidate our learning in class so are extremely beneficial to children's learning.  Please speak to me if you are having problems with the website, username or password. 

Finally, it just remains for me to wish you all a happy restful weekend and look forward to iSing Pop next week which proves to be an excellent experience for all involved. 

Mrs McMillan