Robins: Blog items

Robins Week beg. 17th July, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 13th Jul 2023 @ 6:27pm

Thank you to everyone who attended our Open Evening. It was lovely to see the joy on the children's faces as they shared all their books and work with you. We will be sending home their old books over the next couple of days so if they don't have a rucksack it would be useful to bring in a bag to enable the children to take home their books. Some of their books that they are currrently using will be passed up to their Year 4 class so they can continue to use these next year. It has been lovely to have Miss Charlton working with the children in class this week. This has allowed her to build relationships with the children before September. 

We have had another great week of swimming. We will have some more intensive lessons for Robins on Monday and then Tuesday everyone will have their last lesson. An email will be sent out to those that need swim kit in school for both days. 

Thank you to everyone for your support with homework this year. The children have been amazing with their reading at home this year, practising their weekly spellings and learning their times tables.

Next week we will be focusing on completing our Ancient Civilisation topic. Although I don't think we will get it finished by the end of term so this will be continued by Miss Charlton in Year 4 and will act as a good transition project for the class. 

We will also be finishing of our Art and DT work for this year as well as completing our Maths objectives on Measure and Statistics. 

Thank you for your outstanding support this year and I look forward to watching your lovely children continue to bloom in Year 4.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 10th July, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 6th Jul 2023 @ 5:42pm

Wow! What a week we have had with the pool on site! The children have loved their swimming lessons and have showed both courage and perseverance. Some of the children have already met the expectations for the end of Key Stage 2. Next week, we will regroup the children based on how they have done this week and we will let you know when they will have their next swim session. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development. 

Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.   

perhaps, popular, potatoes, promise, quarter, recent, regular, reign

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 14th July. 

In Maths we are currently working on Telling the Time to the nearest minute on an analogue clock and reading the time on a digital clock. Can they read the time to the nearest hour? half hour? quarter to? quarter past? in 5 minute intervals? in 1 minute intervals? What time do they get up at? What time do they leave for school? What time does the school day end? Asking lots of questions like these about the time throughout the day would be beneficial. 

 It would be useful to play these games at home and to discuss the time.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=telling+time 

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a mixed times tables sheet for homework this week.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday. All children will have a swim lesson on Tuesday 11th July. 

We will email to let you know if your child will require an extra session on Wednesday 12th/Thursday 13th July if they have not met the National Curriculum expectations for Swimming. 

RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism 

Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs. 

Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings. 

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 26th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 5:43pm

The children have had such a lovely week in school with Sports Day and our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool. They have been a credit to their class and school. I love the enthusiasm that they show for everything and it is lovely to hear their excited cheering and see them smiling so much!

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development. 

Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.   

heard, heart, height, history, important, island, learn, length

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 30th June

In Maths we are currently working on Money so it would be useful to play these games at home and to discuss money problems with your child. Make sure they know the value of each coin and note, can they use different coins to make 50p, 57p etc. Can they add costs of items and give change?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=money

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homework this week.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday. We will have our first SWIMMING session on Monday 3rd July

RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism 

Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs. 

Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings. 

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins Week Beg. 19th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 5:53pm

Remember Sports Day is on Wednesday 21st June at 1pm. Children to wear PE uniform to school on the day. Please have sun cream applied, sunhat and water bottle as usual. Parents are very welcome to come along and please bring your camping chairs/picnic mats!

The children are looking forward to our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June. Our focus will be Ancient Civilisations but we will also enjoy a tour of the aquarium which ties in nicely with our English topics. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development. 

Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.   

earth, eight, eighth, exercise, famous, favourite, fruit, group 

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 23rd June

In Maths we have started our unit on Money so it would be useful to play these games at home and to discuss money problems with your child. Make sure they know the value of each coin and note, can they use different coins to make 50p, 57p etc. Can they add costs of items and give change?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=money

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homework this week to recall division facts.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday. 

RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism 

Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs. 

Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings. 

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 12th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 5:57pm

Robins have settled straight back in after the half term. We have started our new writing unit based on the book Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies. Our writing this half term will focus on gathering facts about whales, and writing persuasive reports about them. We have also begun our new reading unit based on the book When I met a whale by Michael Morphurgo.

The children are looking forward to our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June. Our focus will be Ancient Civilisations but we will also enjoy a tour of the aquarium which ties in nicely with our English topics. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development. 

Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.   

build, calendar. circle, describe, different, difficult, disappear, early

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 16th June

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homewowrk this week. 

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday. 

RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism 

Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs. 

Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings. 

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.

Just a reminder about Sports Day on Wednesday 21st June and our class trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 22nd May, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 18th May 2023 @ 3:50pm

Robins have now finished drafting their final piece of writing based on the book The Silence Seeker as part of our whole school topic Home. Next week we will edit the pieces and then we will share our final pieces with you. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will revise the suffix 'ion' . Then after half term we will focus on the words from the year 3/4 statutory list which are displayed on our Robins Class page. I will choose 8 to learn each week.  

action, subtraction, injection, collection, attraction, correction, education, operation

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 26th May

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homewowrk this week. 

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday. 

RE - we will be looking at Discipleship and exploring differnt Bible quotes and stories based on this concept. 

MONDAY 22nd May - whole school worship - Pentecost - in church

Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term on Thursdays

Computing - we will be using the app Book Creator to create our information books on Superheroes. We will be adding sound buttons and speech bubbles.

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be investigating the difference between refugees and migrants

Just a reminder about our class trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week be. 15.5.23, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 11th May 2023 @ 5:18pm

Robins have had a busy week planning their final piece of writing based on the book The Silence Seeker as part of our whole school topic Home. They will continue to draft and edit over the next 2 weeks and then we will share our final pieces with you. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will focus on the 'c' sound spelt ch and 'sh' sound spelt with ch 

chemist, character, school, stomach, parachute, brochure, chef, machine

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 19th May

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a mixed times tables sheet for homework this week. We have also introduced this website below which they can use at home to self check any of their times tables. Remember focus on x2, x5, x10, x3, x4, and x8

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday. 

RE - we will be looking at Discipleship and thinking about the 10 commanments. 

Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term on Thursdays

Computing - we will be using the app Book Creator to create our information books on Superheroes. We will be adding sound buttons and speech bubbles.

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be investigating the difference between refugees and migrants

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins Week beg. 8.5.23, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 4th May 2023 @ 5:21pm

Robins enjoyed extra PE on Wednesday with Mr A whilst I accompanied Owls on their first school trip to Delamere Forest. It was lovely to meet lots of younger siblings! 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We have now covered the Year 3 spellings rules so will spend the next couple of weeks revising what we have covered this year and learning some new common exception words. A full list of these statutory words for Year 3/4 can be found on our Robins Class Page. 

Here are the words for next week - beg. 8.5.23

adventure, mixture, picture, creature, information, explanation, temptation, adoration

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 12th May

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x8 sheet for homework this week. We have also introduced this website below which they can use at home to self check any of their times tables. Remember focus on x2, x5, x10, x3, x4, and x8

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday. 

RE - we will be looking at Discipleship this week and creating some art pieces around this concept.

Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term on Thursdays

Computing - we will be using the app Book Creator to create our information books on Superheroes

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be finding out why people become refugees and how we can help them.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 24th April, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 20th Apr 2023 @ 5:26pm

Great first week back Robins! You have impressed me with your handwriting and general presenation of work. We have enjoyed a Humanist workshop and a Baha'i workshop in class as we marked Inter Faith Week. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Our new spellings for next week all begin with the prefix SUPER

superhero, superstar, supermarket, superhuman, superwoman, supersonic, superpower, superglue

Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 28th April

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x8 sheet for homework this week. We have also introduced this website below which they can use at home to self check any of their times tables.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday. 

RE - we are preparing our posters on different places of worship to present to Year 4 in a couple of weeks as part of our Oracy project.

Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term 

Computing - we will be finding out about the app Book Creator

DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own

Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.

HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be finding out why people become refugees and how we can help them.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 27th March, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 23rd Mar 2023 @ 5:12pm

Thank you to everyone who came to our Parents' Meetings this week. It was lovely to share books and celebrate the progress that your wonderful children have made so far this year. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We will continue to revise some of the spelling rules that we have already covered in Year 3 so far this year. Spellings for next week will focus on words ending in -tion  temptation, preparation, information, sensation, adoration, admiration, explanation, exclamation

Please note that the spelling quiz next week will be on Thursday 30th March

Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x8 sheet for homework this week. We have also introduced this website below which they can use at home to self check any of their times tables.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

Tuesday 28th March - Robins Forest Schools Afternoon

- Please wear in old clothes and bring wellies as we will have Maths and English lessons as normal in the morning and will have our Forest Schools session in the afternoon. 

Wednesday 29th March - KS2 Cake Sale after school

Thursday 30th March - School Disco

PE days for this half term will remain as Monday and Friday. After Easter we will have an extra PE session on a Tuesday as we will have a coach from Cheshire Cricket Board.

RE - we are exploring different religions and focusing in particular on places of worship. This is part of an oracy project and we will be presenting our findings to Year 4 after the Easter holidays. 

HOME- Our new whole school topic 

This week in our Home topic we have been exploring different types of homes and learning about MIGRATION. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 20th March, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 5:36pm

Robins have worked so hard to complete all their mid-year assessments this week. They have enjoyed the longer breaks and fun activities that we have done in the afternoons to make up for our busy mornings! I will be able to share their results and progress with you at Parents Evening next week.

We have also completed lots of extra Science lessons to mark British Science Week. They have discussed the concept of connections, made some excellent home structures using spaghetti and marshmallows, researched the scientist Thomas Edison and made food chains that could be found on a farm. 

The children from Year 4 visited our classroom this week to present their posters and work that they have learnt about volcanoes. An excellent oracy experience for all involved. We will present our findings from our RE topic - different places of worships - to Year 4 after the Easter break when we have found out some more information. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We will continue to revise some of the spelling rules that we have already covered in Year 3 so far this year. Spellings for next week will focus on words ending in -ture  adventure, mixture, future, picture, creature, capture, furniture, nature

In class this week the children have been shown how to access the following games on their devices and I was delighted to hear today that so many of them have already had a go at home! They are such superstars! 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x4 sheet for homework this week. If they find this too difficult please stick with learning x3. Use the online games suggested above, ask them to write out the multiples and to tell you some key facts. 

On Monday 20th March we will visit church for worship alongside other KS2 classes. 

I am sure you are all aware that Parents Evening takes place next Tuesday and Wednesday. I am looking forward to sharing your children's wornderful work and letting you know how they are getting on, 

Tuesday 28th March - Robins Forest Schools

Wednesday 29th March - KS2 Cake Sale after school

Thursday 30th March - School Disco

PE days for this half term will remain as Monday and Friday. 

RE - we are exploring different religions and focusing in particular on places of worship. 

HOME- Our new whole school topic 

We have completed our work on the Stone Age by comparing and contrasting homes from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. This has led nicely into the launch of our Home topic. The children have been drawing their home(s) and discussing who keeps them safe. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 13th March, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 5:34pm

Robins had a lovely visit to church on Monday to learn about Lent. Vicar Andrew led the worship and told the children all about how Jesus spent time in the desert to reflect and talk to God. The children were encouraged to think about what they could do to help others during Lent. They also enjoyed an amazing Science Workshop this morning to launch National Science week, which will take place next week. We will be doing lots of exciting activites next week to mark this special occasion. I think some of the children have also noticed that we were delivered 'tests' to our class this week. I have spoken to the children that they have nothing to worry about and that next week we will do some of these in the morning. Also we do these activities so that I can check what I need to teach them next term to ensure they are achieving the best that they can in English and Maths. I will also be able to let you know at Parents Evening how your child gets on with them and how they are performing overall in Year 3. Please reassure your child that they must not worry and that these 'tests' are more about helping me!  

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We will continue to revise some of the spelling rules that we have already covered in Year 3 so far this year. Spellings for next week will focus on the suffix - ly  suddenly, carefully, finally, gently, simply, merrily, humbly, horribly

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

This week we have been looking at learning our 4 and 8 times tables so it would be useful to play Hit the Button focusing on these times tables facts. We have also been learning the related division facts e.g. 24 divided by 8 = 3

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy. 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x4 sheet for homework this week. If they find this too difficult please stick with learning x3. Use the online games suggested above, ask them to write out the multiples and to tell you some key facts. 

PE days for this half term will remain as Monday and Friday. 

RE - we are exploring different religions and focusing in particular on places of worship. 

HOME- Our new whole school topic 

We have completed our work on the Stone Age by comparing and contrasting homes from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. This has led nicely into the launch of our Home topic. The children have been drawing their home(s) and discussing who keeps them safe. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 6th March, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 5:01pm

The children have all settled well back into school life after their half term break. It has been lovely hearing about how much they enjoyed the break at home with their friends and family. This week has been very exciting with World Book Day. We had great fun discussing our favourite books and authors, sharing our Stone Age stories to Year 2, learning some new poems and creating new bookmarks which will be laminated and ready to bring home next week. I love how enthusiastic all the children are about reading.    

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We will continue to revise some of the spelling rules that we have already covered in Year 3 so far this year. Spellings for next week will focus on the suffix - ous  dangerous, mountainous, famous, enormous, jealous, fabulous, generous and perilous.

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

This week we have been looking at learning our 4 and 8 times tables so it would be useful to play Hit the Button focusing on these times tables facts.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy. 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

The children should have a x4 sheet for homework this week. If they find this too difficult please stick with learning x3. Use the online games suggested above, ask them to write out the multiples and to tell you some key facts. 

PE days for this half term will remain as Monday and Friday. 

HOME- Our new whole school topic 

After half term we will begin our new whole school topic - Home. This has been planned around the theme of the importance of our homes to us and the human conflicts and natural disasters that result in homelessness for others. We are hoping to use photographs of our children’s homes as part of our displays. If you would like to, please send or e-mail a photo/copy of your home into school after half term. Thank you. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 27th February, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 16th Feb 2023 @ 5:45pm

We had an amazing trip to Beeston Castle. It definitely helped to consolidate all the learning that we have been doing in class around the Stone Age and Bronze Age as well as giving us first hand experiences to touch spear heads, arrows, animal skins etc and to imagine what life was really like living in a roundhouse. 

Our trip also inspired the children to produce fantastic adventure stories based on our class text Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. Your child should have brought home a photocopy of their finished story today so they can share it with you. They have all worked extremely hard on these pieces of writing and have shown how much they have come on since our last long piece of writing before Christmas. 

After half term we will continue to focus on developing new  vocabulary using words from The Iron Man by Ted Hughes as well as ensuring all our reading is done with fluency and expression. We will continue to build on this next week.  

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

You will have noticed last week that we were revising some of the spelling rules that we have covered previously and will continue to do this for a few weeks after the half term break. Spellings for next week are incomplete, invisible, disagree, disappear, unkind, unhappy, unlock, unsafe

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy. 

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

Thank you to everyone who has been completing the x3 times tables homework sheets this half term. We will be moving onto x4 after the half term. We have been constantly revising x2, x5, x10 in class so your child should be secure with these now.  

PE days for after half term will remain as Monday and Friday. 

HOME- Our new whole school topic 

After half term we will begin our new whole school topic - Home. This has been planned around the theme of the importance of our homes to us and the human conflicts and natural disasters that result in homelessness for others. We are hoping to use photographs of our children’s homes as part of our displays. If you would like to, please send or e-mail a photo/copy of your home into school after half term. Thank you. 

World Book Day- Wednesday 1^st March- dress up, own clothes or pyjama day. Please wear whatever makes you happy and comfortable.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

We hope you all have a lovely restful half term, 

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 23rd Jan, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 5:45pm

Just a reminder about payment and ordering a packed school dinner, if needed, for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. I went on a pre-visit last Sunday and it was very muddy on the path up to the castle hence why I have asked for wellies. It is also rather exposed around the castle so please ensure your child has warm clothes and a waterproof coat.  

In Writing this week we have been linking our work with our History unit on the Stone Age and have been writing about the activities that might have taken place at a Stone Age camp. Next week, we will be writing pieces of narrative from the point of view of the little boy in our beautiful class text Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. 

In our Reading lessons we have been exploring the new vocabulary in The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and have been reading extracts with fluency and expression. We will continue to build on this next week.  

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will focus on words with the suffix -tion. action, subtraction, injection, collection, attraction, correction, education, operation

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy.

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

PE days for this term are Monday and Friday. 

In our Topic lessons this term we will continue to prepare for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. 

In Geography this week we will be learning about where to find Stonehenge. We will also begin to look at the counties in the UK and some main rivers and mountains. 

In Art we will be learning how to print using polystyrene tiles. We will design fossil prints linked to our Stone Age work.  

In DT we will be learning more about the seasonality of food and how pizzas can be made all year around with toppings that are seasonal!

In Computing we will continue using the motion picture app - I Can Animate - and lego building skills to create our own movies.  

In Music we will be listening to and appraising different songs

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins WB 16.01.23, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 5:35pm

You will all have received an email this week to remind you about payment and ordering a school dinner, if needed, for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. I went on a pre-visit on Sunday and it was very muddy on the path up to the castle hence why I have asked for wellies. It is also rather exposed around the castle so please ensure your child has warm clothes and a waterproof coat.  

In Writing this week we have been linking it with our History unit on the Stone Age and have been researching how people lived during that time and comparing life then to now. The children have completed lots of research with their partner using books and IPads to find facts and are using these to write their reports which we will finish next week. The children are really enjoying Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura and we are having great discussions around this beautiful book. 

In our Reading lessons we have been exploring the new vocabulary in The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. We have examined the text for evidence to help us explain the new words. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will focus on words with the 'sh' sound spelt 'ch'. chef, charade, chalet, chute, machine, brochure, moustache, parachute

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy.

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

PE days for this term are Monday and Friday. 

In our Topic lessons this term we will continue to prepare for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. 

In Art we will be exploring colour mixing and finding out about the artist George Seurat. 

In DT we will be learning more about the seasonality of food. 

In Computing we are going to begin a new unit finding out about motion pictures. 

In Music we will be listening to and appraising different songs

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 9th January, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 5th Jan 2023 @ 5:48pm

Happy New Year!

Thank you kindly for your generous gifts, cards and best wishes from everyone. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas with your families. It has been lovely welcoming back the children and hearing about the fun times they had over the holidays. They have all settled well back into lessons this week and have worked extremely hard for the first week back! I am sure they will all be exhausted this weekend!

In Writing this week we have started our new unit based on the book Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. We have written some pieces of dialogue and described the setting. Next week we will be devolping our ideas into paragraphs as well as beginning to plan and write a report. 

In our Reading lessons we have begun our new text The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. This week in class we have been discussing the books that we have read so far in Year 3, our favourite books/authors/genres and building up our stamina to read for longer periods of time. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will focus on words with the 'c' sound spelt 'ch'. chemist, character, chemical, chaos, school, anchor, mechanic, stomach

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Maths game to play as usual. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. The children will continue to be tested on times tables in school so at home they can work on x2, x5, x10 and x3 

These are also some games that I recommend the children play at home to revise key Maths facts. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

I think everyone got the email this week that PE days are Monday and Friday for this term. 

In our Topic lessons this term we will be doing lots of History and Geography in preparation for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 12th December, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 12th Dec 2022 @ 8:24am

In Writing this week we will  finish our final piece of writing before Christmas, a fantasy story based on Winter's Child by Angela McAllister. 

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

We have not set any spellings or times tables homework to complete this week.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Maths game to play as usual. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition and subtraction skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraiges.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age and we will use Google to research facts on our chosen country for the World Cup. 

Our DT work for this term will focus on the Sustainability of Food. Next week we will continue to explore how it is best to use local ingredients that are in season when cooking. 

In RE we have begun our new Christianity topic on the Creation story and how Christians take care of the world. We will also begin to think about what we can do to look after the world for future generations. 

In ART we will complete our cave paintings and begin to do some Christmas crafts.  

The children will continue to have Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg 5th December, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 4th Dec 2022 @ 9:16am

Robins WB 28.11.22, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 5:02pm

In Writing this week we have been writing letters from Tom to his Dad in Winter's Child by Angela McAllister. We have also been learning about similes and using more conjunctions and adverbs of time in our writing. In our reading lessons based on the book Ice Palace by Robert Swindells, we have been focusing on using the text to find evidence to answer comprehension questions. Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary. 

On Monday we are looking forward to making our Christingles and celebrating together in the church in the afternoon. 

Our spellings next week will focus on words ending in -ture. We will continue to focus on 8 spellings each week. Well done to everyone who used the new spelling format in diaries and wrote out each word once in their beautiful, joined up handwriting. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 2nd December - adventure, mixture, future, picture, creature, capture, furniture and nature.

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc. This week in class we have been doing spelling doodles. 

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children will have times tables homework based on their individual targets. Please return by Wednesday 30th November. The children did really well with their first times tables quiz. They will do x2 again tomorrow in order and then we will have 2 weeks where the x2 will be out of order before we look at the related division facts. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition and subtraction skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraiges.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Next week in Maths, we will continue to focus on our arithmetic skills in the mornings. We start our first activity at 8.45 so if you could have your child in school for as close to this time as possible it allows them time to complete their morning arithmetic activity before we begin our Writing lesson at 9 sharp. Thanks for your support with this. We will also be working on adding and subtracting using more formal methods. 

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age and we will use Google to research facts on our chosen country for the World Cup. 

Our DT work for this term will focus on the Sustainability of Food. Next week we will continue to explore how it is best to use local ingredients that are in season when cooking. 

In RE we have begun our new Christianity topic on the Creation story and how Christians take care of the world. We will look some more at the Fairtrade logo. Have you got this logo on any products at home? 

In ART we will be using a variety of skills to create some textured cave paintings using mixed media. We will be using paint and sponges to add prints to our cave paintings. 

The children will continue to have Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins WB 21.11.22, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 5:38pm

In Writing this week we have looked at improving our sentences using conjunctions and we have been writing dialogue between the characters in Winter's Child by Angela McAllister. In our reading lessons based on the book Ice Palace by Robert Swindells, we have been focusing on making predictions, using a dictionary to find the meaning of new words and what the text tells us about the main character. You will also notice that this is our reading target for the next few weeks and you will see the sticker label in your child's diary. As you read with them at home ask them Who is the main character? What sort of a person are they? How do we know this? etc. Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15mins daily and record in diary if possible. 

Next Wednesday we have our Film Night and we are also busy making preparations for our KS2 Production in December. 

Our spellings next week will focus on the suffix -ly. We will focus on 8 spellings as this has worked well this week. I have also told the children that they can just focus on learning the first the first 5 if they need to. Well done to everyone who used the new spelling format in diaries and wrote out each word once in their beautiful, joined up handwriting. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 25th November - suddenly, carefully, finally, gently, simply, merrily, humbly, horribly

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children will have times tables homework based on x5 or on x4 based on their needs this week. Please return by Wednesday 23rd November. The children are also beginning to do times tables quizes on a Friday and we will start with x2. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition and subtraction skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraiges.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Next week in Maths, we will continue to focus on our arithmetic skills in the mornings. We start our first activity at 8.45 so if you could have your child in school for as close to this time as possible it allows them time to complete their morning arithmetic activity before we begin our Writing lesson at 9 sharp. Thanks for your support with this. We will also be working on adding and subtracting using a numberline and exploring patterns and connections. 

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age.

Our DT work for this term will focus on the Sustainability of Food. Next week we will be exploring how it is best to use local ingredients that are in season when cooking. 

In RE we have begun our new Christianity topic on the Creation story and how Christians take care of the world. 

In ART we will be using a variety of skills to create some textured cave paintings using mixed media. 

The children will continue to have Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins WB 14.11.22, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 5:17pm

Super diary writing in Robins this week as we have explored the winter outdoor activities that Tom did in Winter's Child by Angela McAllister. In our reading lessons based on the book Ice Palace by Robert Swindells, we have been focusing on what the text tells us about the main character. You will also notice that this is our reading target for the next few weeks and you will see the sticker label in your child's diary. As you read with them at home ask them Who is the main character? What sort of a person are they? How do we know this? etc. 

Lots to look forward to this term with Non-uniform day for Children in Need on the 18th November, Film Night on the 23rd November and of course our KS2 Production in December. 

Our spellings next week will focus on the suffix -ous. I have decided to set just 8 spellings as the children have been finding the spellings difficult. I have also told them to work on just the first 5 if they need to. I have changed the design of the spelling sheet in the diary too so the children just need to write out each word once in their beautiful, joined up handwriting. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 18th November - dangerous, mountainous, famous, jealous, enormous, tremendous, hazardous, fabulous.

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children will have times tables homework based on x5 or on x4 based on their needs this week. Please return by Wednesday 16th November. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition and subtraction skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraiges.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Next week in Maths, we will be focusing on our arithmetic skills in the mornings. We start our first activity at 8.45 so if you could have your child in school for as close to this time as possible it allows them time to complete their morning arithmetic activity before we begin our Writing lesson at 9 sharp.Thanks for your support with this.

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age.

We have also begun our DT work for this term which will focus on the Sustainability of Food. 

In RE we will continue to work on our new Christianity topic on Discipleship and will be thinking about the birth of Jesus.

In ART we will be using a variety of skills to create some textured cave paintings. 

The children have begun their Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beginning 7th November, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 5:47pm

Robins have had a very busy week back in school this week after the half-term break. We have begun our new writing unit  based on the beautiful book Winter's Child by Angela McAllister and our reading unit based on the book Ice Palace by Robert Swindells.

Lots to look forward to this term with Worship for Year 3/4 in Church on Monday 7th November, Non-uniform day for Children in Need on the 18th November, Film Night on the 23rd November and of course our KS2 Production in December. 

You will have noticed in the homework diary we have a sticker which will provide your child with a weekly reading target for when they read both in school and at home. Please look out for these targets and discuss with your child. Remember reading at home is a daily homework activity. Aim for 10 - 15 mins every night. You might find your child likes to read by themselves which is fine but also ask them to read a page or 2 to you to ensure they can read their chosen book with fluency and expression and ask them about their reading target. 

Our spellings next week will coninue to work on prefixes. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 11th November - impatient, impossible, impolite, immortal, immature, imperfect, incapable, incomplete, invisisble, incorrect

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children will have times tables homework based on x2/x5/x10 or on x4 based on their needs this week. Please return by Wednesday 9th November. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition and subtraction skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraiges.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Our focus this week in Maths has been adding and subtracting 1s, 10, and 100s. Next week we will be exploring Addition and Subtraction patterns. adding and subtracting across 10 and 100.

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age.

We have also begun our DT work for this term which will focus on the Sustainability of Food. 

In RE we will satrt our new Christianity topic on Discipleship and will be thinking about the birth of Jesus.

In ART we will be finding out more about Georges Seurat and will be exploring colour mixing. 

The children have begun their Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins Week beg. 31.10.22, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 12:29pm

It was so lovely to see parents this week and share how well everyone has settled into Year 3 and how they are working so well together. The children have worked incredibly hard this term and are looking forward to a well deserved break. Next half term will be very exciting with our Amazing Light workshop on Friday 4th November, Worship for Year 3/4 in Church on Monday 7th November, Non-uniform day for Children in Need on the 18th November, Film Night on the 23rd November and of course our KS2 Production in December. 

In English we have finished our writing based on the book the Seal Surfer this week with lots of writing in the role of Tom. The children have written a series of letters to Grandad from Tom. After half term we will base our writing on the beautiful book Winter's Child by Angela McAllister.  

Thank you to everyone who has been reading at home this week and recording it in the homework diaries. Aim for 10 - 15 mins every night. You might find your child likes to read by themselves which is fine but also ask them to read a page or 2 to you to ensure they can read their chosen book with fluency and expression. 

It was great to see the children remember more of their phonics sounds in their writing this week. Thank you for your support with their spelling homework. We will now move on to looking at our spellings for Year 3. You will notice that they had these spellings early on in September but I felt they were too difficut at the time for most of the children so we will be doing some work on them again the first week back after the half term. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 4th November - incomplete, invisible, incapable, independent, dishonest, disagree, disappear, dislike, disapprove, incorrect. 

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children have worked hard this week on their 4 times tables. We have looked at patterns on the 100 square and made connections with other times tables that they know. Your child will get a x4 activity on Friday but they will also have the option of taking home a x2/5/10 activity if this matches their needs better. Homework can be completed over the weekend or next week and returned by next Wednesday 2nd November.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

In class the children have also been using this multiples game to help learn their time tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraige.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

After half term our focus in Maths will be Addition and Subtraction. 

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age.

We have also begun our DT work for this term which will focus on the Sustainability of Food. 

The children will have Ukulele lessons on a Thursday afternoon starting after half term until Christmas. 

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor

Robins week beg. 17th October, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 5:32pm

The children had a wonderful morning at Forest Schools this week. They explored the forest and played a variety of games to build teamwork and reasoning skills. The activities were greatly enjoyed by the children and it was lovely to see their smiling faces, laughter and chatter with their friends as they spent time in the forest. 

Remember Parents Evening is next Wednesday and Thursday so if you have not booked an appointment please do so.

Lots of great paragraph writing in English this week taking on the role of different characters in our story the Seal Surfer. Next week, we will begin to draft and write our end of unit piece - a letter from Tom to his grandad. 

Thank you to everyone who has been reading at home this week and recording it in the homework diaries. Aim for 10 - 15 mins every night. 

It was great to see the children remember more of their phonics sounds in their writing this week. Thank you for your support with their spelling homework. We will continue to work on revising key sounds next week. 

Spelling Quiz on Friday 21st October - make, cake, nice, smile, phone, home, huge, brute, yawn, dawn

Remember to make learning spellings fun. Maybe write out words in coloured pen, underline the key sounds, draw around the word with images, draw around the shape of the word, write on pavement in chalk, trace words in sand etc.

Here is an online spelling game that your child will enjoy to revise Year 2 spellings and they can also have a go at some of the Year 3 spellings!

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The children have worked hard this week on their 4 times tables. We have looked at patterns on the 100 square and made connections with other times tables that they know. Your child will get a x4 activity on Friday. Homework can be completed over the weekend or next week and returned by next Wednesday 19th October.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Continue to use this game to revise and learn times tables. 

The children have really enjoyed using this train game to revise their addition skills. It is lovely to see them challenge themselves as they move through the levels. Continue to just focus on the addition and subtraction carraige.  

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

We have completed out unit on Place Value in Maths this week so next week we will move onto Addition. 

Remember our PE days will remain as Monday and Wednesday for this term. 

In Computing we will continue to use the Keynote app to prepare presentations on the Stone Age.

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs O'Marah & Mrs Taylor