Hi all!

We are working really hard to quickly say the pairs of numbers that add together to make any number up to 20.

Some of the children have forgotten their number pairs to 10 already! Please make sure your child knows that 2+ 8 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10 and so on.  This can be done on the way to school, at a bus stop or train station etc- it doesn’t have to be formal learning sessions!

If children practise daily, they are more likely to remember it 🙂 Think of it like learning a new language- if you don’t use it, you lose it!  We cannot estimate answers to larger number pairs such as 55 + 42.

We want the children to know pairs such as 9+ 3= 12, 10 + 4 = 14, 6 + 5 = 12 off the top of their heads! Then, they should apply this to any number e.g 24 + 24 = 48, 50 + 6 – 56

A great way to do this is also through Hit the Button! ( https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button).

Many thanks for your support.

Mrs Toms

Mrs Toms’ maths group have been playing an awesome 3D shapes game!

This game consolidates knowledge of 3D shapes as well as providing them with some scary fun (Mrs Toms was very scared while playing this game and the children had to make her feel better!).

Follow the link for the game!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity20 

If you would like to play some states of matter games with your children at home, you can play them right here!!

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Hello everyone, it is Krystal! I am writing to tell you about Science lessons!

We are learning about solids, liquids and gases.

Our experiment is helping us to find out how long ice take to melt from a solid into a liquid.

Here are some photos of our experiment that I took.

by Krystal

Year 3 children are now moving onto learning about the ‘ou’ making the ‘uh’ sound as part of their spelling and grammar lessons.

At the end of this half term the children will be tested through dictation to see if they have remembered this spelling rule! Children love their spelling and grammar lessons that take place daily- on Tuesday we played ‘ou’ dominoes! 

Some examples of words we are learning are;

touch
young
double
trouble 
country
cousin 
couple
courage
flourish 
nourish
rough
tough
enough 

Some parents find that posting the words around the house helps children to recognise them daily! You could also encourage your child to play “teachers” at home and let them show you how to write the word within a sentence. 

We are also working on learning the definitions and synonyms (other words with the same meaning). They are really enjoying this game of finding definitions! 

Please keep going with the spellings at home. Large numbers of children have now completed all first 300 words and are working solely on the year 3 words! If you have been given year 1&2 words to learn with your child, please treat this as the priority before year 3 words. 

Thanks! 

Mrs Toms

Year 3 have discovered 2 mysterious eggs by our frog pond in the playground.

We assume they are eggs but we cannot be sure.  At the moment we are calling them “unidentified objects”.  Here is a picture of what we found.

We have used our imaginations to decide what they may be.  Some say they are dragon eggs, some say they belong to an oversized bird.  Others say they have travelled through time via a black hole or a vortex.  Josh thought they have appeared here due to telekinesis.

What do you think they could be?