What a wonderful Term 1, well done Year 3! We have finished a great term of learning with a combination of teamwork activities in PE, learning about Diwali in RE and learning to tell the time.

Maths
In Maths, we have been learning to tell the time; we have recapped o’clock and half past and then moved on to quarter to and quarter past. We have also started to tell the time in 5-minute intervals. Next term, we will start learning about fractions of amounts, shapes and objects.

English
In English, we have been writing our own narratives; we have focused on using verbs and adverbs, and using paragraphs throughout our narrative. Next term, we will be starting a new text ‘The Green Ship’ by Quentin Blake.

Thematic
Next term in Thematic we will be introducing Feel the Force, See the Light. We will start by answering our Big Question: Can you feel the force? Can you see the light?

Home Learning
Your main job this half term is to have a wonderful week with your family. However, on the 13th November it is World Kindness Day. We have sent home a folded piece of card; the children need to design a card and give it to someone to share a little kindness. This could be a thank you card or just a note to check in with someone

 

Term 2 Dates for the Diary

27th October – Inset Day, children not in school

28th  and 29^th October – Parent/teacher consultation

31st October – Halloween disco

3rd November – Poppies on sale for following 2 weeks; children to bring in donations in named envelope and house captains to bring poppies round to classrooms

11th November – Service Uniform Day, children allowed to wear their service uniforms into school

12th November – Individual School Photos

14th November – Children in need – This year is a challenge yourself theme. We are challenging the children to come into school wearing as many spots as possible!

24th November – Book Fair on all week

28th November – Year 3 and 5 Come Dine with me (Azure 11.30, Peacock 11.45, Royal 12.30 and Indigo 12.40)

8th December – Year 3 to Royal Harbour

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

16th December – Year 3 and 4 Church Performance at 10am and Year 5 and 6 Church Performance at 2pm, both at St Laurence Church

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Year 2 and 3 to watch the Pantomime at St Lawrence College

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after school club

17th October – Final day of term finish at 2pm

 

TTRS

Ideally, children should aim to play for 5-10 minutes each day, the expectation is that by the end of Year 3 children will know the 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables. TTRS is designed to be a fun way of learning times tables. TTRS is broken down into 8 game types.

Gig – this creates a heatmap to show times tables knowledge up to 12x12

Garage – this is a teacher set times tables game. Please complete this at home.

Jamming – a game to develop times tables confidence

Studio - games the are aimed at motivating (how many can you do in a set time etc) after 10 games this will give a rock status.

Festival and Arena – you can compete against other children from other schools

Rock Slam – you can choose to challenge anyone from within the school (adults and children)

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs King, Miss Davey and Mrs Barlow

Sophie.Barlow@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Emily.Davey@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Measha.King@chiltonprimary.co.uk