Class Teacher Blog

Year 3 teaching staff

Class Teachers for Year 3 Classes:

Mrs E Green (Oak)

Mrs S Sandiford (Ash)

Teaching Assistants for Year 3 Classes:

Mrs C Greenfield (Oak)

Mrs N Robertson (Oak)

Miss L Walsh (Ash)

Miss C Cox (Ash)

Online Safety

Please take the time to have a look at our new online safety parent cards.  These cards are written for parents and clearly & simply explain how to set up parental controls, block users, age restrictions and more.  We hope that they will be very supportive for your all. 

If you have any questions about these or any element of online safety, please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or you can email our Digital Learning Leader: Mrs Briggs, at rushyict@rushymeadow.sutton.sch.uk.

Welcome to Year 3

Welcome to Year 3, we are really looking forward to getting to know your children this week. We have some settling in activities to start the week and will swiftly move onto our Year 3 learning.

Our P.E days are Monday and Wednesday, please ensure your child comes to school dressed in the PE kit on these days. Long hair should be tied back, no earings please.

Please use the class email to speak with us about any issues and continue to complete the daily assignment on MS Teams and send any work you would like to share via email. We do endeavour to put examples on the photo gallery of the blog.

Stay safe!

oakclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

ashclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

This Week’s Learning – wb 18.9.2023

In English – we wrote our own fairytale based on Hansel and Gretel. We then edited and improved it to ensure we had included synonyms for said, used capital letters, full stops, inverted commas for speech and adverbs to explain our verbs.

In Maths we partitioned 3 digit numbers into 100’s, 10’s and 1’s, found 10 more and ten less than any given number, added and subtracted multiples of 10 from any given number.

In science we recognised and explained how shadows are formed.

In DT we designed a shadow puppet using a variety of materials.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour!  This week we have been learning how to ask how someone is and a few different ways to reply.  You could practice by listening to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50.  Next week we will be looking at classroom instructions.

Next Week’s Learning – wb 25.9.2023

In English – we will be looking at playscripts. We will be using drama to act out a play, then we will identify the key features of a playscript and how to use a colon. We will finish up the week planning our own playscript scene from Hansel and Gretel.

In Maths we will be adding a multiple of ten to a 2 digit number where the total bridges 100, subtracting multiples of 10 that bridge 100 and adding and subtracting multiples of 10 from a 3 digit number.

In science we will be finding patterns in the way shadows are formed.

In DT we will be creating our shadow puppets using a variety of materials.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour!  This week we have been  counting up to 12 in French.  You could log into your Busy Things account to practice.  Go to Busy Things, KS2, Year 3/4, languages, French and click on the counting worksheet  .  Next week we will be using our numbers to say how old we are.

Class Teacher Awards –

Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us.  These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!

This week we have chosen in Ash Class:

Esme and Teddy D

This week we have chosen in Oak Class:

Ollie and Violet

Well done to you all!

Messages for Parents – 22.9.2023

Please remember to leave your children at the small key stage 2 gate in the morning so they can walk down to class independently.

Reading –Please ensure that your child is reading everyday (this can be a school book, home book, magazine, comic or from the online Oxford Owl website) and recording their reading in their diary daily. The more exposure to the written word the better their writing becomes. They can read any book, it doesn’t always have to be a school given book. We want your child/children to develop a love of books and enjoy reading for pleasure. Try to make time to share a book together as part of your evening routine. Snuggle up in bed or on the sofa, if you have a great place to read then why not send a photo via the class email to show your child reading in their favourite place!

Please ensure you have completed at least 3 boxes in your reading diary every week, that you have read with an adult at home everyday and that it is signed by an adult at home at the end of the week, to ensure you are entered into the weekly reading raffle.

Please complete at least 20 minutes a week on Times Tables Rock Stars online. Try to ensure you are completing at least 1 ‘Soundcheck’ at home each week also.  (If you do not have access to TTRS on a device at home, please let your class teacher know and they will print off a paper copy for you to complete.  You will not need to hand this in) (use the log in for your chrome books which is in your reading diary).

Spellings – your spellings this week is words with the prefix un.  Please practise these at home, you do not need to hand these in. 

Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays, please note your child should come to school in their kit on these days. Please ensure long hair is tied back and earrings are removed. Your child may wear a plain white t-shirt, black shorts or black leggings/jogging bottoms. They should wear their school jumper/cardigan – no other sports top. They can wear trainers or plimsoles.

Please use the class email to speak with us about any issues and continue to complete the daily assignment on MS Teams and send any work you would like to share via email. We do endeavour to put examples on the photo gallery of the blog.

Stay safe!

oakclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

ashclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

This Week’s Learning – wb 11.9.2023

This week we completed some baseline assessments in reading, grammar and maths in order to see what your child can do well and their areas of support.

In science we used a mirror to reflect light and explain how mirrors work and understand that light from the sun can be dangerous and identify ways to protect our eyes.

In DT we evaluated different types of shadow puppets.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour! This week we practiced how to say bonjour and Je m’appelle… (my name is..)  We learnt this song with actions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej15Mp0Zjpw Next week we will be learning how to say how you are feeling.

Next Week’s Learning – wb 18.9.2023

In English – we will be writing our own fairytale based on Hansel and Gretel. We will then edit and improve it to ensure we have included synonyms for said, sued capital letters, full stops, inverted commas for speech and adverbs to explain our verbs.

In Maths we will be partitioning 3 digit numbers into 100’s, 10’s and 1’s, finding 10 more and ten less than any given number, adding and subtracting multiples of 10 from any given number.

In science we will be recognising and explaining how shadows are formed.

In DT we will be designing a shadow puppet using a variety of materials.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour!  This week we have been learning how to ask how someone is and a few different ways to reply.  You could practice by listening to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50.  Next week we will be looking at classroom instructions.

Class Teacher Awards –

Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us.  These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!

This week we have chosen in Ash Class:

Calum and Harper

This week we have chosen in Oak Class:

Lliana and Gessica

Well done to you all!

Messages for Parents – 15.9.2023

Please remember to leave your children at the small key stage 2 gate in the morning so they can walk down to class independently.

Reading –Please ensure that your child is reading everyday (this can be a school book, home book, magazine, comic or from the online Oxford Owl website) and recording their reading in their diary daily. The more exposure to the written word the better their writing becomes. They can read any book, it doesn’t always have to be a school given book. We want your child/children to develop a love of books and enjoy reading for pleasure. Try to make time to share a book together as part of your evening routine. Snuggle up in bed or on the sofa, if you have a great place to read then why not send a photo via the class email to show your child reading in their favourite place!

Please ensure you have completed at least 3 boxes in your reading diary every week, that you have read with an adult at home everyday and that it is signed by an adult at home at the end of the week, to ensure you are entered into the weekly reading raffle.

Please complete at least 20 minutes a week on Times Tables Rock Stars online. Try to ensure you are completing at least 1 ‘Soundcheck’ at home each week also.  (If you do not have access to TTRS on a device at home, please let your class teacher know and they will print off a paper copy for you to complete.  You will not need to hand this in) (use the log in for your chrome books which is in your reading diary).

Spellings – your spellings this week is the long /ur/ sound spelt ear.  Please practise these at home, you do not need to hand these in. 

Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays, please note your child should come to school in their kit on these days. Please ensure long hair is tied back and earrings are removed. Your child may wear a plain white t-shirt, black shorts or black leggings/jogging bottoms. They should wear their school jumper/cardigan – no other sports top. They can wear trainers or plimsoles.

Please use the class email to speak with us about any issues and continue to complete the daily assignment on MS Teams and send any work you would like to share via email. We do endeavour to put examples on the photo gallery of the blog.

Stay safe!

oakclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

ashclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

This Week’s Learning – wb 4.9.2023

Welcome back to Year 3, we cannot wait to get started. During the week we will complete PSHE and back to school activities to help settle your child into Year 3.

In topic this week, we will be learning all about our new topic ‘Mirror Mirror’. This will look at fairy tales and has a science theme on light.

English – we learnt the story of ‘hansel and Gretel’, we acted out the story and hot seated the characters. We rotld the story as a comic strip and identified the key features of fairy tales. We learnt how to use inverted commas to write a conversation between two characters and planned our own version of the story.

Science – we learnt that we need light in order to see and that the dark is the absence of light. We carried out an investigation to find out which surfaces reflect light.

DT – we evaluated existing shadow puppets to look at what made a good one.

In Maths, we will be learnt how to add numbers within 20 with and without bridging. We finished up the week by learning how to read, write and partition 3 digit numbers.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour! The children are so excited to begin their journey into learning a new language.  This half term our topic will be called “All About Me”.  This week, we have learnt how to say hello and my name is...  We have made a Bonjour crown as well.  Have a listen to this song with your child and listen out for the new vocabulary we have learnt today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQrLXaEOTg

Next week we will finish our crowns and learn a new song with actions. 

Next Week’s Learning – wb 11.9.2023

This week we will be completing some baseline assessments in reading, grammar and maths in order to see what your child can do well and their areas of support.

In science we will be using a mirror to reflect light and explain how mirrors work and understand that light from the sun can be dangerous and identify ways to protect our eyes.

Music - your child is learning to play the ukulele through the Sutton Music Service.

French - Bonjour! This week we practiced how to say bonjour and Je m’appelle… (my name is..)  We learnt this song with actions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej15Mp0Zjpw Next week we will be learning how to say how you are feeling.

Class Teacher Awards –

Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us.  These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!

This week we have chosen in Ash Class:

Liam and Arabella

This week we have chosen in Oak Class:

Bohr and Kylah

Well done to you all!

Messages for Parents – 8.9.2023

Reading –Please ensure that your child is reading everyday (this can be a school book, home book, magazine, comic or from the online Oxford Owl website) and recording their reading in their diary daily. The more exposure to the written word the better their writing becomes. They can read any book, it doesn’t always have to be a school given book. We want your child/children to develop a love of books and enjoy reading for pleasure. Try to make time to share a book together as part of your evening routine. Snuggle up in bed or on the sofa, if you have a great place to read then why not send a photo via the class email to show your child reading in their favourite place!

Please ensure you have completed at least 3 boxes in your reading diary every week, that you have read with an adult at home everyday and that it is signed by an adult at home at the end of the week, to ensure you are entered into the weekly reading raffle.

Please complete at least 20 minutes a week on Times Tables Rock Stars online. Try to ensure you are completing at least 1 ‘Soundcheck’ at home each week also.  (If you do not have access to TTRS on a device at home, please let your class teacher know and they will print off a paper copy for you to complete.  You will not need to hand this in) (use the log in for your chrome books which is in your reading diary).

Spellings – your spellings this week are the suffix ful, ness and ment. Please practise these at home, you do not need to hand these in. 

Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays, please note your child should come to school in their kit on these days. Please ensure long hair is tied back and earrings are removed. Your child may wear a plain white t-shirt, black shorts or black leggings/jogging bottoms. They should wear their school jumper/cardigan – no other sports top. They can wear trainers or plimsoles.

Find out more about the Rushy Meadow PTA

Come along to meet us at 8.45am on Monday 11 September!

As we begin the new school year the PTA are beginning to plan the events for this year following on from some great successes last year - including End of Term Discos, a Summer Picnic and a mufti day.

We’d like to give you the chance to come along and find out more about the PTA, who we are and how you could get involved (if you wanted to!). By coming along we promise you are not committing yourself to anything although we - and the school community - are grateful for any support you can offer!

As such we’d like to invite you along to a meeting on Monday 11 September at 8.45am (directly after drop off) at the school. Entry to the meeting will be via the office where you will be asked to sign in.

I appreciate this time may not work for everyone - please do let us know if this is the case via our PTA email (rushymeadowPTA@gmail.com) - and we can share more details directly.

We look forward to meeting you next week!

Thanks,

Kerry

Chair & Treasurer - RMPA PTA

Please use the class email to speak with us about any issues and continue to complete the daily assignment on MS Teams and send any work you would like to share via email. We do endeavour to put examples on the photo gallery of the blog.

Stay safe!

oakclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

ashclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com