The children enjoyed a Team challenge this week.
They were asked to work together to find;
- The total weight of the team
- The total height in centimetres of their team
- And the total age in months
We also focused on speed in answering mental maths
problems and we looked at different strategies to add two numbers together
Literacy
The full day but light snowfall on
Monday inspired a snowy theme to our focus on writing instructions. The
children ‘followed’ instructions on ‘how to make a snowflake’ and we were able
to discuss the need for the instructions to be clear and with on order [inserting
bullet points or numbers]. We wrote instructions on ‘How to build a snowman’.
The children’s Big Write [ also writing instructions] benefitted and we have a
good standard of work which is really pleasing. Our ‘Big Talk this week was
about being thankful which tied in with celebrating thanksgiving – see below.
Other
Thanksgiving as a celebration was discussed
at our Key Stage 2 assembly on Monday morning. The children watched a short
video informing us of this tradition and its origins. The school celebrated with
a special meal on Thursday and we made “chocolate turkeys”, [which was also an
opportunity to follow instructions].
Tomorrow is
the Christmas Fair, so it would be great to see as many families as possible attending.
The PTA has worked hard towards this annual event, so let us take this
opportunity to thank all of those special mums and dads who have helped
organise and to those who will help out in the stalls tomorrow.
The children have created drawings of
dinosaur which have magically been scanned, reduced and made into a ‘matching’
game ready for the Year 3 stall at the Christmas Fair – please be sure to see
for yourself.
Clubs
A reminder
that after school clubs have ended, unless you have been notified by the club
coordinator.
Swimming
Swimming has now ended for Year 3
Sahara. Next week the children will attend Aikido.
Year 3 Sahara class assembly
Photographs of the Year 3 Sahara
class assembly are available for you to see and order.
Thank you for all the positive
feed-back and comments.
Happy weekend to you
all
Glenda Hughes &
Richard Smith
