Welcome to Blackfriars Bridge Class
Welcome to the new academic year. We would like to welcome you and your child to Year 3.
The year 3 team consists of:
Miss Danzey - Class Teacher
Mrs Preston - Teaching Assistant
Recommended reading books for Year 3:
Best Books for Year 3 | Ages 7-8 | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 7 and 8 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Here is a break down of what we will be covering in Blackfriars this week:
Maths– We will be continuing to work on fractions of amounts and equivalent fractions and moving on to recognising tenths.
English– We will be beginning some work on performance poetry, starting with a look at Roald Dahl’s The Pig.
Reading– We will continue to enjoy our class story The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher and we will continue Guided Reading sessions in small groups.
PE– We will be continuing Groovy Gymnastics, focusing on jumping, rolling and balancing and also beginning to play invasion games.
Topic– We will be continuing our topic Active Planet and thinking about the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and putting together a musical composition.
Art-We will be thinking about colour mixing and using this to design Jackson Pollock style volcano paintings.
RE– We will be thinking about Lent and moving on to a series of lessons about Easter.
Successes
Well done to William and Simone who received merits this week!
Well done to the blue tables who is in the lead in our table points competition for this half term!
Additional information
Homework this week is reading, Mathletics, Spellodrome, continuing to learn times tables and a worksheet practising the homophones their, there and they’re.
For Red Nose Day on Friday 24th March, Blackfriars will be holding a cake sale after school. Any parents wishing to bake or help, please speak to Zoe Henry who has kindly organised this. We aim to raise at least £30!
Here is a break down of what we will be covering in Blackfriars this week:
Maths– We will be beginning to work on fractions of shapes and amounts and equivalent fractions.
English– We will be writing a letter as a character from our book, Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit, and will be describing the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii to the archaeologist from one of our first books Stone Age Boy.
Reading– We will continue to enjoy our class story The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher and we will continue Guided Reading sessions in small groups.
PE– We will be continuing Groovy Gymnastics, focusing on jumping, rolling and balancing and also beginning to play invasion games.
Topic– We will be continuing our topic Active Planet and thinking about the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and putting together a musical composition.
Art-We will be thinking about colour mixing and using this to design Jackson Pollock style volcano paintings.
RE– We will be thinking about Lent and moving on to a series of lessons about Easter.
Successes
Well done to Leon, Chanyiah and Threse who received merits this week!
Well done to the Purple and blue tables who have got off to an early lead in our table points competition for this half term!
Additional information
Homework this week is reading, Mathletics, Spellodrome, continuing to learn times tables and a worksheet practising number bonds.