This week in our English lessons we have continued to read The Butterfly Lion; following the adventures of Bertie and Millie as they leave school. The boys then began to think about the paths they might follow as they grow up; we challenged them to create an A-Z of jobs and then we began to think about the skills needed for individual ones. Mrs Owens gave a talk about her son who has recently joined the navy. We focused on education and training requirements including fitness as well as personal skills such as self organisation and punctuality, problem solving, ability to work as a part of a team and to listen and follow orders.

Next week the boys have been asked to bring in some research about a job they are interested in. They will share their knowledge with the class and then we will use their work to create a careers book for each class library. The boys will continue to solve word problems.

In Maths, the boys have continued to develop their knowledge of fractions and understanding of word problems.

In RE, we have thought about our personality traits; are we the same at home and at school?

In  Geography, the boys have created floor plans of their bedrooms, taking care to think about scale and layout.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Penworthy’s bungalow is decorated completely with her favourite colour – purple. She has purple walls, purple furniture and purple carpets. Why does she not have purple stairs?

 

 

 

 

What occurs once in a minute, once in a second, once in a month and once in a century but not at all in a year, an hour or a week?

 

 

 

Congratulations to all the boys that took part in last night’s Junior Concert. All the boys performed so well and the atmosphere was amazing!

This week we have continued to read The Butterfly Lion and have now completed Chapter 7. We have learnt how to use apostrophes to show possession.

In Maths we have looked at fractions of shape and number.

Next week we will continue reading Chapter 8 and 9 of The Butterfly Lion. In Maths we will continue to look at fractions and problem solving.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

During our focus this week on Remembrance Day the boys have created their medals of honour.

This morning the boys commemorated Remembrance Day in a special assembly. We listened to the Last Post and we observed a minute silence at 11.00am.

In English and R.E. this week we have focused on Remembrance Day and the boys have written Acrostic Poems and posters detailing the history behind this day.

In Maths we have continued working on multiplication and we have moved on to the formal method. Next week we will be focusing on fractions; beginning with fractions of whole numbers.

Rehearsals are underway for the Junior Concert which will be held next Thursday and we look forward to seeing many of you there.

Have a wonderful weekend!

It was wonderful to speak with so many parents last night. Here is a list of recommended books which was compiled by previous Year 3 boys.

Roald Dahl:

Esio Trott, The Enormous Crocodile, James and the

Giant Peach, The BFG, The Twits, The Magic Finger

 

David Walliams:

Mr Stink

Awful Auntie

Ratburger

Gangsta Granny

The Boy in the Dress

 

Michael Morpurgo

Wartman

Tom’s Sausage Lion

A Medal for Leroy

The Butterfly Lion

The Black Queen

 

Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon, How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword

 

J K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

 

 

Jeff Kinney

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books particularly The Long Haul

 

Enid Blyton

Famous Five Series

The Secret Seven Adventures

 

Various other authors

The Worst Witch by Judy Brown

 

Stig of the Dump

Tom Gates Everything’s Amazing

 

Beast Quest Series

 

Charlotte’s Web by E B White

 

A Shakespeare Story: The Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet,

Julius Caesar by Andrew Mathew

 

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

 

Harry Hammer – Shark School by Davy Ocean

 

The Man who Wore All His Clothes

 

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, The Deadly Race to Space Russia

 

 

Space Hunt

The Berenstain Bears Series particularly Trouble with Commercials

and  Visit the Dentist

 

Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 

A Series of Unfortunate Events

 

I wonder which one of these books will become a favourite read?

 

 

 

We hope you had restful half term holiday. The boys have been working very hard this week.

In Maths we have looked at how we can multiply 2 or more digits by 2 or more digits. We have partitioned numbers and used the grid method to help us solve the problems. We have begun to look at the formal method of multiplication in readiness for more work on this concept next week.

In Science we have begun out topic focus which is teeth. This week we have looked at animal teeth.

Our English focus has been writing about our visit to the Verulamium before half term. Next week we will be focusing on Remembrance both in our English and R.E. lessons.

 

Have a great weekend!