HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Week Beginning - 13.01.2025
Welcome back Year 3! It was lovely to have you back and hear all about your half terms!
Important Dates/Information:
PE - Now Mondays and Tuesdays
Homework - Due in on the 22.01.2025
Weekly Review
Maths:
This week, we learned several methods to add two 3-digit numbers. At the beginning of the week, we learned how to use the partitioning method. We did this by partitioning the addends before adding the hundreds, the tens and the ones to find the final answer. We then learned how to use a number line to add numbers. When adding 15 to 39, we would add 40 (the nearest multiple of ten to 29) to 15 and subtract 1 to make 44. We also learned how to use the redistribution method. To add 71 to 19 we would subtract one from 71 to make 70 and add 1 to 19 make. To finish, we needed to add 70 to 20 to make 90.
English:
In English, we continued reading our new text, ‘The Proudest Blue’ by Ibtihaj Muhammad, which surrounds themes of support, bravery and courage. We started on the ‘Sentence Stacking’ phase so children rewrote the example to suit their own story. We focused on direct speech, similes, proper nouns and commas. When using direct speech, we focused on adding missing inverted commas to sentences. When using commas, we ensure that we use them when creating lists, after fronted adverbials and when using expanded noun phrases.
Science
To start our new topic, ‘Amazing Bodies’, we looked at how truly amazing our bodies are and what we can do. The children came up with excellent ideas such as being able to walk tightropes, hiking Mount Everest and performing somersaults. We then pretended to be stranded on an island and what problems we would face. As a class, we agreed that the most important elements that we would need to survive would be water, food, heat/warmth, shelter and medicine. To finish, we thought of ways to overcome these problems i.e. To get food, we would have to fish, forage or hunt.
3D - Highlight of the Week
In Religious Education, our task was to design our own symbol to promote World Religion Day and raise awareness of working together to make the world a better place.
Neina's work.
Arabella's work.
Certificates
-Values -
3D - .Well done Neina for being so determined and by never giving up during our Maths lessons.
3A - Well done Zekeriya
-Curriculum-
3D - Congratulations Akylus for working incredibly hard during his phonics sessions which has had such a positive impact on his reading
3A - Well done Kai'ro
Times Tables Rock Stars
Every week, a battle between 3D and 3A has been set. The winning team will earn themselves 10 minutes of extra play on Friday.
The winning class this week is... Congratulations.
National Multiplication Tables Check
The multiplication tables check (MTC) is statutory for all Year 4 pupils in England.
The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.
The following website is a great tool to help children get used to the layout and timings of the test: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
To find out more, about the MTC, click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multiplication-tables-check
Rights Respecting School
We are a Rights Respecting School and we believe every child, young person and the school community should learn about children’s rights, putting them into practice every day. We hope that this will have a positive impact on children's lives by making:
-Children healthier and happier
-Children feel safe
-Children have better relationships
-Children become active and involved in school life and the wider world
Contact:
If you need to contact us about anything, please speak to us in person at the end of the school day or email us directly to:
Mr Downey - mdowney@ravenstoneprimary.org.uk
Miss Ahmad - aahmad@ravenstoneprimary.org.uk