Year 3 Star Writers

Our Year 3 children have been working very hard to write their own playscripts. The children have been reading a play called 'A Tune of Lies' and have had a lot of opportunities to act out parts of the play. They then had the chance to write an alternative ending to the play. It was very important that the dialogue between characters was clear and that there were stage directions to show characters' feelings and actions.

Sofia Raif and Ethan Himuyandi wrote brilliant playscripts! What brilliant writers you are! You have ensured that your stage directions are very clear to show your characters' emotions.

Sequoia's Sharing Assembly

Well done to Sequoia class today for sharing some of what they have learnt this term in their class assembly. It can be incredibly nerve wracking standing up in front of such a large room of people to speak, but Sequoia read their lines clearly and with confidence!

Thank you to all of the family members and friends that were able to make it, your continued support is appreciated!

Great job, Sequoia. You should all be very proud of yourselves! 

Instructional Texts in Year 3

This week, Year 3 have started their new non-fiction unit where they have been working towards writing their own set of instructions on how to capture a dragon!

Today, they focussed on the features of instructional texts, particularly on the importance of laying the instructions out clearly so that they are easy for the reader to follow. To demonstrate just how important this is, the children attempted to make a simple dog by folding paper. However, it wasn't as easy as they first thought as their instructions were given to them all at once and were not very clear at all! There was silence across Year 3 with an array of perplexed faces.

"We didn't really have a clue what to do! We thought Miss Rooney must be joking!" Ethan, Sequoia

"There was no way that we were going to be able to make the dog without more help!" Jaydon, Hazel

Thankfully, the Year 3 teachers had the real instructions up their sleeves all along! The children were then able to follow the instructions and make the dog with no problems.

After the children reflected, they realised just how important it is for instructions to be written step-by-step so that they can be followed easily!

"It was so much easier with the clear instructions. There were even diagrams which really helped!" Georgie,  Sequoia 

Resourceful mathematicians in year 3!

Today, the children in Sequoia and Hazel were being particularly resourcing by using their whiteboards to help draw out their fraction problems. They were able to create their own visual aid to ensure they reached the correct answer!

"I found it so much easier when I could draw out the question, I ended up getting all of the, right!" Megan, Sequoia 

"It helped me understand exactly what finding fractions of amounts means. I feel like I understand it a lot better now." Summer-Roae, Hazel 

Great job, year 3! I wonder if you can show everyone at home how to find fractions of amounts!

Year 3 Spellings - w/c: 21.11.16

Below are the Year 3 spellings for this week.

Please remind your children to look, say, cover and then write. By covering and then writing the spellings, the children will memorise and learn them much better :)

Year 4 Spellings Week Commecing 21.11.16

Please find the Y4 spellings lists for week commencing 21.11.16 below.

A	B	C	D
experimental	experimental	experimental
constructive	dipped	plan	just
destructive	chipped	plot	like
collective	clipped	plus	look
tentative	shipped	plug	made
preventative	nipped	plod	make
interrelate	interrelate	interrelate	skid
intercity	intercity	intercity	skill
intermediate	intermediate	intermediate	skull
interstellar	interstellar	interstellar	skip
interim	interim	interim	skin
endangered	endangered	endangered
deforestation	deforestation	deforestation
conservation	conservation	conservation
protected	protected	protected
species	species	species
caffeine	caffeine	caffeine
reaction	reaction	reaction
placebo	placebo	placebo
alertness	alertness	alertness
control	control	control

Caydon takes on the learning challenge!

Truly excelling, Caydon has produced some wonderful work at home based on rainforests. As always, Caydon's presentation was beautiful. However, he has also made links to current learning in topic, exploring the layers of the rainforest. Caydon identified what exactly the rainforest was made up of and startled me with the fact that 'bamboo plants in the rainforest can grow up to 6 inches a day!' He also revealed marvellous facts on the greatest rainforest of all... The amazon! Not only is it admirable to see you carrying out extra work at home Caydon, but you are also educating myself!