Week beginning 28.11.16

November 28, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

This will be another busy week for P3 as we continue with our preparations for the Christmas concert. Please practice any words to be read and song words at home.

Our class assembly went well last week and the children all enjoyed it. Have a look at our photos below.

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday. Thursday’s book will not be read in school, but can be read at home. We have another visit to Kincorth library booked for our reading time on Thursday.

Big Maths

Maths

C – Core numbers to 20

L – 7+4=11, 8+4=12, 9+4=13 and 8+3=11, 9+3=12

I – Doubling 2 digit numbers

C – Multiplication by repeated addition

Our focus for other maths work this week is multiplication again.

French – This week we will revise the colours.

blue – bleu

green – vert

red – rouge

yellow – jaune

purple – violet

pink – rose

grey – gris

black – noir

white – blanc

orange – orange

brown – marron

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is y=ie. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

Topic – Most of our topic time was spent practicing for our assembly.

Pupil of the Week – 25.11.16

November 25, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

This week’s pupil of the week is Andrew. He did some excellent reading in our assembly. Well done Andrew.

Week beginning 21.11.16

November 21, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

This will be a busy week for P3 as we will be getting prepared for our class assembly on Friday and preparations are also underway for the Christmas concert. The children all have a copy of the song words home with them.

Much of our work this week will be assembly related, involving reading, talking, listening, art work and sharing what we have learned about the Ancient Egyptians.

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday. These will not be read in school this week but can be read at home.

Big Maths

Maths

C – Counting in 100s

L – 7+4=11, 8+4=12, 9+4=13 and 8+3=11, 9+3=12

I – Doubling 2 digit multiples of 10 60+60=120

C – Subtraction take a multiple of 10 from a multiple of 10

Our focus for other maths work this week is multiplication again.

French – This week we will revise greetings and replying to the question

How are you? Ca va?

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is igh. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

Topic – Last week the children were busy finishing their falcon necklaces to wear for our assembly. We also started to make Pharaoh headdresses.

Pupil of the Week – 17.11.16

November 17, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

Well done to Morgan, our pupil of the week. He has been doing some excellent multiplying in maths.

Week Beginning 14.11.16

November 11, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

Remember this is a 4 day week for the children. Friday is an in-service day.

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Big Maths

Maths

C – Squiggleworth partition a 2 digit number 45 = 40 and 5

L – 7+4=11, 8+4=12, 9+4=13 and 2 new ones 8+3=11, 9+3=12

I – Adding tens 30+40=70

C – Calculations – adding 10 to any 2 digit number

Our focus for other maths work this week is multiplication.

French – This week we will revise the different types of weather and answer the question –

Quel temps fait-il? What is the weather like?

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is ie. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Thursday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

mummification

Topic – Last week the children found out about mummification. We found out that different organs from the body were put in canopic jars, each with a different head.

canopic-jars

We also started to make Ancient Egyptian necklaces with a falcon – the sun god Ra.

We used a painted paper plate for the wings, then stuck on straws for decoration.

Pupil of the Week – 11.11.16

November 11, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

Our pupil of the week is Abi. She has been a really good helper and has been organising, sorting and tidying the classroom. Well done Abi.

Week Beginning 7.11.16

November 4, 2016 Mrs Callum Leave a comment

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Big Maths

Maths

C – Number to 20 comparing, ordering

L – 7+4=11, 8+4=12, 9+4=13

I – Jigsaw numbers to 10 (number facts to 10)

C – Calculations – division by grouping in 2s, 5s or 10s

right-angle

Our focus for other maths work this week is to finish off our work on grid references and coordinates. Then we will move on to angles, thinking about right angles, and comparing sizes of an angle to these.

French – This week we will continue to learn about the months.

January janvier

February fevrier

March mars

April avril

May mai

June juin

July juillet

August aout

September septembre

October octobre

November novembre

December decembre

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is ea. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

Topic – Last week the children worked in their groups to build a pyramid out of sugar cubes.