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Week Beginning 5.12.16

This week we have our open afternoon on Wednesday from 3-4pm. Come into the class and let your child show you their work and wall displays. We have been busy making some Christmas decorations to sell too.
Christmas lunch for the children is on Thursday this week. 

reading

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

 

Big Maths

Maths

C – Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s

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

–  Halving

C – Division by grouping in 2s, 5s and 10s

 

Our focus for other maths work this week is division.

 

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French – This week we will revise the numbers to 20.

un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix,

onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit,

dix-neuf, vingt.

 

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is oa. 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.

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Topic – Our Egyptian topic is still carrying on but some of our topic time is now being taken up with Christmas rehearsals. Last week the children were finishing off lots of their topic work and putting together an Ancient Egypt dictionary to help them remember the meanings of some of the words we have been finding out about.

 

Week beginning 28.11.16

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

–  Doubling 2 digit numbers

C – Multiplication by repeated addition

 

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

 

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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.

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Week beginning 21.11.16

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

–  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.

 

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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.

 

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

 

Week Beginning 14.11.16

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

–  Adding tens 30+40=70

C – Calculations –  adding 10 to any 2 digit number

 

Our focus for other maths work this week is multiplication.

 

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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.

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

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