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ONLINE / REMOTE LEARNING - 04/01/21
We will be posting information about online learning here later in the week.
BLOG POST 13 - 18/12/20
Well, what another fantastic half term this has
been. We are so proud of every single child in Class 3 and their
amazing efforts. They have made amazing progress and always try
their very best.
The children are still so excited about our
Winter Wonderland last week -Iit was the best day to end
2020.
This week our festivities have continued with an
exciting class party and delicious Christmas dinner. As you can see
from the photos there were smiles all round.
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas enjoying
lots of time with your gorgeous children and
families.
Sending you all our love, prayers and best wishes
for a happy and healthy new year.
BLOG POST 12 - 04/12/20
This week has been our first full week of Advent. The children have been reflecting on the real meaning of Christmas. They have enjoyed this reflection by using our class Advent calendars given to us by Father Des. Please remember to use these at home with your families too.
RE
In RE this week we have made a
‘Jesse tree’, a big thank you to Mr Watts for his handy work yet
again. The children researched the Old Testament to find their
favourite stories that lead to Jesus’ birth. They have then made
decorative ornaments to represent this story and for every new day
during Advent we will chose an ornament and read the story
together.
This week we have also started our
travelling crib. As we are not able to send these home this year
the children are taking it in turns to have the travelling cribs on
their desks. We look forward to sharing with you some of the
children’s prayers they have written.
PE
Unfortunately for Thursday’s PE
lesson it was raining but thanks to Mrs Burgin the children still
had such a fun, energetic lesson learning dance routines, there
were lots of very red, smiling faces. A big well done to Molly for
ALWAYS standing out in PE lessons as a shining
example.
Literacy
We have just started a new book
this week called ‘Coming Home’ by Michael Morpurgo. It is a poetry
book about a Robin’s journey back to spend Christmas with his loved
one. You can search for this on you tube. So far the children have
only read the first few pages on the book but performed such
amazing drama using intonation and expression when reading aloud. A
special mention to our class expert, Christopher.
Maths
This week we have learnt all
about fractions. The children have enjoyed hands on lessons such as
making fractions strips and using multilink cubes to compare
amounts.
Santa
Dash
Well we could not believe it.
The magic of Christmas well and truly made an appearance for our
‘Santa Dash’ at St Gerard’s when it started to snow. This made it
all the more special. Well done to every child for running their
socks off, even in the snow and making it such an enjoyable
day.
BLOG POST 11 - 27/11/20
Literacy
This week we have been spending
a lot of time writing a newspaper report about the Big
Dig.
It has been a wonderful reminder of a fabulous day and has inspired some beautiful writing. Please remember to have a look at the special Big Dig Day page for more photographs.
Maths
We have been challenging
ourselves with formal calculation methods this week, starting with
expanded column addition.
It has been a little tricky but we love a challenge in Class 3 and we are all starting to understand what we need to do. If you would like some more details about calculation methods please send an email to class3@stgerardsprimary.org
Science
This week we have been analysing
and experimenting with different soils. We have looked at how soil
separates in to small particles, seeds, plant matter and
sand.
The children have made really
detailed, careful observations. It has been interesting comparing
soils from different places and we all look forward to more
interesting experiments as we move onto our next topic- all about
the human body.
PE
PE is starting to get a little
cold as we continue to work on our “High Five” (netball) and
fitness skills. Please remember to send your child in a warm PE on
Mondays and Thursdays.
This week we have also relaunched mile a day. It is good to see the children really challenging themselves to achieve more each day. The children should have also brought home their application forms for playground leaders ready for interviews next week. Please encourage them to think about why they might want to help other children play different games on the playground.
RE
We have been reflecting on how
the sacraments of Baptism and Reconciliation make God’s love
visible for us all. We have thought about how important it is to
say and to use your mistakes to be even better in the future,
always remembering the God loves us and will forgive
us.
Freddie was a wonderful example to us all of
how to show God’s love through prayer and even won a Headteacher
award for leading a beautiful prayer in assembly this
morning.
Awards
This week’s Jasmine is our
Golden Star for always working enthusiastically and inspiring
others to do the same and Conor has won our Achievement Award for a
huge improvement in his writing.
This week has seen our first
ever Sport Superstar Award has gone to Oliver P who has really
shown determination to improve in PE and again has helped others to
do the same. Well done everyone – we are all so proud of
you.
Thank you Class 3 for all your
hard work, don’t worry we will make sure that Father Des and Santa
know!
Keep up the good work.
Mrs Hudson, Miss Mountain and
Mrs Wood.
BLOG POST 10 - 20/11/20
BLOG POST 9 - 13/11/20
This week has been all about the Big Dig. I will never forget the atmosphere in the classroom on Thursday morning as the children arrived with bags of spare clothes and muddy wellies... as well as the biggest smiles I have ever seen!
Throughout the day the children
took part in lots of exciting activities such as: making shields,
creating mosaics, making their own ‘knucklebones’ game and lots
more.
The main event for everyone was going out onto the field with Mr Watts to take part in an archaeological dig. This definitely didn’t disappoint! We found some amazing little treasures, which we cannot wait to find out more about. After our digging we were warmed up by Mrs Jenkinson’s hot chocolate and cookies - such a treat to warm us up!
In the afternoon the children were
welcomed back to class with more surprises. Mrs Hudson had managed
to get in contact with the School Library Service to loan us some
very special replica Roman memorabilia! The
children loved trying on the helmet and carrying the VERY large
shield. We struggled to see some children hiding behind this…
Florence (hehe)!
We finished our day with a
delicious Roman feast organised by Mrs Wood. Along with the
children, she had made some traditional Roman bread to eat - as
well as olives, olive oil and grapes.
It was such a fantastic day in
Class 3 and hearing the children leave school saying they had had
the "best day ever” made it even more special.
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BLOG POST 8 - 06/11/20
Well what a short but fantastic first week back that was! The children have (yet again) blown us away... They are so happy and enthusiastic about coming to school. Even at break times the children have been wanting to stay and chat to us about what they have been up to at home during half term.
Literacy:
This week the children have been amazing. We have
started reading ‘Escape from Pompeii’ which is a really exciting
story about a boy called Tranio and what he did when Mount Vesuvias
erupted in AD 79.
All the children have given 100% and are really keen to learn more and more every day. They have particularly enjoyed our drama - acting out the busy, bustling streets of Pompeii and also ‘hot seating’ as main characters. We will continue with this next week to write a diary.
I know, from speaking with lots of
you today, that you would like more advice and ideas for you to
help your child at home with their writing. I would suggest
taking a look at the Oak Academy Trust website and try some
of the short grammar lessons.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-3
Maths:
In our Maths this week we have been using our
number bonds up to 10 to find two numbers that add to
100.
For example:
We know that 4 + 6 = 10, So 40 + 60 = 100, and then 41 + 59 = 100.
See if your child can show you
this method at home too.
Science:
In our science this week we started our
experiments using rocks. We worked in groups to sort the rocks from
softest to hardest.
RE:
We have come to the end of our second topic now
for RE, and it has been such a lovely topic. I have learnt so much
about your children as they have been comparing the promises and
commitments they make to the promises made at a
Baptism.
The children also loved choreographing a dance to ‘This little light of mine’ and the girls and boys even battled it out for the best dance group!
We finished with a reflection led by the
children. They were responsible for choosing the scripture, our
response, the mission and setting the scene. Mrs Wood was
particularly impressed with this and how mature the children
acted.
Parents
Meetings
We would just like to say a massive thank you to
you all for such wonderful parents ‘video’ meetings. It was so nice
to catch up with you all and share what we love about your children
and how they are progressing at school. We really do appreciate the
support from you all.
BIG
DIG
It’s finally here… Big Dig day! The children (and
us) are bursting with excitement about our big dig on Thursday 12th
November- who knows what we might find?
The children will need to come to
school dressed appropriately for the outdoors, so wellies or old
trainers and coats please.
Could the children please bring in spare clothes
to change into to as we will probably get a bit
muddy.
BLOG POST 7 -23/10/20
We’ve made it, the last day
of the first half term! The children have worked so hard every
single day in school so its no wonder they are all feeling pretty
tired. Please make sure you all get a good rest and enjoy lots of
family time this week.
RE
During our RE lessons this week
we have continued our work on ‘Promises’ with a focus on the
sacrament of Baptism.
The children learnt about the responsibilities of a child’s Parents and Godparents during a Baptism and how they are to prepare for their special role in a child’s life.
The children compared this to their own promises they have made, for example, Molly talked about the promises she has made to her Martial Arts club and the same with Oliver P and Conor with their football clubs.
Literacy
We have linked our topic work on
the Romans and our Literacy together this week to write a non
chronological report. The children have researched all about the
Romans and we have used that information to produce some really
impressive writing. At home you could continue your child’s
learning about the Romans, BBC bitesize have some really fab short
videos to watch.
Maths
This week we have learnt all
about 3D shapes and their properties. The children loved the fun,
practical lessons building shapes and describing them. The children
produced that many shapes that our classroom was taken over by
shapes everywhere!
Again, at home you could explore everyday
objects and encourage your child to take about the sides, edges and
vertices. We have also updated some lessons onto ‘My Maths’ and we
have checked that everyone can log into this now.
Fun Run
Thursday was such a fantastic
day. We have definitely finished this half term on a high. In
Freddie’s own words “it’s been the best day ever in school!” We
were all super impressed by the children, their behaviour,
sportsmanship and their fitness, a big well done to all Class 3 for
this. Keep this up!
Black
History
A while ago in Class 3 we talked
about Black History and the children decided themselves that they
would research a famous black person at home. Some of these have
come back and they are amazing. Well done to Florence, Jasmine,
Ffion and Oliver P. these are now on display in school for everyone
to see.
Parents
meetings
Please remember to send in your
parents meeting slips back and add Class 3’s Facebook messenger to
enable us to do your video call.
Stay safe and happy and enjoy a
good rest.
God Bless.
Class 3
Team.
Spellings
BLOG POST 6 - 16/10/20
This week has been assessment week for us in
Class 3. The children have worked tremendously hard and have
demonstrated to us just how resilient they are. They definitely
deserve a BIG rest this weekend.
RE
The highlight of our week has been Our Child-led
Collective Worship. This is where the children are responsible for
leading our worship in class. The children were amazing and I am
sure their skills will continue to improve. It was so delightful
and the children have proven once again what amazing St Gerard’s
children they are, following in Jesus’ footsteps.
We are now learning about Promises
with a focus on ‘Baptism’. As we have asked with our last topic we
would love to involve you at home. If the children have anything
special that they can bring in to share with us from their Baptism
or anyone else in your family we would really appreciate it. The
children love to share their own special experiences and we love to
hear them too!
We are extremely proud to announce
our new GIFT (Growing In Faith Together) member Freddie; he will be
joining the dedicated Ffion and we really value how hard they work
throughout the year.
Literacy &
Topic
As part of our Romans topic we have been
researching what life was really like for the Romans. We are
beginning to turn our research into non-chronological reports. The
children are so engaged with this topic, they seem to love anything
pretty disgusting like how the Romans went to the toilet! You could
ask them to share with you at home what they have already found out
and find out new information together. Here is the link to BBC
Bitesize, where you can watch short videos together.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/search?q=the+romans
Maths
In our Maths lessons this week as well as completing assessments we
have been working on our Maths Mats. We are going to send a copy
home with the children for half term. These are targets for
children to work on - quick refreshers that children can continue
to recap and practice.
Please don’t forget to help your children log into ‘My Maths’, we
have updated this with new activities for your child to complete at
home, if you are having trouble getting started with this please
let us know.
BLOG POST 5 -09/10/20
Well, what another wonderful week in our class.
I really can’t believe how
fast these weeks are flying by and how much the children are
managing to achieve. This week we have really noticed how much
effort is being put in by every child - especially in writing...We
have done so much of it!
Maths
This week in Maths we have been
learning how to tell the time.
This is a really tricky area but the children have given it 100%.
First, we looked at different ways to tell the time focusing on analogue and digital clocks. Then we went onto using the correct vocabulary involved in telling the time such as quarter to, twenty five past etc and even written these as matching times. You can do lots and lots of this practically at home which will really help your child.
A really big well done and
special mention to Conor and Alex. You have really stood out for
being fantastic mathematicians this week.
Literacy
In Literacy this week we have
worked so hard writing our instructions for making a ‘Monster
Pizza’- Gosh these were disgusting.
The children worked really well, especially on using ‘wow’ vocabulary including nauseating, rancid and inedible. We are now continuing the monster theme where we are starting to plan our own monster stories.
To get our imaginations going we have watched a short clip of a monster film, as you can imagine the children were so engrossed and this got their sparks flying.
This is the link for you to
watch it with your child at home too,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLAoOkG5gY. You can use short
films like this at home to help your children make up and write
their own stories. We would love to see this so please send us a
picture on Class 3’s email.
RE
We had a lovely afternoon
learning about God’s commandment ‘Love one another as I have loved
you’. We used this to make our own recipes for a ‘Happy
Family’.
French
Mrs Wood has started to teach
the children French, what a brilliant life skill. The children can
now say some phrases such as; my name is… how are you? Maybe they
could teach you at home and it would be lovely to learn some of
your first languages too as these are so important. You could even
send us a little video to show the children.
Shoe Box Appeal
Friday was extremely exciting
but also quite emotional. Today we learnt about how much our shoe
boxes really mean for the children all around the world who are in
desperate need of toys, toiletries and most of all our love and
prayers. Your children have shown what amazingly kind hearts they
have and you should all be so proud.
We hope you have a lovely
weekend.
Video Link
"Monsterbox" clip - external link
Resources
BLOG POST 4 - 02/10/20
Well done on another delightful week Class 3. We have been blown away by your excellent behaviour and attitudes to learning again this week. It was so lovely coming into school on Wednesday and seeing your learning come to life in the hall on such a wonderful display.
Maths
This week children have been continuing to learn
their times table, with a mixture of 3 times, 4 times and 6 times
tables. Some children can confidently stand up alone and share
these to the class which is fantastic!
At home keep getting your child logging in onto TT Rockstars to continue this learning at home.
Please remember that your child still has access to Abacus through www.activelearnprimary.co.uk where we have added games to practise our learning. We will remind the children in school how to log in school next week but please let us know if you are having any problems.
Literacy
This weeks Literacy has been focusing on
instructions to make a ‘Monster Pizza’ with interesting adverbs,
verbs and adjectives. The children have been so creative thinking
disgusting ingredients- it was enough to put us off our lunch! We
will continue this through next week where we aim to write
instructions and even an invitation for a ‘Monster Pizza Party’.
This unit of work is on the Oak Academy website so if you are at
home you can follow these lessons.
Science
Today we have started our topic on ‘Rocks’. We
have been exploring different types of rocks and talking about
their properties. The children had lots to say, and were
particularly good at talking about the different types of rocks
they have seen on holidays with family and friend. Liam was very
excited telling us about the rocks he has found at
Scarborough.
Reading
We have just finished our first class novel, ‘The
Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’, it is such a lovely and calm time
of the day where all the children are sat completely engrossed in
the same story. Please make time together at home to enjoy reading
with your child as it really does encourage your child to
flourish.
And just a reminder that all
children need to bring their reading books into school
everyday.
Let’s
celebrate…
As I am sure you will have read on the
newsletter, Christopher won the Certificate of Acheivement for his
wonderful leaflet about how to Look after our Planet and Oliver was
our Golden Star of the week for always being a wonderful example of
a St Gerard’s Boy.
Welll done Christopher and Oliver – keep up the
good work.
BLOG POST 3 - 25/09/20
Hello Class
3
Thank you to all the class for
another wonderful week in school. The children have enjoyed working
in their table groups and have really settled well into our school
routines. Just a little reminder that the children will need to
bring their reading books to and from school everyday - This is so
that we can read with your child at every opportunity.
LITERACY
In Literacy we have finished our
work about the book ‘Here We Are’. Mrs. Hudson and I have loved
teaching this unit and the children have achieved so much. We will
post a photograph of our display in the hall as soon as it’s
finished too. We have been so impressed with the persuasive
leaflets about the positive effects of lockdown that the children
have produced. The realy do show just how caring this class really
are and how much concern they have for our world.
MATHS
In Maths we began our unit of
work on times tables. This week we have focussed on the 4 times
tables, and next week we will be beginning work on our 3’s and
6’s.
All children have been giiven their "TT Rockstars" login details - this is an ideal way to help children learn their multiplications and we know that the children LOVE it!
We currently have a challenge set up against Class 4 and I am really eager to win. Come on everyone, we can do this!
RE
In RE we looked at the Millais’ Carpenter’s Shop picture. The children were great at drama and acting the different people from the photo. From this we discovered how we can follow Mary’s example of living as a happy, caring family.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we will see you all next week.
Miss Mountain, Mrs Hudson & Mrs Wood
BLOG POST 2 - 18/09/20
A Wonderful Week
This week, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Wood, I and all children have been extremely busy. We are so proud of all the children for working hard and showing exceptional behaviour. We have started our class reward ‘Gem Jar’ which already has quite a few gems in.
Literacy
In literacy this week we have continued reading ‘Here We Are’, which is all about the world we live in. We have reinvented the song ‘What a Wonderful World’ creating our own powerful poems. We have also begun created leaflets about looking after our environment. I was so impressed with how the children discussed the positive impacts that lockdown had on our environment. I definitely recommend watching some of the news reports on YouTube with your children.
Maths
We have really looked at two areas this week. The first was place value, where we read and solved problems 3-digit numbers. The next thing was adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers. We taught this using hundred squares, where we counted in 10’s and used our prior knowledge of number facts.
The children love TT Rockstars and now have their login and passwords. Log them in at home and get them doing their times tables.
RE
Our RE focus is ‘Family’. Thank you to those children that have brought in photographs from home, they will look lovely displayed in our classroom- If anyone else can send a photograph in from home that would be great. This week the children have been writing rules for home showing love and respect for one another, following in God’s footsteps. We would love to hear of anyone at home been extra caring, loving and respectful to their families.
Spellings
We will be starting to give out spellings on Monday so please make sure your child brings them home. If you could spend 10 minutes each night practising them it will be really beneficial. Spelling tests will be on a Friday.
PE
We are pleased to announce our new Sports Leaders. These are Molly and Charlie.
We Hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy some family time.
BLOG POST 1 - 11/09/20
Welcome Back Class 3
Welcome to Class 3’s blog, here we will be sharing some of our highlights from our week at school.
First of all, we want to say a massive well done to all the children for starting back to school full of beans and hungry to learn.
In Math’s this week we have been learning about Number Bonds. You can challenge your children at home and see who is the fastest at reciting these- good luck!
Our Literacy this week has been based around a book called “Here We Are” -it’s a really lovely story and is so fitting to settling back at school now after having such a long time away. We look forward to doing lots more work with this next week.
PE
As you know we are asking that children come to school in their PE kits on the days they are having PE. Our PE days are Mondays and Thursdays.
We have started our RE topic on ‘Homes’ this week. We enjoyed reflecting about our own families in the prayer garden and talked about God’s relationship with us as our Father. It would be lovely if you could send in a family photograph for us to display so each family is present is our class.
A wonderful first week back!
If you have anything you would like to talk to us about please see us on the playground before and after school or phone the school office and we will get back to you.
Thank you for your support.
Looking very smart for PE!
Getting down to work...
Excellent Learning...
Our Fantastic trim trail
WELCOME BACK!
To all our children and families,
Welcome back to school! We are so excited and cannot wait to see you all and catch up with how you and your families are doing. This year has been crazy, to say the least, but we hope you have had an enjoyable summer and are keen and ready to start back, just like us. Please don’t be nervous, we are in this together and will always be here for you. We have been working hard to put new things in place to keep us all safe and happy.
This year will be amazing; we definitely have lots of making up to do.
Mrs Hudson, Miss Mountain and Mrs Wood