Term 5 Week 4

WB: 11.05.26

Staffordshire children will be taking part in forest school AFTER May half term - if you are able to help on Thursday afternoon, please could you let the office know. Thank you!

In English this week, we have been exploring the final part of our class text, Krindlekrax. It has been wonderful to see the children fully immerse themselves in this longer text and enjoy following the story through to its conclusion. Throughout the week, we have focused on incorporating all the writing features we have practised this term, including expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, and speech. The children have thoroughly enjoyed re-telling the story through their own exciting narratives.

In Maths, we have been learning about money by exploring the value of coins and notes, practising addition and subtraction with money, and solving money-related problems. The class have really enjoyed these activities, particularly using toy money to count and calculate. As this can be a challenging topic for children, especially in our increasingly cashless society, any opportunities at home to practise adding amounts, paying with cash in shops, identifying coins and notes, and checking change would be greatly appreciated and will help reinforce this week’s learning.

As part of Science Week, we have been having lots of fun investigating forces through practical experiments, including using bottle and balloon rockets to explore forces in action. We have also been learning how to collect and present results using tables and bar charts, helping us apply the maths skills we developed last week.

There will be no new spellings or home learning set over the half-term break. However, please continue to practise the common exception word lists available on the home learning page. We would also encourage regular reading and continued use of TT Rockstars.

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support. It makes such a positive difference to your child’s learning and progress at home. We hope you all have a wonderful and restful half-term break!

Please continue to support your child with regular reading at home and by updating their Boom Reader account whenever possible. Your support makes a real difference to their confidence and progress. Please also ensure your child brings their reading book into school every day. Please also follow this link https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

 to access quizzes when your child finishes a book. They will know their login details for this. 

We are continuing to learn our times tables with some fun songs! Practising for just 15 minutes a week on the recommended website will make a huge difference in building strong multiplication and division skills, which are essential throughout Key Stage 2 and beyond. We have been practising our 11 times table. This song is a bit fast and has some tricky, tongue-twisting parts, but the children are really enjoying it and having fun while learning - 

3 Times Tables - Have Fun Learning!

4 Times table song (A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin)

4 Times Table Song (APT be Rosé and Bruno Mars)

Counting By Sixes Song

7 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 7 Song with Multiplication

Seven Times Table Song (Cups by Anna Kendrick Cover) with Classroom Instruments

Eight Times Table Song (Cover of All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor)

Nine Times Table Song (90's Song Mashup)

9 Times Table Song (cover of Takedown by Huntrix from K Pop Demon Hunters) - YouTube

11 Times Table Song | Skip Counting the Multiples of 11

The 12 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 12 for Kids

S3 Usual weekly timetable (please note that there may be changes to this at times).

The Year 3 Team