Surrey

Week beginning 9th September 

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to Year 3! It has already been a very busy week and a half. All the children in Surrey have settled in brilliantly and we are very excited to see how the children will continue to develop over the next few weeks.

Please take a moment to look at the attached timetable for your child.

PE days are Monday and Thursday, so please make sure that your child comes to school every Monday with the correct PE kit and name labels on all items. They will be keeping their kit here all week and bringing it home on Friday. Even though the weather seems to be cooling down, every child will still need to bring in a labelled water bottle please. Your child will also need to wear/bring a raincoat to school for break time and lunch time – just in case it rains.

In English, we have started our new class text: ‘Quill Soup’ by Alan Durant. This colourful African traditional tale, centres around Noko the porcupine and his quest to find food and friendship in a small African village. So far, we have delved deep into the character of Noko. We have been introduced to some very colourful animals such as Aardvark, Meerkat and Monkey and seen their reaction to Noko’s arrival. The children have created a Role on the Wall for Noko and described his appearance and personality. We have also looked at how to up-level our writing by using more adventurous vocabulary.

In Maths, our topic is Place Value. This week, we have been looking at partitioning numbers into hundreds, tens and ones using manipulatives such as dienes and place value charts to further their understanding.

Our Science topic this term is animal nutrition and the skeleton system. This week we were introduced to the terms carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. The children are very excited about this topic and already seem to be very knowledgeable!

In music this year, Year 3 will be learning to play the trumpet or trombone. Surrey had their first lesson on Tuesday and the response by every child was fantastic! They loved it and eagerly await next week’s lesson!

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

Mrs Nash, Mrs Britton and Mrs Charlwood.

A typical week in Surrey 3