Class 3W
Hello 3W!
My name is Mrs West and our Teaching Assistant is called Miss Butterworth.
At the start of each term you will get a homework grid with lots of different activities to choose from. You don't have to do them all at once, you can choose when you complete the activities. We would like you to bring back your homework books in the last week of term so that we can see what you have done. There will be rewards for the children who make an effort to complete their homework each term. You can also use them as a space for practising your spellings and timetables each week.
If you want to do some additional learning at home, you have passwords for Purple Mash, Timetable Rockstars and Spelling Shed. You can do as much practise as you like on here and earn points and rewards as you go.
Home reading is extremely important. It is the best thing that you can do at home to help your learning! Please bring your reading book to school each day as there may be opportunities to read with an adult in school. We will change them at least twice a week, however if you are reading your books very quickly speak to Miss Butterworth and we can send an extra book home.
Our PE days are MONDAY and FRIDAY. You will come to school in your uniform on your PE day. We will get changed in school. Please make sure that your PE Kit is in school each day.
We are also very lucky that we have a Spanish teacher called Senorita Valero who comes each Tuesday.
In English this half term we are writing our own version of a warning story, based on a piece of writing called 'The Caravan'.
In Maths we will be working on place value, fractions, multiplication and division.
In Geography we are learning about Blackburn and the North West region of the UK, including which county we live in. We are comparing where we live in semi-rural Blackburn to life in the urban city of Manchester.
In Science we will be learning about Rocks. We are learning about how different types of rocks are formed, sorting rocks and thinking about which rocks are useful to us.
In Music we are learning about notation and composition we are very excited because we are being taught by Mr Brown our specialist music teacher this term.
In PE we will be learning the skills we need for athletics such as running, jumping and throwing. We will be improving our skills in lessons and Mr Baker will be choosing some children to be in the school athletics team this year!
Our topic in PSHE this term is 'Changing me'. This is a good opportunity to think about how we grow and change as we get older.
We are all looking forward to the New Year and having a great second term.