Week 6 Update

Dear Parents,

Another great week of learning completed!

This week in Literacy the children began to think about the genre of writing known as 'Procedure'. All of Year 3 watched Mr Jackson make some delicious jam on toast. The children listened to the instructions that he gave and then wrote the procedure up as their pre-assessment. We were impressed that so many children knew some of the features that are needed to write a procedure. The children have looked at, and read different procedures, taking note of the features used in this genre of writing. The children have noted the features of a procedure, and hopefully will begin  to include these when writing more procedures in the following weeks.

In Maths, we have continued to work on solving addition using a range of strategies. The children have been adding using concrete objects, visual diagrams such as constructing a number line, and have begun to use the more formal written method. Different children feel more comfortable using different strategies and we are encouraging them to choose a strategy that works for them to solve addition problems.

In Topic, the children became scientists. They planned a fair test to find out if plants need light to live and wrote up the investigation. The children thought up a relevant question, the materials needed, the procedure and decided what the variables would be. One plant has been placed in a dark cupboard and the other next to the window. The children are responsible for watering the plants with the same amount of water, making careful observations and recording their findings daily. Let's hope for some good results!

Can we remind you that next week is 3 Way Student-Parent-Teacher Goal Setting Conferences. These will take place each day after school therefore children should be collected from school at 2.35pm and should attend the meeting with you and their teacher. However, paid activities, production and choir are still taking place.

If you have not yet signed up, please book a Parent-Teacher-Student Goal Setting Conference as soon as possible by following these instructions:

To sign-up: Click on this link Access to Conference Sign Up

Select, by clicking the boxes, for all of the teachers you’d like to see for all of your children.

Complete the ‘Student Sign-up’ page by answering the questions. Ensure you use an active email.

To activate your account: open your email from do-not-reply@ptcfast.com and click on ‘Click here to select conference time.’ Please check your ‘junk’ box if you do not receive this.

This will then take you to the booking page. Select, by clicking the box, next to one 15 minute appointment time you want for each teacher. If you would like to de-select click on the remove appointment box just below the teacher's name.

*Please note that this is a two-step process. You must sign-up and then activate your account through your email in order to book timeslots. If you have any trouble using this system please come to the Primary Office or the IT help desk in the MTB.

Many thanks. Have a great weekend, let's hope for some sun!