Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 3

Another fantastic week of learning here in Year 3.

We have continued on with our topic work "People Express Themselves in Different Ways". To begin the week, all of Year 3 were lucky enough to listen to Ms. Merja play the piano. The children listened to different pieces of music and gave their ideas on the story, how it made them feel and the thoughts they had whilst they listened. It was interesting to see that different children felt different ways to the same piece of music.

To continue this idea the children listened to different types of music back in class and painted how the music made them feel. The music evoked lots of different thoughts and feelings and this was seen in their creative art work.

Later on in the week continuing with the theme of expressing ourselves through art, the children learnt about the work of Monet. They watched a documentary about his work, finding out that he painted in the style of 'Impressionism' and a tutorial on how he painted. They did a fantastic job on painting their version of Monet's famous 'Waterlilies', in the style of Monet.

In Literacy, we have continued to learn what makes a good recount. We looked at the orientation part of the recount, which includes writing an opening sentence or two about when, who, where and why the recount took place. The children have made a good effort to write this part independently.

In Maths, the children have continued practicing using the different methods they have learnt for multiplication.  They were also introduced to a new method, the 'grid method'. If you take a look on Seesaw you may see your child teaching you one of the methods. Mental warm ups, helping the children to recall their 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables, have featured highly. Please continue to support your child to learn these at home. Perhaps play some of the games they have learnt.

Important Dates for the Diary:

KS2 Sports Day, Tuesday 6th February, 8am - 12pm.
3JM Assembly, Friday 9th February.
Half Term Holiday - Break up on Friday 9th February.
Year 3 Sleepover question and answer meeting, Tuesday 27th February, 8.10am.
Year 3 Sleepover, Thursday 8th March - 9th March.
International Day, Friday 16th March, 8am.
3PJ Assembly, Friday 23rd March.

Have a great weekend!