Bourn Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 8th December 2023
What we have been learning this week...
This week, in English, the children completed some comprehension work based on setting descriptions. The children were learning how to expand their answers to provide maximum information and demonstrate their understanding of the text. We also worked on our handwriting and correct letter positioning. In Maths, we have been learning about sharing and grouping, and multiplying and dividing by 3.
We did some work on Growth Mindset in PSHE by looking at some of the challenges we face and barriers to our learning and we looked at strategies to overcome these. In Computing, the children had a chance to follow up on what they had learnt during our visit from the Computing Specialist and they did some more work on their green screen videos.
On Tuesday this week the children enjoyed our Christmas Decoration Day making Christmas decorations for the tree!
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children made some super Christmas tree decorations. Some of the children had to dig deep to find their resilience as they found the threading and weaving quite challenging!
Didn't they do well!
How can you help...
The children all have accounts on TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ to help them learn their Times Tables. The children know they can log on at home. Please support your children with logging on at home so they can practice their Times Tables. Thank you!
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Felix for always being ready to lend a hand and assist classmates and teachers with a positive attitude.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Corey for his amazing focus during Decoration day. He worked really hard on his threading and produced a decoration to be really proud of!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, we will be reviewing basic punctuation (full stops, question marks and exclamation marks) and we will be returning to our work on diary entries. In Maths, we will be learning about multiplying and dividing by 4 and the 4 Times Table.
In Art, we will be comparing and contrasting two similar landscapes painted by two different artists and in Computing, we will be looking more closely at the 'nesting' of commands and the children will have a go at some debugging exercises to demonstrate their understanding of nesting.
The children will also be treated to the KS1 nativity productions!
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 1st December
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 1st December 2023
What we have been learning this week...
This week, in English, the children worked on prepositions and built them into their setting descriptions. We also did some comprehensive work and practised our inferencing skills. In Maths, the children learnt how to tackle word problems and put their skills to the test to solve some addition and subtraction word problems. We also started looking at multiplication and the importance of arrays for ordering.
In Geography, the children learnt about topographic maps and compared maps of Cambridgeshire and the Lake District. In PSHE we watched a video about Usain Bolt and we talked about the characteristics of fixed and growth mindsets and we debated whether we are born to be good at something.
They really enjoyed their visit from the Apple Professional Learning Specialist who taught them how to make videos on the iPads using a green screen.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children enjoyed recording their own videos about forces on the ipads using a green screen.
They also enjoyed experimenting with magnets in the classroom and finding out what things magnets are attracted to.
How can you help...
The children all have accounts on TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ to help them learn their Times Tables. The children know they can log on at home. Please support your children with logging on at home so they can practice their Times Tables. Thank you!
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Imogen H for always greeting teachers and classmates with a smile.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Imogen C for working hard on her descriptive writing and putting a lot of effort into her vocabulary choice.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, we will doing some more comprehensive work and learning how to expand our answers to provide maximum information and demonstrate our understanding of the text. We will also do some work on handwriting and correct letter positioning. In Maths, we will be learning about sharing and grouping, and multiplying by 3.
We will be doing some more work on our Growth Mindset unit in PSHE by looking at some of the challenges we face and barriers to our learning and how we can overcome these. In Computing, the children will have a chance to follow up on what they learnt during our visit from the Computing Specialist and further develop their green screen videos.
Next Tuesday is Christmas Decoration Day and the children will get a chance to get festive and make some Christmas cards and decorations!
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 24th November 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 24th November 2023
What we have been learning this week...
This week was Assessment Week and the children have worked hard completing their Maths and reading papers.
In Computing, the children learnt about the repeat function and succeeded to write code using the repeat function in order to draw a square. In Science, they learnt about the advantages and disadvantages of friction and about the direction of forces acting on an object. In Art, they enjoyed working with watercolour paints to finish their landscapes.
In Geography, the children learnt about the most famous mountains and Lakes in the Lake District and were introduced to Topographic maps.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children have really enjoyed learning to code and watching their success when they get it right!
They also enjoyed investigating the force of friction and predicting which surface would create the most friction.
How can you help...
The children all have accounts on TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ to help them learn their Times Tables. The children know they can log on at home. Please support your children with logging on at home so they can practice their Times Tables. Thank you!
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Isaac for his exceptional politeness in daily interactions.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Rafferty for trying his hardest and really challenging himself. You are really excelling. Well done!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, we will doing some work on prepositions and building these into our writing of setting descriptions. In Maths, we will be practising our problem-solving skills and the children will be learning to how to apply their skills to solve word problems. We will also start looking at multiplication and the importance of arrays for ordering.
In Geography, the children will learn about Cambridgeshire and its most famous landmarks and in PSHE we will be looking at the characteristics of fixed and growth mindsets and we will be debating whether we are born to be good at something.
An Apple Professional Learning Specialist will be visiting the children on Tuesday to deliver an exciting computing workshop on how to create videos on the iPads using apps.
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 17th November
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 17th November 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, as part of our unit on writing to inform, we learnt about recounts and read 'The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish'. The children have been revising verbs and matching present and past tenses. They have also learnt about writing in the first person. They have practised their comprehension and inferencing skills by answering questions about a text and been learning to answer questions using full sentences.
In Maths, we have been practising solving mixed column addition and subtraction sums and the children have learnt just how important it is to check the operation of the sums! The children also created their avatars on TTRockstars and practised their Times Tables.
In Science, the children learnt about the force of friction and how it controls the speed of moving items. In Art, the children continued working on their landscapes and applied some colour using watercolour paints .
In Computing, the children really enjoyed learning about timers and how to use these in coding to make things happen after a certain amount of time. In Geography, the children learnt more about the Lake District, how it got its name and what makes it such an attraction for tourists.
On Wednesday this week some of the class took part in the South Cambs School Sport Partnerships annual Small Schools Cross Country competition. To find out more about this event and see the results please visit:
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children enjoyed creating their avatars and practising their Times Tables on TTRockstars. The TTRockstar battles have now commenced as they all get very competitive over leader boards and coins!
The children enjoyed mixing colours with watercolour paints and then applying colour to their landscapes.
How can you help...
The children all have accounts on TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ to help them learn their Times Tables. The children know they can log on at home. Please support your children with logging on at home so they can practice their Times Tables. Thank you!
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Josh for having beautiful manners and always remembering his please and thank yous.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Theo F for his focus and effort with his watercolour painting in our Art lesson this week.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, is Assessment Week so the children will be completing three Maths Assessment papers and two Reading papers. The children will also be doing a Big Write in English.
In Science, the children will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of friction and about the direction of forces acting on an object. In Art, we will be looking at a number of different landscapes painted by famous artists and the children will try to match the landscapes painted by the same artist. They will learn about different styles of paintings and know that different artists have different painting styles.
In Geography, the children will learn about the most famous mountains and Lakes in the Lake District and be introduced to Topographic maps.
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 10th November
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 10th November 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, as part of our unit on writing to inform, we read a range of informative texts and looked at how the writing was set out in sections using titles and subtitles. The children learnt about facts versus opinions and reordered some sentences into subtitled sections to recreate a fact sheet about toads. They then had a go at writing their own fact sheet about an animal of their choice. We also did some more work on the correct use of capital letters and full stops in writing as lots of children are still not using these correctly.
In Maths, we have been practising our subtraction of two 3-digit numbers using column method exchanging across the tens and hundreds.
We started a new unit in Science on 'Forces and Magnets' and the children learnt about pushes and pulls. We started a new unit in Art on landscapes and children learnt the terms 'background', 'middle ground' and 'foreground 'and are learning how to draw a landscape.
In Geography, we will start a new unit looking at how Cambridgeshire is different to the Lake District starting with some map work locating Cambridgeshire and the Lake District on a map.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children enjoyed learning about pushes and pulls in their Science lesson this week.
How can you help...
We have been learning how to subtract three digit numbers using column method, exchanging across both the tens and hundreds. Some children need a little more practise with this to consolidate their skills so please support your children at home with additional sums if they need it.
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Karisha for consistently following classroom rules and expectations with enthusiasm.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Hugo for working really hard on his reading this week. Well done Hugo. Keep it up!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, is anti-bullying week so we will be doing a variety of lessons and activities based around that theme. All the children can wear odd socks to school on Monday.
We will continue with addition and subtraction unit in Maths and learn how to apply our skills to solve word problems. The children will learn learn about the force of friction in Science and how forces can make things move faster and slower. They will continue working on their landscape drawings in Art and in Computing they will learn about different types of timers and how to select the right type of timer for a purpose.
In Geography, the children will learn how to use a compass. They will be given a set of instructions and spend some time using their compass to navigate in the Nature Reserve.
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 3rd November 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, the children have been learning how to correctly use inverted commas in their writing for speech. They watched a silent move clip and then created their own dialogue for the characters. They wrote down their dialogue using inverted commas, starting with a captial letter and trying to remember to use one line per speaker. The children also completed their first 'slow write' using a picture stimulus.
In Maths, we have continued with adding and subtracting. We looked at number patterns and number sequences and the children learnt about function machines. We also learnt how to add two 3-digit numbers together using the column method with regrouping of both the tens and hundreds.
In Spanish, we learnt about 'El Dia de Muerto', the day of the dead, a festival, traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, celebrating those that have died. The children learnt about the traditions and festivities that take place and practised their symmetry skills as they drew and decorated their own celebratory mask.
We also started some preparations for our class assembly next week.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children really enjoyed designing and decorating their own masks.
How can you help...
We have been learning how to add three digit numbers using column method, regrouping in both the tens and hundreds. Some children need a little more practise with this to consolidate their skills so please support your children at home with additional sums if they need it.
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Sofia for being a respectful listener during lessons and class discussions.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
William D for his focus and effort during Maths this week. He worked diligently through all of his column additions. Well done!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English as part of our unit on writing to inform, we will be looking at a range of informative texts and learning about facts versus opinions. We will also do some more work on the correct use of capital letters and full stops in writing as lots of children are still missing these out in their writing.
In Maths, we will be using the column method to subtract two 3-digit numbers exchanging across the tens and hundreds.
We will start a new unit in Science on 'Forces and Magnets' and the children will learn about pushes and pulls. We will start looking at landscapes in Art and learn the terms 'background', 'middle ground' and 'foreground 'and the children will learn how to draw a landscape.
In Geography, we will start a new unit looking at how Cambridgeshire is different to the Lake District starting with some map work locating Cambridgeshire and the Lake District on a map.
NOTICES
Class Cedar will be holding their class assembly next Friday 10th November.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Our new topics this half term are gymnastics and netball.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Mrs. Wheatman and Miss Hensleigh are running a KS2 parents/carers online safety workshop next Thursday (9th November) from 6-7pm. Please use the link below to sign up. It will not be viable to run this workshop unless there are more than 10 people attending, therefore if you are able to come, please do sign up below. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 20th October
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 20th October 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, the children wrote a creative story about an underwater adventure for the 'No More Marking' writing scheme.
We also learnt about conjunctions and how to use them in our writing to join simple sentences together. The children practised writing complex sentences using a range of different conjunctions. In Maths, we continued with adding and subtracting 10s and 100s and we looked at spotting number patterns in sequences of numbers. In History, the children enjoyed a fun end of topic quiz to recap their knowledge of the Stone Age and we also studied the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae.
In Computing, the children created webpages to show what they have learnt about how to stay safe online.
On Thursday, we enjoyed a wonderful Stone Age Day! The children came into school dressed in their Stone Age outfits and we enjoyed lots of fun activities in the nature reserve linked to the Stone Age. The children made some Stone Age tools, model Stone Age houses, they played a hunter-gatherer game and enjoyed hunting bison and wild boar using their newly made Stone Age weapons!
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children created webpages on how to stay safe online to show what they have learned.
The children enjoyed making Stone Age tools in the Nature Reserve.
They also enjoyed making Mesolithic tepee houses...
And didn't they do well:
Safe to say fun was had by all!
How can you help...
A large number of children were unable to recall their 2 Times Tables in this week's Mental Maths. The 2 Times Table is a year 2 objective so it should really just be revision for the children before moving on to learn the 3 and 4 Times Tables in year 3. Please support your children with mastering their Times Tables. Thank you!
A number of children are struggling to accurately place numbers on a number line so we have been practising in school using a Topmarks online game. Some children could do with more practice at home to consolidate their understanding. The link to the game is provided below.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing_numbers_on_a_number_line
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Valentina for showing thoughtfulness and kindness towards others.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Emily for her excellent focus and for always working hard to ensure she maximises her learning potential.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, we will all be enjoying a well deserved rest for the half term break. Happy holidays everyone!
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
13th October 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 13th October 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, the children finished their character description of Mrs Coles and edited their work. The children are still missing out lots of capital letters from their writing so we spent more time going over the rule of capitalisation and the children edited their work paying particular attention to their use of capital letters. We studied the poem 'Daddy Fell into the Pond' by Alfred Noyes and discussed the language used and its rhyming words as well the imagery and storyline. We also looked at the poem 'At the End of School Assembly' by Simon Pitt and explored the impact of powerful verbs and followed up with some work on verbs in the past tense. In Maths, we revised our number bonds to ten and learnt how we can use single digit addition and number bonds to ten to aid our addition and subtraction of larger numbers. We also learnt how to add 1s and 10s to 3-digit numbers. We continued with our Stone Age topic in History by looking at how houses changed through the different periods of the Stone Age and learnt how these houses met the needs of the Stone Age people and in Art, the children experimented with clay and made a Stone Age style hand-held clay pot. We also enjoyed a trip to the Nature Reserve.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children practised their positioning of numbers on a numberline using a TopMarks online game.
The children enjoyed moulding and shaping clay to make their hand held Stone Age pots.
How can you help...
A large number of children were unable to recall their 2 Times Tables in this week's Mental Maths. The 2 Times Table is a year 2 objective so it should really just be revision for the children before moving on to learn the 3 and 4 Times Tables in year 3. Please support your children with mastering their Times Tables. Thank you!
A number of children are struggling to accurately place numbers on a number line so we have been practising in school using a Topmarks online game. Some children could do with more practice at home to consolidate their understanding. The link to the game is provided below.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing_numbers_on_a_number_line
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Dina for greeting me with a smile every morning and always answering the register so politely.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Poppy for always sitting sensibly and being ready to start her lessons promptly.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English we will be looking at conjunctions and learning how these can be used to join simple sentences together. The children will practise writing complex sentences using a range of conjunctions. In Maths, we will continue adding and subtracting 1s, 10s and 100s but we will be doing this across the 10s and 100s for an added challenge. In History, we will do a fun quiz to recap of our knowledge of the Stone Age learnt so far and we will study the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae.
Next week, on Thursday, we will have a Stone Age Day! The children can come into school dressed in a Stone Age outfit and we will be doing various fun activities in the nature reserve linked to the Stone Age including making some Stone Age tools, making model Stone Age houses, playing a hunter gatherer game and going on a hunt!
NOTICES
There are two parents evenings next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Appointments for these should be booked via the office.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
6th October 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 6th October 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, the children have been finishing their own versions of the 'Mrs Cole' story, editing their work and writing it out using their best handwriting. In Maths, we have been consolidating our work on comparing numbers and challenging ourselves with some reasoning problems involving number comparisons. The children have also been learning to order numbers to 1000. The children came up with a Harvest Alphabet using fruit and vegetables for our Harvest Assembly in Church this week and each created a poster for one letter of the alphabet. In History, we have continued with our Stone Age topic by looking at the timeline and learning about the 3 main periods of that time: the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. In Science, the children learnt about the famous palaeontologist Mary Anning. The children also finished making their Plaster of Paris fossils using a variety of animal bones. In Art, the children drew chalk or wax bison. We also enjoyed a trip to the Book Bus.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children practised delivering their fruit and vegetable Harvest Alphabet in preparation for the Harvest Service in Church on Friday.
The children also finished making their Plaster of Paris fossils.
How can you help...
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
All children have now been given a mental maths booklet. Please support them by practising their maths skills each week until they have mastered them. Thank you!
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
There were no certificates this week as we were celebrating Harvest Festival in Church!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, we will be exploring poetry. We will be looking at the poem 'Daddy fell into the Pond' By Alfred Noyes. We will also be exploring the past tense and learning how verb endings change in the past tense. In Maths, we will be revising our number bonds to 10 and learning how we can use this knowledge to help our addition skills. We will be learning to how to add 1s, 10s and 100s to 3-digit numbers. We will continue with our Stone Age topic in History by looking at how houses changed through the different periods of the Stone Age. In Art, we will be experimenting with clay and the children will have a go at making a Stone Age style hand-held clay pot. In Science, the children will learn how soil is formed. We will also enjoy a trip to the Nature Reserve.
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
29th September 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 29th September 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, we did some more work on capitalisation to reinforce the correct use of capital letters in our writing. The children also started writing their own versions of our class story 'I'll take you to Mrs Cole'. In Maths, we learnt how to work out 1 more and 1 less, 10 more and 10 less and 100 more and 100 less than a 3 digit number and we learnt how to compare 3 digit numbers using <, > and = symbols. The children also completed some number challenges where they had to to work out the number using a selection of digit clues, which they really enjoyed! We continued with our Stone Age topic in History and learnt about the types of tools used at that time; this really captured their interest and we had quite a lengthy chat about the different tools and how thye might have been used for animal hunting. In Art, the children worked hard to draw a bison. They did four drawings, each time looking at how they could improve thier last picture. In Science, we looked at how fossils are made and they created a cartoon of images to illustrate the process. We also made a start at creating our own Plaster of Paris fossils using molds made in sand by bones and teeth. The children also buddied up with year 4 and enjoyed a trip to the nature reserve.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
We made a start at creating our own fossils from animal bones and teeth. The children are very excited to all have their turn doing this.
In Art, they worked hard to get the right shape on their bison drawings.
They enjoyed some time exploring in the Nature Reserve with year 4.
How can you help...
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school. All children should be bringing reading books home to read. The aim is for the children to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine.
All children have now been given a mental maths booklet. Please support them by practising their maths skills each week until they have mastered them. Thank you!
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Sasha
For always being respectful to those around her by listening and responding appropriately.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Enid
For showing attentive listening and active participation in lessons.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, the children will finish their own versions of our class story 'I'll take you to Mrs Cole'. They will edit their work and write it out in their best handwriting. They will also write character descriptions of Mrs Cole. In Maths, we will be ordering numbers to 1000 and learning to count in 50s. We will continue with our Stone Age topic in History by learning about the timeline and looking at the 3 main periods of that time: the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. In Science, the children will learn about the famous palaeontologist Mary Anning. The children will also enjoy a trip to the Book Bus.
NOTICES
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework: Children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They should work on one level at a time until they have mastered it befire moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
22nd September 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 22nd September 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, the children learnt and practiced the rule for applying the suffixes '-ing, -ed and -er' to words and they also learnt about the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' and how to use them accurately in their writing. The children enjoyed more of our class novel and a visit to the Book Bus. In Maths, we have been looking more at partitioning of numbers, including finding different ways to partition the same number and we have been looking at different representations of numbers of 3 digit numbers involving hundreds, tens and ones. In Computing, the children learnt about Blogs and enjoyed sending each other messages on our class Cedar Blog on PurpleMash. In Art, the children created cave art using special Stone Age paint made out of crushed charcoal, vegetable fat and berries and they used sticks and feathers they found in the school field as paintbrushes.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
This week I set up a class blog on Purplemash and the children really enjoyed posting and replying to each other's messages.
The children used sticks and feathers and paint made out of crushed charcoal, berries and vegetable fat to create cave art.
How can you help...
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school and we have prioritised sorting out our reading books this week. I have told the children to aim to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine from the start of the school year.
Children will be bringing home their mental maths booklets this week. Please support them by practising their maths skills each week until they have mastered them. Thank you!
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Aida for always being patient, waiting her turn and not interrupting others.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Lucienne for always engaging so postively in all of her lessons by sharing her ideas and answering questions.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, in English, the children will be writing their own version of our class story 'I'll take you to Mrs Cole'. We will also do more work on capitalisation to reinforce the correct use of capital letters in our writing. In Maths, we will be learning 1 more and 1 less and 10 more and 10 less than a 3 digit number. We will continue with our Stone Age topic in History and learn about the types of tools used at that time. In Science, the children will learn how fossils are made and we will have a go at making our own fossils. The children will also enjoy a trip to the nature reserve.
NOTICES
Thank you for attending the 'Welcome to the Year Ahead' information evening this week. If you were unable to attend, please find the information slides here.
All parents are invited to an information meeting on Thursday 28th September at 6pm about our new Phonics programme Little Wandle
Please book your attendance via the booking form here.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework starts this week; children have been given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They will work on one level at a time and be tested on each level in school on a 1:1 basis to ensure they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
15th September 2023
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 15th September 2023
What we have been learning this week...
In English this week, we have been revising the meaning of verbs, nouns and adjectives and we have been doing more practice on the use of capital letters and full stops in our writing. We have also been reading more of our class novel 'The Velveteen Rabbit'. In Maths, we have been learning the place value of digits in 3 digit numbers, paritioning 3 digit numbers and revising placing numbers on a numberline.
In Science this week, we have continued looking at rocks; revisiting the names igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic and looking at ways of grouping different rocks. We started our new Spanish unit and the children learnt some new vocabularly 'presente' and 'austente' and learnt the verb 'estar' meaning 'to be' and how to say 'I am' and 'You are' in Spanish. In History this week, we started our new topic on the Stone Age and learnt about how prehistoric man lived during this time.
In Computing, we talked about safety and the importance of having a password and keeping it safe and the children practised logging in and out of their accounts on Purple Mash.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children enjoyed buddying up with children in Year 5 for their weekly reading buddy session:
How can you help...
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school and we have prioritised sorting out our reading books this week. I have told the children to aim to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine from the start of the school year.
To parents of those children who are moving onto Accelerated Reader, we are working hard to get the children set up with their new accounts however Renaissance Place have moved platforms over the summer and the whole system has changed which has has caused us no end of difficulties getting logged in and set up. We hope to have this up and running in class as soon as we can.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Isla
For being respectful during lessons and always showing active listening to the teacher.
Congratulations to our Positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Woody
For having such a positive start to Year 3 and showing real enthusiasm for his learning, especially in Spanish!
What we will be learning next week...
Next week in English we will learn the rule for applying the suffixes -ing, -ed and -er to words and practise using them in our writing. We will also learn about the articles 'a' and 'an' and learn how to use them accurately in our writing. The children will also enjoy visit to the Book Bus. In Maths, we will continue looking at hundreds, tens and ones and we will be learning 1 more and 1 less and 10 more and 10 less than a 3 digit number. We will continue with our Stone Age topic in History and learn about the types of tools used at that time. In Computing, the children will learn about Blogs and have a go sending each other messages on our class Cedar Blog on PurpleMash.
NOTICES
Thank you for attending the 'Welcome to the Year Ahead' information evening this week. If you were unable to attend, please find the information slides here.
All parents are invited to an information meeting on Thursday 28th September at 6pm about our new Phonics programme Little Wandle
Please book your attendance via the booking form here.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework will start next week; children will be given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They will work on one level at a time and be tested on each level in school on a 1:1 basis to ensure they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Cedar Class - Year 3
Date: 8th September 2023
What we have been learning this week...
A huge welcome back to everyone after the summer break and a warm welcome to all the children in class Cedar.
We have had a wonderful start to the new school year and it has been great seeing all the children again. They have settled into their class really well and are learning their new routines confidently. The children have got stuck into their independent reading and they have also enjoyed listening to some of our new class novel 'The Velveteen Rabbit'. We have been doing a week of Jo Boaler's inspirational Maths and the children have been looking at and discussing the different ways people visually see and interpret maths and they have been finding patterns in consecutive numbers in the hundred square.
In Science this week, we started a new unit on rocks and the children enjoyed looking at and handling different types of rocks and learning how different types of rocks are made. They learnt the names igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
Activities we enjoyed this week...
The children enjoyed playing the finger trails game in Maths.
How can you help...
Reading is the most important thing to learn in school and we have prioritised sorting out our reading books this week. I have told the children to aim to do at least 30 minutes of reading each day at home so please support them with this and encourage them to bring their books home if they forget them so that they can get into a good routine from the start of the school year.
To parents of those children who are moving onto Accelerated Reader, we are working hard to get the children set up with their new accounts however Renaissance Place have moved platforms over the summer and the whole system has changed which has has caused us no end of difficulties getting logged in and set up. We hope to have this up and running in class as soon as we can.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our Manners Award Winner this week:
Grace
for being so polite and always remembering to say please and thank you.
Congratulations to our positive Learning Behaviour Award Winner this week:
Marcus
for being really focussed during our handwriting lesson this week and trying so hard to master his letter joins.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week in English we will continue working on the correct use of capiltal letters and full stops in our writing and we will continue our class novel the Velveteen Rabbit. In Maths, we will be revisiting place value looking at the value of digits in three digit numbers. We will start a new topic in History on the Stone Age and and explore cave art in our Art lesson. We will begin our Spanish lessons and continue investigating rocks in Science.
NOTICES
All parents are invited to an information meeting on Thursday 28th September at 6pm about our new Phonics programme Little Wandle
Please book your attendance via the booking form here.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kits.
Children will have a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their spelling words as part of their homework. Homework books will go home every Friday and should be brought back into school on a Wednesday.
Maths homework will start next week; children will be given a mental maths book to practise their mental arithmetic skills. They will work on one level at a time and be tested on each level in school on a 1:1 basis to ensure they have mastered it before moving on to the next level.
Email (Miss Nutland): snutland@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
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