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Next week…

In maths next week we will be focusing on fractions and English we will be starting to write our own information texts. Next Friday will be very exciting as it is World Book Day which gives you the opportunity to dress up as any character from a book…I look forward to...
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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Spellings

Today the children had a very exciting trip to the De Grey Rooms to watch a production called ‘The Snow Child’ which they all thoroughly enjoyed!  Spellings are going out tomorrow with a focus on the ‘or’ sound.   
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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Theatre workshop

This morning the children took part in a drama workshop that was all based on The Snow Child (the performance that they will be watching on Thursday afternoon in De Grey Rooms!). All the children thoroughly enjoyed the morning and showed what super actors they all are. I hope you...
Posted On 24 Feb 2016
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Healthy eating

This afternoon has been very exciting as the children had a visit from a group of healthy eating specialists. They discussed all about building up energy through food in the morning, burning energy and the importance of replenishing! Don’t forget, eat your breakfast and eat...
Posted On 23 Feb 2016
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Labels and captions

Our new topic this half term is Kung Fu Fit and therefore related this to the English lesson that we had today. The children drew around each other on large sheets of paper and labelled the body parts. They then wrote a caption for the function of each different one. Here they...
Posted On 22 Feb 2016
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Class 3 newsletter 12.2.16

Here’s the newsletter for this week. I hope you all have a relaxing, and well deserved, break! weekly newsletter 12.2.16
Posted On 12 Feb 2016
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Shape poems

Today, as a class, we wrote a shape poem about a blue bouncy ball and the children used some fantastic similes to help describe it. We also carried on our work on multiplication doing a rotation of different activities.   
Posted On 10 Feb 2016
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Magnificent multiplication

The children worked very hard on using different methods to help them multiply single digit numbers together. Keep practising, and working on, your times tables to improve your maths skill even more!
Posted On 09 Feb 2016
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Exciting Writing

Today saw the last session of Exciting Writing before the end of half term and allowed the children to show off all of their knowledge that they have learnt about China as the topic comes to a close at the end of this week. I hope you have enjoyed this topic as much as I have and...
Posted On 08 Feb 2016
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Class 3 newsletter 5.2.16

I have been so impressed with Class 3’s behaviour and attitude this week – it is by far the best and most enjoyable week I have had since September. I really hope they ALL keep up the good work. Here’s the newsletter for this week. weekly newsletter 5.2.16
Posted On 05 Feb 2016
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Spellings

Spellings will be going out tomorrow and this week will have a focus on the ‘oa’ phoneme. Can you think of any words that contain this sound?
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
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What’s in the box?

Today the children had a special lesson taught by Miss Sawyer where they were using ‘ambitious vocabulary’. There were lots of brilliant, fantastic, super pieces of work all of which Miss Sawyer and I were very proud of. Well done Class 3. We also welcomed our new PE...
Posted On 03 Feb 2016
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Poems 

Today the children were introduced to and explored a lot of different poems that each had a different style. We discussed how some poems use rhyme and rhythm whereas others don’t. Can you remember what made acrostic, shape and haiku poems special?
Posted On 01 Feb 2016
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Class 3 newsletter 29.1.16

Here is the newsletter for this week. Today we had our first session on computing and looking at algorithms – not an easy task! All the children were very resilient when they were faced with problems that the computers presented. Well done Class 3. weekly newsletter 29.1.16
Posted On 29 Jan 2016
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Class 3 spellings

Spellings will be going out tomorrow and will have a focus on the ‘igh’ phoneme. Can you think of any words that contain this sound?
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
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Goodbye Mr. Barrett

Today we said goodbye to Mr. Barrett who has been taking the children for PE every Wednesday since the beginning of the year (and probably even longer since the years before this). We have really appreciated all the work he has done for the class and everybody in Class 3 is...
Posted On 27 Jan 2016
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Class 3 China Enrichment Day

Well, what a jam-packed day that has been! All the children have had lots of fun today taking part in the carousel system which saw them; creating lanterns in Class 1, chinese paper cutting in Class 2, looking at how China is different to England in Class 3, and looking at...
Posted On 26 Jan 2016
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Exciting Writing

Today saw our second session of Exciting Writing in 2016 and what a good one it was! The children were given a picture of a tiger as a stimulus and all planned and wrote fantastic stories (with the idea that they were from a different culture to our own – our most recent...
Posted On 25 Jan 2016
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Class 3 Newsletter 22.01.16

Here’s the newsletter for this week! weekly newsletter 22.1.16
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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Next week in Class 3

We are really looking forward to our China Enrichment Day on Tuesday where we will be learning more about the country. In English we will be creating our own story from another culture. In maths we will be revisiting addition and subtraction using a new method! It is green group...
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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Categorising!

Today, in Science, the children have been categorising different animals by their appearance e.g. Whether they have 2, 4, 6, 8 or no legs, whether they can swim or not etc. Can you think of any animals that have wings and can swim? Homework will be going out on Friday along with...
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
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Fish!

Today, in art, the children drew watercolour fish in the style of a Chinese artist. Don’t they look brilliant?!
Posted On 20 Jan 2016
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Guided Reading

There has been some very good work in today’s English lesson with Mrs. Carr-Brion where the children focused on using connectives in their writing. Hopefully they will continue this good work and start using more connectives (than they already do) in their day-to-day...
Posted On 19 Jan 2016
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Measuring capacity 

Today the children have all been experimenting with capacity and accurately measuring different amounts of water in millilitres (ml). What other units of measurement do we use when measuring capacity?   
Posted On 18 Jan 2016
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Class 3 newsletter 15.1.16

Here is the newsletter for this week. Today the children have been creating and measuring their own picture frames in maths and had lots of fun doing so. We have also been looking at synonyms and improving sentences/paragraphs. Can you think of a synonym for big? weekly...
Posted On 15 Jan 2016
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Spelling

Spellings will be going out tomorrow and are focused on the ‘ee’ phoneme with alternative graphemes of the sound as well. Can you think of your own words that contain the ‘ee’ phoneme?
Posted On 14 Jan 2016
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Chinese Zodiac story

In English we looked at the story behind the Chinese Zodiac and discovered how the cheeky rat won first place in the Jade Emperor’s race. It appears that most of the children in the class were born in either the year of the ox or the year of the rat. Mr. Gardiner was born...
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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We’re back!

All the children in Class 3 have settled back really nicely into the school routine and are looking forward to the new term ahead. What are you looking forward to learning about?
Posted On 10 Jan 2016
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Welcome back!

Welcome back to Park Grove! We hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas break and the children are ready for the new term. Our new topic is…China! We’ve begun to learn facts by creating a fact file in our English books this week. Perhaps you could ask your child...
Posted On 08 Jan 2016
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Christmas!

Merry Christmas Class 3. I hope Santa brings you the things that you would like and you all enjoy the festive break!
Posted On 21 Dec 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 11.12.15

Here is the newsletter for this week. I’m sure you will all agree that the Christmas play was amazing and all the children were excellent performers. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Mr Gardiner weekly newsletter 11.12.15
Posted On 11 Dec 2015
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1 down, 2 to go!

So we have just completed our first rendition of the Christmas play and it went spectacularly. Well done to all the children involved, you were brilliant! Let’s see if we can repeat the performance at the same level tonight and on Wednesday night.
Posted On 08 Dec 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 4.12.15

Here is the newsletter for this week. The children have been making some very exciting things this week, one of which was a toy robot! What has been your favourite part of the week? weekly newsletter 4.12.15
Posted On 04 Dec 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 27.11.15

Here’s the newsletter for this week. This week we have had a lot of fun as it has been our cooking enrichment week. On Wednesday we baked gingerbread men and on Thursday we focused on Greece and made some tzatziki and a Greek salad. It all went down a treat! Which was your...
Posted On 29 Nov 2015
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Christmas play!

It’s getting to that time of year where we begin to think about our wonderful Christmas play. This week we will be practising the different songs and will be casting for speaking parts. Are you looking forward to it?
Posted On 24 Nov 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 20.11.15

Here is the newsletter for this week. In Class 3 we have been enjoying our last week of looking at fairytale stories. In our science lesson we made our own versions of the Three Little Pigs’ houses and had a visit from the Big Bad Wolf (who looked surprisingly like Mr....
Posted On 20 Nov 2015
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The Royal Ball…

This week we have been looking at the infamous story of Cinderalla. As well as looking at the characters and an alternative version of the story (where the Evil Stepmother was just an ordinary stepmother), the children have written their own letters inviting the young ladies of...
Posted On 18 Nov 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 13/11/15

Here is the newsletter for this week. We have had a couple of exciting visits during the week! First of all we all took part in some HGV training making sure that we know how to stay safe on the roads and secondly we had an amazing time in a Cosmodome where we learned a little...
Posted On 13 Nov 2015
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Fairytales!

This half term there is a heavy focus on fairytales and we have been looking at different ones in the classroom. We’ve also been looking at alternative versions of stories such as Goldilocks and The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. Do you have a favourite fairytale?
Posted On 11 Nov 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 6.11.15

Here is the newsletter for this week. Next Friday is Children in Need day so it gives us chance to all have a bit of fun and dress up in our pyjamas for the day! weekly newsletter 6.11.15
Posted On 06 Nov 2015
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Welcome back

Welcome back Class 3, I hope you have all had an amazing half term holiday…I know I did! What did you do during the holidays? I managed to meet up with lots of different friends, my family and, of course, played and watched so much football.
Posted On 03 Nov 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 23/10/15

Here is the final newsletter for this half term – and what a half term it’s been! The children have all settled in really well and are hopefully already looking forward to that build up towards Christmas (too soon?). Enjoy your holiday and well deserved break…I...
Posted On 23 Oct 2015
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Science Enrichment Day

We have had a brilliant, fun-filled time in Class 3 today as the children produced some outstanding work all to do with space. We created our very own aliens made out of plastercine; coloured rockets in different ways to help us solve a problem; and created a lovely piece of art...
Posted On 20 Oct 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 16/10/15

Here is the newsletter for this week. Harvest Festival was really good and I’m sure you will agree that Class 3 were absolutely amazing at singing, but especially at reciting their poem. I am so proud of each and every one of you. Well done!! Mr. Gardiner weekly newsletter...
Posted On 16 Oct 2015
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Harvest Festival

With one day to go the children are fully prepared with super singing voices for the variety of songs that will be displayed tomorrow. Not only that, but we have a lovely ‘Thank you for the harvest’ poem to recite. I hope you can remember all of the...
Posted On 14 Oct 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 09/10/15

Here is the newsletter for this week. This week I have been really impressed with the children’s behaviour in the classroom and we have been able to do a lot of fun activities because of it! Next week we’re going to be researching all about dinosaurs. Can you remember...
Posted On 09 Oct 2015
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We love singing in Class 3

We are really looking forward to the Harvest Festival next week and have been trying really hard to practice all of the songs. A particular favourite appears to be ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’…the children are super at singing it!
Posted On 06 Oct 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 2/10/15

Here is the weekly newsletter telling you all about what we have been doing in the classroom this week, and what we are going to be doing next week! What have you enjoyed learning about the most this week? weekly newsletter 2.10.15
Posted On 02 Oct 2015
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Catching the continental drift…

On Friday, in Geography, we are going to be looking at the different continents of the world. Does anybody know any of the continents already? It would be great to see any maps or globes that you have at home!
Posted On 29 Sep 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 25/09/15

Here is the newsletter for this week. We have been fortunate enough to have seen another kind of typewriter this week and all had lots of fun using it to write our names. In History we looked at how schools have changed from 50/60 years ago – would you have liked to be a...
Posted On 25 Sep 2015
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Dawn of the Dinosaur…

In our Dance lessons we have been travelling back to the age of the dinosaur and have had chance to meet some of them! First we met the slow and heavy Ankylosaurus, followed by the charging Triceratops, then the light footed Deinonychus and came face to face with a terrifying...
Posted On 22 Sep 2015
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Class 3 newsletter 18/09/15

Here is the newsletter for this week. Our first, full week in class 3 has been absolutely fantastic! We all enjoyed looking at technology from the past and how it has developed throughout the years. We even looked at an ancient typewriter! Do you have any old examples of...
Posted On 18 Sep 2015
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Rules, rules and more rules!

Recently, in class, we’ve been discussing rules and how important they are to keep us safe. What else can we do in school and at home to keep us safe?
Posted On 14 Sep 2015
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Weekly newsletter 11.09.15

We’ve had a great first week in Class 3! Here is the weekly newsletter to tell you what we’ve been doing this week and what we’re going to be doing next week. class 3 weekly newsletter 11.9.15    
Posted On 11 Sep 2015
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Trinket boxes

The children have enjoyed painting their little trinket boxes this week and decorating them with sparkling jewels and gorgeous sequins. They will be handed out tomorrow as there may just be a little surprise in there from Mrs Shelton and me. Miss Plews.
Posted On 16 Jul 2015
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Class newsletter 10.07.15

Please find the class newsletter for 10.07.15 Newsletter 10th July Miss Plews.
Posted On 10 Jul 2015
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yesterday we went on our school trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It was a wonderful day and I was extremely impressed with the detailed sketches lots of you were able to do; even the parents had fun doing these as well. Unfortunately we did get very wet at lunchtime but...
Posted On 08 Jul 2015
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Class newsletter 03.07.15

Please find the class newsletter for 03.07.15 Newsletter 3rd July Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Jul 2015
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York through the ages

It has been wonderful to write an information booklet about different historical periods in York. We started with the Romans, visited the Vikings, fought the Normans and had an appointment with the Tudors. Who will we see next week? Miss Plews.
Posted On 30 Jun 2015
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Class newsletter 26.06.15

Please find the class newsletter for 26.06.15 Newsletter 26th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 26 Jun 2015
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Our Minster Trip

It was a lovely trip to the Minster and I was very impressed with your enthusiasm. You were asking lots of questions and sharing some of your own knowledge too. Thank you again to all the parents who helped on this trip. Miss Plews.
Posted On 24 Jun 2015
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Class newsletter 19.06.15

Please find the class newsletter 19.06.15 Newsletter 19th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 19 Jun 2015
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Reading, reading, reading…

I have been very impressed with many you over the past few weeks as I have seen a huge improvement in your reading skills. Many of you can now read quickly and use some expression for character voices too. It is wonderful when I ask questions about what we have been reading and...
Posted On 17 Jun 2015
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Class newsletter 12.06.15

Please find the class newsletter for 12.06.15 Newsletter 12th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 12 Jun 2015
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Our Bar wall walk…

We had a lovely walk on the Bar walls this morning and we were so pleased the sunshine came out for us! We walked to Monk Bar went up the narrow steps, walked along to Bootham Bar and came down to view the Minster. Thank you to all the parent helpers we had and we hope you...
Posted On 09 Jun 2015
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Class newsletter 05.06.15

Please find the class newsletter for 05.06.15 Newsletter 5th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 05 Jun 2015
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Hula-hooping and skipping!

We had a wonderful time in PE practising some essential skills for our soon coming sports day. The children practised wiggling very quickly to keep their hula-hoop twirling and jumping high to avoid the rope when skipping. Well done class 3! Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Jun 2015
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Class newsletter 22.05.15

Please find the class newsletter for 22.05.15 Newsletter 22nd May Miss Plews.
Posted On 22 May 2015
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Art!

Mrs Shelton and I have been very impressed with the work the children have been creating in art lessons. We have focused on Lesley Seeger this half term and used her work to inspire our own flower pictures. They are stunning, very detailed and of course colourful! Miss Plews.
Posted On 20 May 2015
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Class newsletter 15.05.15

Please find the class newsletter for 15.05.15 Newsletter 15th May Miss Plews
Posted On 15 May 2015
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A lovely time for a rounders game!

It was very windy yesterday afternoon but that didn’t stop us from getting outside and having a rounders game. The children threw the beanbags in lots of different directions and had to run as quickly as possible around the cones. I am looking forward to the tournament we...
Posted On 13 May 2015
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Class Newsletter 08.05.15

Please find the class newsletter for 08.05.15 Newsletter 8th May Miss Plews.
Posted On 08 May 2015
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Countryside animals…

It was lovely to see so many of the children really engaging with their writing this morning. We thought about our countryside animal and were able to write facts about it. Some children included fact boxes and labelled diagrams too. Well done! Miss Plews.
Posted On 05 May 2015
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Class Newsletter 01.05.15

Please find the class newsletter for 01.05.15 Newsletter 1st May Miss Plews.
Posted On 01 May 2015
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Exciting writing

I was very impressed with your exciting writing this week so a huge well done! You were asked to write a letter to Mum and Dad but pretending to be Alfie from the Alfie and Annie Rose stories. You explained to Mum and Dad what you had been doing when visiting Grandma, what the...
Posted On 29 Apr 2015
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Class Newsletter 24.04.15

Please find the class newsletter for 24.04.15 Newsletter 24th April Miss Plews.
Posted On 24 Apr 2015
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Designing birdbaths

We are now well and truly into our Green Fingers topic and on Monday we started to design our very own birdbaths for the garden. We discussed why it was important for birds to have access to water and decided that we would give them a little helping hand by making our own...
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
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Class Newsletter 17.04.15

Please find the class newsletter for 17.04.15 Newsletter 17th April Miss Plews.
Posted On 17 Apr 2015
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Beanbag rounders

Welcome back and what a busy day we have had for our first day of the summer term. We looked at familiar settings in English, writing numbers as words in Maths and practised our throwing and catching skills in PE. I think if we practise a few more times we will be able to beat...
Posted On 14 Apr 2015
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Class newsletter 27.03.15

Please find the class newsletter for 27.03.15 Newsletter 27th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 27 Mar 2015
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Operation Maths!

This week we have been looking at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You were able to explain some of the methods you can use to find the answers to these calculations. When I have looked in your Maths books I can see you have tried very hard to find an accurate...
Posted On 25 Mar 2015
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Class Newsletter 20.03.15

Please find the class newsletter for 20.03.15 Newsletter 20th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 20 Mar 2015
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The Little Chick Adventures…

We had fun looking at the chicks this morning. They all started in an egg but now they have hatched and  are definitely growing! Our chick is black and called Daisy. The  first adventure for the chicks was moving from the egg to their new heated home. The chicks are happier now...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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Class Newsletter 13.03.15

Please find the class newsletter for 13.03.15 Newsletter 13th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 13 Mar 2015
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Magic Maths

I have been really impressed with the amount of calculations you can make up if I give you a number answer. Some children can even think of calculations for each mathematical operation, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Super number skills! Have a go at this...
Posted On 11 Mar 2015
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Class Newsletter 06.03.15

Please find the class newsletter for 06.03.15 Newsletter 6th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 06 Mar 2015
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World Book Day!

I am really looking forward to seeing your costumes for World Book Day! We will be doing lots of fun activities with a costume parade, book based science investigation and buddy reading. I hope you are excited as I am! Miss Plews.
Posted On 04 Mar 2015
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Class newsletter 27.02.15

Please find the class newsletter for 27.02.15 Newsletter 27th February Miss Plews.
Posted On 27 Feb 2015
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Division, division and more division!

We have had a very busy start to the half term with doing lots of division in maths. We have practised sharing, grouping and using repeated addition along an empty number line to find the correct answers. The children gave a cheer when I told them we would be applying these...
Posted On 25 Feb 2015
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Class newsletter 13.02.15

Please find the class newsletter 13.02.15 Newsletter 13th February Miss Plews.
Posted On 15 Feb 2015
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Music Enrichment Day

Thanks for your hard work on Tuesday. The students really enjoyed working with you. We went on the same musical journey as your class…to ‘The hall of the Mountain King’. We thought it was a bit like going on a bear hunt! Do you remember what ‘rondo’...
Posted On 12 Feb 2015
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A live debate!

We have just had a fantastic live debate in the classroom. The children worked in teams to practise their reasons for choosing a hot or cold place as the best. We then had a whole class debate with Head and Senior Judges! We raised our points and the decision was then made that a...
Posted On 11 Feb 2015
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Class Newsletter 06.02.15

Please find the class newsletter for 06.02.15 Newsletter February 6th Miss Plews.
Posted On 06 Feb 2015
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Our Theatre Workshop

We had a lovely morning at the theatre and were able to create our own stories using props and imaginative ideas. Some of the ideas were very inventive, especially the poisonous apple! Miss Plews.
Posted On 04 Feb 2015
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Class newsletter 30.01.15

Please find the class newsletter for 30.01.15 Newsletter January 30th Miss Plews.
Posted On 30 Jan 2015
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Penguin information texts

I have been so impressed with all the effort you put into your penguin information texts this morning. We will add more tomorrow and remember to include another sub-heading and picture. Well done. Miss Plews.
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
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Class newsletter 23.01.15

Please find the class newsletter here Newsletter January 23rd Miss Plews.
Posted On 23 Jan 2015
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Class 3 Assembly

I wanted to say a huge well done to all of you for your contributions to our class assembly. You had such loud voices and it is a good job as we needed to sing ‘Let it go’ 3 times! You explained to the audience about what we have already learnt in our ‘Winter...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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Class Newsletter 16.01.15

Please find the class newsletter for 16.01.15 Newsletter January 16th Miss Plews.
Posted On 16 Jan 2015
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Polar Bear Adaptations.

The children worked very hard earlier this week to write a polar bear report. In the report the children included a lot of facts about polar bears and explained how they have adapted to survive in their harsh and cold habitat. The children all worked brilliantly and we had huge...
Posted On 14 Jan 2015
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