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Class Newsletter 09.01.15

Please find the class newsletter for 09.01.15 Newsletter January 9th Miss Plews.
Posted On 09 Jan 2015
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Welcome back!

It is fantastic to have you all back at school and what a fun packed half term we have ahead of us. We have now started our Winter Wonderland topic and we will be learning about animals, materials, fantasy worlds and more. I hope you will all enjoy our new topic! Miss Plews.
Posted On 07 Jan 2015
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Toy Day

Have you all decided which toy you are going to bring in tomorrow? It will be an exciting day and there will be a wonderful assembly too! Miss Plews.
Posted On 18 Dec 2014
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Class newsletter 12.12.14

Please find the class newsletter for 12.12.14 Newsletter 12th December Miss Plews.
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
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Nativity

A huge well done to all the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children who were part of the Nativity performances. All the adults, who watched you, were very impressed at how hard you worked and how well you performed. There was a lot to learn but the performances went brilliantly....
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
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A big thank you……

…….to all the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of Do’. You did a fantastic job and provided something very special. Really, really well done! Ms Lamb
Posted On 09 Dec 2014
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Class newsletter 05.12.14

Please find the class newsletter for 05.12.14 Newsletter 5th December Miss Plews.
Posted On 05 Dec 2014
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Following instructions

On Monday the children had a special guest in the classroom, Mr Stoner. He helped them to collect twigs in the wildlife area and then making them into small twiggy trees. The children enjoyed this and were able to follow the instructions carefully to make the twiggy tree. Well...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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Class Newsletter 28.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 01.12.14 Newsletter 1st December Miss Plews.
Posted On 28 Nov 2014
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Fractions!

It has been wonderful to see the children being very enthusiastic about shading fractions of shapes. We have looked at 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 of shapes. We then moved onto challenging fractions and some children even included equivalent fractions – WOW! Well done class 3 and keep...
Posted On 26 Nov 2014
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Class newsletter 24.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 24.11.14 Newsletter 24th November Miss Plews.
Posted On 21 Nov 2014
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Illustrations!

We had a lovely afternoon illustrating our Percy the park keeper stories and were able to do eye-catching front covers. Some children even added their own blurb to give little clues about what would happen in their story. The children have enjoyed writing these stories and are...
Posted On 20 Nov 2014
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Class newsletter 17.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 17.11.14 Newsletter 17th November Miss Plews.
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
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Animal Habitats

We created our own animal habitats in science using boxes, leaves, conkers, mud and sticks. The children thoroughly enjoyed this and we will check if our homes are being used next week! I wonder which animals will have moved in? Miss Plews.
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
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Class newsletter 10.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 10.11.14 Newsletter 10th November Miss Plews.
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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A forest in the classroom!

Class 3 would like to make a big thank you to Mr Stoner and Mrs Shelton for helping them to build a very large den. Not just an ordinary den but one made out of branches. The children thoroughly enjoyed making it and will certainly enjoy playing in it! If you haven’t seen...
Posted On 05 Nov 2014
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Class newsletter 03.11.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 03.11.14 Newsletter 3rd November Miss Plews.
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Roll the dice…

Today the children had the opportunity to work in their problem solving groups and investigate a maths problem. Which total would be made the most when rolling 1 dice and then another? The children were able to explain that to find the total they would need to add the dots...
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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Class newsletter 20.10.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 20.10.14 Newsletter 20th oct Miss Plews.
Posted On 17 Oct 2014
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Maths games to try at home

Mr Hodge has been looking up some great websites to use at home which are excellent for practising your maths. Great to fill in some time over half term! http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting http://www.maths-games.org/counting-games.html...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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Arghh Me Hearties!

I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching you all about the dreaded pirate  Blackbeard and the horrible gory details which made him such a wicked man. You listened very carefully and wanted to share your own knowledge about him. Some children brought in fantastic research of their own...
Posted On 13 Oct 2014
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Class Newsletter 13.10.14

Please find attached the class newsletter for week beginning 13.10.14 Newsletter 13th oct Miss Plews.
Posted On 10 Oct 2014
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Harvest singing!

We are all well on our way to knowing all of the harvest festival songs. They are sounding wonderful and I think parents will definitely enjoy the musical sounds at the church. Miss Plews.
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
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Class Newsletter 06.10.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 06.10.14 Newsletter 6th Oct Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Oct 2014
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Science Senses

Class 3 you have done fantastically over the past few weeks learning about all the different senses and which part of our body helps with these. You have had a go at reading braille, making telephones, listening to different sounds and tasting mint! I have been impressed with all...
Posted On 02 Oct 2014
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Class newsletter 29.09.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 29.09.14 Newsletter 29th Sept Miss Plews.
Posted On 26 Sep 2014
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Robot fun

We had a very funny afternoon trying to make the beebots go in the direction we wanted them to. We listened to algorithms and made up some of our own by giving commands to the beebots. I wonder if you will be able to create your own mazes next week for the beebots to travel...
Posted On 22 Sep 2014
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Class Newsletter 22.09.14

Please find attached the class newsletter for week beginning 22.09.14 Newsletter 22nd Sept Miss Plews.
Posted On 19 Sep 2014
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Conscious Alley

Today the children pretended to be the good and bad side of a conscience. They had to help a character make a HUGE decision about either staying at a forest camp or leaving it! The children worked sensibly and were able to think of their own ideas about what the character should...
Posted On 19 Sep 2014
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Class Newsletter 15.09.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning the 15th September. Newsletter 15th Sept Miss Plews.
Posted On 12 Sep 2014
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Welly fun!

Wow we had wonderful welly fun in maths today. We had to decide which wellies would fit the fairy tale characters. We did this by measuring the wellies and matching to the character’s feet. We found that Daddy Bear had huge feet closely followed by Shrek! We had a lot of...
Posted On 10 Sep 2014
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Class newsletter 08.09.14

Please find attached the class newsletter for week beginning 8th September. Newsletter 8th Sept Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Sep 2014
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Welcome back!

Hello Class 3! What a wonderful first day we had together. I was extremely pleased with the way you all got straight into the routine of life in class 3. You tried very hard in everything you did and explored the newly decorated classroom too. I think this is going to be a...
Posted On 03 Sep 2014
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CLass Newsletter 14.07.14

Please find the newsletter attached for week beginning 14.07.14 homework 14th July Miss Plews.
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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Fantastic vehicles!

What a brilliant and fast afternoon we had testing our vehicles. The children evaluated their vehicles so they needed to test them to see if they worked properly going down a ramp. Some of the vehicles went far in the playground (the wind may have helped a few!). Hope you all had...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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Filey!

What a fantastic day we had in Filey. I was very impressed with your behaviour and how well you listened to instructions. We played on the beach, paddled in the sea (some of you got soaked!) and had an ice cream to finish the day off perfectly. Thank you again to everyone that...
Posted On 04 Jul 2014
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Class 3 newsletter 07.07.14

Please find class 3 newsletter for week  beginning 07.07.14 homework 7th July Miss Plews.
Posted On 02 Jul 2014
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Filey beach here we come!

We are all very excited for our trip to Filey tomorrow. The forecast is good so please remember your sun cream and hat! We are going to build sandcastles on the beach and I wonder whose will be the tallest? Miss Plews.
Posted On 02 Jul 2014
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A busy week!

We have certainly had a very busy week in class 3 spending lots of  time making our fantastic garden party items ready to sell in Enterprise week. We are very excited and can’t wait to see if you like our garden party items. There will be lots of colour and sparkle! Miss Plews.
Posted On 27 Jun 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter 30.06.14

Please find the newsletter for week beginning 30.06.14 homework 30th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 27 Jun 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter 23.06.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 23.06.14 homework 23rd June Miss Plews.
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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The Dragons are coming…

I know that the children are very excited to pitch their ideas to the Dragons tomorrow morning, we hope they like it! Class 3 will definitely be getting creative and please remmber to keep bringing in old tins and glass jars as we will need them for our idea 🙂 Miss Plews.
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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Class Newsletter 16.06.14

Please find the class newsletter for week beginning 16.06.14 homework 16th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Live Debate!

I just wanted to congratulate our main judge and senior judges on their fantastic organisation skills during our live debate on Monday. We were deciding if Mrs. Armitage should have added all those objects to her bike or not. You were all great and each team were able to argue...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Class newsletter 09.06.14

Please find the class 3 newsletter for week beginning 09.06.14 homework 9th June Miss Plews.
Posted On 04 Jun 2014
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Map work

I looked very carefully at the maps of your routes from home to school that you did this afternoon and I was very impressed. Some of you even added colour and features that you go past on your way to school. It was very exciting using Google maps to find our houses! Miss Plews.
Posted On 02 Jun 2014
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Class newletter 02.06.14

Please find the class newletter for week beginning 02.06.14 homework 2nd June Miss Plews.
Posted On 02 Jun 2014
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Exciting new half term!

Hi all, I hope you have had a brilliant half term holiday and not been stuck inside too much because of the weather! The sun is coming out today 🙂 Please get ready for a fully packed half term of practical science investigations, walks around the local area, looking at some...
Posted On 31 May 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter

Please find the class 3 newsletter for week beginning 19.05.14 homework 19th May Miss Plews.
Posted On 14 May 2014
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Rocket madness!

I am so excited to start making our rocket models tomorrow afternoon. You did brilliant designs on Monday and decided what you will use to make the rockets. We have a few parents coming in to help us as well; it is going to be so much fun! Miss Plews 🙂
Posted On 14 May 2014
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Class Newsletter 12.05.14

Please find the class newsletter attached: homework 12th May Miss Plews.
Posted On 07 May 2014
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Little Red Riding Hood!

I just wanted to share with you all that the Early Years and Key Stage 1 children had a real treat yesterday morning! We were all given the chance to watch a production of Little Red Riding Hood but from the perspective of the Wolf and his children. This was a very different tale...
Posted On 07 May 2014
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Class newsletter 05.05.14

Please find the attached newsletter for week beginning 05.05.14 homework 5th May Miss Plews.  
Posted On 02 May 2014
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Class Newsletter 28.04.14

Please find attached the Class 3 Newsletter homework 28th April Miss Plews.
Posted On 26 Apr 2014
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Fantasy Worlds and Space!

It is going to be a busy and exciting half term in CLass 3. Our new topic is ‘Fantasy Worlds and Space’. We have a lot of interesting activities planned so I hope you and your creativity are ready! Can you research facts about space and bring them in to share with us?...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014
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Class Newsletter 23.04.14

Please find the class newsletter for this week attached. homework 23rd April Miss Plews.
Posted On 23 Apr 2014
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Class newsletter 31.03.14

Please find attached the class newsletter for w/b 31.04.14 homework 31st March Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Apr 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter 24.03.14

Please find the newsletter for Class 3 here. homework 24th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 22 Mar 2014
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Stretch your Scientific Skills!

I thought you all worked fantastically in science this afternoon. You were able to discuss different materials and investigate if you could squash, stretch, twist or bend them. Some materials were a little better to work with than others! I looked at the tables you recorded your...
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter 17.03.14

Please find attached the Class 3 newsletter for week beginning 17.03.14 homework 17th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Class 3 Newsletter

Please find attached the Class 3 Newsletter – homework 10th March Miss Plews.
Posted On 05 Mar 2014
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World Book Day

I am really looking forward to World Book Day on Thursday! I can’t wait to see what you will be dressed up as; I hope you have your costume ready 🙂 Miss Plews.
Posted On 05 Mar 2014
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Homework w/b 3rd March

English We will be looking at the vocabulary used in traditional tales this week and reviewing a range of stories. If you have any traditional tales or alternative versions at home please bring them in to share and add to our display (named please). Maths In Maths this week we...
Posted On 27 Feb 2014
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Exciting new topic!

I hope you have all had a wonderful half term holiday! Please get ready for an exciting half term ahead looking at the new topic of food. We will be designing our own fruit salad, tasting our favourite fruits, learning about fairtrade and thinking about where our food comes from....
Posted On 22 Feb 2014
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Homework w/b 24th February

English We will begin a unit on traditional tales this week. We will look at the tale of The Three Little Pigs from different points of view. We will also write a short dialogue between the wolf and one of the pigs. What is your favourite traditional tale? Why not ask the...
Posted On 22 Feb 2014
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Homework w/b 3rd February

English This week in English we are going to start looking at poems related to our topic of ‘Rainforests’. We will perform different poems thinking about clear voices and adding actions to make the performance interesting. We are going to think of our own rhyming words and...
Posted On 01 Feb 2014
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Homework w/b 20th January

English In English this week we will think about alliteration and try to make up some of our own phrases. We will also use VCOP (vocabulary, connectives, openings and punctuation) to improve sentences and paragraphs about the rainforest. In addition to this, we shall write our...
Posted On 19 Jan 2014
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Layer that rainforest!

Hi all, I thoroughly enjoyed marking you work about the layers of the rianforest from this afternoon. Some children had done some beautiful illustrations! The layers of the rainforest were canopy, forest floor, emergent layer and the understory; what order did these go in? Happy...
Posted On 13 Jan 2014
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We are back!

Oh yes Class 3 we are definitely back in action! This week has been a brilliant week recapping what we know about plants and flowers, estimating, rounding to the nearest 10, thinking about what we would like to learn about a rainforest and using lots of different movements for...
Posted On 10 Jan 2014
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Homework w/b 13th January

English In English this week we will continue to look at non-fiction texts. We will look at existing non-fiction texts and try to write a paragraph for a non-fiction text. In addition to this, we will practise alphabetical ordering with rainforest words and look at the layout of...
Posted On 10 Jan 2014
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Nativity is here!

Hi all, I hope you get a fantastic night sleep as it is our big dress rehearsal tomorrow which will be performed to the whole school! Keep practising those lines and sing the songs everywhere and anywhere, in the bath, in bed, at the shops, keep practising 🙂 Miss Plews
Posted On 09 Dec 2013
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Homework w/b 9th December

English In English we are going to have a go at writing our own instruction text for making a gingerbread reindeer. We made the gingerbread reindeer last week but I wonder if we can remember how we did this? Can you write a list of the main features we always need to use when...
Posted On 09 Dec 2013
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Decorating our Class tree!

I am really looking forward to decorating our Class Christmas tree over the next week. Please remember to bring in 1 bauble so you can put it on the tree. Have a lovely weekend, Miss Plews.
Posted On 30 Nov 2013
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Homework W/b 2nd December

English In English we are going to look at existing instruction texts and discuss if these are fiction or non-fiction. We will also have a look at the features within instructions and the type of language used to make instructions clear. Towards the end of the week we will have a...
Posted On 30 Nov 2013
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Illuminated Artwork

Well Class 3, I have just trimmed your ‘Illuminated’ York buildings and they are beautiful! I would have any one of them on my wall at home. Well done. I’ll put them on a display so all the school can see what good little artists you all are. Mrs Shelton.
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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Homework w/b 25th November

English In English we are going to plan our own story set in another culture in addition to thinking of a repeating line that we can use to create a pattern within our writing. When we have planned this we will use the plans to begin writing our story. Please have a think at home...
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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Homework w/b 18th November

English In English we will continue to look at stories from other cultures and stories that have patterns within the language. We are going to be focusing on a story called ‘Jamela’s Dress’ and Jamela doesn’t make a very good choice. We will use drama to explore Jamela’s...
Posted On 16 Nov 2013
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Electricity!

I thought you all did a wonderful job in science when we were learning about simple series circuits. You were able to light the bulbs very quickly and then tell me which circuits would and wouldn’t work! A fabulous job 🙂 Miss Plews
Posted On 16 Nov 2013
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From Mr Currie

I really enjoyed teaching you yesterday Class 3. You all worked very hard. Miss Plews should be proud of you. See you soon.
Posted On 12 Nov 2013
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Homework w/b 11th November

English In English we will continue to look at stories from other cultures and stories that have patterns within the language. We will focus on a story called ‘The Hunter’ and use adjectives and connectives to explore the setting and characters feelings. In addition to this, we...
Posted On 08 Nov 2013
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First week back!

I just want to say a big thank you to all the children for making the first week back a lovely one. We have been multiplying in Maths, looking at stories from other cultures in English and thinking about electricity in Science. Have a brilliant weekend and I will see you all on...
Posted On 08 Nov 2013
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See you tomorrow!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow and you telling what you have been up to over the half term holiday 🙂 Miss Plews.
Posted On 03 Nov 2013
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Half term holiday!

Hi all, I do hope you are having a restful break during the half term holidays so you come back to school excited and ready to learn. So far this holiday I have spent time with my family and I am up early to take my sister to the dentist! Tomorrow I am meeting Mrs Carr-Brion so...
Posted On 29 Oct 2013
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Homework w/b 4th November!

We’ve had a busy first half term; well done to everyone for working so hard. We are very impressed with you all and how much progress we have made already.  Enjoy your week off! Here is some information about what we will be doing after half term: English In English we will be...
Posted On 29 Oct 2013
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Parents’ Evening Round 1!

I had a lovely parents’ evening last night but it was a late one! Thank you to all those who came as I enjoyed sharing lots of positive feedback with you. If I didn’t see you last night I’m sure I will tonight. Miss Plews.
Posted On 23 Oct 2013
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Healthy food!

Today the children in class 3 were thinking about healthy and unhealthy foods. They were good at guessing which foods were the better option; however, we do sometimes like a treat! The children had to design a healthy and balanced meal. I particularly liked Harley’s and...
Posted On 17 Oct 2013
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Wear it pink!

Thank you to all those children who dressed up in PINK yesterday and donated some money. I think you all enjoyed wearing pink… if it was up to me we would wear it all the time! Miss Plews.
Posted On 16 Oct 2013
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Homework w/b 14th October

English This week we will begin looking at patterns on a page which is a poetry unit focusing on the different structures that poems can have. The children will explore a variety of different poem structures and group them accordingly. We will also have a go at writing our own...
Posted On 10 Oct 2013
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Healthy science

Mrs Shelton told me that the children had a lot of fun finding and feeling their pulse today. Apparently Mrs Shelton couldn’t count Ben’s pulse after he had done some exercise because it was going so fast! Miss Plews.
Posted On 10 Oct 2013
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Our dancing is brilliant!

I just wanted to tell everyone how fantastic our dancing is in class 3. I was very surprised with some children today and they truly were able to show that they are little movers! In Zumba the children have been given time to create some of their own Zumba dance moves to ad...
Posted On 08 Oct 2013
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Phonics and key person open evening for parents

Please remember that KS1 and EYFS are having an open evening on Monday 6.00-7.30pm for any KS1 and EYFS parents who would like to know more about phonics and the key people who work with their children. We hope to see you there! Miss Plews
Posted On 05 Oct 2013
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Homework w/b 7th October

English This will be our last week of looking at stories set in familiar places. The children have planned their own story set at the seaside and this week we will write this up. We will focus on what makes our writing interesting and exciting to read. For example, we hope the...
Posted On 05 Oct 2013
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Tip Top Reading!

I really enjoyed hearing children read one-to-one with me on Friday. My boys are fully grown now so it was lovely to hear the young children read. Mrs Shelton.
Posted On 05 Oct 2013
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First investigation!

Class 3 did their first huge science investigation this week. They had to investigate the question ‘Is your foot as long as your arm from wrist to elbow?’ The children thought this was extremely funny to be investigating and at first they did not believe it could be...
Posted On 29 Sep 2013
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The weekend sun!

I do hope you are all having a fantastic weekend in the sun! I had a coffee morning to raise money for charity yesterday and it was very successful. What have you been doing this weekend? Miss Plews
Posted On 29 Sep 2013
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Homework for Week Beginning 30th September

Week beginning Monday 30th September English We will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. This week we will look at the setting of the seaside and think of our own adjectives to describe this place. Also, we will write a postcard to explain what a character...
Posted On 29 Sep 2013
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Homework Week Beginning 23rd September

English In English this week we will continue to read stories which are set in familiar places. We will look specifically at the familiar setting of the country side and think of interesting words and adjectives to describe this type of setting. Also, we will try to write an...
Posted On 21 Sep 2013
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School Council

Well done to Katarina and Elliot who are now on the school council to represent Class 3! I know they are both confident children who will be able to take ideas from the classroom and pass them on in school council meetings. Miss Plews
Posted On 18 Sep 2013
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Senses Science!

Class 3 will be having a super senses lesson tomorrow afternoon. Get ready to taste, smell, hear, touch and see lots of different things! Miss Plews.
Posted On 18 Sep 2013
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Art with Mr Baines!

The children have produced some fantastic line pictures with Mr Baines this morning. They are colourful and eye catching. Miss Plews
Posted On 18 Sep 2013
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