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Monteney Primary School

Year 3 News Autumn Term 1

This is an exciting term for Y3 pupils with the first group of children due to go to Whirlow Hall Farm.

This term we are focussing on one of the most exciting history topics:

Ancient Egypt.

We will be doing lots of exciting things based on the Ancient Egyptians including: 

Creating canopic jars using clay 

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Locating Egypt and looking at the route of the River Nile 

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Egyptian timeline

Studying Egyptian numerals and hieroglyphics

Exploring Ancient Egyptian artefacts and then creating observational drawings And many more interesting things!

If you have any Egyptian artefacts in your family we would love to look at them or put them on display.

Look out for things to research and explore at home linked to our Egypt topic. Make sure you check out our Y3 blog and twitter account.

What you need in Y3 for PE Please make sure your child has their PE kit in school for P.E. They need a plain coloured t-shirt and shorts. They also need plimsolls that fit correctly. If you need any new kit please speak to the office staff.

If your child wears earrings, please ensure that they have tape to cover these for safety purposes during PE. This can be purchased from a pharmacy.

Please make sure all items have your child's name on including the P.E. bag.

Y3JS PE - Tuesday and Thursday Y3MT PE - Monday and Thursday

Exhibitions Each term we will be inviting parents to our Year 3 exhibition where the children will showcase their work and learning about our topic. We will let you know in good time when the first exhibition is due to take place.

Assemblies Assembly days for Y3 this term are :  Shine Assembly—Friday at 8.55am. We will try to let you know as soon as possible if your child is in Shine Assembly.  Class Assembly—Y3MT is on 7.10.14  Y3JS assembly not until 10.2.15

Transition Thank-you for supporting your child with the transition from Y2 to Y3 and from key stage 1 to key stage 2.

We are really impressed with how the children have settled in and started the new year.

If you have any concerns please speak to the Y3 staff– Mrs Scott, Mrs Taylor, Mr Murch or Mrs Hanks between 8.35 and 8.50 am or any time after school.

Whirlow Hall Farm We are all looking forward to our residential visits on the farm throughout this year!

There will be a Whirlow meeting for all Parents and Carers of the year group to attend in October, we will let you know the date shortly. This will be the only meeting held this academic year for us to inform you about the visit and to answer any questions that you may have. Even if your child is not going to Whirlow until 2016 you will still need to attend. As soon as groups are decided we will inform you. If you have a preference for a particular week for a special reason please come and speak to us.

The children will stay for 2 nights (2 and a half days) To do this we have booked two and a half weeks throughout the year. Confirmed dates for the Y3 visits this year are weeks commencing 16.11.15, 18.01.16, 14.03.16. The total cost is ÂŁ35 which includes transport to and from Whirlow, into Derbyshire, accommodation, food, guided tours of the farm and the Piggy Palace lead by Whirlow environmental staff.

Even if your child is not going until later in the year you can begin to send the money in instalments now if you wish.

Whatever the weather we will have a great time!

Y3 Homework

The Barn at Whirlow

We will be sending out homework every Friday to be handed in by the following Tuesday. This homework will be based on the learning that we have covered in class.

Typically the homework will be either literacy or maths based. In addition to this we will send out creative homework based on our Egyptian project.

Children will be expected to complete weekly spellings which will be handed out each week. There will be a short test on these spellings each Friday.

Reading Rocks This year there will be a big focus on reading and filling in reading diaries every night. We encourage you to read with your child every day for at least 5—10 minutes and fill in the reading diary. Every child in Y3 has been given a new reading diary. It is their responsibility to look after it and ensure it is in their blue bag every day.

To enable children to progress children need to be able to demonstrate a complete understanding of what they have read. We encourage you to ask the children questions about what they have read and their thoughts and feelings on the book. If you want any advice on this we would be more than happy to assist.

There are house points up for grabs for the children who complete their reading diary every night!

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