All class photos will now be uploaded to the 'Gallery'. Please click '2019-20' and go to 'Year 3'.
Under each set of class photos, will be a written overview of what the children have been doing in class during the week. This replaces the weekly newsletter. We hope these changes make it easier for you to follow your child's learning journey.
Friday 13th September
We have had a lovely second week back in school. This week we have started researching our new topic about the Celts and Romans. We have completed been looking at time lines and we found out that the Romans lived in Britain thousands of years ago...a long time before we were born. Using pupil voice we have been deciding what information we want to find out about the Celts and Romans.
In PE with Miss Westgarth we have been doing gymnastics. We have been learning basic gymnastic shapes and we will be putting them together to create a simple routine. We can't wait to upload photos of them for you to see.
Ms Beynon and Miss Westgarth would like all of us to log on to Bug Club over the weekend and have a go at reading the books we have been set. Miss Westgarth will be sending home all our log in details on Friday. We can read the books and then there are comprehension questions that we can answer to check that we have understood the books. New books will then be allocated to us. It is really important that we are able to read at home and it will help us to develop our reading skills.
The four purposes of the new curriculum for Wales inform our teaching. Our learning experiences enable our pupils to be:
We understand the importance of literacy skills and their use within the wider world. As part of your child's literacy lessons, they will be learning to spell words relating to specific patterns each week in class.
The children will be tested on their spellings throughout the year. Spellings and test dates are shown at the bottom of the page. The children are expected to learn their spellings in preparation for each test.
Guided Group Reading
The aim of Guided Group Reading is for learners to develop skills to help them read independently and fluently. It enables students to have a conversation about the text and to think in a critical way. It encourages students to use their prior knowledge and experience and apply it to their understanding of the text.
Sessions aim to capture and maintain the attention and interest of all learners while accessing a variety of reading skills.
PE will take place every Friday. Please make sure you bring your kit and suitable footwear.
Bug Club
It is expected that the children use Bug Club to support to developing their reading skills at home. Books have been assigned to each child and can be accessed using under the 'Useful Links' section below.
Mathletics
Children also have access to Mathletics. which is an online learning resource which supports the development of mathematical skills at home. Children are expected to make use of this resource on an weekly basis and work their way through the challenges assigned to them. A link to the site can be found under the 'Useful Links' section below.
Hwb
At St. Joseph's R.C. Primary School, we use Hwb, which is a collection of online tools provided by the Welsh Government, to develop digital skills. Hwb also provides the children with access to Encyclopedia Britannica, should they need to carry out research at home. Tools which support the children in developing their maths, literacy and programming skills are also accessible via the site.
Elements of the ‘My St. Josephs’ umbrella, which was introduced in 2018, are completed using one of the tools available within Hwb. The umbrella comprises of ‘My Profile’, ‘My Targets’, ‘My Voice’, ‘My Way’ and ‘My Challenge’. These are known as the ‘5 MYs’ and every child’s learning journey in Key Stage 2 will be evidenced through these.
‘My Profile’ and ‘My Targets’ are both completed independently by the children on Hwb, using Microsoft Teams. These are to be updated throughout the year as part of their homework.
Microsoft Teams (accessed within Hwb and Office 365) is used as our main tool for developing digital skills and facilitating online collaboration within our school. Homework will often be set via the 'Assignments' tab.
A link to Hwb, can be found under the 'Useful Links' section below.
Spellings and Test Dates
The children will be tested on their spellings every Monday throughout the year.
The date of each test and the spellings they will be tested on are shown below in the table.
The children are expected to learn their spellings in preparation for each test.
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09/09/19 |
16/09/19 |
23/09/19 |
30/09/19 |
07/10/19 |
14/10/19 |
21/10/19 |
11/11/19 |
18/11/19 |
25/11/19 |
02/12/19 |
09/12/19 |
16/12/19 |
06/01/19 |
13/01/19 |
20/01/2019 |
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shaft shed shell shift shin ship shock shop shot shun |
ash cash crash flash slash mash rash smash dish wish |
than that the them then there thin thing think this |
free three tree bleed speed cheek steel between green queen |
see deed feed need seed weed feel heel seem been |
too food mood roof cool fool pool room broom spoon |
good stood wood book brook cook Hook look shook took |
made cage page cake lake make take came game name |
shade brake flake shake flame shame plane grape Shape Plate |
tide wide bike hike like time fine Line mine wine |
smile stile while chime crime slime shine spine fire hire |
Coke joke poke woke hole dome home cope hope pope |
broke broken choke smoke spoke spoken woken stone throne close |
cube tube rude duke flume tune cute chute use abuse |
back crack lack rack stack track flick kick lick pick |
bake cake flake lake make rake stake bike like pike |
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27/01/20 |
03/02/20 |
10/02/20 |
24/02/20 |
02/03/20 |
09/03/20 |
16/03/20 |
23/03/20 |
30/03/20 |
20/04/20 |
27/04/20 |
04/05/20 |
11/05/20 |
18/05/20 |
01/06/20 |
08/06/20 |
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bold cold fold gold golden hold old sold scold told |
always away clay day display gay hay holiday may pay |
air chair fair hair lair pair stair nail pail sail |
beach each Peach reach teach lead read speak weak deal |
ease speak steal steam cream dream scream team mean please |
load road toad loaf cloak oak soak soap boat coat |
coach poach goal groan loan moan boast coast roast toast |
below blow flow follow glow grow low own show slow |
boil coil coin foil join oil point soil toil boy |
colder longer older richer smaller smoother sweeter taller braver closer |
boats books chairs coins goals rooms seeds shops teams bikes |
benches lunches beaches peaches gases buses brushes bushes crashes fishes |
boasts cooks thinks sweets screams speaks waves hopes hates slides |
beating boiling coaching fishing floating joining looking painting preaching reading |
amazed closed lined named saved smiled tuned used waved baked |
enjoyed joined moaned nailed opened played sailed heated noted painted |
Half-termly Homework Projects
This half term we have been studying the Celts. Your project is to choose a topic that we have learnt about and research it further. You will be asked to present your work to the class on Monday 11th November.
Please make your project as creative as possible including lots of interesting facts and information for us all to take away!
Possible topics:
Celtic homes
What jobs did the Celts do?
Where did they come from?
What battles were they involved in?
Celtic shields and swords