Monday 30th June

Welcome to our blog spot this week. Please remember that we have set lots of activities on MY MATHS.

Trip to Gullivers

This week on Friday we are off to Gullivers and if slips have not been returned please could you do so as soon as possible. Please remember that we will be back late.

The children will need:

·         Drinks

·         Money

·         Waterproof coat if raining

·         Sun screen if sunny

·         Packed lunch in disposable bag.

·         No fizzy drinks or glass bottles.

Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school . We will be practising for Sport’s day on the 11th of July  so the children need to have suntan lotion, hats and water bottles as the weather has actually improved.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding

This week the children will be learning more about ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION and will be introduced to a new topic called ROMAN NUMERALS.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/roman-numerals.html

Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be continuing with work on fraction:  ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS, cancelling fractions and  equivalent fractions.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/fractions-12-adding-subtracting-different-denominators-01.html

www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L3GL.html

ENGLISH

The children will be working on their extended writing techniques.

This week the children will be learning about the use of a COMMA in a subordinate clause, in speech and in a list of things.

The children will also be completing an assessed piece of writing to pass on to their next teacher.

www.slideshare.net/mssami/how-to-write-a-diary-entry

RE Building Bridges

We will be continuing the topic BUILDING BRIDGES. We will be thinking about how relationships are broken and will be learning about sin and reconciliation.

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 23rd June

Welcome to our blog spot this week. Please remember that we have set lots of activities on MY MATHS.

SPANISH WEEK

This week it is SPANISH WEEK.

The children will be making tortillas and experiencing Flamenco dancing on Friday. The children may come dressed up on Friday in traditional Spanish dress or wearing red and yellow. We hope to have a great week and be practising lots of Spanish as well as learning more about Spanish culture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUklGzMrHQg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pplzyPN2L0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish/numbers/numbers_30_100/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/start_here/im/tengo_una_munyeca.shtml

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/languages-esl-spanish-coloring-pages-2791-2-1

Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school . We will be practising for Sport’s day on the 11th of July in the coming weeks so the children need to have suntan lotion, hats and water bottles as the weather has actually improved. Yippee!!

Well done to the year four who made their Holy Communion and Confirmation on Thursday night. The behaviour of the children was excellent. On Friday the children enjoyed their party and receiving their certificates in a special whole school assembly when they sat at the front of the hall dressed in their smart, beautiful clothes.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding

This week the children will be learning more about DIVISION and will be progressing onto the bus stop method of division. We will also be learning more about PERIMETER and be finding the perimeter of a variety of shapes.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/school_booster/busstopdivision.html

Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be learning all about adding and subtracting FRACTIONS. The children will also be reviewing what they have learnt about fractions already.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/fractions-12-adding-subtracting-different-denominators-01.html

ENGLISH

The children will be working on their extended writing techniques.

They will be reviewing – sentence starters.

https://www.hope.ac.uk/media/liverpoolhope/contentassets/documents/education/media,21009,en.pdf

The children will also be completing an assessed piece of writing to pass on to their next teacher.

www.slideshare.net/mssami/how-to-write-a-diary-entry

RE Building Bridges

We will be continuing the topic BUILDING BRIDGES. We will be thinking about how people build bridges and why. We will also be thinking about relationships and friendships. We will also be listening to the story of the lost sheep and considering how people and children can become lost sheep.

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 16th June 2014

Welcome to our blog spot this week. Please remember that we have set lots of activities on MY MATHS. We will be sending homework out at the end of this week. It  will be a Science homework on light and magnetism.

www.mymaths.co.uk/

Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school from Monday as we do  PE straight away. We will be practising for Sport’s day on the 11th of July in the coming weeks so the children need to have suntan lotion, hats and water bottles in the hope the weather improves!!

YEAR FOUR HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION 

Please remember that on Friday morning the children need to come in their Holy Communion clothes for photographs. Afterwards there will be a tea party and an assembly to present them with their certificates. The children may bring in board games to play with and a change of clothes - non uniform. Please remember to send in the refreshments either the day before or on Friday. Thank you.

 MATHS

 Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding

This week we will be reviewing telling the time.

Therefore we will be learning about:

ü  Telling the tine at five minute intervals

ü  Digital time

ü  24 hour clock

ü  Time facts

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/

www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm

Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be learning all angles, measuring angles and types of angles.

The children will be using a protractor to measure angles.

www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/protractor-using.html

www.mathsisfun.com/angles.htm

ENGLISH

We will be learning about hyphenated words, words ending in tion and carrying on with diary writing too.

www.slideshare.net/mssami/how-to-write-a-diary-entry

RE New life

This week we will be finishing the topic new life and also be completing the assessment. We will be starting a new topic BUILDING BRIDGES. We will be thinking about how people build bridges and why. We will also be thinking about relationships and friendships.

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 9th June

Welcome to the final term. I am sure the children are looking forward to coming back to school. Hopefully the weather will be kinder to us and we can get outside more for PE lessons.

Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school from Monday as we do  PE straight away. We will be practising for Sport’s day on the 1^st of July in the coming weeks so the children need to have suntan lotion, hats and water bottles in the hope the weather improves!!

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding

This week we will be reviewing subtraction. We have noticed from the recent exams that the children are still struggling a little bit with subtraction questions.

Therefore we will be reviewing :

ü  the mathematical vocabulary linked to subtraction.

ü  use columns to subtract.

ü  exchange a ten to subtract.

ü  can use a number line to find the difference.

www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/subtraction

www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html

MATHS

Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be learning all about Roman Numerals and different types of lines such as perpendicular and parallel lines.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769547.html

ENGLISH

We will be learning about hyphenated words, words ending in tion and diary writing too.

RE New life

This week we will be finishing the topic new life and also be completing the assessment. We wil be learning all about Paul, his travels and what he achieved. We will also be thinking about the power of the Holy Spirit.

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 19th May

Welcome to this week’s blog spot.

The children should be working on their current  project homework which is on ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERS. Lots of children have mentioned that they have done lots of exciting things and we are looking forward to seeing the projects  too. If you need a copy of the homework scroll onto previous blogs. Thank you.

As the weather is really pleasant this week please make sure that your child has a hat and sun screen on or with them. Thank you. 

See below on previous blog. The homework can be brought in the week  of Monday 19^th of May to 23^rd May or the week after the half term holidays as this half term is so short.

Test week –this week the children will be having tests in:

 Maths

 Reading

 Writing.

Here are a few sites that the children can click on to help them review their learning. We have been doing lots of revision and will continue to revise on Monday as well as starting the tests.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://mathszone.co.uk/shape/coordinates/

http://topicbox.net/english/ks2_literacy/

Have a great week everyone. Have a great two weeks off and see you in the final half term of this year.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 12th May

Welcome to this week’s blogspot. The children should have come home with new spellings stuck in their diary. They will be tested on them next Friday. Also the children should have brought the next homework project home which is on ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERS. 

See below on previous blog. The homework can be brought in the week  of Monday 19^th of May to 23^rd May or the week after the half term holidays as this half term is so short.

Please remember that sacramental preparation is on on WEDNESDAY NIGHT and the children need to bring rosary beads. Thank you.

Test week – next week the children will be having tests in Maths, Reading and Writing.

RE New Life

Come and see

In RE this week the children will be learning all about Paul. They will learn about his life before and after he met Jesus. They will learn all about Paul’s life and how he travelled around spreading God’s word.

ENGLISH

This week the year three will be doing lots of activities related to improving their writing.

We will be focusing on narrative writing and looking at level four and level five pieces of writing.

The children will be practising their writing and self checking and per checking their pieces of writing.

The children will also be answering a range of comprehension questions that have beem compiled by the teachers.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/

MATHS  Mrs Harding/ Mrs Morgan

This week the math’s groups will be reviewing lots of different topics as next week is the end of year tests. We will be completing mini tests on the A3 revision homework sheet that was sent home the week before last.

We will be reviewing:

·         Division with and without remainders

·         Addition with carrying

·         Subtraction with exchanging a ten

·         Area

·         Perimeter

To find out more:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-calculation.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/understanding-area-and-perimeter/13556.html

MATHS MRS SARSFIELD

This week Mrs Sarsfield will be reviewing lots of topics too in preparation for the tests next week.

They will be reviewing:

·         Four rules of addition, subtraction, dividing and multiplying

·         Shape

·         Area

·         Perimeter

·         Fractions

·         Measurement

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/understanding-area-and-perimeter/13556.html

TOPIC

This week we will continue  studying two Spanish artists called Gaudi and Picasso. The children will be looking at different pieces of work and try to represent their own interpretation of the artist’s work with different media available.

http://www.picasso.com/picasso-cubism-art.aspx

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Tuesday 6th May 2014

Welcome to this week’s blog spot. The children should have come home with new spellings stuck in their diary. They will be tested on them next Friday. 

Also the children should have brought the next homework project home which is on ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERS. See below.

PROJECT HOMEWORK SUMMER TERM ONE

This half term’s topic is Adventurers and explorers.

The topic is about adventurers and explorers past and present.

The children can research famous explorers such as Sir Francis Drake, Roald Amundsen or Neil Armstrong or special missions or journeys. The children could write a story or diary of an explorer.

Examples of work:  A long story with chapters (chapters, pictures linked to the topic of adventurers and explorers,  power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports,, songs, videos, news  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation/reading their story to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week:

Monday 19^th of May to 23^rd May OR THE FIRST WEEK BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AS IT IS SUCH A SHORT HALF TERM.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team. This homework will be available to view on our blog spot at: http://yearthreeandfourstvincents.blogspot.ie/ 

                                                       

                                                       Mrs Harding

Mrs Morgan

Mrs Sarsfield

RE New Life

Come and see

In RE this week the children will be learning all about Paul. They will learn about his life before and after he met Jesus. They will learn all about Paul’s life and how he travelled around spreading God’s word.

ENGLISH

This week the year three will be doing lots of activities related to improving their writing.

We will be focussing on non fiction writing and writing explanations, letters and diaries.

The children will also be answering a range of comprehension questions that have beem compiled by the teachers.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/

MATHS  Mrs Harding/ Mrs Morgan

This week the math’s groups will be reviewing lots of different topics as next week is the end of year tests.

We will be reviewing:

·         capacity, weight and measurements

·         fractions and fractions of numbers

·         symmetry

·         doubling and halving

·         multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 100

·         money and giving change from a total

To find out more:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-calculation.html

http://mathematics.hellam.net/maths2000/fraction1.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Symmetry

http://resources.woodlands-

MATHS MRS SARSFIELD

This week Mrs Sarsfield  will be reviewing the four rules of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. The group will be concentrating on addition and subtraction problems.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

TOPIC

This week we will be studying two Spanish artists called Gaudi and Picasso. The children will be looking at different pieces of work and try to represent their own interpretation of the artist’s work with different media available.

http://www.picasso.com/picasso-cubism-art.aspx

Have a great week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.