Author Archives: LauraPoiner

This week we have been learning  looking at eigh words (long a sound).  You decided which set of words you wanted to learn .

Green –

eight

eighty

weight

sleigh

Yellow

eight

eighty

eighth

weight

sleigh

vein

beige

reindeer

Red

eight

eighty

eighth

weight

neighbour

sleigh

vein

veil

beige

reindeer

freight

As well as the High Frequency Word lists that I sent home last week, you can try and learn these too.

This week we used a new strategy to help us called Vowel Circle.  Write the words and then circle the vowels (a, e, i, o , u).  You can use the strategy from the week before (colourful writing) or Look, cover, write check (see picture below the eigh words).

For those of you who want to, we looked at ai words the week before.  Here are these words if you want to learn them at home too.

Green

rain

wait

train

tail

paint

main

Yellow

rain

wait

train

tail

paint

main

brain

praise

afraid

claim

Red

wait

train

tail

paint

brain

praise

afraid

claim

straight

campaign

contain

complaint

Year 3 will be given spelling words to practise at home.  Each pupil has been given High Frequency words but sometimes they may have other spelling words too.

Each week I will send some strategies home to help them remember to spell the words.

I have included a ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’ sheet and another strategy  (Colourful Words).

They can  practise words on the next available page in their homework books.

We will regularly test them on these High Frequency words to see how they are progressing and to decide whether we should send more home.

Strategy of the Week – Colourful Spelling Words

Write each of your spelling words.  Write each letter using a different coloured pencil or pen.

Welcome to Year 3 2017-2018 

Class teachers – Mrs Williams (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) and Mrs Poiner (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) 

Assistants – Miss Gayle and Mrs Leahy 

Our topic this term is ‘The Celts’. We will be going on a class trip to Castell Henllys on October 18th where we will live as a Celt for the day and dress up. Consent forms to be given out closer to the date. 

P.E.  – Tuesday indoor and Friday outdoor.   Please can pupils bring kit in a bag so they can change back into their uniform after the session as  it is part of the curriculum that  they need to be aware of personal hygiene. 

Homework : Spelling / Literacy / Numeracy  – Homework books to be given out on a Thursday and handed back in on a Tuesday.  Remember that there is  homework club on a Thursday should your child wish to attend. 

Bug club books to be returned once they are read at home and they will be changed by the pupils through the week and we encourage parents and pupils to record in the red home link books.   There are also book reviews in the back and times table pages where you and child can work on times table targets. Pupils will develop their reading skills and be listened to in class through individual, shared and guided reading sessions. 

Year 3 will visit the library and choose a free choice book to read at home, this can also be recorded in the red home link book.  

All pupils will have HWB log ins that we will send home and everyone will have log ins for active learn to access the Bug club books online. Again we encourage pupils and parents to use Bug Club online at home to develop reading and comprehension skills. We can monitor pupils’ progress through the questions asked online then assign books of appropriate level to each child.  

The Class blog will be updated regularly with homework, information and photos of our learning.  

Juniors use Class Dojo to reward points in class but not as a tool to communicate with parents. We will communicate through Twitter, Texts and the Class Blog. If you have any questions please see us before or after school when convenient.   

Headphones  – pupils are welcome to bring into school inexpensive headphones should they wish to do so as it will allow them to use the iPads with sound.  This is not compulsory.   

Year 3 and 4 will be getting together at Christmas time for a class production.  

We need help during the year to carry out activities so if you or a family member have a skill or some time that could be spared, please let us know.  

Topics for the Year 

Spring Term – Blood, bones and gorey bits 

Summer Term – Water 

Mrs Poiner and Mrs Williams 

Poinerl3@hwbcymru.net 

Williamsa31@hwbcymru.net 

As promised, I have posted the link for the maths time game.  You will only be able to play this on a laptop or computer as it requires flash.

If you have time try and use time by wearing a watch.  If you haven’t got a watch ask your parents to test you on both  analogue (round clock face with hands) and digital clocks around your home.

You need to work up to telling the time at 5 minute intervals – __ o’clock,  five minutes past ___, 10 minutes past __, quarter  past ___, twenty minutes past ___, twenty five minutes past ___, half past ___, twenty five minutes to ___, twenty minutes to __, quarter to __, ten minutes to ___, five minutes to ___.

Remember that by using these skills often it will make it much easier for you.

Mrs Poiner

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