English: This week we have been revising conjunctions. The Year 2 children have been using the subordinate conjunctions ‘when’ ‘if’ and ‘because’ in their writing and the Year 3 children have been learning about subordinate clauses – how to identify them, where they can be put in sentences and how to punctuate them. We have also done some independent writing this week, where the children wrote a diary explaining everything they were looking forward to about the pantomime.

Maths: We have continued our fraction work this week. The Year 2 children have been identifying unit fractions (halves, thirds and quarters) in different images and representations whereas the Year 3 children have been identifying non-unit fractions (two thirds, three fifths etc) in different images and representations. All the children have been developing their reasoning skills this week as they have been challenged to explain how they know their answers are right.

Art: The children completed their planet art work this week that linked to our science work.

RE: We talked about the part in the nativity story where the wise men bring gifts to Jesus. We then spent some time thinking about the gifts we could give each other at Christmas – thinking of gifts which don’t cost money – love, joy etc.

This week has also consisted of rehearsals for our Christmas Concert as well as a fantastic morning out at the pantomime.

Please note that new spellings haven’t been set for next week. This is because we didn’t get round to doing the spelling test on Friday so we will roll those spellings over to next week. Children have not been set homework for next week either as I am aware that the Christmas Concert is taking up two evenings. 

English: We began the week by doing some creative writing where we were writing a diary as though we were an explorer climbing Mount Everest. We did our writing and then spent some time editing and improving it. The Year 3 children have been learning about prepositions this week – on, underneath, next to, on top of etc and the Year 2 children have been practising their capital letters, punctuation and use of conjunctions.

Maths: We have continued our work on fractions this week. The children have been recognising fractions in a variety of different real life situations as well as in a variety of different images. They have been practising writing fractions, matching written fractions to images and also explaining how they know their answers are right – e.g. I know it is 1/2 because the whole has been split into 2 equal groups and 1 of the groups is coloured in.

Art: The children completed some space art work this week using wax crayon and ink.

PE: The children have continued their games lessons this week.

Alongside all of this the children have been spending time practising for their upcoming Christmas Concert.  

English: We began the week by doing some creative writing linked to our History work on the explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The children wrote a diary in character as Scott, describing their expedition to the South Pole. We have also spent some time this week learning about how to use subordinate conjunctions in our sentences – because, when, if. The Year 2 children have been practising using these in the middle of their sentences whereas the Year 3 children have been challenged to use them at the start of their sentence to create different openers.

Maths: We have done some revision and practise of multiplication this week, the Year 2’s have been focusing on their 2,  5 and 10 times tables whereas the Year 3’s have been focusing on their 3 and 4 times tables. We have also started a new unit of work on fractions. The children have begun by identifying the ‘whole’ and ‘part of a whole’ in lots of different scenarios including within shapes. They have been learning how fractions relate to dividing equally and have been identifying equal and unequal fractions within shapes.

History: We have continued to learn about Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the South Pole.

RE: We have been thinking about what our impressions of a King are – what they wear, where they live and how they behave and have been learning how Christians believe Jesus is the King and how this is different from what our impressions are.

PE: The children have continued their games lessons this week.

This week we have also begun rehearsals for our Christmas Concert!

Well done Class 3 for another great week – keep it up!