Class 3
Welcome to Class 3!
Teaching Staff
Mrs Wraige, Mrs Housden, Mrs Reid, Mrs Entwistle and Mrs Trigg
Meet the Teacher
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W/C 9th February 2026
Here are some of the things we have been learning in class this week:
Spellings this week have all contained the /j/ sound as in ‘jump’. In our writing, last week's story plans have been carefully brought to life, a section at a time. Their imaginations have really bloomed and the children have relished the opportunity to explore their creativity. The children have put a lot of time and effort into their writing and I am really looking forward to reading the finished stories. The opportunity to word process their work, as we have been using laptops to "publish" our work, has been very exciting.
In maths we have concentrated on securing our skills in subtraction and addition. There are a number of potential pitfalls when it comes to making exchanges in subtraction but we have been practising strategies to overcome them so we do not succumb to those mistakes.
This week's highlight has to have been the live computing lesson we took part in with the BBC for Internet Safety Day. The children took part in missions to 'feed' accurate information to a chat-bot that the BBC were building. They were brilliant - and I am still scrolling through all of the messages on the website to see if we did get that shout out we were hoping for!
In science the class now have a firm understanding of why we need a balanced diet and should be able to use vocabulary - such as nutrients, excess and healthy - to explain their reasoning. We have started to look at skeletons - what they are and why we need them. The children have a good foundational knowledge which we will build on next term.
We completed our 'I am fantastic' activities in this week's PSHE lesson and reflected on some of the different talents that people have.
In French the children finished their French-labelled colour wheels.
In another week of what feels like endless drizzle and rain, we have been fortunate to be able to get out for our PE lessons. This term's focus on agility and balance skills lays the foundation for every sport and activity under the sun. And it's been fun too!
Our recorder playing is gradually becoming more musical, especially now that we have learnt a third note, 'g'. Following the written notation is increasing in complexity now that we have three notes and different note types (crotchet and minim) and the equivalent rests to read. We shall continue to build on this next term.
And again, the best way to end any week has to be an afternoon of art. We finished our week bringing together our previous drawings of wild animals and exotic jungle foliage to create our own composition in the style of Henri Rousseau.
Have a wonderful half-term, and may we return to longer and brighter days!
Mrs Wraige
Home Learning
Reading:
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Every child has chosen a reading book with support this week. The best way to improve at anything is to practise. So we will change their reading book as soon as they finish the current one. We expect parents to read daily to and with their child. We suggest 15 minutes per day as the optimum reading time for home reading.
SPAH (Spelling, punctuation and handwriting)
- Every Friday, we send home a book with a few sentences the children have written. This will include words from our phonics sessions. This children are expected to re-write the sentences to practise letter formation, spelling and learn the important and various sentence structures. This should be completed over the weekend and returned to school on a Monday.
This week's sentences:
No Home Learning this week.
