The children have worked really hard and have settled well into Year 3. Enjoy the break and stay safe. See you on the 4th November.

 

Welcome to Year 3

Mrs Larson is the class teacher in Lions and is supported by Mrs Searle and Mrs Verncombe.

Miss Marsh is the class teacher in Tigers and is supported by Mrs Csete.

Miss Marsland will support both classes.

Teachers can be contacted on the following email addresses:

jlarson@eastoverschool.co.uk

jmarsh@eastoverschool.co.uk

 

Please find our 'Welcome to Year 3' PowerPoint at the bottom of this page.

 

Reading in years 3-6

At the beginning of every new school year(in Key Stage Two) your child will complete a reading assessment called 'The Star Reading Test'. STAR Reading is a computerised reading assessment.

Questions continually adjust to your child’s responses. If the child’s response is correct, the difficulty level is increased. If the child misses a question, the difficulty level is reduced. The test uses multiple-choice questions and takes approximately 20 minutes. Your child will re-test on The Star Reading Test every half term.

The Star Reading Test will give your child a ZPD (Zone of proximal development) The ZPD is the range of books that will challenge a child without causing frustration or loss of motivation. 

Your child then picks a book at his/her own level and reads it at his/her own pace. They will start at the lowest level in the range and read through the levels at their own pace. When finished, your child takes a short quiz on the computer – passing the quiz is an indication that your child has understood what has been read. 

Every time your child passes a quiz their book level will rise by 0.1. The whole process is overseen, monitored and adjusted (where necessary) by your child's class teacher and teaching assistant. 

More information can be found here: https://www.renaissance.com/2016/09/09/parents-guide-renaissance-accelerated-reader-360/

Parent's Guide - Accelerated Reader 360 | Renaissance Parent's guide designed to answer common questions about Accelerated Reader. Explore questions around reading level, reading practice and quiz taking. A comprehensive look at how students use Accelerated Reader in the classroom. www.renaissance.com

Please speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions. 

Important Dates:

Monday 4th November - School starts

Tuesday 5th November - Lions to Museum of Somerset

Tuesday 12th November - Tigers to Museum of Somerset

Monday 16th December - Yr3 Christmas party

 

Homework expectations

LKS2 – up to 20 minutes a day

Homework should be a mixture of reading, spelling practice and maths (number bonds or times tables).

Please record all reading (and say when the book is finished) and homework in the children's homework diaries.

You will find the children's logins in the diaries as well.  

 

Useful links to learning:

• Accelerated Reader Log in to your account via this link

• Shark numbers do you know place value?

• Place value basketball do you know place value?

• TT Rockstars

• Hit the Button

• Emile spelling

• Funky Mummy
• Mental maths train

• Telling the time

• Learning village
•  https://readingeggs.co.uk
• https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html    - Myon is an online library (use AR login)
• Number Solver | Play the 24 Game at Coolmath Games
• https://www.lexiacore5.com/
• https://numbots.com/

Explore Skara Brae:

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/skara-brae-house-7-orkney-f75b52ca812a4f25b400e3628f5abf04

*Double consonants.

1. accident
2. address
3. appear
4. arrive
5. business
6. different 
7. difficult
8. disappear
9. grammar
10. occasion
11. opposite
12. possess
13. possible
14. pressure
15. suppose

Emile codes for students:
Learn: SY3T1AW6L
Pract: SY3T1AW6P 
Snake: SY3T1AW6S
Frog: SY3T1AW6F
Anag: SY3T1AW6A
Sail: SY3T1AW6Sa
Feast: SY3T1AW6Fe

 

 

 

 

No Outsiders 

What is an outsider? 

Someone who feels left out, who feels like they don't belong and are not welcome. We want schools to be teaching that there are no outsiders because everyone is welcome. A four-year-old understands what it feels like to be left out and does not want to be left out. We need to create classroom environments where no child feels left out; every child needs to be taught that they belong.

Year 3

The Hueys are all the same but one day Rupert knits an orange jumper. This causes much consternation and Rupert is treated as an outsider until Gillespi also wears an orange jumper. Gradually the Hueys learn it's ok to be different.

This is Our House is a story where George shuts people out and gives reasons why: because they wear glasses, because they are girls, because they like tunnels. When it is pointed out to George that he has red hair and could also face discrimination, the penny drops - 'This house is for everyone!' he says.

Beegu gives children an opportunity to explore reasons why the main character, an alien crash-landed on Earth, feels like an outsider.

Some characters in the story think Beegu does not belong and choose to ostracise the alien; other characters try to make Beegu feel welcome. What would we do if Beegu visited us?

We Are All Wonders is a beautiful story about a boy with facial disfigurement who is bullied and dreams of running away.

'What would happen in our school?' the children are asked to consider.

'What would we say if we heard someone being unkind?' We talk about people choosing to be a bystander.

Stereotypes are explored in The Truth About Old People: what is a stereotype, how do we recognise a stereotype, and what can we do if we hear someone being discriminatory?