Author: Miss Wilson

01 December 2017

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 07 December:

I can show my understanding of instructions.

Your task is to write a set of instructions for a recipe, just like we’ve done in class. You need to include:

  • a catchy title
  • an introduction
  • a list of what’s needed
  • a method
  • a top tip

If you need any help, come in and see us before the due date!

We’re practising all the times tables we’ve covered so far this year:  3, 4 and 8 times tables.  Make sure to reiterate division facts, too.

For example, if we know 5 x 8 = 40, we should know 8 x 5 = 40, 40 ÷ 5 = 8 and 40 ÷ 8 = 5.

We Are One Cool Class!

After many weeks of earning numerous cool class tokens but narrowly missing out, Year 3 are finally victorious!


We caught up with a few of the amazed pupils as they returned to their classroom to let the news sink in.

“I feel proud!” – Yusayrah

“I’m really happy. We’ve waited quite a while.” – Nryan

“I feel proud because we haven’t won before.” – Jasraj

“I was shocked because we’ve never won in Year 3.” – Safiya-Mishal

“We’ve tried to get lots of class tokens to get the cup.” – Adam

“We tried to be kind to all the teachers and the dinner staff and the cleaners.” – Jemima

We dig fossils! 

As part of our What’s the matter? mini topic, we’ve been studying fossilisation! (LO: How are fossils formed?)

We worked in groups to jot down key words and phrases from an informational video. 


Next, we were given pictures of the different stages and had to put them in the correct order and write a sentence about each. 


There was no need for a fossil fuel boost today- nobody was being a lazy bones! Fossils rock! 

Creative Homework

This week’s homework was I know what community is.

As usual we were blown away by the quality and effort put into every piece!

From showing where we belong to where we live…

… to communities we are a part of…

… and information about where we’ve come from …

… to showing who makes up our community… 

… we thoroughly enjoyed discussing them all!

Well done everyone!

Community Heroes

Today, we performed our acrostic poems about our chosen community hero. 



“Rhythm makes the poem easy to remember.”

– Phoebe

“Harris’ poem rhymed in lots of places!”

– Talha

“Imagery helps put a picture in your head.”

– Hifza

“Jess really thought about her poem and she really took her time and the rhythm was really good.”

– Musa 

We Are Mindful Superheroes!

Today, we learnt a new superpower: mindfulness! This new skill can help calm us down in stressful situations and can help us talk about our emotions and understand them.


To demonstrate how mindfulness works, we were shown a bottle of water. We named emotions and assigned them to colours of glitter, which were poured into the bottle one by one. If the emotions were shaken up and not dealt with, it was hard to see through the water clearly. We practised some breathing techniques…

… to calm and relax us. As we did so, the glittery emotions in the bottle settled and the water (symbolising our thinking) was now clear!


In the wise words of Master Oogway: “Your mind is like the water. When it becomes agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.”

Police Officers for the Day

Today, we had a special visit from Police Community Support! We talked about how to be safe when crossing the road and walking home, and how we can help our parents decide the safest place to park!

First, we put on our hi-vis jackets (so people could see us and we were safe) and listened to our briefing.


Next, we went outside to the road in front of school and one by one had a go using the speed gun to measure how fast (or slowly and safely) the cars were going.

“They taught us lots of bits about road safety that we might not have known.”

– Felix

“Hold hands with your adult and ask them not to park on the yellow lines.”

– Liam

“I liked it because I got to wear a police hat.”

– Phoebe

“I liked using the speed gun because you got to do something that not many other people could do.”

– Emma

“I liked the speed gun because it was fun seeing how fast the cars go.”

– Isabella

Can you fingerspell?

Yesterday, we were lucky enough to have some visitors from BID Services – a charity committed to promoting choice and independence.

They talked to us about how to signal and help people with hearing impairments and taught us how to Fingerspell the alphabet which we thoroughly enjoyed!

“My favourite part was learning the numbers.”

– Rayn

“I really liked it when we tried to make our names with the alphabet.”

– Safiya-Mishal

“My favourite number was the number nine and you held your hand up sideways.”

– Hifza

“I liked the doorbell so if you were blind and deaf you had the remote in your pocket and it would vibrate so you would know to open the door.”

– Kashif


For more information about Sensory Support, check out the Leeds Sensory Support Service or for resources and games to learn British Sign Language go to their homepage.

What does community mean to us?

As part of our Who Do You Think You Are? themed week, we have discussed what community means to us in our Living and Learning session. First, we made a mind map as a class…


… and then split into smaller groups to make our own.

  • “Community is sharing happy memories.”
  • “Community is our heritage.”
  • “Community is where you belong.”

We look forward to welcoming our visitors through the week and learning and discovering more about our Identity topic.