MESSAGES
- ‘Let’s Be Ambitious’ - We will be sending home an extra optional homework sheet on Wednesday for the children that like an extra challenge. More information will be available in the homework folders.
- Now the weather is getting warmer, please could you encourage your child to bring in a hat and also a water bottle so that they remain well hydrated during the day.
- Please label all school uniform, snack boxes and water bottles to avoid items getting lost in school.
- Year 3 will be basing our work around ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl. It would be fantastic if you could support the children out of school by helping them to read the book and/or watch the film to get them all ready for learning in class.
LITERACY
In Literacy this week, we will continue looking at ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl. We will start by learning a text map of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ in order to learn the structure and style of Roald Dahl. We will then use a story mountain to plan our own adventure inside the chocolate factory.
KEY VOCABULARY
Structure, style, setting, plan, text map, describe, vocabulary, similes, adverbs, personification
MATHS
This week the children will add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using the efficient written methods of columnar addition and subtraction. They will also cover estimating and using inverse operations to check answers.
KEY VOCABULARY
Add, subtract,estimate, inverse, column method, check, operations
THEMED LEARNING
“Chocolate”
The children will start to explore the exciting world of the Aztecs. To introduce them to the Aztecs, the children will focus on Aztec art. They will be covering the techniques of weaving this week and printing. They will be using these skills to create an Eye of God and will be tie-dying fabric to print on using their own printing blocks.
KEY VOCABULARY
Aztecs, weave, print, fabric, resist, geometric, repeated patterns
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL LITERACY
In Digital Literacy we will continue to look at keeping safe on the Internet and carrying out safe searching for information. We will focus on looking at how to search effectively for information, choose the best information to meet their research needs, and how to record it.
KEY VOCABULARY
Safe, search, search engine, protection
PSHCE
Linked to our Themed Learning, the children will be thinking about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs.
KEY VOCABULARY
Values, customs, beliefs, understanding, thoughtful
MANDARIN
Y3 C1
Topic: Lesson 7-Hobby(1)-Text 1
Student will learn how to describe their hobbies
Homework: My hobbies
Y3 C2/C3
Topic: Lesson 11 Daily Routine-Text 2 -Continued
Student will be able to their daily timetable with others
Y3 MND03CN
本周学习课文《 唐老鸭新传 》，能借助拼音流利地朗读课文，了解课文大意。积累课文中的好词、好句、好段。
作业：抄写生词。
MFL
Year 3 / 4 Spanish – Ms Caldwell
Next week, we will be continuing to work on our Body Parts Topic. We will use vocabulary learned to construct basic sentences to describe people in more detail. For example, ‘His eyes are brown.’ We will aim to be able to attempt to play a Spanish version of ‘Guess Who?’.
Homework this week will be to revise the vocabulary for body parts on Linguascope.
Year 3 / 4 Spanish – Ms Martinez
Next week we will revise vocabulary for months, days and numbers. We will also be doing some calendar work.
Homework:To use Linguascope and Rockalingua to revise and improve on food vocabulary.
Year 3 / 4 French – Ms De Borger
Next week we will continue recording our presentations for our exchange project with the British school in Vietnam. We will talk about our hobbies, our family and our favourite animals, using our drawings to support our presentation.
This week’s homework will be presenting your self-portrait and your pen pal letter to your parents.
Key Vocabulary: j’ ai…, un frère, une sœur, j’ aime, le football, le ballet, la musique, un chien, un chat, un poisson, une tortue
Year 3/ 4 Native French - M. Valente
La semaine prochaine, nous étudierons la formation de l'imparfait et travaillerons sur l'utilisation des deux temps du passé, le passé composé et l'imparfait, dans des exercices écrits. Pour les devoirs, il faut compléter la feuille d'exercices sur les accords du passé composé.
Year 3/ 4 Native German - Ms Brannasch
Nachdem die Schüler kurze Gedicht ueber die Monate dichteten, lasen wir welche in unserem Booklet vor. Danach lernten die Kinder, wie man eine Einladung schreibt und verfassten ihre Einladungen zur Party.
Zu Hause sollten sie die Vorlage „Einladung zur Gruselparty“ nutzen und ihre Einladung schreiben.
Year 3/ 4 Native Spanish - Ms Garcia
La semana próxima trabajaremos la lectura en voz alta y la comprensión lectora. Para deberes, tienen que completar una página doble del cuadernillo de ejercicios.
DUTCH
Kunst met een grote K
De verhalen van Y3 en Y4 vinden deze week een plekje in het Muurseum. Wegens het grote schrijfsucces van de leerlingen publiceren we ook ‘Het Grote Muurseum Voorleesboek’ met alle kunstwerken en verhalen van leerlingen.