ROSEACRES PRIMARY SCHOOL

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This is the page that you can visit to keep updated on the children's learning. Make sure you come back each week to see the learning opportunities that the children have been taking part in.

Spring Week Six

Well its the final week of this half, where has the time gone .The children have been busy finishing off their Aboriginal artwork, they are absolute masterpieces and the children have put a lot of time and effort into these pieces. In Maths we have just started a new topic of length and perimeter. The children have been using millimeters, centimeters and meters as units of length and deciding which unit of length is best for measuring different objects. We have also looked at equivalent units of measure and converting units of measure. In Gym this week we have been mastering our forward rolls and performing different movements as a sequence.

I would like to wish you all a lovely half term and fingers crossed for no rain.

Spring Week Five

This week we finished the week by going on our class trip. The children had a fantastic time walking around the Fitzwilliam Museum, studying the Egyptian artefacts, asking questions and looking for their 'star object'. In the afternoon we had a session in the art studio, where the children created their own piece of Egyptian art on 'real' papyrus paper. The session was led by a real artist called Nathan and the children had some time to ask him questions about his passion.

Spring Week Four

This week in Maths we have been doing lots of work on Division. We have been learning how to divide 2 digits by 1 digit with and without exchange. It is a tricky concept for the children and their brains have been buzzing!!! In English we have been writing character descriptions using interesting adjective, commas for lists and becoming interviewers and interviewing George and Grandma from Georges marvellous medicine. In art we have begun painting our Aboriginal animals using string and pointillism.

Spring Week Three

Half way through this term! Where is the time going? We have been developing our balances in gymnastics this week. The children have been working in groups practicing their point and patch balances using equipment and apparatus. The children worked on a healthy balanced diet and the five main food groups and the nutrients that we get from these foods. In Maths we are developing our skills of multiplying 2 digits by 1 digit by using the grid method, chunking and the short formal method.

Spring Week Two

Another busy week of learning this week for all the 'Wildcats'. The children were introduced to our new art topic of 'Aboriginal art'. We looked at the colours that are used and the originality of each sign and symbols. We continued with our class text and we linked 'Georges plan' to our English learning this week. We are developing our own 'Poisonous potion' to create calligram poem.

Spring Week One

Welcome back. We have had a great week settling back in after an exciting Christmas break. The children have been looking at 'diets ' in Science and 'Our World' in Geography. We have started our new class text of Georges Marvellous Medicine, which the children are really enjoying. We have started 'Rugby' in PE and are lucky to have Harrison from Bishops Stortford Rugby Club teaching us.

Autumn Two Week 7 and 8

What a very busy two weeks we have had in Year 3! The children took part in a 'virtual cheerleading' competition, had two Christmas performances, and made Christmas cards linked to our DT topic of 'links and levers'. All of this on top of English, topic and Maths! 

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and look forward to a new start in 2024.

Congratulations to Sienna and Philip for receiving the Head Teachers Certificate. 

Autumn Two Week 6

Wow! What a performance. I was super proud of all of year 3 for their clear narrator voices and wonderful singing. I'm sure you agree with me that they were 'Fantastic'

Autumn Two Week 5

Christmas is quickly approaching!! Where is the time going? This week the children have begun multiplication and division of 3's, 4' and 8's. In English we have been extending our sentences for our biographies by using subordinate clauses. In Science we have been measuring the strength of magnets and continually developing our skills in cricket with our coach Chris.

Congratulations to Sammy for your head teachers certificate.

Autumn Two Week 4

Another week has flown by!! This week the children have been looking at Cleopatra and beginning to plan their autobiographies based on her life. In Science we have been looking at friction and fair testing the speed on vehicles travelling on different surfaces. 

Autumn Two Week 3

This week we have been practising our cheer routine, ready for entering our 'annual cheer comp' alongside Year 4 and 5. We have also had the privilege of a trained cricket coach in PE on Wednesday mornings. The children have been developing their throwing, catching and fielding skills. Look out for the next Freddie Flintoff or Heather Knight!!

Autumn Two Week 2

The children had another amazing week!! This week we have been finishing off our addition and subtraction unit in Maths and looking at the 'Great Pyramids of Giza' in History.

Autumn Two Week 1

Autumn Week 1

Autumn Week 2

Hello again! Firstly , it was lovely to meet so many of you on Thursday morning at our 'meet the teacher'. As promised all the slides are on the website with all the information included. I have added the childrens logins for Times Tables Rockstars and Purplemash at the front of their reading diaries so they can play at home.

We have had another wonderful and busy week. The children have continued their learning on place value of numbers up 1000, recognising them, recording the written wording of them, partitioning and finding their place on a number line. We also started our Ancient Egyptian topic, looking at a time line placing where the Ancient Egyptian era was and constructing questions around the topic that we would like to find the answers too. In Science we looked at light and shadow and the definition of darkness and light sources. In English they have looked at word classes such as nouns, adjectives and verbs and the use of the determiner a and an. We have finished the week off with a lovely session on the two bouncy castles, of which the children thoroughly enjoyed.

A big well done to Thyri for receiving the Head Teachers certificate this week for your in depth questioning based on our topic.

Autumn Week 3

Well here goes another great week of learning. The children were completely inspired by a BMX workshop on Thursday, learning about growth mindset and really giving things a try even if we don't succeed the first time. In Maths the children have been working on numbers up to 1000, using equipment and number lines to support learning. They've looked at the River Nile and learnt why the Ancient Egyptians viewed it as such a gift. Art this week the children used charcoal and charcoal putty to create their own Hieroglyphic masterpieces, which was a little messy (sorry!!) Finally in English we carried on with our class text of The Hodgeheg answering many vocabulary, inference and prediction questions.

A huge congratulations to Emine for this weeks Head teachers certificate in PE.

Autumn Week 4

Into week 4 already!! This week we have continued to learn more on our Ancient Egyptian Topic. The children have been looking at drawings of what life was like back then and comparing it to our daily lives. In science they have been looking at reflection and making mirror mazes from rope and sending secret messages to their talk partners. Maths is drawing a close to our knowledge of place value of three digit numbers. Finally in RE, we looked at the rite of passage of Amrit and the five K's in Sikhism, where the children gave a group presentation to the class .

Well done Ethan for receiving the Head Teacher Certificate this week for your hard work and effort in Phonics.

Autumn Week 5

Another week over and what a busy week we've had!

On both Monday and Friday we welcomed our parents into the classroom for our Autumn Book Look in preparation for Parents evening next week. It was lovely to see so many of you enjoying sharing your children's work of which they are very proud. On Wednesday the children performed perfectly at our Harvest Festival. I was very proud of them all as I'm sure you were too.

This week the children have started looking at adding and subtracting 1's from three digit numbers as well as confirming their knowledge of number bonds to 10, 100 and beyond. In English we have been confirming our grammar skills by looking at conjunctions, adverbs and general punctuation. During our Art session on Thursday we have started to make our own papyrus paper in preparation for our final piece. Finally, the children enjoyed two PE sessions, taken by our sports coaches Kate and Nick, working on the apparatus and defending in hockey. 

Well done to Ella for receiving the head teachers certificate this week for your wonderful presentation in all of your written work.