Year 3 Blog 06.10.23

Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 9:55am

This week we have got lost in an enchanted world. We are studying the classic author, Enid Blyton and her every popular ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’. The children have been mesmerised by the quirky characters; Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the Fairy.  Here is a link to a little girl retelling ‘Silky’s story’ if you would like to listen along at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqz1Gj4NvQ

During Guided Reading we have been skimming and scanning the text to pull out all the key vocabulary to enable us to retell the story from memory. This is a vital skill and is really important as we continue to recount the story in the written form. We have been building our V.I.P’s (Visual Instructional Plans, a little like a storyboard) to structure 8 paragraphs to recount the story of Silky. Ask your child if they can tell you the story in their own words. We bet it will be filled with lots of super adjectives, adverbs and colourful vocabulary. Rehearsing a story verbally really supports the children’s ability to recall the sequence and key events in a story. We are all authors!

We are all looking forward to our 'Experience Day' for English on Monday. As a year group we will be walking to the garden just behind St Luke's church to taste marshmellows and drink hot chocolate. This experience day will help the children when they produce a written piece of work later on in the topic. If your child has any allergies, that we don't already know about, please can you let a member of staff know ASAP. Please can you send your child into school in their P.E. kit with sensible footware and with a raincoat, in case of the chance of rain. 

If only you were present in our recent music lessons..twenty two glockenspiel’s all chiming together in our own special rendition of ‘Oh when the saints go marching in.’ Followed by the jazz theme ‘scat singing’ the children really enjoyed listening to the music to see if they can recognise any words – it was tricky! The children have mastered the skill of ‘call and respond’ they loved singing back to respond to the music they heard. We had a great time!

Please have a look at the photos below, our Y3 children have had a super busy week this week! 

Thanks for your continued support at home with your child’s learning. Enjoy the weekend!

The Year Three Team.