Nadolig Llawen

Nadolig Llawen

Almost here

Santa is almost here! Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you all have a lovely day
Mr T

Track Santa

Santa is about to leave the North Pole. You can track him and see where he is here

http://www.google.co.uk/santatracker/

Year 3/4 Play

Year 3 and 4 are very excited to begin 'The Donkey Seller'

Calendars

I hope you all enjoyed the calendars, the children worked incredibly hard with Mrs Morris to learn new sewing skills.

Christmas Fayre

Thank you Dosbarth Porffor for a wonderful Christmas Fayre, the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

They will be selling more items at play time tomorrow so you can get more then if you have any spare change!

New resources

I'm glad you enjoyed the new resources today, it really helped us understand place value. Can you teach someone else some of the activities we learnt today?

Costumes

We have a dress rehearsal tomorrow. Please ensure all costumes are in school

Letters

Our letters are all posted. Let's hope they make it to the North Pole safely

Stamps

We will be posting letters to Santa on Thursday. Please could you bring in a first class stamp or 50p to buy a stamp off the school so that we can post them on Thursday afternoon.

2DIY

We had great time today making our own sequencing activities on 2DIY. This really helped with our sequencing of 3 digit numbers

Letter Writing Homework

This week's homework is to write a letter to someone of your choice on Purple Mash. You could write an email to Santa by clicking on Themes --> Christmas, or there is a blank letter template in Creative Tools --> 2Publish.

 

Remember to say why you are writing, add a few questions and say what has happened to you recently. The letter or email should be at least 10 sentences long and should be completed by Friday 6th December.

 

Once this is complete we will be printing off and putting all of the Purple Mash work into your homework folders. I'm sure your parents are eager to see it all.

 

Christmas Fayre

We would appreciate any donations for the Christmas Fayre on December 4th such as toys, books and unopened gifts in good condition. Thank you for your support

Techniquest

The children are having a fantastic day learning all about Forces

Spellings

Apologies for the spellings not being given out today. The photocopier broke down as I was getting the homework ready. I will endeavour to get them out to you tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding

Addresses

Please could the children bring in their address on a piece of paper ready to write letters to Santa

VCOP display

Everyone is working hard at creating character collages for our VCOP display

English Homework – Monday 4th November

Your homework this week is to write a story, which involves fireworks. It can be an adventure, funny story or even a historical story based on Guy Fawkes. It should be approximately 100 words long and should include lots of exciting vocabulary and use capital letters and full stops correctly.

To log onto Purple Mash, go to the school website at www.stgwladysbargoed.com and click on the Purple Mash button on the bottom left. The children can log in with their own username or year 3 for the username and password. Click on Creative Tools and 2write.

Remember to save it into the 3T folder. This also works on an iPad but it is easier to type on a PC or laptop.

If you do not have access to a computer, this can be written by hand but should be presented in a creative way, using excellent writing and neat presentation.

I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful ideas.

This is due in by Friday 8th November.

Mr Timbrell

Half Term

I hope you have all had a good start to the half term and that the weather hasn't affected you.

Just a reminder that the homework is to find a book that you love and prepare a short presentation on it. You should have rehearsed your presentation and be confident in explaining details such as the author, book title, your favourite part and character and most importantly, your reasons why.

I look forward to seeing all of your hard work. It is not essential, but you could create resources such as handouts or a PowerPoint to aid your presentation, but it is important that you do not read your work. This is a speaking, not reading task.

Mr T

Amazing writers

Well done on writing out your stories and newspapers in best. You all worked so hard and have produced amazing work. Well done

Spellings

We'll done to Mccaulie and Joseph who found the meanings for horde, forge and gaunt

Football star!

Well done to Cameron Preece who was in the news for his excellent football success during a recent tournament. Do we have a star in the making?

Word meanings

Can you bring in a piece of paper with the meaning of horde, forge and gaunt? Special credit for those who write a sentence in their own words

Rugby

For our last session of rugby we worked hard at our passing and catching.

Attendance

We had 97% attendance last week. I wonder if we can get 100% this week, there will be a treat on Friday for all those with 100% attendance.

We can do it!

This week

This week in mathematics we will be doubling numbers up to 20. Can you practice doubling numbers up to 10? Anyone who brings in something they have made to remember doubles will get a sticker.

On Monday afternoon we have our last rugby session. Remember to bring in trainers if you don't have them in school already.

Anyone who brought in reading books on Thursday will have the new ones given out tomorrow. Remember to bring yours in on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

If you haven't brought in your English homework from last week please make sure you bring it in on Monday so that I can mark it and give out your next homework.

I hope you've all had a good weekend

Mr T

Spellings

Remember to bring in your English homework files tomorrow. We will be having your spelling test first thing in the morning. Let's see who can get full marks this week!

Map work

Geography was certainly a challenge today where we had to fill in a map of Bargoed's streets. How much attention do you pay to street names? It's surprising how much we miss!

Reading

Reading is incredibly important and the children enjoyed finding new books at the library.

Don't forget to bring your reading books tomorrow

Rugby

Thank you to Mr Palmer who continued to teach us skills that can not only be used in rugby, but across all sports

Scrap yard

Today we discussed what was in our imaginary scrapyard, ready for our story writing tomorrow. Can you find some scrapyard pictures to give you ideas?

Next week

Remember that you have rugby training on Monday. You need your normal PE kit and trainers.

On Tuesday we will be walking around Bargoed. Make sure you bring a warm coat and sensible shoes, no bright trainers please.

As part of this, we will go to Bargoed Library so bring any books you need to return and remember your library card to take out any new books.

Back on Monday

Hello 3T. I look forward to being back on Monday and cannot wait to hear what you have been up to while I have been off ill. Have a good weekend.

Mr T

Rugby for the next 2 Mondays

From next week, can the children bring in PE kit and trainers on a Monday as well as PE on a Thursday

Poems

We had a great time today making robot poems out of jumbled up words

Rugby

This afternoon, Mr Palmer came in to teach the children rugby skills. This was certainly a test of their hand to eye coordination! 

Newspapers

We are learning about newspapers this week. Can you bring in any interesting articles to read to the class for show and tell this week?

Homework

I hope you all had a good weekend. Remember to complete your maths homework by Monday making sure you use a pencil and your presentation is just as good as in school

Pupils of the week

Contraulations to Millie and Mccaulie go received Pupil of the Week for their work in mathematics

Spellings

Please don't worry about the spelling test tomorrow, we are doing it in a fun way.

From Monday I will send out two copies of the spellings for you

Reading books

Everyone was given a reading books today. I hope you enjoy them. Remember to bring them in every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Spellings

Have you been practising your spellings? Remember the test is ok Friday and you should be practising for 5 minutes every day

Times tables

What a busy day.

Remember to practise your times tables at home every day. We will be beginning our competition next week.

Prizes for those who know their 2s, 5s and 10s best!

Robots

Ellie-Marie and her robot. What can you make robots out of?

Metals

Can you write down 5 different metals on a piece of paper and bring them in for a sticker?

Welcome

Welcome to the class blog. Keep checking back for updates, photos of our class work and competitions. There will be an update posted later on this evening and maybe there will be a little quiz!

African Mask

Thank you to Dr Williams who brought in a genuine African dance mask

Tapas Board

Our new TAPAS board which is helping us learn our times tables and understand multiplication.

You can help at home by reciting the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables

Mess is good

Masks

Year 3 having an excellent time painting their masks

Steel

Thank you to Brandon who brought it new sunglasses for Steel. Very cool!

Papier Mache

3/4P and 3H will be using papier mache every afternoon this week. The children may bring a t shirt to change into for the afternoon. Thank you.

Peter Rabbit

3H having a fantastic time learning about Peter rabbit with Mr Humphreys

Meerkat Habitats

I was so impressed by your habitats, they were so inventive and creative.

Well done. Here are some pictures for you to see

Meerkat Burrows

3H and 4P will be creating Meerkat burrows on Friday. We would appreciate any materials, boxes or tubes etc that you have for the children to use. Thank you

Curriculum Map

We have now added a curriculum map to the homework page so that you can see what work we are covering for the summer term in year 3 and 4.

 

Thank you

First School Photos

What a fantastic day, here are some photos of your wonderful Meerkat burrows

Forest School

On Thursday we will be going to Forest School. Please ensure you have Wellington boots, a sensible coat and gloves if you have them. Thank you

This week

You have all worked so hard this week, I am very impressed! Your parents should be very proud of how independently you have all worked. Well done and keep it up

Presentations

Well done to Joel who presented an amazing presentation today. Remember everything we talked out, not just reading, using expression and trying to engage the audience. You can do it, but it won't happen without practice!

Grasslands visit

Click on the blog entry title to see photos of our visit

Africa Presentation Homework

For Homework, we would like the children to create an item to be presented to the class on our next topic of Africa. This could be a:

· PowerPoint

· Poster

· Leaflet

· Booklet

· Story

· Model

· Or anything else that you can imagine.

 

The item should be high quality and reflect the high standards we expect in school. Try and aim for the quality of something that you would buy in a shop. Think carefully about how to grab people's attention and how to present in an imaginative way,

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We would love to hear that the children have practised presenting to you as this rehearsal time is important for them. The children will be self assessing their oracy skills using a recording of the presentation and so the more practice they get, the better they will be.

 

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing the presentations.  

Easter Bonnetts

Thank you to everyone who took part in the parade. Here are some photos of the stars!

Easter Eggs

Well done to the winners of the Easter Egg competition. Click on the blog entry title for a photograph

Forest School on Thursday

3H are going to Forest School on Thurs 14th March to make Hodgehegs out of woodland materials. Please ensure the children have warm clothes & wellies. Thank you

Homework

Your homework this weekend is to create a piece of writing about your mother or someone important to you, such as your nan.

Click on Purple Mash, themes and Mothers Day.

If you cannot access the Internet, you can do this on paper but I do expect high quality decoration and writing.

Include things like your favourite memories, experiences and what makes them special. I expect at least 7 sentences.

World Book Day

What a fantastic day. Your costumes were amazing.

Click on the title of this blog post to see the photos.