Welcome to Year 3 Woodpeckers and Kingfishers |
Welcome to the Year 3 class page.
On this page you will find updates about our learning in Year 3, along with photos of our most recent work and some recommended websites. To find your newest weekly spelling list, please visit classroom.google.com
If you would like to contact the class teacher, email year3@burpham.surrey.sch.uk and we will reply as soon as possible.
Enjoy exploring our page and finding out what it is like to be a Woodpecker or Kingfisher!
Fiona Moldon | Laura Rowan | Jess Lamb | Olivia Truscott |
Kingfishers' Class Teacher & Assistant Headteacher | Kingfishers' Class Teacher | Woodpeckers' Class Teacher |
SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Trainee) |
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fiona.moldon@burpham.surrey.sch.uk
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News
RE
Our RE learning this term gives us the opportunity to look at many forms of art; 'How can artists help us to understand what Christians believe and do?
As part of this learning we looked at the use of the Cross in art to find out what they tell us. We took ourselves to the Wildlife Area to create our own cross images. The children then wrote about what they were trying to demonstrate in their pictures:
'My cross symbolised Jesus being on the cross and his disciples worshipping him and him taking in people's sin if they made the wrong choice.' Georgia
'This cross represents the cross Jesus died on. The green leaves represents the arms. Above the green leaves lay a yellow leaf that represents his head. The log below the arms represents the legs. The leaves around it are decorations.' Markus
'The green around the cross symbolises Jesus power. The cross symbolises Jesus' death and the leaves are the people looking up at him'. Mike
In Geography this half term, we have focussed on the question 'What is Burpham like?' We have discussed and drawn the features we love about Burpham. As part of our field work, we then created questionnaires for our friends, families and neighbours to find out more about everyone's opinions. We started to notice that many people found the roads quite busy and even spotted a letter in the newspaper where a local resident was concerned about how long it took him to safely cross the road. This lead us to conduct some research. We headed out into our local neighbourhood and completed a traffic survey. Burpham Lane turned out to be quite quiet on a Friday afternoon, but on Clay Lane there were so many cars, motorbikes, trucks and even the odd police car! We have now considered how we will stay safe on the road. Take a look at the photos below that show the fun we had on our traffic survey.
We have also just reached the end of our gymnastics unit. We have been learning how to make symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes and movements and working in a pair or group to create a sequence. We have included some photos in the gallery showing the culmination of our gymnastics topic.
Gallery
Useful Documents
Maths
Games to practise your times tables and other Maths skills.
Reading
If you love reading why not try something different and incorporate an audio book into your free time?!
Try listening to some audio books. The BBC Sounds App has lots of free books and Audible has also released lots of free books: Audible
Collins Big Cat have some colour banded books for you to read online. https://ops.collinsopenpage.com/sso/login?service=https%3A//ebooks.collinsopenpage.com/wr/index.html&eulogin=true
CBBC have a book club where you can share books you have read and write reviews on them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/cbbc-book-club
Test yourself, and your parents, with a book quiz. https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/quizzes/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImrKf7oe_5QIVEsDeCh1zUwl4EAAYASAAEgIPePD_BwE
The children in Year 3 love to talk about the texts that they have found in the book corners. In these pictures you can see the enthusiasm they have in describing their reasons why others might enjoy the texts!
Spanish
Why not spend the time to carry on learning and consolidating all the Spanish you have learnt this year. You could also teach your family some spanish words :) Hola! Buenos Dias! Como Estas? Muy Bien! Adios!
In the event of school closure
On rare occasions, it may be necessary to close the school. This may be due to adverse weather conditions or perhaps when essential school services cannot be provided –e.g. heating, plumbing or water.
Please refer to the School’s Bad Weather Policy on our website for information regarding how we communicate a school closure.
Class teachers will then initiate home school learning activities, and these will be available to children by 10am of the same morning.