29/11/2024

As we are unfortunately not able to be together in school today, please find some activities below which you can get on with at home.
Reading - this is always our number one activity. You can practice reading your reading book/Read Write Inc reading book and can practice reading or sharing any other books you have at home or using the following links:

OXFORD OWL
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login
school code: tjq6

ED SHED
www.edshed.com

TT ROCKSTARS
https://ttrockstars.com

English:
Possessive Apostrophes

Explainer: Children should explain the possession of the noun in brackets to indicate their understanding. See examples below

1. Fox’s eyes were haunted. (the eyes that belonged to Fox) 
2. Magpie’s wing was badly burned. (the wing that belonged to Magpie)
3. The tree’s leaves whispered in the breeze. (the leaves that belonged to the tree) 

USE SHEET ATTACHED TO COMPLETE.

Maths:
Practice your times tables on hit the button. Try to beat our class high score of 40.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Science:
'Shadows'  Watch the video about shadows around the world and complete activities 1-3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmnqfdm/articles/z9wm7yc#zp2wwnb

28/11/2024
As we are unfortunately not able to be together in school today, please find some activities below which you can get on with at home.
Reading - this is always our number one activity. You can practice reading your reading book/Read Write Inc reading book and can practice reading or sharing any other books you have at home or using the following links:

OXFORD OWL
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login
school code: tjq6

ED SHED
www.edshed.com

TT ROCKSTARS
https://ttrockstars.com

English:
Write your own sentences using an apostrophe for contractions.
See examples below..

1. Magpie couldn’t believe her luck. (could + not = couldn’t)
2. Fox hadn’t planned where to take Magpie. (had + not = hadn’t)
3. Magpie didn’t know that Fox would trick her. (did + not = didn’t)

Explainer: The apostrophe shows where missing words are.
Maths:
Create a times table poster to be displayed in the classroom. Choose either the 2, 5, 10 or 4 times tables.
4 times table song link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4
RE:
Create a kindness advent calendar - for each day add something kind that you will do during advent.
see example attached

Good morning, 

As we are unable to be in school today (27/11/24) while our heating is fixed, I am providing some suggested activities for children to have a go at completing at home. I would love for children's efforts to be shared with me on class dojo.

https://ttrockstars.com/ (We need to move up that leaderboard!)🤞

Have a go at practising subtraction column method. https://vimeo.com/731049925 (I hope this works)

This weeks spellings (Found on our class dojo page)

You could practise your handwriting, writing sentences including the spellings.

Do some research using books/internet and make a fact-file about Mountains , Light or The Epic of Gilgamesh.

If you're feeling active you could try some cosmic yoga or PE with Joe Wicks. (Found on Google).

Read a favourite or new book you haven't read before.

If you need any support accessing anything just let me know.

Thank you for your support and understanding,

Miss Gargan.😊🌈

My name is Miss Gargan and I am class teacher, who will be in school every day. On Friday afternoons Mrs McGuinness will teach the children, whilst I prepare and plan for lessons outside of the classroom. Our learning support assistant is Miss Moore.  On this class page you will find lots of information about 3G. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to speak to me or contact me on class dojo and I will reply as soon as possible. 

Upcoming dates for your diary

We have lots of fun activity days planned in preparation for our school Christmas fayre on Monday 16th December.

 15th November - Inside Out Day (wear your clothes inside out for the day) for a £1 donation

22nd November - Colourful Accessory Day (wearing uniform) for a donation of sweets or chocolates for the tombola.

29th November - wear silly socks or odd socks to school for the day for a donation of a new unused gift.

6th December - Crazy Hair Day for a donation of a bottle for the bottle tombola.

13th December - Christmas Accessory Day (wearing uniform) for a £1 donation.

Friday 20th December: Break up for Christmas.

Phonics

Phonics is taught daily in school and here at St Christophers we use a scheme called Read Write Inc (RWI). RWI is a structured and systematic approach which is designed to create fluent readers and willing writers. Children will gain confidence speaking aloud by practising to read letters (or groups of letters) and saying the sounds which they represent.  It is vital these phonemes (sounds) are pronounced correctly.  Children will read words by blending the sounds together.

Children will be given home reading books after they have read a particular book several times during their RWI lessons. This will either be every 3 or 5 every days, depending on their group level.  Your child's group teacher will let your child know when to return their book.

E books are also allocated regularly to the Oxford Owl website and are available to read by logging in.  All children should have a log in as this is the same as previous years.  If you are unsure or don't have a log in please let me know. 

For further information regarding RWI visit www.oxfordowl.co.uk

READING BOOKS:

Can children please bring in their book bags each day. We will listen to them read as often as possible and change books accordingly. Thank you!

P.E

Our PE day this year is Monday. The school PE kit is available from Lazer School Wear, St Mary’s Road in Garston.  This is a red t-shirt with the school badge and school blue shorts.  However, your child can also wear a plain red t-shirt and dark blue shorts that are available from most supermarkets. 

This is part of our school uniform and must be worn for PE lessons.

Football kits and other sportswear will not be allowed.

The children can wear any training shoes for PE.

*Please ensure all kit is clearly labelled with your child's name. 

Dojos are given to those children who are wearing their full correct kit. 

Homework Menu

Every half term, a homework menu will be shared, with a selection of tasks for the children to engage in and complete at home. These will be tasks relating to school learning from across all areas of the curriculum. Children can work on as many of the activities as they wish, but it is requested that they complete at least one each half term and hand it in or share on class dojos. All completed work will be celebrated.

Spellings

Spellings will be given out each Monday and children should practise these at home (and in school) as much as possible throughout the week.  We will have a short informal test on a Monday afternoon.

Statutory Spelling List for year 3 and 4

https://themumeducates.com/year-3-common-exception-words-free-worksheets/

TT Rockstars

Every child should already have a log in to practise their times tables on TT Rockstars. If your child is new to our school or cannot remember their log in details, please let me know and I will ensure one is created or re-given. Thank you. 

Science

This term we will be learning about Light.

History

In History we will be learning about Cradles of Civilization.

Geography

This term we will be learning about Mountains.