26.04.24 Learning

We’ve had another fabulous week. The children have all completed a diary entry in character in our witting lessons, been counting coins in maths, using fine liner pens and watercolours in art and learning about what plants need in science!

In Y3GH, our Star of the Week is Muhamed for his positive attitude in the classroom. Our Learning Principle card is for ‘Be Positive’ and is for Lily-Rose. We are so happy she’s back in school and pleased to be here.

We have a total number of 10 children who completed their 30 Easter Reads: well done Amina, Aklil, Olly, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie, Robyn, Muadh, Ellie May and Ivy! Oliver, Kamari, Holly, Aseel and Ethan SR also did at least one read this week! Olly, Maisie, Darcie, Ellie May and Ivy have all reached their 40 reads target for the summer term already too! Such fabulous readers!

In our tests this week, 13 children got full marks in their CLIC tests: Amina, Aklil, Corey, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Holly, Darcie, Robyn, Aseel and Ivy. This is one more than last week! Bayan, Oliver, Kamari, Ethan C, Romario and Muadh all beat or matched their previous score. Well done everyone. In our Beat That tests, Aklil and Corey got 24/24 and Amina, Olly, Noah, Ethan C, Bryan, Lewis, Antoni, Robyn, Muadh and Aseel all matched or increased last week’s score. Fantastic effort. Our next spelling test is next week.

In Y3SB, our badge for Be Positive has gone to Kenan this week, for his amazingly positive attitude first thing on a morning. He has been able to put a smile on so many people’s faces and been a great friend to his peers!

Star of the Week goes to Louie this week, for being absolutely fantastic when listening to adults. He has made a conscious effort to listen to adults in class when they are waiting for others and has show really impressive patience too. Well done Louie!

In our CLIC tests, we had 11s from Esmai, Sonny and Jess, as well as a few 10s from Bobby, Charlie, Finn, Harrison, Kareem, Reon, Orlando, Olivia and Louie. We also had some children get back-to-back 24s in their Beat that tests, so well done to Reon, Narin and Bobby.

We had 11 children complete their Easter Reads challenge, so a massive well done to those children! However, we have only had reads from 8 children since the start of Summer Term, so we are looking for these numbers to improve quickly!

We haven’t had anyone get on the rocket recently either, but there are still 21 children who all might by the end of the year. Keep practising at home to pass your 10s, 2s, 5s, 3s, 4s, and 8s!

Have a great weekend everyone and see you on Monday.

Plants – Observational Drawings

We have started a new science topic on plants. In our first two components we did an observational drawing of a flowering plant and then labelled it. In the second component we planned an investigation to find out what plants need to survive.

19.04.24 Learning

What a fabulous first week it has been after the Easter holidays! Despite the mish mash of weather, spring finally feels on its way and our brains are growing as fast as the flowers!! Year 3 have come back ready to learn and more mature.

In Y3GH, our Star of the Week is Ethan Craine for his exceptionally positive attitude to his learning and school. Our Learning Principle postcard is a ‘Be Positive’ one for Aseel due to how positive he has been to both adults and children, inside as well as outside.

We have had 6 Easter Reads returned so far: Olly, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie, Robyn and Ivy – well done to you! Antoni, Muadh, Bryan, Thanos and Ethan SR are all working on their reads too!

In our tests, Corey, Charlie and Aklil all got full marks and Naom and Bryan were really close! As it is the first week of the summer term, we will not be doing a comparison of scores to the previous week until next week. In the CLIC tests, we had 12 children getting full marks of 11/11. Those were Amina, Aklil, Corey, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie, Robyn, Aseel and Ivy. Fantastic effort to everyone!

In Y3SB, Star of the Week goes to Harrison. He has been so positive this week and has been very kind and polite to his peers. Our postcard goes Ellasu for Feel Proud. She has been excellent in class and outside this week and earned almost all of her Golden Time. Well done Harrison and Ellasu!

We have Narin, Esmae, Shayla, Reon and Ashton who have returned their Easter Reads booklet to receive their Easter Reads badge. But we know there are plenty of other children who are close to getting 30 reads written down for this, so keep it up!

In CLIC we had lots of 10s this week from Bobby, Finn, Narin, Mia, Charlie, Archie, Esmai, Louie, Orlando and Reon, but only Kenan managed to get 11! A great average of just over 7 this week, so well done everyone!

In Beat That we had an average of 12.9, with Reon, Narin, Finn and Bobby all scoring 24 out of 24. There were some high personal scores from Calia, Ashton, Abdul, Ellasu, Esmae, Layla, Levia, Shayla and Jessica too, so well done and keep practising those timestables as we want some more people on the rocket.

In spellings we had a great week, with 19 children getting full marks! Well done!

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday!

Y3 Summer Newsletter

Here is everything you need to know about summer term in Y3!

28.03.24 Y3 Learning

We have reached the Easter holidays already – it has flown by! This week we have been enjoying some Easter themed maths as well as thinking about life as journey in our Religious Education.

In Y3GH, our Star of the Week is Brogan. She is such a happy and friendly member of our class and a joy to have in class. Our Learning Principle postcard is for Naom and is for Make Careful Choices because of the effort in his learning.

12 readers have already started their journey for next term’s reading mileage badge; well done Amina, Aklil, Olly, Maisie, Antoni, Ellie May, Holly, Darcie, Robyn, Thanos, Muadh and Ivy!

Three children got full marks in their Beat That test this week, Aklil, Corey and Naom. Fantastic hard work! Bayan, Noah, Oliver, Romario, Charlie, Maisie, Robyn, Muadh, Hannah and Ivy all matched or beat their precious highest score. 12 children got full marks in their CLIC tests – which is a new record for us! Congratulations to Amina, Aklil, Corey, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie, Robyn, Aseel and Ivy! Romario, Muadh and Hannah matched or beat their previous high score. Our spelling test will be the first Friday back after the Easter holidays. Have a fabulous break from school and thank you for all your support!

Sheffield City Trust Talented athlete visit!

Win a school visit from a Sheffield City Trust Talented athlete!

The Sheffield School Sport Partnership (Arches SSP) and Sheffield City Trust would like to invite our Sheffield primary school children and their parents/carers to take part in our #EasterHealthySelfie challenge!

Children and their parents/carers will be asked to take a photo throughout the Easter holidays and submit entries via X / Twitter to be in with a chance for their school to win a visit from a Sheffield City Trust Talented athlete!  https://www.sheffieldcitytrust.org/talented-athlete-programme

All instructions on how to enter are included below: 

Arches SSP Schools

1. Be Healthy! Take part in any sport or physical activity throughout the Easter Holidays, cook a healthy meal, or share something positive you have done to support your mental health. 
2. Take a Photo! By entering you give permission for the photo to be shared and used in any promotional material by your school, school sport partnership or Sheffield City Trust.
3. X / Tweet us! Include your photo and be sure to tag @ArchesSSP and @SheffCityTrust. You must include the hashtag #EasterHealthySelfie to enter!

All entries will be collated via X / Twitter by your School Sport Partnership / Learning Network and entered into a randomised citywide draw. The winner will be contacted via X / Twitter by their SSP/LN to find out which school they attend. The school will then be contacted directly by their School Sport Partnership / Learning Network and Sheffield City Trust to arrange the visit and claim the prize!

We can’t wait to see those #EasterHealthySelfie’s!

22.03.24 Y3 Learning

How is it already only one more week until our Easter holidays?! Spring is finally showing signs of arriving and we are all working really hard to make progress. This week, we have started another fractions unit in maths and are doing fabulously! In writing, we have been practising writing about Ancient Egypt in a non-chronological report style. We cannot wait to continue our learning next week!

In Y3GH, our Star of the Week is Aklil. She has been voted the class star by the adults before because she is such an excellent member of our class and a role model for everyone. Our learning principle postcard goes to Maisie for Value Being Special. Maisie is such a wonderful young lady and stands out for always being herself and being a fantastic member of our class.

Last week was the deadline for the spring reads and we had 7 amazing children ready and exceed the 40 read target. Well done Amina, Aklil, Charlie, Darcie, Thanos, Ellie May and Ivy – you have all earned your reading mileage badge! Despite the spring reads having been counted it just means we all now have more opportunities to start our reads for summer so we can end the year with a reading mileage badge! Get reading!

In our tests this week 11 children got full marks in their CLIC tests! The number is growing steadily and those who have been doing it a while are showing such hard work at sustaining that score. The top markers this week were Amina, Aklil, Corey, Naom, Lewis, Maisie, Holly, Darcie, Robyn, Aseel and Ivy. Oliver, Romario and Muadh also matched or beat their previous score. In our Beat That tests, Corey and Aklil both got 24/24! Amina, Noah, Kamari, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Darcie, Thanos and Muadh all beat or met their previous score. Well done to all of you!!! You are working so hard!

In Y3SB, our star of the week is Levia, who has had a tricky start to the week, but has really shone in her learning this week! She has knuckled down and completed her learning to a high standard and we are so proud of her! OUr POstcard of ‘Feel Proud’ goes to Summer, who has really tried hard this week to complete more writing in lessons and succeeded!

In our CLIC Tests, we had 5 children who scored 11 out of 11. Well done Archie, Bobby, Narin, Olivia and Esmai! We also had Summer and Humayrah who got a personal best in their CLIC Tests too! In our Beat That, Reon, Bobby and Finn all got full marks, with Narin only getting one wrong to score 23. No Personal Best scores this week, but a much better score from Esmai this week, who doubled her total from last week.

In Spellings this week, the total was out of 8 and we had 14 children who got 8 out of 8. A massive well done to everyone there!

We had 7 children who have managed to get 40 reads this term, they will be receiving their badge next week. Well done to those children! Any other reads from next week will get added onto next terms count. We are hoping for lots more children to reach 40 in summer.

15.03.24 Learning

This week began with our fantastic design and technology presentation in the hall. We were all so proud of ourselves.

In Y3GH, our Star of the Week is Bryan for his great learning attitude. Our postcard is a Make Careful Choices one and is for Maisie and the careful attention she gives to her learning.

Our regular readers have been reading: Amina, Aklil, Bryan, Darcie, Ivy, Robyn, Thanos, Muadh, Maisie, Ellie May and Naom.

In our CLIC test, 11 children got full marks of 11/11. For Holly was her first time and we are massively proud of her and all these children who got 11/11 for more than the first time: Amina, Aklil, Corey, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie and Robyn. These children also matched or beat their highest score – Bayan, Olly, Kamari, Oba, Romario, Antoni, Thanos, Muadh and Ethan SR.

In our Beat That test both Corey and Aklil got full marks of 24. Amina, Bayan, Olly, Noah, Romario, Naom, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Antoni, Holly, Thanos, Muadh, Aseel and Ethan SR matched or met their highest score! What a fabulous week!

In Y3SB, our Star of the Week is Narin who has been a fantastic model pupil this week. She has listened to feedback and acted upon it, trying her best in every lesson. Our postcard of enjoy challenge has gone to Bobby this week as he has got his learning done in every lesson on time and always tried his hardest to push himself to do the best.

In our CLIC, we had 7 children get 11 – our highest number of children ever! Although, we still have a high number of children getting our addition and subtraction questions wrong, so it would be great if we had children practising on the CLIC Gap sheets we have sent home.

Finn and Bobby scored 24 out of 24 on their Beat That this week, while Reon and Narin were only 1 mark off full marks. Kenan, Abdul, Alyssiah, Ashton, Calia, Sonny, Summer, Jessica and Louie all got personal high scores.

Our regular readers have smashed it again this week: Archie, Esmai, Finn, Harrison, Jessica, Olvia, Orlando and Reon.

08.03.24 Learning

Wow! What a week! We have finished off our design and technology projects and have all made the most amazing breakfast pots using a whole range of skills and understanding. We are so proud and so we should be.

In Y3GH, the Star of the Week is Bayan. She is such an all-rounder and a joy to be around in the classroom. Our postcard this week is Feel Proud for Robyn as she works so hard and is really conscientious with all her learning. Well done to both of you!

12 children in Y3GH read this week, ranging from 6 reads to 1. Those children were Antoni, Holly, Ellie May, Ivy, Darcie, Robyn, Thanos, Aklil, Ethan Smith Reynolds, Bayan, Muadh and Corey. I’m so proud of you all.

In our tests this week, Corey got full marks in his Beat That test 24/24. Aklil was so close with 23! 22 children met or beat their score from last week – this is such fabulous work! In our CLIC tests, 10 children got full marks of 11/11: Amina, Corey, Bryan, Lewis, Charlie, Maisie, Darcie, Robyn and Ivy – fantastic! 5 other children matched or beat their score from last week: Bayan, Ollie, Oba, Holly and Muadh. We are so proud of you all!

In Y3SB, the Star of the Week is Esmae T. She has made good learning choices all week and been an absolute star on her table. Our postcard this week is Be Curious for Humayrah and Olivia for some brilliant learning in our recorder lessons with Amy this week. Well done girls!

In our tests this week, Reon got full marks in his Beat That test 24/24. Bobby, Esmai and Narin all got over 20 and so were close! In our CLIC tests, 7 children got full marks of 11/11: Archie, Esmai, Finn, Harrison, Bobby, Narin and Jessica – fantastic! Well done to Ashton, Charlie, Louie, Olivia, Orlando and Reon, who were all only one mark off full marks with 10. We are so proud of you all!

It is a shame that we have only been able to count 5 children who have read 4 times or more, but well done to Esmai, Finn, Reon, Koby and Jessica! We also had reads from another 7 children, so well done to those 7!

Red Nose Day – Friday 15th March

The theme is ‘Red to toe’!