Summer 1 | Westerhope Primary School

Summer 1

What a fantastic day! Today we got outside with our brilliant homework projects to train as if we were in the Roman army. The children learnt to march, make a testudo and a square formation. The square didn't work as well and we think the commander possibly wasn't very safe! 😳😳

Roman Homework Projects

"Amazing...brilliant...fantastic...wow!" Just some of the words used by children and adults from all around our school to describe the Roman shields that the children have brought in. Thank you again for all of your support and enthusiasm!

Roman ballista

The children have been putting their design and technology skills to the test, whilst they have been building their own ballista's. We had great fun testing them, to see how far they fired.

What a fabulous day! The children looked amazing in their red, white and blue outfits. We had a special visit from a petting zoo, a tea party and dancing in the yard. Look at our amazing bunting too! Thank you so much for your kind contributions toward our tea party - we were spoilt!

Don't forget that tomorrow (Friday 18th May) we are celebrating the Royal wedding in school. The children can come into school dressed in red, white and/or blue. Please can they also bring some cakes and/or biscuits for our tea party during the afternoon. We are looking forward to a fun filled Royal day!

Below are the spellings for week beginning Monday 14th May. The children will be tested on Friday 18th May.

they

prey

survey

veil

vein

beige

eight

weight

woman

women

Look at these brilliant homework projects! Well done. Don't forget all projects should be completed by Monday 21st May. Thank you. 😊

We have reminded the children that maths homework has been set on Times Table Rockstars. Five minutes a day will make such a difference. By the end of year 3 we should know our 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times table facts fluently including related division facts. The children are really enjoying the games! 👍

Today we went into our school grounds to litter pick. We were really surprised at how much litter we found hidden behind the bushes in the yard.

What fun we have had this afternoon making catapults! The Romans used catapults during their invasions, so we thought we'd make our own and then have 'catapult wars' when they are all finished. Here we are during the 'making' process. We had lots of problem solving to do.

What a fabulous day we had yesterday. Our visit to the Roman Army museum and Vindolanda was so interesting. We found out what life was like in a Roman classroom, listened to a talk from an archaeologist and so much more! The children behaved absolutely perfectly and we were extremely proud of them all. Well done Year 3!

We can't wait for our visit on Tuesday 8th May. Please make sure your child has permission via parent pay. The children will need a coat, a packed lunch, sensible footwear and school uniform. The weather forecast is lovely so all day sunscreen would be great. Thank you!

Note: we will not be swimming as it is a full day visit.

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Look at Year 3 looking fabulous in red! Today we are raising money towards our very own defibrillator. Mr McDonald was very happy to see us all wearing red, apparently it is his favourite colour. 😉

Here are the spellings for this week to be tested on Friday 4th May.

Also we will NOT be sending spellings next week due to the Bank Holiday and visit on Tuesday.

Forgetting

beginning

begging

grabbed

hugged

hoping

limiting

through

various

gardener

Tuesday 1st May

Today we played a fabulous game to help us to identify the features of a newspaper. We were looking for sentences with:

specific time language

rhetorical questions

phrases to capture the reader's interest

and lots of other features.

Here are the children doing their first times table Rockstars test! We loved it. We played rock music while we were working.

We love the Golden Mile!

It keeps us fit and healthy. We love a blast of exercise and fresh air.

Here are the spellings for this week to be tested on Friday 27th April:

picture

nature

furniture

capture

culture

fixture

September

October

November

December

We have had another super swimming lesson today. The children were perfectly behaved!

Also our first Roman Shield homework project came back today. WOW! I think I would feel safe going into battle with this one!

Venezuela

Rio de Janeiro

Peru

Argentina

Brazil

Paris

Italy

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Paris

Argentina

Spain

France

Welcome back everyone! The children have come back to school full of enthusiasm and ready to learn. Our new topic is the Romans, we have attached our topic web and new homework project, these will also be sent out by email this week.

The children were super swimmers yesterday, we had so much fun.

We are also having a huge push on handwriting this term, so the children are ready for Year 4. Please ask your child to show you some of their best writing at home - we think you will be impressed!

Spellings for this week are:

sure

unsure

pressure

leisure

measure

treasure

enclosure

June

July

August

Don't forget to log onto times table rockstars! Remember 5 minutes a day will make a difference. We are going to ask the children to complete at least 20 minutes a week as homework. Thank you.