The information letter and presentation from the Cobnor meeting can be found below.   This includes the kit list.  If you have any questions or need print outs please see Miss Jameson or Mrs Kelsey.

Year 3 had a wonderfully wet and wild day at Hayling Island for our beach school day.  

We started on the stone side of the beach, building rock towers so we could see the tide coming in, then became treasure hunters looking for interesting items on the shore that we could use to create group museums.   We carefully arranged the items we found into different groups, righting labels and agreeing our 'Star Item'.   After lunch, we explored the sandy side of the beach, enjoying time with our friends, climbing over the sea defence rocks, litter-picking, building sand castles before heading to the shoreline for a paddle.  To have a look at our photos see here:    https://sway.cloud.microsoft/1DRH9dLWObYeKy0F?ref=Link

In maths we are working very hard to learn how to tell the time.   In Y2 children learnt about o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.   In Year 3 they need to be confident telling the time to the nearest minute on both analogue and digital clocks.   

They also need to know how to use a calendar.    To support this work, I ask that you please dedicate time over half term to practicing this essential life skill with your children.   I have prepared the following resources to help you do this:

• Please point out clocks in your environment and support children to read the time correctly.  Ask them how many minutes past the hour it is and how many minutes until the next hour it is.

• Use the plastic clocks that I have sent home in children's bags to practice moving the hands of the clock to the correct place.  Please ensure these are returned after half term.  

• Help your children to learn the 30 days have September poem off by heart.  I have attached a copy to this email.  Show them calendars in your home.  Ask them what month we are in, which came before and which came after.   Explore which month friend's and family birthdays and celebrations take place in.   

• Use these infinity quizzes to practice the key skills.  School Code: QYS SHJ   Y2 quiz codes:  29-85-65, 85-83-69, 33-42-64 and Y3 quiz codes: 11-57-64,  86-55-78, 08-21-07, 35-69-96, 91-33,88.

• Complete the questions on the sheets that are attached to this email and that have also been sent home in your children's bags.

Please return this work on Tuesday 3^rd June.  Children who can recite the poem and bring in completed sheets with their returned clocks will be given a gold sticker.  

Many thanks in anticipation of your support with this vital learning.

Well done to everyone who brought in Explore work from this half term's RKE sheets.  

It was great to see so many families have been enjoying cooking as part of their learning alongside creating games and designing gardens.

With such a creative group of children, I can't wait to see what the children make for their final term of Y3 Explore projects.  The new RKE sheets will be coming home soon and will be due back in school by 9th July.

It was wonderful to welcome so many parents and family members to our open classroom on Monday this week.

We have some fabulous learning opportunities planned for the Summer term.  Please see below for your Summer 1 letter.   Your RKE sheets can be found here.   We look forward to seeing what explore projects the children bring back to school.   Thank you for your support with reading the RKE sheets at home and helping the children to remember the facts in the Knowledge section and understand the vocabulary in the glossary.