Year Three Newsletter
Week 5, Term 1
The Year 3 children are now well and truly settled into their new class routine. Thank you to you, as parents, for also helping establish new routines with your children. This is the first year of your child’s schooling that the children are required to wear PE kits to school. They also no longer have chair bags or Beginners Bibles, and more responsibility for their belongings is being placed on them. You can be proud of yourselves and your children for navigating these new changes.
We have an exciting trip coming up on 21st March 2023. The Year 3 children will be visiting Sheepworld for the day. Please see this Sheepworld Information letter for further details. Please could you complete this Year 3 Microsoft Form Link by 9th March 2023 in order for your child to join us on the outing. On trips, we always require parent assistance. If you are able to assist us on the day, please would you consider it and let us know via the form.
Home Learning for Week 6
Memory verses: Students learn their weekly memory verse and recite it on Friday.
Matthew 17:20-21a
He replied, “Because your faith is much too small. What I’m about to tell you is true. If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, it is enough.
Spelling: Students are to practice their spelling words daily. They are expected to write their words in well-constructed and correct sentences weekly. The words are tested at the end of each week.
Spelling Words: ‘ar’ and ‘or’ sound words.
hard, shark, dark, carpet, fork, storm, horse, sport, ♥their, ♥also
Heart words are words which need to be recognised and spelt off by heart. They are marked on the home learning sheet with a ♥
Reading: Please sign your child’s reading cards daily. Readers at your child’s level will be sent home daily.
Maths-Whizz: Over the past week students have completed an online diagnostic assessment.
The program is designed to identify each student’s knowledge gaps across several topics, it then automatically develops a unique learning pathway to address those gaps. Each child's learning journey is tailored, continually adapted to their individual needs and pace of learning. Through engaging lessons and continuous assessment, students’ progress is tracked, and maintained through an up-to-date understanding of their needs while providing the appropriate support at all times.
Maths-Whizz has a reputation for understanding every child’s individual needs, accelerating children’s learning, following the national curriculum and increasing children’s ability and confidence in the subject.
Students received their login details for Maths-Whizz and can start from next week. Their login details have been pasted into their home learning books. Please read this information guide to learn more about Maths-Whizz. Children may complete tasks at their own pace, but please do not exceed 90 minutes per week.
WOW Word: Students are to write a well-constructed and correct sentence using their word of the week.
WOW Word: History
Reminders
PE, library, and Spanish take place on Thursday. Please send your child to school in full PE kit and make sure they bring their library bags with them to school.
Please remember that hats need to be worn daily.
Please contact your class representative to be added to the class WhattsApp group if you have not already done so.
The Year 3 children will be hosting the Year 1-3 Assembly in the hall next week Friday, 10 March at 09.00am. You are welcome to come and watch.
Children may come to school dressed in PE kit every Friday starting from next week, 10 March for 'Give it a Go' Sports Rotation.
Blessings to you all
Year Three Teachers
donne.vandenberg@kingsway.school.nz