Mars Class Year Three
Welcome to Mars Class
Our Staff:
Class Teacher: Mrs Hall & Miss Campbell
Teaching assistant: Miss Parker
Learning support assistant: Mrs Cox-Gray
email: Mars@kafed.org.uk
Key information
School hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:40am - 3:20pm
Friday 8:40 - 2:20pm
Swimming - Tuesdays
PE - Wednesdays
Fridays - spelling and big maths test
Dear Parents/Carers,
We are really excited to begin Summer Term with Mars Class now that Miss Clarke has started her maternity leave. We have both really enjoyed the time we've already spent with the children and are raring to go with some exciting learning ahead.
Monday: Miss Campbell
Tuesday: Miss Campbell (Swimming)
Wednesday: Mrs Hall (PE)
Thursday: Mrs Hall
Friday: Mrs Hall
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or queries.
Kind Regards,
Mrs Hall, Miss Campbell and the Mars Team
DT Baking Seasonal Crumble
Out trip to The Royal Festival Hall
Check out our new book corner!
Contact the Class Teacher
Science - How many paper clips can fit on a magnet? 8.11.22
Geography- Using an atlas to investigation countries in the northern and southern hemisphere 31.10.22
21.10.22
Moon lane bookshop 4.11.22
Culture day 21.10.22
Bow arts 20.10.22
Our class
English - 'Coming to England' - making a caribbean fruit salad 3.10.22
Our first class kenning poem 6.10.22
RE - acting out the story of Buddha
Reading
'Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in and myself'(Malory Blackman, OBE; Children's Laureate 2013-2015).
What are we doing to encourage a love of reading?
We share books with the children individually and a class text is chosen and shared with the entire class, by the end of the day .
Phonics
This is an important part of reading. Before the children become confident readers, they need to know how to match sounds to letters and then how to blend those sounds together to read words. Each morning, we practise recognising digraphs (two letters, one sound) and trigraphs (three letters, one sound) to support with reading and spelling words.
Writing
Our writing is linked with our reading. Everyone is given the opportunity to listen to the class text. The children are then asked questions about the book, in order to check their comprehension and to correct any misunderstandings. They will then use what they understand to create different types of writing, in the form of:
Diary entries
Emails
Letters
Setting descriptions
Biographies
Maths
We continue to use the Big Maths scheme, which includes daily teaching of basic skills and calculations. Each Friday, the children are assessed on their quick recall of the Learn It facts which have been taught.