We did it! First full week back at school and we’ve already achieved so much.

We’ve read The Dot by Peter Reynolds and completed activities around this wonderful story. There’s a great underlying message of being proud of yourself and confident with your own ability. With this in mind the children were challenged to use their imagination to transform a simple circle picture into something creative. As predicted, the children all thought their pictures were rubbish and no one was confident enough to think their’s was good. After a short discussion, the children had a change of heart! The creative ideas that the children came up with were absolutely amazing. In the story, Vashti experiences something similar. The children were then further challenged to design and create a photo frame to put their picture in – WITH NO HELP! As you can see it was a complete success. We finished by painting them a metallic colour. This wonderful artwork is now on display in the junior corridor for everyone to see.

I hope the children have thoroughly enjoyed their first week in year  3, both Miss Rowston and I have!

Have a great weekend all.

Mrs Royal and Miss Rowston

Hello everyone,

What a lovely first week we have had in our new class. The children have been exceptional and settled into KS2 brilliantly. You would not think they had been out of school since March. We have been reading a book called The Dot and most of our work for the week  was focused around this book. Basically the book tells the story about a girl who says she can’t draw but really she can. It made the children realise what the benefits are of a growth mindset and a positive attitude. By the end of the week they had decided what they want to improve on in school and I’m sure they will achieve this. Some of our work is on display in the classroom as can be seen on the photos.  Next week we start out on The Jarrow Crusade! Hopefully the children will enjoy this just as much as the work they have completed this week.

If any parents/carers have any concerns or queries about anything  please do not hesitate to contact me

sbell@ashley.s-tyneside.sch.uk

Bye for now, from Y3SB.

Hello everyone,

The children in Year 3 will be doing P.E. on a Tuesday starting from next week ( Tuesday 16th September). They are required to attend school in their games kit as we are not getting changed in school at this present time. Children will also need to bring a coat, as games will be outside and a water bottle. Any questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Royal or Mr Bell .

kroyal@ashley.s-tyneside.sch.uk

sbell@ashley.s-tyneside.sch.uk

Many Thanks

The Year 3 team.

Today the children logged onto Mathletics for the first time! Each week they are challenged to score at least 1000 points for which they get a certificate.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Kadir and Tyler who received our FIRST year 3 certificates today! Absolutely amazing, keep it up boys.

The children can play on Mathletics at home, if you would like their log in details, please email me: kroyal@ashley.s-tyneside.sch.uk

Mrs Royal 🐸

Hello everyone,

Well, what a whirlwind today was… but it was fantastic and the children were amazing! This morning, we had a good chat about the changes in school and how best to keep ourselves safe then we started some artwork for our blank walls.

We started by looking at this picture that we are going to recreate.

I explained that in year 3 they have to use their problem solving skills to figure out things for themselves, so we discussed how this picture was made. We decided what materials they used and the order that they made it in. Then, we did it! Yes, that is correct, we got the paint out on the first day and I was blown away by what the children produced and how sensible they were with the equipment. Absolutely amazing! Here are our ‘work in progress’ pictures to be finished tomorrow:

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This afternoon, we voted for our first class story which is going to be Matilda and then we practiced logging onto the iPads.

It’s really been a great day, bring on tomorrow! See you all then… and before I forget WELCOME TO YEAR 3!!!!!!

Mrs Royal and Miss Rowston