Brynmenyn Primary
The Best Wealth is Knowledge
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Hedgehogs - Year Three
Autumn Term 2023
Our Termly Topic
We have an exciting term planned for you. Our topic this term is 'Our Kingdom United'.
Our 'Stunning Starter' for our new topic will be to take part in a 'Highland Games'. We will have our Scottish Clans and we will perform some physical activities linked to the tradition of the games.
We will also be learning about London and some of its famous landmarks.
During the second half of the term we will be thinking about how Britain has changed from times gone by and how this has shaped where and how we live today.
Additional Information
Please remember that our PE day is Tuesday (Hedgehogs)
To support your children at home, it would be beneficial to:
- Log in to use Bug Club (ActiveLearn) to access reading material and maths games.
- Practise your times tables. Start with learning your X2, X5 and X10 times tables before progressing on to X3 and X4 times tables. Some of the children are enjoying the challenge of learning their times tables and have started to look at X6 and X7 times tables.
- Work through any spellings you are given. The children must be confident spelling high frequency words independently in order to become confident writers.
- Complete homework tasks each week using the homework grid activities we have sent you.
Please note that log in details for online activities are stuck in the back of your homework books.
We are happy to help in any way we can. Please message us via Class Dojo. We are very much looking forward to the term ahead.
Diolch
Mr Jones and Mr Richards
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Spring Term 2022/2023
Our Termly Topic
We have an exciting term planned for you. Our topic this term is ‘Gimme 5’.
Our 'Stunning Starter' for our new topic will be a visit to Techniquest to take part in a workshop about our ‘5 senses’.
We will be covering a wide-range of themes and topics this term including work related to:
- Emotions and our 5 senses.
- Shakespeare’s plays ‘The Tempest’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (specially adapted material for children) and how he used 5 acts to tell his stories.
- Forces and how this applies to objects and inventions.
- A welsh immersion week during which we will study famous people from the world of arts and entertainment
-Five major world religions
Additional Information
Please remember that our PE day is Tuesday (Hedgehogs) Wednesday (Foxes).
To support your children at home, it would beneficial to:
- Log-in to use Bug Club (ActiveLearn) to access reading material and maths games.
- Practise your times-tables. Many pupils have been enjoying logging-in to ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ using the log-in detail cards they have been given. Start with learning your X2, X5 and X10 times tables before progressing on to X3 and X4 times tables. Some of the children are enjoying the challenge of learning their times tables and have started to look as X6 and X7 times tables. Many pupils have been enjoying logging-in to ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ using the log-in detail cards they have been given.
- Work through any spellings you are given. The children must be confident spelling high frequency words independently in order to become confident writers.
-Complete a homework task each week using the homework grid activities we have sent you.
Please note that log-in details for online activities are stuck in the back of your homework books.
We are happy to help in any way we can. Please message us via Class Dojo.
We are very much looking forward to the term ahead.
Diolch
Mrs Morris and Mr Herbert
Mr White and Mrs Werner
Autumn Term 2022
Our Termly Topic
We have an exciting term planned for you. Our topic this term is ‘Our Kingdom United’.
Our 'Stunning Starter' for our new topic was to take a virtual trip around the city of London and discover landmarks using virtual reality headsets.
We have been writing persuasively to try and convince people that they should visit London.
We have been learning about the legend of Nessie during our studies about Scotland. We have been learning about the Scottish Wars of Independence and we are even learning some Scottish Gaelic words!
During the second half of the term we will be thinking about how Britain has changed from times gone by and how this has shaped where and how we live today.
Additional Information
Please remember that our PE day is Tuesday (Hedgehogs)
To support your children at home, it would beneficial to:
- Log-in to use Bug Club (ActiveLearn) to access reading material and maths games.
- Practise your times-tables. Start with learning your X2, X5 and X10 times tables before progressing on to X3 and X4 times tables. Some of the children are enjoying the challenge of learning their times tables and have started to look as X6 and X7 times tables.
- Work through any spellings you are given. The children must be confident spelling high frequency words independently in order to become confident writers.
-Complete a homework task each week using the homework grid activities we have sent you.
Please note that log-in details for online activities are stuck in the back of your homework books.
We are happy to help in any way we can. Please message us via Class Dojo.
We are very much looking forward to the term ahead.
Diolch
Mrs Morris and Mr Herbert
Autumn Term Newsletter
What we have been up to - October 2022
Summer Term 2022
We have an exciting term planned for you. Our topic this term is 'Around the World'.
Our 'Stunning Starter' for our new topic was a visit to Plantasia in Swansea.
We had a wonderful day roaming the rainforest and learning about some animals and their habitats from all around the world. We spent some time with the keepers and even got to hold some of the animals. We were very brave!
We will be learning about habitats and environments in more detail and looking at things such as adaptation and food chains in our science work.
In Humanities we will be learning about different places such as ancient Rome, studying some famous landmarks, and thinking about what life was like as a Roman Gladiator.
Please remember that our PE day is Thursday. With Sports Day coming up we will be busy practising and getting ready for the big day!
To support your children at home, it would beneficial to:
- Log-in to use Bug Club (ActiveLearn) to access reading material and maths games.
- Practise your times-tables. Start with learning your X2, X5 and X10 times tables before progressing on to X3 and X4 times tables. Some of the children are enjoying the challenge of learning their times tables and have started to look as X6 and X7 times tables.
- Work through your high-frequency words and speed sounds packs which were previously sent home. The children must de confident spelling high frequency words independently in order to become confident writers.
We are happy to help in any way we can. Please message us via Class Dojo.
We are much looking forward to the term ahead.
Diolch
Mrs Cuss, Mr Bryant and Mr Herbert 🙂
Plantasia Trip: 17.06.22
Spring Term 2022
Welcome to our class page. We are the Hedgehogs' Class!
We have a really exciting term planned for you. Our topic this term is 'How Things Work'.
We will be making some lovely crafts as part of our learning and we will consider our own inventions.
In language we will be writing explanations for our inventions and writing persuasive texts to convince people how great our inventions are!
In maths we will continue to work on multiplication and division. We will also look at fractions and aspects of measure such as area, time and weight.
Our Science topic is forces and we will carry out some experiments with friction, magnets and light.
Please remember that our PE day is Thursday so make sure you come to school wearing suitable kit on this day.
To support your children at home, it would be beneficial to:
- Log-in to use Bug Club (activelearn) to access reading material and maths games.
- Practice your times tables. Start with learning your 2, 5 & 10x tables and progress onto 3 and 4x tables.
- Work through your high-frequency words and speed sounds packs.
We are happy to help in any way we can. Please message us via Class Dojo.
We are very much looking forward to the term ahead.
Diolch
Mrs Cuss, Mr Bryant and Mr Herbert
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