Sign up for this year’s Tunbridge Wells Library Summer Reading Challenge.  

Children can join at any currently open library in the district (Cranbrook, Showfields and Southborough) or online at:

www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

Also, your teachers have set you 10 St Barnabas Reading Challenges to complete over the Summer Holidays.

• Challenge 1: Retell it

Pick a story that you know really well. Learn the main parts of the story so that you are able to retell it in your own words.

• Challenge 2: Change a Character

Pick a story that you know really well. Change one of the characters to turn it in to a new story.

• Challenge 3: Change the Ending

Pick a story that you know really well. Change the ending to turn it in to a new story.

• Challenge 4: Get Creative

Get inspired by a book you have read. Create a drawing, sculpture or piece of artwork inspired by your book. 

• Challenge 5: Compare It

Find a well-loved story that has recently been turned into a T.V. programme. The Gruffalo, Zog, The Snail and the Whale, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt or The Tiger that Came to Tea. Read the book and watch the T.V episode. How were they similar? How were they different? Which did you prefer? Why?  

• Challenge 6: Write to a Character  

Pick a favourite character form a familiar story. Write to them. You could write a formal letter, a note to pass under their door, an email or even a text/WhatsApp message. It is up to you. Imagine that they received you message. What do you think they would write back?

• Challenge 7: Turn it into a Comic

Pick a story that you know really well. Draw pictures and use speech bubbled and captions to turn it into a comic strip.

• Challenge 8: Review It

Write a book review of one of your favourite books. Who are the characters? What were the main events? What were the best parts? Who would enjoy this book and why? What rating would you give it?

• Challenge 9: Take it Outside

Pick a book that you love. Pick a setting from the book and take it to a real life location to read. For example, take Why the Whales Came and read it on the beach.

• Challenge 10: Make a Book Nook

Make a special place in your house to read. Make it a cosy and snug space place to read on your own or with an adult.

If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Welcome to the last full week of year 3. What are we learning for the week beginning 12th July?

English -  We will be finishing our information pages and transforming these into books. 

Reading - We will be carrying on with 'The girls who though she was a dog' by Clare Balding. 

Maths - We are going to finish our division journey and spend the week consolidating what we learnt last week. 

We had so much fun today taking part in our Egyptian workshop.  Here are some photos of the activities we did. 

What are we learning in the week beginning 21st June 2021?

English - We are continuing to plan our information reports, we will be organising the notes that we took last week into sections ready to produce our reports. 

Reading - We will be finishing Flat Stanley and writing our own book reviews to tell each other what we thought about the story. We will then start to look at the book - The girl who thought she was a dog' by Claire Baldwin. 

Maths - We are starting a new topic this week, we will be looking at multiplication - our learning objectives will be ; to compare (multiplication and division) statements using inequality symbols; to use known multiplication facts to solve multiplication and division word problems; to multiply 2 digits by 1-digit numbers. 

Learning for week beginning 7th June. 

Welcome back, what glorious weather we had for our week off. Certainly feels like summer now. 

A few more weeks to go before the end of Year 3 and a lot to pack in. 

An email will be coming out about an amazing Ancient Egyptian workshop we have managed to book for 28th June. The children worked hard in Beech Class to raise money for a school trip which we unfortunately did not get to go on. The money that they raised has been put towards this workshop, so there is no cost for parents/ carers to pay. 

What are we learning this week - 

Maths - we are going to look back and spend the next couple of weeks recapping our addition and subtraction techniques. We learnt these techniques at the beginning of the year and a lot has gone on since then, so we need a recap before moving onto multiplication and divisions. 

English - We are going to start looking at non-fiction texts this week. We will start by exploring the features and looking at how we will begin writing our own texts. 

Reading - We will be carrying on with Flat Stanley and the great Egyptian Grave Robbery. 

Week beginning 17th May 

I am looking forward to catching up with you about your child on Tuesday during parent consultations. If you still need to sign up then please see the email sent with details on how to do this.