Year 3

Croeso i Blwydden 3!

Welcome to Year 3!

Spellings for the week beginning 19.06.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
very	orchard	orchard
down	ancient	ancient
sharp	material	material
drive	vulture	vulture
house	knowledge	knowledge
first	cushion	cushion
queen	scribble	scribble
money	identify	identify
month	country	country
pencil	drawer	drawer
	photograph	photograph
	special	special
	judge	judge
	situation	situation
	different	different
		reaction
		actually
		cupboard
		ought
		impossible

Spellings for the week beginning 12.6.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
spine	spine	spine
femur	femur	femur
heart	heart	heart
shield	ambulance	ambulance
roundhouse	shield	shield
soldier	soldier	soldier
fabric	roundhouse	roundhouse
design	design	design
ocean	fabric	fabric
habitat	waterproof	waterproof
	gladiator	gladiator
	ocean	ocean
	pond-dipping	pond-dipping
	minibeast	minibeast
	habitat	habitat
		coastguard
		emergency
		erosion
		continent
		management

Spellings for the week beginning 05/06/17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
travel	travel	travel
holiday	holiday	holiday
world	world	world
globe	globe	globe
atlas	atlas	atlas
people	people	people
family	family	family
natural	natural	natural
visitor	visitor	visitor
culture	culture	culture
	mountain	mountain
	distance	distance
	weather	weather
	coastal	coastal
	landscape	landscape
		location
		tourist
		tourism
		brochure
		geographical

Spellings for the week beginning 15/5/17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
snail	habitat	habitat
flea	water flea	water flea
newt	larva	larva
beetle	snail	snail
spider	water boatman	water boatman
how	pond skater	pond skater
things	dragonfly	dragonfly
magic	damsel fly	damsel fly
next	water scorpion	water scorpion
first	newt	newt
	frog spawn	frog spawn
	Water spider	Water spider
	tadpole	tadpole
	creature	creature
	pollution	pollution
		magnify
		similarity
		difference
		identify
		environment

Spellings for the week beginning 8/5/17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
found	found	found
round	hound	hound
sound	pound	pound
could	round	round
would	sound	sound
over	ground	ground
long	cloud	cloud
tree	shout	shout
never	about	about
small	could	could
	would	would
	should	should
	could	could
	around	around
	count	count
		though
		thought
		country
		couple
		double

Spellings for the week beginning 1/5/17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
over	misread	misread
long	misplace	misplace
tree	non-stop	non-stop
never	non-starter	non-starter
how	nonsense	nonsense
things	exit	exit
magic	explode	explode
next	extra	extra
small	examine	examine
did	co-star	co-star
	co-writer	co-writer
	co-operate	co-operate
	antifreeze	antifreeze
	antibiotic	antibiotic
	anticlockwise	anticlockwise
		exaggerate
		exchange
		mistake
		mistreat
		mistrust

Spellings for the week beginning 24.4.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
good	I’m	I’m
again	I’ll	I’ll
I’ll	I’ve	I’ve
boy	I’d	I’d
soon	she’s	she’s
want	he’s	he’s
cat	it’s	it’s
round	there’s	there’s
animals	don’t	don’t
right	isn’t	isn’t
	doesn’t	doesn’t
	won’t	won’t
	can’t	can’t
	couldn’t	couldn’t
	didn’t	didn’t
		haven’t
		weren’t
		shouldn’t
		you’ll
		who’ve

Upcoming events

Friday 31st March - Year 3 are going to The National Museum, Cardiff for the afternoon as part of the Children's Literature Festival.
Tuesday 4th April - As part of our current topic of Sportswear Designers, Year 3 will be taking a trip to Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith.
Friday 7th April - Our last day of school before the Easter holidays!

Spellings for the week beginning 27.03.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
water	catch	catch
bear	hatch	hatch
find	patch	patch
these	match	match
live	latch	latch
catch	itch	itch
itch	ditch	ditch
bunch	pitch	pitch
punch	hutch	hutch
hutch	finch	finch
	pinch	pinch
	bunch	bunch
	hunch	hunch
	punch	punch
	lunch	lunch
		stench
		scrunch
		unstitch
		wristwatch
		butterscotch

Spellings for week beginning 20.03.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
draw	draw	draw
raw	drawer	drawer
law	law	law
claw	torch	torch
straw	force	force
horse	horse	horse
more	sore	sore
door	saw	saw
floor	store	store
sauce	shore	shore
	moor	moor
	poor	poor
	paw	paw
	pause	pause
	store	store
		awful
		awkward
		factory
		foreign
		forecast

Spellings for week beginning 13.03.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
that	that	that
them	them	them
then	then	then
want	want	want
what	what	what
where	where	where
when	when	when
me	your	your
thin	because	because
thing	another	another
	something	something
	someone	someone
	friend	friend
	glove	glove
	string	string
		carefully
		grandmother
		forgetful
		knowledge
		clockwise

Spellings for 06.03.2017

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
come	gone	gone
some	shone	shone
gone	one	one
love	done	done
glove	come	come
well	some	some
want	dove	dove
up	love	love
two	glove	glove
this	above	above
	shove	shove
	move	move
	prove	prove
	alone	alone
	wove	wove
		people
		beautiful
		because
		Romans
		saw

Spellings for the week beginning 27.2.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
wrap	wrap	wrap
write	wreck	wreck
wrinkle	write	write
answer	wrinkle	wrinkle
sword	wrist	wrist
which	wrong	wrong
where	wrath	wrath
when	wren	wren
what	wrestle	wrestle
went	wriggle	wriggle
	wring	wring
	whole	whole
	answer	answer
	sword	sword
	wrapper	wrapper
		wreckage
		wreath
		wretched
		writhe
		wretch

Eisteddfod 2017

Below you will find the Year 3 song and lyrics for the Eisteddfod this year, as well as the poem for the recitation competition!

Happy practicing!

Mr Newbury and Miss Sheedy

Cyfri’r Geifr

Oes gafr eto?

Oes heb ei godro?

Ar y creigiau geirwon mae’r hen afr yn crwydo

Gafr wen, wen, wen,

I e fin-wen, fin-wen, fin-wen

Foel gyffon wen, foel gyffon-wen

Ystlys wen a chynffon,

Wen,wen,wen.

Teulu Mawr

Mae teulu mawr iawn

Yn byw yn ty ni,

Mam, Dad, pedwar brawd

Dwy chwaer a mam-gu.

Mae bydji a chath

A chi mawr du

Yn byw yn hapus

Yn ein ty ni.

Spellings for week beginning 6.2.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
lamb	lamb	lamb
climb	bomb	bomb
comb	comb	comb
knee	climb	climb
knife	crumb	crumb
who	thumb	thumb
would	numb	numb
will	plumber	plumber
your	knee	knee
were	kneel	kneel
	knew	knew
	knife	knife
	knit	knit
	knot	knot
	knock	knock
		doubt
		debt
		subtle
		knowledge
		knuckle

Spellings for the week beginning 30.01.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
cats	cats	cats
roads	girls	girls
girls	roads	roads
bushes	windows	windows
babies	buses	buses
or	bushes	bushes
all	churches	churches
as	boxes	boxes
at	foxes	foxes
be	boys	boys
	trays	trays
	babies	babies
	hobbies	hobbies
	puppies	puppies
	families	families
		opportunities
		trollies
		journeys
		arches
		addresses

Spellings for the week beginning 23.01.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
spin	spin	spin
spot	spot	spot
spell	spell	spell
spill	spill	spill
speak	spark	spark
one	speak	speak
big	spike	spike
the	spout	spout
see	spray	spray
off	sprout	sprout
	sprint	sprint
	spring	spring
	sprang	sprang
	sprain	sprain
	sprinkle	sprinkle
		spread
		sprawl
		special
		sport
		splodge

Year 3 school trip to St Fagans

On Tuesday 17th January we took a trip to St Fagans National History Museum to visit Bryn Eryr Celtic roundhouse. We had lots of fun and learnt lots of important information about our topic Gods and Gladiators, where we have been mainly focusing on the Celts so far.

Here are some pictures from our trip!

Spellings for the week beginning 16.01.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
tall	tall	great
taller	taller	greater
tallest	tallest	greatest
small	small	small
smaller	smaller	smaller
smallest	smallest	smallest
greater	windy	are
greatest	windier	had
windy	windiest	has
windier	sunny	me
windiest	sunnier
sunny	sunniest
sunnier	rainy
sunniest	rainier
rainy	rainiest
rainier
rainiest
foggy
foggier
foggiest

Spellings for the week beginning 09.01.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
happy	chilly	chilly
windy	frilly	frilly
dusty	windy	windy
sleepy	happy	happy
lucky	frosty	frosty
well	dusty	dusty
will	lucky	lucky
two	rainy	rainy
up	sleepy	sleepy
over	cheeky	cheeky
	stormy	stormy
	dirty	dirty
	grumpy	grumpy
	cloudy	cloudy
	slushy	slushy
		smelly
		swirly
		honesty
		sticky
		thirsty

Happy new year!

Welcome back to the Spring term!

This half-term, our topic is Gods and Gladiators, and we will be focusing on the Celts and Romans.

A quick reminder

Spelling tests take place on a Monday morning
All children need P.E. kit on a Thursday
Miss Sheedy's class need games kit on a Monday
Mr Newbury's class need games kit on a Tuesday

Spellings for week beginning 02.01.17

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
someone	someone	someone
somebody	somebody	somebody
something	something	something
anyone	somewhere	somewhere
everyone	somehow	somehow
about	someplace	someplace
she	anyone	anyone
first	anybody	anybody
this	anything	anything
them	anywhere	anywhere
	anyway	anyway
	everyone	everyone
	everybody	everybody
	everything	everything
	everywhere	everywhere
		everyplace
		everyday
		anyplace
		someday
		sometime

Spellings for the week beginning 5.12.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
germ	germ	germ
term	term	butter
serve	serve	skirt
swerve	swerve	shirt
butter	butter	nurse
gutter	gutter	call
skirt	skirt	only
shirt	shirt	our
first	first	want
thirst	thirst	your
nurse	nurse
purse	purse
measure	measure
treasure	treasure
afternoon	afternoon
afterwards
outskirts
burglar
church
pleasure

Spellings for the week beginning 28.11.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
weekly	weekly	friendly
kindly	kindly	weekly
likely	likely	painful
friendly	friendly	careless
calmly	calmly	fearless
wishful	wishful	which
hopeful	hopeful	would
painful	painful	went
forgetful	forgetful	here
colourful	colourful	her
beautiful	beautiful
careless	careless
homeless	homeless
speechless	speechless
fearless	fearless
briefly
completely
helpful
spotless
speechless

The Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Concert 'Silent Night' will be on:

Thursday 8th December

2pm and 6pm

Below are the audio tracks and the lyrics for the songs so you can practice at home!

Here are the lyrics for the songs for our Christmas concert with Year 4!

Please sing along at home to learn the words!

WHAT WAS IT LIKE? (reprise)

What was it like that Christmas night?

Was the sky clear, did the stars shine bright?

Was there stillness in the air?

What was it like that silent, holy night?

Silent night, holy night,

Silent night, holy night.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

ALL

What was it like that Christmas night?

Was the sky clear, did the stars shine bright?

Was there stillness in the air?

What was it like that silent, holy night?

(Repeat)

GUTEN MORGAN

VILLAGERS

PART 1

1 Guten morgan, guten morgan, what a busy day today,

Guten morgan, guten morgan, don’t get in my way, I say!

Guten morgan, guten morgan, what a busy day today,

Guten morgan, guten morgan, such a lot of preparation!

PART 2

2 Preparation, celebration, Christmas Eve and lots to do!

Fun and joy and expectation, fetch the old and buy the new.

Preparation, celebration, Christmas Eve and lots to do!

Fun and joy and expectation, lots and lots and lots to do!

There’s lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots to do!

(Repeat last line – 1st time only)

PART 3

3 Brush, make, shop, bake, brush, make, shop, bake,

Brush, make, shop, bake, brush, make, shop, bake,

Brush, make, shop, bake, lots and lots and lots to do!

Sing all 3 parts together.

There’s lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots to do!

There’s lots and lots and lots and lots and LOTS TO DO!

THE ALLELUIA YODEL

ALL

1 Christmas time in Austria,

Children dance the Ländler,

Jesus Christ was born today,

Alleluia!

CHORUS Alle-loodle-oodle, alle-loodle-oodle,

Alle-loodle-oodle, oodlya!

Alle-loodle-oodle, alle-loodle-oodle,

Alle-loodle, oodlya!

(Repeat)

INSTRUMENTAL (Dance)

2 Christmas time in Austria,

Bells are ringing, Gloria!

Jesus Christ was born today,

Alleluia!

CHORUS

3 Christmas time in Austria,

Children dance the Ländler,

Jesus Christ was born today,

Alleluia!

(Softly) Alleluia!

(Loudly) Alleluia!

WHAT A TO-DO!

FATHER JOSEPH

1 Oh what a to-do on Christmas Eve!

Who could imagine and who could believe

That a tiny mouse

FRANZ GRUBER

(Or maybe two!)

FATHER JOSEPH

Has made such a mess and such a to-do!

FRANZ GRUBER

2 Let’s rack our brains for a bright idea

To solve the problem we have right here,

Caused by a mouse

FATHER JOSEPH

(Or maybe two!)

FRANZ GRUBER

Who made such a mess and such a to-do!

FJ & FG

3 Oh what will all the people say

When they come to church today

To fi nd that a mouse

(Or maybe two!)

Has made such a mess and such a to-do?

ALL

4 Oh what a to-do on Christmas Eve!

Who could imagine and who could believe

That a tiny mouse

(Or maybe two!)

Has made such a mess and such a to-do!

WE’RE MAKING CHRISTMAS MUSIC

VILLAGE CHILDREN

We’re making Christmas music,

So come on everyone!

Join our celebration

For Christmas time has come.

INSTRUMENTAL (play tambourines/shakers)

We’re making Christmas music,

So come on everyone!

Join our celebration

For Christmas time has come.

INSTRUMENTAL (play drums/triangles)

We’re making Christmas music,

So come on everyone!

Join our celebration

For Christmas time has come.

INSTRUMENTAL (play all)

TWINKLING STARS

MICE

Twinkling stars in a velvet sky,

Little points of light.

Twinkling stars showing us the way

To Bethlehem tonight.

(Repeat)

CAROL MEDLEY

Once In Royal David’s City (verses 1 & 2)

Ding Dong Merrily On High (verse 1 & chorus)

While Shepherds Watched (verses 1 & 2)

We Three Kings (verses 1-4 with choruses)

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY

1 Once in royal David’s city

Stood a lowly cattle shed,

Where a mother laid her baby

In a manger for His bed.

Mary was that mother mild,

Jesus Christ, her little child.

2 He came down to earth from heaven

Who is God and Lord of all,

And His shelter was a stable

And His cradle was a stall.

With the poor and meek and lowly

Lived on earth our Saviour Holy.

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH

1 Ding dong! Merrily on high,

In heaven the bells are ringing.

Ding dong! Verily the sky

Is riven with angels singing.

CHORUS Gloria,

Hosanna in excelsis!

Gloria,

Hosanna in excelsis!

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED

1 While shepherds watched their fl ocks by night,

All seated on the ground,

The angel of the Lord came down

And glory shone around.

2 ‘Fear not’, said he, for mighty dread

Had seized their troubled mind.

‘Glad tidings of great joy I bring

To you and all mankind.’

WE THREE KINGS

1 We three kings of orient are,

Bearing gifts we travel afar

Field and fountain, moor and mountain,

Following yonder star.

CHORUS O star of wonder, star of night,

Star with royal beauty bright.

Westward leading, still proceeding,

Guide us to your perfect light!

OPTIONAL SOLO: CASPAR

2 Born a king on Bethlehem’s plain,

Gold I bring to crown him again,

King forever, ceasing never,

Over us all to reign.

CHORUS

OPTIONAL SOLO: MELCHIOR

3 Frankincense to offer have I,

Incense tells of Deity nigh,

Prayer and praising, all are raising,

Worship Him God most high!

CHORUS

OPTIONAL SOLO: BALTHASAR

4 Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume

Breathes the life of gathering gloom,

Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,

Sealed in a stone cold tomb.

CHORUS

SILENT NIGHT

FRANZ GRUBER

1 Silent night, holy night!

All is calm, all is bright.

Round yon virgin mother and child,

Holy infant, so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace.

ALL (in German) (Phonetic translation)

2 Stille nacht, heilige nacht, Shtiller nacht, hi-ligger nacht,

Alles schläft, einsam wacht. Alees shleft, einsam vacht.

Nur das traute hochheilige paar, Noor das trauter hoch-hiligger paar,

Holder knabe, im lockigen haar, Holder knaber im lockigen haar,

Schlaf in himmlischer ruh, Shlaf in himlisher roo,

Schlaf in himmlischer ruh. Shlaf in himlisher roo.

TIME FOR CELEBRATION

EVERYONE: Merry Christmas everyone!

OPTIONAL SOLO

CHORUS Time for celebration,

Every land and nation,

Join your hands in peace and harmony,

Young and old!

There is love and joy

For the baby boy,

Born of Mary in a stable

Long, long ago.

Angels and shepherds, three wise men,

Saw the star over Bethlehem.

Worshipped the baby born to be King,

So now his praises we can sing!

CHORUS Time for celebration,

Every land and nation,

Join your hands in peace and harmony,

Young and old!

There is love and joy

For the baby boy,

Born of Mary in a stable

Long, long ago.

Born of Mary long, long time ago,

Long ago,

Long ago.

Spellings for week beginning 21.11.16

Don't forget to keep practicing your spellings at home!

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
letters	letters	letters
words	words	words
vowel	vowel	order
consonant	consonant	first
order	order	last
first	first	right
last	last	other
between	between	must
after	after	some
next	next	old
alphabet	alphabet
alphabetical	alphabetical
dictionary	dictionary
threw	threw
throw	throw
their
there
they’re
though
thought

Spellings for the week beginning 14,11,16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
stall	stall	start
star	star	steam
start	start	stop
stay	stay	strong
steam	steam	street
steep	steep	you
still	still	not
stop	stop	his
stray	stray	him
stream	stream	on
street	street
string	string
strong	strong
storm	storm
stitch	stitch
stadium
startle
station
statue
stressful

Spellings for the week beginning 7.11.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
when	when	whip
where	where	wheel
wheel	wheel	white
wheat	wheat	why
which	which	wheat
whip	whip	when
while	while	their
white	white	there
why	why	now
what	what	new
who	who
whose	whose
whole	whole
whale	whale
whirl	whirl
whistle
whisper
whisker
whirled
whimper

Welcome back after half term, we hope you all had a lovely break!

This half term our topic is Emergency 999, where we will be learning all about the important jobs that the Emergency Services do to help us.

We also have 3K's class assembly this month;

17th November 2016

Spellings for the week beginning 31st October 2016

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
float	float	goal
goal	goal	broke
groan	groan	rope
moan	moan	code
foam	foam	note
broke	broke	that
rope	rope	have
hope	hope	much
note	note	more
vote	vote	get
code	code
hollow	hollow
borrow	borrow
tomorrow	tomorrow
cloakroom	cloakroom
whiteboard
upload
marshmallow
snowflakes
downstairs

Spellings for the week of October 17th 2016

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
fly	fly	fly
sky	sky	sky
spy	spy	fight
shy	shy	side
cycle	cycle	slide
python	python	little
sigh	sigh	made
sight	sight	make
fight	fight	they
flight	flight	out
right	right
bright	bright
side	side
slide	slide
bride	bride
confide
subside
collide
provide
astride

Spellings for Monday 10th October

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
ace	ace	space
lace	lace	age
place	place	page
space	space	rain
pace	pace	train
age	age	said
page	page	from
stage	stage	just
pay	pay	look
pray	pray	like
spray	spray
tray	tray
rain	rain
train	train
strain	strain
behave
inhale
portray
bait
delay

Spellings for week beginning 03.10.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
candle	candle	candle
handle	handle	handle
paddle	paddle	jumble
middle	middle	tumble
angle	angle	middle
bangle	bangle	back
rectangle	rectangle	been
jingle	jingle	before
single	single	with
jumble	jumble	down
tumble	tumble
crumble	crumble
grumble	grumble
stumble	stumble
triangle	triangle
circle	circle
freckle	freckle
knuckle	knuckle
vehicle	vehicle
particle	particle

Our first school trip of Year 3 will take place next Friday 23rd September to Techniquest in Cardiff Bay. Sorry for the short notice but that was the only availability Techniquest had.

We will be watching a show about The Human Body, which links to our Cornerstones Topic 'Blood, Bones and Gory Bits.

The cost of the trip is £1.60, to cover the cost of the coach:-)

Thank you in advance for your support:-)

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings for the Week beginning 19th September 2016

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
off	off	puff
puff	puff	tell
cliff	cliff	smell
tell	tell	fill
sell	sell	dress
smell	smell	and
spell	spell	then
fill	fill	could
frill	frill	were
grill	grill	was
dress	dress
press	press
cross	cross
mess	mess
address	address
eggshell
refill
windmill
unless
braveness

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Hello and welcome to Year 3! :-)

The children have settled into the new routine brilliantly this week and have been busy learning already!

In Maths, the times tables we will be focusing on are the 3's, 4's and 9's. A fantastic game to play to help them learn their tables is on the'Top Marks' website called 'Hit the Button'. You can play the game online or you can download the app if your household has an ipad.

Our new Cornerstones topic is 'Blood, Bones and Gory Bits', looking at our bodies, the organs and all the different bones we have inside. Some children have already brought in relevant books and skeletons for our topic, which is great to see:-)

Our P.E and Games sessions are every Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning so please can you ensure your child has their kit in school with all items labelled with their name.

Please can you also ensure all school uniform is labelled with their name also as we have had items gone missing already and it's only the first week!

Our spelling test will be every Monday morning, along with handwriting and I will upload the new spellings onto our School website weekly (in case spellings sheets get lost!)

Thank you all for your support:-)

Kind Regards,

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings for week beginning 12.09.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
rain	rain	rain
train	train	train
air	brain	strain
hair	drain	sprain
chair	air	brain
what	fair	drain
where	hair	grain
who	pair	stain
were	stairs	chain
why	chair	air
	what	pair
	where	chair
	who	stairs
	were	mainly
	why	remain
		fair
		upstairs
		downstairs
		hairdresser
		airport

Spellings for the week beginning 16.05.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
found	found	found
round	hound	hound
sound	pound	pound
could	round	round
would	sound	sound
over	ground	ground
long	cloud	cloud
tree	shout	shout
never	about	about
small	could	could
	would	would
	should	should
	could	could
	around	around
	count	count
		though
		thought
		country
		couple
		double

Spellings for the week beginning May 2nd 2016

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
good	I'm	I'm
again	I'll	I'll
I'll	I've	I've
boy	I'd	I'd
soon	she's	she's
want	he's	he's
cat	it's	it's
round	there's	there's
animals	don't	don't
right	isn't	isn't
	doesn't	doesn't
	won't	won't
	can't	can't
	couldn't	couldn't
	didn't	didn't
		haven't
		weren't
		shouldn't
		you'll
		who've

Spellings for the week beginning 25th April 2016

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
water	catch	catch
bear	hatch	hatch
find	patch	patch
these	match	match
live	latch	latch
catch	itch	itch
itch	ditch	ditch
bunch	pitch	pitch
punch	hutch	hutch
hutch	finch	finch
	pinch	pinch
	bunch	bunch
	hunch	hunch
	punch	punch
	lunch	lunch
		stench
		scrunch
		unstitch
		wristwatch
		butterscotch

We had such a brilliant day out at Cog Moors yesterday! Pond dipping was great fun and we even found a newt and 16 different types of bugs in the pond. In the afternoon, we split into groups and did orienteering, which got everyone hot and sweaty but it was good fun! The children were really well behaved and we learnt a LOT! Plus, it was sunny so we were extra lucky:-)

Welcome Back! Hope you all had a lovely Easter break:-)

We're off to Cogmore's tomorrow for our 'Big Dip' topic in Cornerstones, so we're hoping for some sunshine! Please can you ensure all trip money (£2.00) and slips are in, thank you. All children need to wear suitable (and possibly waterproof!) clothing and I would suggest wellies as footwear as we will be near ponds.

The children have done their parallel spelling test this week and the spellings for next week are below:

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
draw	draw	draw
raw	drawer	drawer
law	law	law
claw	torch	torch
straw	force	force
horse	horse	horse
more	sore	sore
door	saw	saw
floor	store	store
sauce	shore	shore
	moor	moor
	poor	poor
	paw	paw
	pause	pause
	store	store
		awful
		awkward
		factory
		foreign
		forecast

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The children will have the parallel spelling test on the first week back ( Week beginning 11th April). We will be doing a practice paper for Maths and Reading this week, to prepare for the tests in May. We will be sending them home with the children to go over their errors, any help you can give them is greatly appreciated. Thank you:-)

Our new Cornerstones topic will be 'The Big Dip', looking at pondlife, life cycles and different mini-beasts. Science is along the same theme and is called 'World of Water'.

We hope you all have a brilliant, fun filled Easter and we look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday April 11th.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 3 team:-)

Spellings for the week beginning 21.03.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
that	that	that
them	them	them
then	then	then
want	want	want
what	what	what
where	where	where
when	when	when
me	your	your
thin	because	because
thing	another	another
	something	something
	someone	someone
	friend	friend
	glove	glove
	string	string
		carefully
		grandmother
		forgetful
		knowledge
		clockwise

Spellings for the week beginning 14.03.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
come	gone	gone
some	shone	shone
gone	one	one
love	done	done
glove	come	come
well	some	some
want	dove	dove
up	love	love
two	glove	glove
this	above	above
	shove	shove
	move	move
	prove	prove
	alone	alone
	wove	wove
		people
		beautiful
		because
		Romans
		saw

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you to all who helped to make models or choc chip muffins for the Eisteddfod:-) The entries were superb and we really appreciate all the effort and support given!

The spellings for the week beginning 07.03.16 are listed below.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
wrap	wrap	wrap
write	wreck	wreck
wrinkle	write	write
	wrinkle	wrinkle
answer	wrist	wrist
sword	wrong	wrong
which	wrath	wrath
where	wren	wren
when	wrestle	wrestle
what	wriggle	wriggle
went	wring	wring
	whole	whole
	answer	answer
	sword	sword
	wrapper	wrapper
		wreckage
		wreath
		wretched
		writhe
		wretch

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you to all who came to Parents Evening, it was lovely to see you:-)

The week after half term will be a busy one preparing for our Eisteddfod! We hope you have fun making models and cakes during the holiday:-) Our new topic is called 'Sportswear Design' so we will be visiting the Cardiff Stadium and participating in a session in the house of sport.

We will be doing the parallel spelling test the week beginning the 22.02.16 so the spellings below will be tested on Monday 29.02.16.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support and enjoy the break!

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings for week beginning 29.02.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
lamb	lamb	lamb
climb	bomb	bomb
comb	comb	comb
knee	climb	climb
knife	crumb	crumb
who	thumb	thumb
would	numb	numb
will	plumber	plumber
your	knee	knee
were	kneel	kneel
	knew	knew
	knife	knife
	knit	knit
	knot	knot
	knock	knock
		doubt
		debt
		subtle
		knowledge
		knuckle

We had a brilliant trip to Caerleon last Thursday:-) Year 3 were really well behaved and were so enthusiastic about the topic, it was fantastic to see! 3N's photo's will be uploaded later this week:-)

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings week beginning 01.02.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
cats	cats	cats
roads	girls	girls
girls	roads	roads
bushes	windows	windows
babies	buses	buses
or	bushes	bushes
all	churches	churches
as	boxes	boxes
at	foxes	foxes
be	boys	boys
	trays	trays
	babies	babies
	hobbies	hobbies
	puppies	puppies
	families	families
		opportunities
		trollies
		journeys
		arches
		addresses

Spellings for week beginning 01.02.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
spin	spin	spin
spot	spot	spot
spell	spell	spell
spill	spill	spill
speak	spark	spark
one	speak	speak
big	spike	spike
the	spout	spout
see	spray	spray
off	sprout	sprout
	sprint	sprint
	spring	spring
	sprang	sprang
	sprain	sprain
	sprinkle	sprinkle
		spread
		sprawl
		special
		sport
		splodge

Please see the spellings for the week beginning 25th January below:-)

We had a fabulous (if not slightly chilly!) trip to the Celtic Roundhouse at St. Fagans last Wednesday. Year 3 behaved brilliantly and listened exceptionally well to all the facts about the Celts, we were very proud of them.

Here are some pictures from 3K at the Roundhouse, 3N's photo's will be uploaded soon:-)

Year 3 are very lucky to have Tim Kett teach them Chess on a Monday afternoon now. It is amazing to see how many children can already play and their enthusiasm is infectious! I am relying on them (and Tim!) to teach me how to play and I will be running a lunctime club on a Tuesday for y3-6 for those children who would like to play against different contestants. I'm sure many Year 3's will beat me! Thank you, Miss Kent

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
great	tall	tall
greater	taller	taller
greatest	tallest	tallest
small	small	small
smaller	smaller	smaller
smallest	smallest	smallest
are	windy	greater
had	windier	greatest
has	windiest	windy
me	sunny	windier
	sunnier	windiest
	sunniest	sunny
	rainy	sunnier
	rainier	sunniest
	rainiest	rainy
		rainier
		rainiest
		foggy
		foggier
		foggiest

Happy New Year to you all! We hope you had a lovely relaxing break and thank you all for your cards, gifts and continued support, it is much appreciated:-)

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings for the week beginning 18.01.16

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
happy	chilly	chilly
windy	frilly	frilly
dusty	windy
sleepy	happy	happy
lucky	frosty	frosty
well	dusty	dusty
will	lucky	lucky
two	rainy	rainy
up	sleepy	sleepy
over	cheeky	cheeky
	stormy	stormy
	dirty	dirty
	grumpy	grumpy
	cloudy	cloudy
	slushy	slushy
		smelly
		swirly
		honesty
		sticky
		thirsty

Spellings for week beginning 14th December 2015

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
germ	germ	germ
butter	term	term
skirt	serve	serve
shirt	swerve	swerve
nurse	butter	butter
call	gutter	gutter
only	skirt	skirt
our	shirt	shirt
want	first	first
your	thirst	thirst
	nurse	nurse
	purse	purse
	measure	measure
	treasure	treasure
	afternoon	afternoon
		afterwards
		outskirts
		burglar
		church
		pleasure

Spellings for week beginning 30.11.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
letters	letters	letters
words	words	words
order	vowel	vowel
first	consonant	consonant
last	order	order
right	first	first
other	last	last
must	between	between
some	after	after
old	next	next
	alphabet	alphabet
	alphabetical	alphabetical
	dictionary	dictionary
	threw	threw
	throw	throw
		their
		there
		they're
		though
		thought

Spellings for week beginning 23.11.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
start	stall	stall
steam	star	star
stop	start	start
strong	stay	stay
street	steam	steam
you	steep	steep
not	still	still
his	stop	stop
him	stray	stray
on	stream	stream
	street	street
	string	string
	strong	strong
	storm	storm
	stitch	stitch
		stadium
		startle
		station
		statue
		stressful

Spellings for the week beginning 16.11.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
whip	when	when
wheel	where	where
white	wheel	wheel
why	wheat	wheat
wheat	which	which
when	whip	whip
their	while	while
there	white	white
now	why	why
new	what	what
	who	who
	whose	whose
	whole	whole
	whale	whale
	whirl	whirl
		whistle
		whisper
		whisker
		whirled
		whimper

Dear Parents,

Thank you all for attending Parents Evening, it was lovely to meet you. A little reminder that Year 3 are visiting the cinema on Monday 16th November so please can you ensure the cost of the trip (£1.60) has been paid, thank you:-)

It is 3N's class assembly this Thursday 5th November at 11.15 and 3K's assembly next Thursday 12th November, at the same time.

Spellings for the week beginning 09.11.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
goal	float	float
broke	goal	goal
rope	groan	groan
code	moan	moan
note	foam	foam
that	broke	broke
have	rope	rope
much	hope	hope
more	note	note
get	vote	vote
	code	code
	hollow	hollow
	borrow	borrow
	tomorrow	tomorrow
	cloakroom	cloakroom
		whiteboard
		upload
		marshmallow
		snowflakes
		downstairs

Spellings week beginning 19.10.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
fly	fly	fly
sky	sky	sky
fight	spy	spy
side	shy	shy
slide	cycle	cycle
little	python	python
made	sigh	sigh
make	sight	sight
they	fight	fight
out	flight	flight
	right	right
	bright	bright
	side	side
	slide	slide
	bride	bride
		confide
		subside
		collide
		provide
		astride

Thank you Parents/Guardians for your support this term. It is so beneficial to read with your child and thank you for encouraging the children to practice their spellings. It all helps to improve their writing skills so thank you.

We are currently moving on to learning our 4 x tables, having done our 3's for the past 5 weeks! Next on the list is the 9 x tables:-)

Just a little reminder about the Year 3 Class Assemblies- 3N's class assembly is Thursday November 5th at 11.15am. 3K is on Thursday November 12th at 11.15am. We look forward to seeing you!

Miss Kent and Mr Newbury

Spellings for the week beginning 12.10.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
fly	fly	fly
sky	sky	sky
fight	spy	spy
side	shy	shy
little	cycle	cycle
made	python	python
make	sigh	sigh
they	sight	sight
out	fight	fight
slide	flight	flight
	right	right
	bright	bright
	side	side
	slide	slide
	bride	bride
		confide
		subside
		collide
		provide
		astride

Spellings for week beginning 05.10.15 Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
candle	candle	candle
handle	handle	handle
jumble	paddle	paddle
tumble	middle	middle
middle	angle	angle
back	bangle	bangle
been	rectangle	rectangle
before	jingle	jingle
with	single	single
down	jumble	jumble
	tumble	tumble
	crumble	crumble
	grumble	grumble
	stumble	stumble
	triangle	triangle
		circle
		freckle
		knuckle
		vehicle
		particle

Spellings 21.09.15

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
untidy	untidy	untidy
unwell	untie	untie
unless	unwell	unwell
dislike	unlock	unlock
refill	unkind	unkind
come	dislike	dislike
came	disobey	disobey
but	disagree	disagree
did	decode	decode
because	defuse	defuse
	refill	refill
	revisit	revisit
	their	their
	there	there
	they’re	they’re
		disappear
		disbelieve
		unavailable
		uncertain
		rebuild

Welcome to Year 3! The Year 3 teachers this year are Mr Newbury and Miss Kent. This term the children will be learning about the human body through the Cornerstones topic called 'Bones, Blood and Gory Bits'. We have arranged an educational visit to Techniquest for Thursday 17th September to explore the human body. The cost of the trip will be £1.50 and the children will need a packed lunch and waterproof clothing.

For Maths sessions, we will be streaming the children across Year 3 according to their ability.

The children will have a weekly spelling test on Monday morning and will bring home spelling words according to their ability, which will be tested the following week. Please encourage your child to learn the weekly spellings as it really is beneficial to their writing.

The children will also have a daily Guided Group Reading session, where they will read an appropriate text as a group. We encourage you to listen to your child read at home on a weekly basis and assess their understanding of the text.

Mr Newbury's class will need their P.E kit on Monday and Tuesday and Miss Kent's class will need their kit on Monday and Thursday.

Thank you all in advance for your support

Spelling for the week beginning 14.09.15

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

puff off off

tell puff puff

smell cliff cliff

fill tell tell

dress sell sell

and smell smell

then spell spell

could fill fill

were frill frill

was grill grill

dress dress

press press

cross cross

mess mess

address address

eggshell

refill

windmill

unless

braveness

Spellings week beginning 07.09.14

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

rain rain rain

train train train

air brain strain

hair drain sprain

chair air brain

what fair drain

where hair grain

who pair stain

where stairs chain

who chair air

were what pair

why where chair

who stairs

were mainly

why remain

fair

upstairs

downstairs

hairdresser

airport

Year 3 trip to Cosmeston Lakes

Year 3's trip to the Cardiff City Stadium!

Gafr Wen

Year 3 school trip to Caerleon Roman baths and museum!

Carol Medley

The Alleluia Yodel

Guten Morgan

Silent Night

Time for Celebration!

What a To-do!

We're Making Christmas Music

Twinkling Stars

What was it like

How can we prepare for year 4 during the summer holidays?

3N Trip to Cog Moors

Year 3 Trip to Cog Moors 11.04.16

Year 3 Trip to the Roman Fortress at Caerleon

3N photos from our trip to St.Fagans:-)

3K playing chess!

St Fagan's trip to the Celtic Viallage

Techniquest Trip

Techniquest Trip 17.09.15

Year 3 Trip to Techniquest 17.09.15- what a fun day we had! :-)