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Year 3 Spring 2 information

This half term our topic is: Who is the Iron Man? The children will be reading the gripping story of the iron giant, The Iron Man, and will continue to develop their comprehension skills by answering reading gem questions. They will explore and learn about features of persuasive texts. The children will design and make a product with mechanical components that will be advertised using persuasive vocabulary.

Please look at the attached overview of what will be covered in class.


Afternoon Tea with Mrs P!

Well done to the children who have been green this half term. I am very proud of you all. One child from each class joined me for afternoon tea to celebrate their hard work.

Keep this effort up! It is good to be green. 


Handwriting Winners Spring 2

A huge congratulations to our handwriting winners this term. They have all worked hard and either shown great improvment or just brilliant handwriting and presentation skills. Well done- we hope you enjoy using your new pencil to show off your great handwriting!

Our winners include: Nursery- Eric  Reception- Casey  Y1- Xavier  Y2- George  Y3- Lottie  Y4- Maisie  Y5- Noah  Y6- Jessica

All of your work is now proudly displayed outside Mrs Parker's room. 


Year 3 Awards

We are finishing this half term with lots of certificate! There were Head Teacher's Awards, Good to be Green Pencils, Bronze and Silver Awards. We also had a Handwriting Award and Vocabulary Ninja Award. Congratulations to all the children who have received their awards today. A big well done to all Year 3 children for working really hard this half term. Enjoy your well deserved rest. 


British Science Week

Broadbent Fold will be celebrating British Science Week this year. The theme this year is ‘growth’. We will welcome ‘The Science Boffins’ into school during the week. On Friday 18th March we will host an exciting Science Fair. Also we will have an optional DRESS UP DAY- on 18th March where children can come to school dressed up as a real-life scientist. This could be anyone from David Attenborough, Mae C Jemison, Brian Cox, Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Ada Lovelace…. there are endless possibilities. We can’t wait to see who you will be.


World Book Day

World Book day will be celebrated on Thursday 3rd March and children may come to school dressed as their favourite character or author. In school we will celebrate the day with many events including virtual author workshops, a visit by Manchester-based author Matt Goodfellow and we have the return of Broadbent Fold's 'The Masked Reader' Please check out the World Book Day website for news and events during March- World Book Day | World Book Day is a


Mental Health Week

This year Mental Health Week's focus was Growing Together. In Year 3 we discussed what it means to grow emotionally and how we can help each other to grow. We talked about different emotions and how to deal with them. We designed 'Grow your brain' posters that will be part of our PSHE display encouraging growing positive thoughts in the garden of our mind. We also made coping tools spinners to remind us of strategies to deal with different feelings. 


Super Science

Today we have been learning about soil. We looked at soil layers, talked about what you would find in each layer and created a soil profile. 


It's Friday Awards Again

Congratulations to the children who have received the Head Teacher's Award this week for their hard work and attitude to learning. Well done to our Good to be Green raffle winners. There was also a special certificate for a fantastic online safety poster!


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