Here are some photos of the year 3 trip to Dilston castle. It was a great day out for all and the children's behaviour was immaculate! Well done!

Year 3 had loads of fun during their DT week where they all made part of an Egyptian quilt. The children were involved with cutting, sticking and stitching - I have to say some ended up with more pin pricks than stitches in their quilts but everyone still thoroughly enjoyed taking part! The squares are currently getting stitched together and each class will then have a patchwork quilt - Egyptian style!

This week year 3 have been working super hard with all of the new ICT software in school. They have had a fabulous week and produced some fantastic work! Miss Tully and Mrs Simpson are so impressed with the skills year 3 have displayed this week! Well done to all of you! Some photos are attached to prove that year 3 really do work hard!

Well, the Year 3 digital media week seemed to be a huge hit this week with all the children. I have been in to help, in some lessons, and have been so impressed to see such enthusiasm and hard work from everyone. There has been some super work produced. The children have used some of our fantastic new 2Simple software, the digital cameras and the Digital Blue Movie Creators. I have to say I was very impressed to see Year 3 having a go at control technology. Well done to everyone in year 3, including Miss Tully and Mrs Simpson, for starting off our digital media weeks with such positive attitudes. I am very pleased you all enjoyed your week.You have set very high standards for the rest of us to follow! Mrs McCormack

3S are continuing to enjoy their ICT week. Yesterday we used the Digital Blue Movie Creators to take pictures of each other and then manipuluate them. We had a brilliant afternoon and the children even taught me a few things. Mrs Simpson

Speaking here is Kieran Costello and Kirsty Wade from 3T. This afternoon we have been using 2Paint a picture on the laptops. Our favourite ones were the spinner and patterns. This is only the start of our digital media week. Miss Tully says we have lots more to come so we are really looking forward to it! We have added some examples of our work.

3T started their Digital Media week with a tough one, but they all managed fantastically! The children had to take a photo of their friend, upload them on to the computer, then try to distort the image as much as possible! The children really enjoyed doing this and found some very funny effects! Some examples are attached!

A big WELL DONE to all the children in 3T! You all did extremely well to remember all those lines, dramas, poems. songs and dances! I am very proud of you all!
Thank you to all the parents for helping children learn lines and in some cases make costumes! I appreciate it very much!
I have attached a few photographs, if you want to see more, you know where I am!

Here are some photos taken of 3T on World Book Day, I thought all of your costumes were fantastic. Thank you for making such a huge effort! The children had a fun-filled day and especially enjoyed the cat walk in the hall where they had the opportunity to show off their costumes!

What the children say...
Mrs Simpson is really kind and helpful to everyone. She likes to be organized just like Monica from "Friends". Our teacher is really friendly and a very funny teacher.

What the children say...
Miss Tulley is a lovely, kind and helpful teacher. She doesn't like naughty boys and girls. Miss Tulley is always happy with people's brilliant work. Her favourite colour is pink and she is a happy, cheerful and lovely teacher.

Eight pupils from year 3 represented our school at a tennis tournament held at Lord Lawson school on Thursday 24th January against St. Annes Primary school. Not only were these children well mannered, mature and sensible, but they also showed outstanding sportsmanship. The coach working with these children commented on how good the behaviour had been. Thank you all for acting so responsibly and playing such fair matches.
Oakfield Junior School won the tournament 76 points to 54. Fantastic effort year 3!
It made Miss Tully's day when she noticed the children from Oakfield school shaking hands with each of the children from St. Annes Primary after the tournament. Thank you all again!

Miss Tully's Literacy group have been working hard studying performance poetry this week. We have practised hard and recorded our performance which we wanted to share with everyone!
The link also includes our evaluation of the final performance.
We are currently working hard writing our own poems and hope to share them with you when they are complete!
Watch this space!

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Year 3 have dived head first into an extremely busy term! The children are clearly refreshed after the Christmas break and are eager to get stuck into all the exciting new topics coming their way! The year 3 children (and staff) are already thoroughly enjoying their new topic investigating Ancient Egypt!
Also, we are lucky enough to have a very special visitor coming into year 3 next week to talk to the children about their new topic in RE.
Lots to look forward to!

This Friday Oakfield Junior School is celebrating it's 40th Anniversary. Children and staff will be getting dressed up to mark the occasion. Here come the flares!
Year 3 have been working hard on their 1967 songs which they are looking forward to performing at our celebration assembly on Friday.
3S are performing 'Puppet on a String' by Sandie Shaw and 3T are performing Aretha Franklin's hit 'Respect'. (Look out for the photographs!)
Let us know your favourite songs from the 1960s!

We hope you enjoyed visiting our art exhibition where Oakfield's budding artisrts displayed their work in the style of some 1960s artists.

Next week class 3S will be finding out more about Mexico during our One World Week. Any resources would be much appreciated (especially anyone willing to teach a spanish lesson!!!!).

Next week, Oakfield Juniors will be enjoying a fun filled week as we celebrate 'One World Week'.
3T's chosen country is Africa. We will be participating in a research project with many interesting activities to get stuck into!
If anyone happens to have any African based resources that we could lend, it would be very much appreiciated! Miss Tully and her class also hope to enjoy some African cuisine, so any budding chefs out there who may wish to contribute, make yourselves known! Alternatively, any African recipes you may have would be great!

Hello to all of our new year 3 children and parents!
Our names are Mrs D Simpson (3S) and Miss R Tully (3T). The new year 3 children have now spent 5 weeks in the junior school. They have all settled in well and are now fully fledged junior school children!!!

Both Miss Tully and I would like to thank all the parents who came to our Harvest Festival last week. The year 3 children did really well and led the whole school in a fantastic performance. Well done and thank you children. (Photographs to follow).

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the year 3 induction meetings they were very useful!

We look forward to meeting with all parents on Thursday 11th October for parents' evening.

Take a look at this excellent project website created by Luke Potts from 3S

Ancient Egypt website

We had great fun dressing up in Indian outfits for our production of 'Christmas Around the World'.

Egypt Project
As you may know, Year 3 are studying Ancient Egypt this term.

Many of the children have shown an interest in this topic, and we would like to take advantage of their enthusiasm by encouraging each child to complete an ‘Egypt Project’ at home.

We feel this will help the children to learn independently and develop research skills. They can focus on areas in which they have a particular interest.

This can be as little or as much work as you like.

The projects will be shared with the class on the last Thursday before Easter
(Thursday 29th March).

The children are busy preparing for our class assemblies this month. 3S will be leading the celebration assembly on Friday 6th October, while 3R will have to wait until the last day of the half term to show off their talents.

The theme for 3S will be 'Healthy Eating', which links with our science topic this term. 3R's assembly will be based on the country they are studying for One World Week, which this year is France. Ooh la lah!

Friends and family are very welcome to watch their child's performance. Curtain up at 9am. See you there!

Year Three will perform "Pop Go The Peas" at this year's Harvest Festival.
We are enjoying learning the song - especially making the "pop" sound.