Year 3 have just come back from the Hindu Temple after spending the day there. They all had lots of fun and want to share their day with you. Here is some comments from the children in 3 Ash;
Daniel Coulson - "I loved all the food we ate, it was cheese curry, rice and naan bread. The best bit was the ice cream!"
Grace Forster - "I loved the visit, we got to dress up in saris and we got bindis on our heads."
Daniel Bousfield - "It was really fun, the boys got to dress up and have turbins on."
Rachel Miller - "I loved it when we got splashed with the water during the story!"
Shannon-Lee Thompson - "I loved it when we got dressed up - we also got to wear bangles."
Holly Cain - "I liked it when we all got to try the drums and listen to the music."
Lydia Horn - "The temple was really fun and was quite a bit different from churches."

Keep watching out for the photos! Uploaded soon!

Year 3 have been working really hard on their new unit adventure stories. They have really enjoyed the drama activities and group work. I think we may have a few budding actors and actresses - WATCH OUT BROADWAY!

A big WELL DONE to all of year 3 who have been working very hard with our tennis coach! You have really impressed us with your skills and perserverance. Keep up the hard work! Miss Tully has got her eye out for 8 children to compete at Heworth!
Miss Tully and Miss Hardman

On Friday 4th December, Year 3 had a GEORDIE DAY!
Since September the theme we have been studying is Our local area. So to celebrate everything we have learnt, we decided to have this very special day!
The children were involved in learning some geordie slang and trying to speak it at various points during the day, creating a geordie dictionary, looking at geordie recipes, singing some geordie songs and they were also very lucky to have a talk from a real georide miner!
The children and y3 teachers were also dressed up for the occasion, I must say that the children all looked fabulous! Thank you to all the parents who helped make their child look like a true geordie!
The children and teachers thoroughly enjoyed their geordie day and it was impressive seeing how much they children had remembered from their lessons!

Poppy Littlemore says "I enjoyed listening to the miner because he was funny."
Daniel Preece says "We learnt a song called the Blaydon races, it was very fun doing it."
Anna Ryle says "We learnt the Geordie dictionary and some of the words were funny. Some of us spoke geordie on the yard at playtime!"

On Tuesday the 8 members of the school Council spent the day at the Civic Centre finding out about the work of the elected councillors and the major. Once there they had the chance to sit in the council chamber and find out about the work of Gateshead Council. After lunch it was questions with the major before finally watching a real council meeting in operation. Not an everyday experience and one we are sure they will cherish!

Dear readers,

The children of Oakfield Junior School are setting up a healthy tuck shop. It will start on Monday 16th November. This includes fresh fruit, dried fruit, cereal bars including, Special K and Nutrigrain bars. These prices range from 20p-40p. Please support us.

Many thanks,

Snack Station Staff.

Well done to the new year 3 children who have settled in really well to Oakfield Junior School! The children have shown great maturity and have been wonderful to work with! Keep up the hard work year 3! From Miss Batey and Miss Tully.

Rhian 3 Elm "I have enjoyed PE as it was really fun!"
Tyler 3 Ash "I have really enjoyed doing mental maths as it was really fun and I have learnt more sums!"
Daniel T 3 Elm "I enjoyed writing the stories about the aliens, my favourite part was when superman turned into a hotdog!"
Samira 3 Ash "I liked doing ICT because it was wonderful! I enjoyed looking at the photos of sports day, they were really funny!"
Anna 3 Elm "I liked doing ICT as I had never been on the laptops before."
Kevin 3 Ash "I love reading our class story - Yuck."
Jasmine 3 Elm "I enjoy assembly because they are fun and joyful"

Year 3 are really looking forward to visiting the Angel of the North and the Discovery museum!

Well done to all of the children in year 3 who took part in the sandcastle challenge last Friday!
You were all superstars and worked so hard on your designs and final models. The photos show how hard you worked and I'm sure all of the other staff present would agree with me how well you represented our school. I think you were all cheated out of winning, you definately deserved medals.
A big thank you for all your hard work and enthusiasm and also a huge thank you to all of the parents that came along and got their hands dirty and still smiled in the pouring rain! It is greatly appreciated!

On Monday 15th June year 3 visited Whitehouse farm for the full day. There was loads of different activities for the children to participate in and from the laughter anhd smiles I witnessed all day I am sure each and every child had a great time! I was very proud of every child in year 3 due to their sensible behaviour and attitude. I lady who was visiting the farm with her granddaughter commented on how well behaved and pleasant our children were. Well done year 3!
I was amazed to see how many of the children in my class were more than willing to have a snake wrapped around their necks! I think they all know they are braver than me after my reaction!
Thank you year 3, you were all superstars! Thank you also to the parent helpers who came on the trip with us, it is much appreciated!
I have not put all the photos on the website as there was far too many but if there are any you would like to see just come to see Miss Tully. I took photos of every child in 3ash who had a snake wrapped around their neck!

Thursday 23rd April 2009

On Tuesday after the first little chick, Calvin was born and all the children had gone home, Miss Tully and Mrs Davidson noticed one of the other chicks was struggling to get out of the shell. However, with some assistance the chick was delivered safely - this one is named Eddy and is a girl.
On Wednesday morning, the children came into find that 4 more eggs had hatched and the 4 little chicks were happily tweeting in the incubator. 3 of these chicks were fluffed up and ready to be transferred to the brooder. As the day progresssed, more and more eggs began hatching until we had a grand total of 9 healthy chicks in the brooder all fluffed up!
That evening, another chick was having difficulty getting out of the egg so once again, Miss Tully and Mrs Davidson got their hands dirty to save the little chick. They weren't sure how healthy the chick would be but on Thursday morning he was bright and chirpy in the incubator. He was then also transferred to the brooder. This means we now have a total of 10 healthy, fluffy and cute chicks tweeting away in the brooder.
They very quickly learned how to walk, peck seeds and drink water. We have 6 boys and 4 girls.
Today the children named all of the chicks - here are their names: - Calvin, Eddy, Tweety, Dave, Sunny, Tutu, Poachey, Charlie, Alex and Fluffy.

The chicks will be travelling around school next week for the different classes to have a little hold and watch the chicks play.

Let me know what you think of the chicks and if you are in year 3, what you have enjoyed most about the experience so far by commenting on the website.

Tuesday 21st April 2009 PM
2:45pm

It was all go in 3 ash this afternoon as our first chick hatched! It was such an exciting experience for teachers and children and we were all so glad that we got to see the egg hatch!
The first born is a boy and we have chosen to call him by the number one spot in the pop charts - Calvin - Just as he was number one out of the eggs!

Tuesday 21st April 2009 AM
The children in year 3 are full of excitement as 12 eggs arrived yesterday and have been set up in an incubator. The eggs were 19 days old when they arrived and should hatch by 21 days - this means most eggs should have hatched by Wednesday or Thursday. We are hoping to get about 6 or 7 chicks from the eggs, any that do not hatch by Friday will be collected by a professional.
The first egg began to crack on Monday afternoon at approximately 4:15pm. This is called the "first pipping" - the eggs should hatch about 24 hours after the first pipping. This morning when they children arrived in school they discovered that 2 more of the eggs have began to crack. This means a total of 3 so far have made their first pipping. The children are hoping that at least one of the eggs will hatch fully by the end of today.
Keep checking our website for updates on the eggs!

The year 3 children and teachers have had a great time this afternoon dressing up - the costumes were wonderful! Thank you to all parents who made their child look really good for today's activities. The children have been tasting some of the Roman foods that we learned about on our trip to Bede's world. Despite the teachers best efforts to try to wind the children up by offering them stuffed doormice and snails they all seemed rather too keen! Surprisingly, most of the children really enjoyed the roman dishes! We ate roman style pizzas which consisted of pitta bread, onion, olives and feta cheese. We also tried a dish called 'Monk's Mush', this is what the monks survived on in Bede's time. The children enjoyed dipping their crusty bread into this! The favourite was definately the juice - grape juice with water, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg! I hope the children all enjoyed learning about these dishes and had a super day in their costumes! Let us know what your favourite was by commenting on the weblog!

Year 3 had a fantastic day out at Bede's world yesterday. All children said they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and returned to school with lots of exciting new facts about Saint Bede. The children were involved in a wide range of activities ranging from dressing up as monks and walking through the monastry as the monks would have in Bede's time to our tour guide locking us all in an Anglo-Saxon refrigerator! A BIG thank you to all year 3 children who received comments throughout the day from staff and visitors at the centre about their immaculate behaviour and superb questions.
Also, a special thank you to all the parents helpers who came along with us despite the cold weather! You were all a great help!

Miss Tully's Literacy group have been working extremely hard choosing and preparing poems for performance. While each group perform, the other children are being very hard critics ensuring each group have met all of the success criteria! I think we have some future Simon Cowell's in year 3!

Year 3 are all itching after their headlice talk by the school nurse! Even Miss Tully and Mrs Davidson were getting the itch after being given the opportunity to look at real headlice through a magnifying glass! Let's keep them away year 3!

Year 3 have make a kick start to their new PSHE topic on 'falling out and getting on'. We had great fun making our web of connections using a ball of wool! Just look at how many things we have got in common!!!

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their E-Safety talk this morning!

Caitlin Leverett thought the E-Safety talk was, "Excellent and a good education!"

James Kay said, "It was quite interesting because if you just answered a message and it was someone you didn't know, you might end up in trouble".

Tallulah Dixon said, "It was quite interesting and helpful".

Year 3 had a fab DT week investigating bread! We designed our own recipes by adding ingredients of our choice and they tasted yummy!

G'day mates!! 3 Elm are adventuring 'Down Under' to the sunny land of Australia for One World Week.
We have decided to keep you up to date with our activities over the week

Daniel: I am enjoying learning about Australia and have found out that Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and the smallest continent.

Kieran: I like painting Australian animals. I have painted a snake with lots and lots of dots.

Grace: It's really fun learning to paint using dots.

Matthew: It's really fun learning about Australia and I enjoyed painting the best.

Sophia: It has been really fun today as we have been finding out about the continents and about Australia. Now we are painting pictures of animals that live in Australia it's really great!

Year 3 have been very hard at work investigating what different animals eat for their Science topic! They have spent a couple of weeks working in small groups creating surveys and discussing how they will present their results. Yesterday, some children were able to transfer their results into bar charts. A superb effort year 3! Well done!

3 Ash have settled in superbly to Oakfield Junior School!
They have particularly enjoyed practising The Tortoise Song in music with some fantastic movements!
Well Done 3Ash, keep up the hard work!
From Miss Tully x x x

Hello 3 Elm. Just a liitle note to say WELL DONE!!! You have all made a brilliant start to your Oakfield Junior School journey!! Keep smiling.

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 Tully is a lovely, kind and helpful teacher. She doesn't like naughty boys and girls. Miss Tully 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.