Elm Class

Welcome to Elm Class' information and blog page.  Here you will find general class information and see what we have been up to in our learning

Class teacher: Miss Hewlett

Support Staff: Mrs Armstrong and Miss Jones

PE Days: 

PE will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please make sure your child has a PE Kit in school on these days. PE kit is: pair of black or navy shorts, a plain white t-shirt and a pair of pumps or trainers for going outside. Black or navy zipped hoodies can also be worn in cold weather. Children can wear their school kit all day on PE days if they wish - please note they are not permitted to wear other sports clothes.

Homework:

Homework will be available on Google Classrooms, the Blog and a paper copy will also be sent home. Please choose a task off the homework grid and submit via google classrooms or it can be brought in on paper. Homework is given out each Friday and needs to be submitted by the following Thursday.

Spellings will be given out each Thursday and children will be tested the following Thursday.

Reading and Times Tables:

Our school expectation is that your child reads at least three times a week at home to an adult. This needs to be recorded in your child's reading record and signed by an adult. This record needs to be brought into school every day. We will check this on a Monday and children achieve a reading sticker on their bookmark.  Once their bookmark is full they will receive a brand new book to keep as a prize  If your child has finished their reading book, please bring it in on any day to be changed.

Your child will also have access and passwords to Times Table Rockstars and Purple Mash. Their usernames and passwords will be put in their Reading Record Books.

Contact us:

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to speak to us. You can catch us most mornings before school or wait to speak to us after the children have been released to parents/carers at home time. Alternatively, you can contact us via our class email address:

elm@newmoston.manchester.sch.uk

We are looking forward to having a positive, exciting year in Elm Class 

A fantastic fun day 🎪 🍦 

The children have had a great day today. From watching a circus show to attending circus workshops, ice cream and bouncy castles. They loved every minute ☺️ 

More from week 1 🎨 🧑🏼‍🎨

In Art, the children have started to explore different types of media such as: paints, charcoal, pastels and sketching pencils. 
 

The children were given the opportunity to use the different types of media in their Art books. The children created some fantastic designs. 📒

A lovely first day back. ☺️

English

Today, we’ve started to look at a poem call The Coming of The Iron Man. We read the poem as a class, looked at the features and then the children had a go at reading the poem to their partner. 
 

Maths

We have been working on time today. The children were using the clocks to find a start time, a finish time and then work out the duration. They did a fantastic job. 
 

Well done Elm Class 🌈

Party time 🎉 🥳 🎈 

We’ve had a fantastic end to the half term as the children celebrated earning 11 attendance certificates this afternoon. We often speak about the importance of coming to school and the children’s attendance.  
 

The children spent the afternoon with their friends, eating snacks, having some free time, listening to music and watching a film. 
 

Well done Elm Class. Well and truly deserved 🩷

Maths 

Over the past week, we have been learning how to use money and identifying the different coins and notes. 
 

The children worked really hard and have produced some fantastic Maths learning. Well done Elm Class. 🥳

02.05.2024 🐢 

Wow. What an exciting start to May.

The children thoroughly enjoyed having a class pet for the day. A big thank you to Mia and her mum for allowing us to look after Herman for the day. 
 

The children thoroughly enjoyed checking in on him and having a hold of him. Hopefully he will come to visit us again another day. ☺️

30.04.2024 🪴 

This week we managed to spare a little bit of time to plant our very own tomato and chilli plants. The children thoroughly enjoyed planting their own plant and can’t wait to take them home and look after them. 
 

A very big thank you to Erin and her mum for supplying us with the equipment to do this. ☺️

This half term our main topic is "Does it always rain in the rainforest?." In science, we are learning about 'Plants.'

We will be using 'The Iron Man' as part of our English lessons and Whole Class Reading to support us with our learning. 

Please take a look at our Topic Plan. 

20.08.2024

After looking at the features of a non-chronological report in yesterday’s English lesson, today, the children started their research on their chosen animal. The children were provided with different sources to carry out their research. They have drafted up some fantastic pieces of information ready to start writing their non-chronological report next week. 
 

Well done Elm Class 🦒🐘🐅🦓

18.03.2024 

Today, the children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in a fun and exciting English lesson. Over the next week and a half, we are going to be working towards writing a non-chronological report on African animals. Today, the children discussed what they already knew about non-chronological reports, what might be included in them, why we are writing about an African animal and finally chose their animal that they are going to write about.

The children spent some time discussing what they already know about their chosen animal and were able to link this to our current whole class read book The Butterfly Lion. 
 

Tomorrow we will be looking at the features of a non-chronological report. 
 

Well done Elm Class 🌈❤️

15.02.2024

Today, we started a new experiment in our science lesson. Our aim is to find out whether the temperature affects the amount of water that evaporates. We have used four of the same sized beakers, popped 300ml of water in each beaker and will check the water level at 10:30am for the next week.

We have put one beaker near a radiator in the classroom, one on the windowsill, one outside and one in the fridge. 
 

Come back on Friday 22nd to find out our results ☺️

12.03.2024 📖 

Below are some pictures of the children reading with their partner. Whilst one child reads, the other child uses a lolly stick to coach the child who is reading. All children worked together fabulously and thoroughly enjoyed reading through chapter 11 of the Butterfly Lion. 
 

Well done everyone ☺️🌈

This half term our main topic is "The Mayan Civilisation." We will be learning about: What life was like at the height of the Mayan Civilisation. In science, we are learning about 'States of Matter.'

We will be continuing using 'The Butterfly Lion' as part of our English lessons and Whole Class Reading to support us with our learning. 

Please take a look at our Topic Plan. 

Monday 12th February 2024

What a brilliant Monday we have had ☺️

Below are just a handful of photos from our day. 
 

P.E

During their P.E lesson, the children were working on their balance. They started off by walking across a beam. The children were given the option to use their partner as support to guide them across the beams. The children worked fantastically together ensuring that they travelled safely across the beam. The children then worked on balancing on the beam whilst alternating lifting each foot up. Again, the children worked fantastically in their pairs to support each other. 
 

Music

In our Music lessons, we have been learning a new song, how to find a steady beat and how to use the glockenspiels. The children have worked hard to follow music notes and replay them with their glockenspiels. ☺️🎼

Well done Elm Class. 🥰🌈

What a wonderful first week of learning in 2024! 
 

Welcome back everyone ☺️

We’ve had a brilliant first week back, the children have worked super hard and settled in well. 
 

This week we have started learning about the Human Body and the Victorians in our Science and History lessons. There are some images below of the children drawing around each other and having a go at placing the organs where they think they belong in the human body. The children absolutely loved this lesson and did a fantastic job. 
 

We have also started a new book called The Butterfly Lion. We read this book during our Whole Class Read and English lessons. This week, we have been getting to know the author Michael Morpurgo. Next week, we will start to ready a few chapters of the book in preparation for writing a setting description.
 

Well done Elm Class ☺️🌈 

Our first computing lesson of the year 💻 ☺️
 

We had lots of fun learning how to code during our computing lesson this week. The children worked hard to create their own backgrounds and worked together to think of ideas. 
 

Well done Elm Class! 🌈

Hello everybody and welcome to Elm Class!

Elm class is a year 3 class. In the class this year there will be myself, Miss Hewlett (Class teacher) and Mrs Armstrong (class TA). 

PE:

P.E will be on a Monday and Wednesday. 

Please make sure your child has a PE Kit in school. This needs to simply be a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and a pair of pumps or trainers for going outside. P.E kits can be left in school and taken home at the end of the half term for a wash. 

Homework:

Homework will be set on Google Classrooms as in previous years. 

Reading: 

We expect your child to read at least three times a week at home to an adult. This needs to be recorded in your child's reading  record and signed by an adult. This record needs to be brought into school every day. We will check this on a Monday. Children will earn stickers for their bookmarks if they read 3 times each week. Once their bookmark is full, they are able to choose a book to keep. 

Book Changes: 

Book changes will happen every Monday. 

Spellings:

Children will recieve 10 spellings each week and will be tested the following week. Spellings will be given out on a Thursday, with the spelling test being the following Thursday. Scores will be sent home for you to see how your child has done. 

Other:

Children will need to bring a water bottle to school and it would be great if all clothes and coats can be clearly labelled. 

My door is always open and I am only a phone call away. If you have any concerns or anything you want to chat about, please do so. Alternatively, you can drop me an email to the class email address which is elm@newmoston.manchester.sch.uk 

Here is to a great year and new adventures!

Miss Hewlett :)

Archive 2022-23

In our most recent PSHE lesson we learnt about LGBTQ+ and why people celebrate pride month. Each child created their own flag to represent them. The children used colours from the pride flag based on their meaning. 
 

Red - life

Orange - healing 

Yellow - sunlight 

Green - nature 

Blue - art

Purple - spirit 

Below are some images of the children and their flags. 
 

Well done Elm Class 🌈