InCas Assessments

This week, the children are completing their final InCAS assessments. These assessments last no longer than 30 minutes each and are carried out during normal class time to fit in around your child’s day-to-day learning.

InCAS assessments are not formal tests and are not designed to compare pupils with each other. They take a different approach to assessment as they treat every child as an individual by choosing the difficulty of each question depending  on how well they have answered previous questions.

The children are assessed on:
•Comprehension 
•Spelling 
•General Mathematics 
•Mental Arithmetic 
•Picture Vocabulary 
•Non-verbal Ability 
•Attitudes

•Word Decoding 

All of the children are performing superbly and should feel proud of their achievements. 

Word Clouds

Last week, the children made word clouds from all the interesting facts they had learnt about India. Then, they worked in groups to present their information to the class. After considering what they already knew, they then discussed what else they would like to find out.

Boeing

Degen

Ema

Fenella

Gino

Grace

Junsei

Kaopun

Mac

Pud

Scarlett

Taipei

The children have decided that next week, they would like to cook and taste some Indian food. They would also like to know more about traditional Indian clothing. 

Craft Afternoon

Dear Parents,

Unfortunately, we have had to reschedule our craft afternoon which will now be postponed until the following Friday October 3^{rd AT} 1.00pm.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope that you are still able to attend.

Miss Campbell and Mr Dyke

Absorbent Materials

This week, 3C have continued to explore the characteristics of materials. Yesterday, we learnt all about absorbency (the ability to soak up liquid). As always, our week began with a practical experiment. Miss Campbell decided to use this opportunity to find out which teacher buys the most absorbent kitchen towels. Miss Prest and Miss Bialek were very kind and each brought in a sample for us to test. Here are the results of what we found...

Miss Bialek uses 'Tesco Value' kitchen roll , we found this to be the least absorbent. Perhaps that is why is it the cheapest. 

Miss Prest uses 'Thirst Pockets', we found this to be the second most absorbent kitchen roll. 

Miss Campbell uses 'Plenty', our results showed that her kitchen roll was the most absorbent. It was, however, the most expensive one too!

Here we are, testing the different paper towels...

When we had finished testing the paper towels we had a chance to observe how quickly the water was absorbed. We did this by dipping the towels into a beaker of water and food colouring. Not only were we able to watch the magical absorption taking place but were also left with beautifully coloured paper towels with a difference! 

So next time mums and dads need help cleaning up a spillage, just call on us!

Rangoli Designs

For those of you who don't know, our art topic for this term is focused on patterns. In our humanities we are studying India so we decided to combine these two ideas to create some beautiful Rangolis.

A Rangoli is a colorful design drawn on the floor near the entrance of a house to welcome guests. During Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns on the floor by their front door to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes. 

We began by using coloured pencils and sequins but the following week we took the next step and used dyed rice which although VERY messy was also lots of fun.

When our Rangoli designs were finished, we put them all together and lit candles to invite the gods. We also listened to some traditional Indian music and told the story of 'The Three Magic Pumpkins'. 

Here are some photographs of our rangoli, I'm sure you'll agree, they look incredibly beautiful. 

Next Week, we hope to learn more about the Diwali and make lanterns to for our own festival of light.

Empty Milk Bottles

Dear Parents,

I am writing to kindly request that you do not throw away any empty milk bottles that you may have at home. We are in need of those which have handles as pictured below. Year 3 would like to recycle these for our upcoming art project which will take place in two weeks time.

If you do have any empty milk bottles that we could use, then please send these into school, rinsed in water so that they are clean for the children to handle.

Thank you,

Miss Campbell