This half term, Year 3 have been learning all about French artist, Henri Matisse. They explored examples of his artworks, learnt about his passion as an artist and practiced colour mixing using paints. Today, Year 3 have been practising a variety of different brush strokes to create texture and effect. They tried a dry brush technique, cross-hatching, and dabbing. Check out some of their work

High Hazels Academy PTA made an amazing gesture in December and sponsored a snowflake at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

Over the past seven years, the award-winning snowflake display has raised over £1m for Sheffield Children’s Hospital!

In return for pledging to raise funds, the PTA sees their snowflake sparkle on the Sheffield Children’s Hospital building, with an attached name tag recognising the contribution for all to see.

The initiative brings people together with a shared goal to build a better future for the staff, patients, and their families at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

This week, Year 3 have been learning all about discussion and the importance of a balanced argument. In their Reading and Writing lessons, they stood the accused wolf, Alexander T Wolf, on trial for murdering the Three Little Pigs. They worked in groups to gather evidence for each side- innocent or guilty. Finally, they debated their arguments until they reached their final verdict - GUILTY!

Dear Parents/Carers

Ponds Forge have a training day on Tuesday 1st February, therefore Y3 will not be attending swimming lessons on Tuesday 1st February.

Swimming will start again for Y3 on Tuesday 8th February.

Many thanks

Dear Parents/carers

Our PTA will be selling hot chocolate cones priced at £1 per cone on Monday 24th January for junior children, and Tuesday 25th January for infant children.

Children are able to bring £1 into school and will have an opportunity to buy a cone throughout the day.

All monies rasied will be donated to Sheffield Children's Hopsital, sponsor a star appeal.

Many thanks

Dear Parents/Carers

On Thursday 27th January all after school clubs are cancelled as staff have a training afternoon.

Many thanks

Dear Parents and Carers, 

This is a great app to help your child develop their maths skills. It is free to use and helps children practise addition and subtraction. It is aimed at children aged 4 - 7, but could be beneficial to KS2 children too. A few minutes on this app each day will help your child to progress in maths. 

https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths#download

If you have any questions, please ask your child's teacher. 

Kind regards, 

Miss Scrimgeour

This half term, Year 3 have been learning all about Mountains and Volcanoes in Geography. First, we learnt about the structure of the Earth and labelled the key elements that make up the earth's structure. Then, we learnt all about tectonic plates in the lithosphere and how these can be either continental or oceanic. We can't wait to learn how a mountain is formed next week! 

This week in Year 3, children have been deepening their understanding of Twisted Fairy tales. In Reading, they listened to a Revolting Rhymes poem called Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.  Children then worked in small groups to create a dictogloss where they wrote down key words and clues to reconstruct the text. A presenter was then allocated from each team to share their work with the class! 

Year 3 have had a fantastic first week back and a wonderful start to the new year. This week in Writing, we have been learning about what a twisted fairy tale is and thinking about how a character's viewpoint can change a story. Year 3 children really loved reading and listening to the story of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and The Tale of Two Beasts! Next week, we will start to plan our own twisted fairy