Dear Parents and Carers,

Please could you check that your child (boys only) has their own swimming kit and goggles? Someone in my class has misplaced his kit, which is a named pair of shorts, and a blue pair of goggles.

Many thanks,

Mr Butler

Dear Parents and Carers,

Unfortunately today, at the end of swimming, several boys misplaced / mixed up items of clothing in the changing area and were not able to identify their own clothing despite a huge check/search!  Therefore, please could I request that you check that your child has:

• come home in their own uniform;
• not brought home someone else’s uniform in their bag by mistake.

If this is the case, please return any lost items to me tomorrow, specifically a pair of boys grey trousers age 8-9 belonging to Lennox, and a white t-shirt belonging to Teddy (not sure if either are labelled).

Could I also make a polite request that ALL items of uniform (including shoes, socks and underwear!) are labelled with name tags, to prevent future problems of this type. A significant amount of time was spent today, trying to locate items, so it would be in everyone’s interests if clothing was clearly labelled in future, especially as it all looks the same!

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Butler

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week, your children are learning to tell the time in Year 3 Maths lessons. Please use the link below (click the link, then click on ‘Play Game’) plus any other resources you have: analogue clock (with hands), digital clocks, printouts of clocks or drawings of them, to help us teach your children this important life skill.

Teaching Clock

Specifically, it would really help for them to know minutes past/to (5 past, 10 past, etc) and which hand is the minute hand/hour hand.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 3 Team.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Following several parental enquiries about what to dress up as, we discussed today with the children in assembly about what they could wear on Friday, with a voluntary donation of £1, for NJS’s Red Nose Day.

Children can come dressed as a favourite adult who helps them, gives them words of encouragement, inspires them, etc. It can be literally anyone, and not necessarily someone who is well-known to all (i.e.: doesn’t have to be a famous person – could be a family member). Its up to you how far you go with this idea – remember, the event is about raising awareness of the good work done by Comic Relief charities and, hopefully, raising much-needed funds.

Hopefully that helps,

Kind regards,

The Year 3 Team.