Year 3 Christmas Play – Costumes and Attendance

Dear Parents and Carers,

Just a reminder to say that children need to bring their costumes in by the end of the week, but ideally before then. Hopefully, we will be able to do a dress rehearsal on Friday 8th December, and resolve any problems with these.

We have reminded the children of their responsibilities to be present at the performance, and we would really appreciate a full turnout of children on Monday 11th December, no earlier than 5:30pm, for 6pm start. The performance depends on it!

Please let us know of any issues with the above, as soon as possible.

Once again, thank you for your continued support,

The Year 3 Team.

Year 3 Costume information for Hay Presto!

Dear Parents and Carers,

As you know, it is nearly that time of year again. The Year 3 children have started practising their Christmas play – Hay Presto! – and are all aware of their roles. If they have any lines, please practice with them to help them learn them for the show. If they don’t have any, please read the song words to learn them, as reading practice.

All of the children will need various costumes. Please see the list below as to what your child will need:

Narrators: Smart clothes, smart, dark trousers with a shirt, or smart dresses and shoes/ smart clothing.

Angels: angel outfit with wings, halo and shoes.

Roman Soldiers: Roman soldier costume with sword/shield if available, or grey trousers and grey t-shirt with helmets.

Townsfolk, including non-speaking Crowd parts: Plain fabric covering for legs (wear shorts underneath!) with plain coloured, dull or white tops and tea towels for head dresses.

Mary and Joseph: Traditional costumes for these two – tea towels for head covering, traditionally brown, blue or green pillowcase for the tunic / top – with armholes cut, plus a length of plain white fabric for leg coverings.

Innkeeper: Traditional costume, like townsfolk, with a plain, cotton kitchen apron and tea towel prop.

Elders, plus Jacob, Thomas, Benjamin, John, Leah, Joanna, Ruth, Rachel: Like townsfolk, with slightly brighter colours for their tunics / top half – greens or bright blues. Elders can wear optional white beards!

Shepherds: Traditional shepherd outfits or plain brown t-shirts with black trousers and tea towels for headdress.

Wise Men – Caspar (Frankincense) / Melchior (Gold) / Balthazar (Myrhh): We can provide these costumes – no costumes required.

Attendants: Dark trousers and red tops with a colourful sash.

Mice: White clothing (White t-shirts, white/light shorts or trousers/joggers)

Oxen and Camels: brown top and dark/brown trousers. Animals will be given a mask to wear, provided by school. Alternatively, you can provide a costume befitting the part your child has.

Donkey/Ass: Donkey ears, brown clothing, make a tail if you like!

Sheep: White clothing (White t-shirts, white/light shorts or trousers/joggers)

Pigs: plain black or white clothing. School to provide a mask for headwear.

All costumes will be needed in school for Friday 8th December, ready for the dress rehearsal on Monday 11th December.

If you are having problems with the costumes please speak to your child’s class teacher as soon as possible.

We are all very excited and can’t wait to show you the children’s hard work!

Thank you for your continuing support.

The Year 3 Team

Class 3B Computing – Scratch coding

Class 3B had some fun this afternoon, learning to code using Scratch, a free, online, block-based coding language – check it out!

Children had to:

  • add 2 sprites
  • add several backgrounds
  • make both sprites move
  • add sound to their characters..

Eventually, children will create their own online piano or musical sound stage, using sequences of code. This was their first lesson – more to follow!

 

 

Year 3 Spellings this week and next week, Homework and TTRS

Dear Parents and Carers,

Week 3 Spellings Year 3

Week 4 Spellings Year 3

Homework for Autumn 2nd half 2023

Apologies for the late posting of this week’s spellings – we have had several technical issues with the school website and loading up files. Hopefully these are now resolved.

Also attached is a reminder copy of the Year 3 homework for this half term.

Finally, children are currently engaged in a national competition on Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). With this in mind, we would really appreciate it if you could allow your children to play on TTRS as often as possible over the next 24 hrs. The maximum time they can count towards the competition is 1 hr of playtime.

Once this competition has finished, we would recommend that children continue to  spend at least 10 minutes per day practicing their times tables on TTRS.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 3 Team.

Class 3B Fiction Express letter and Homework for this half term.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Class 3B children today received their logon information for Fiction Express, a reading website with hundreds of books available to read. You should also be in receipt of a letter explaining this.

Also, 3B were given their homework letter for this half term, which should be in their bags. This will be posted to the website shortly.
Kind regards,

Mr Butler

Class 3B PE tomorrow

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please ensure your child has an OUTDOOR P.E. kit tomorrow, as the hall will be out of use. This means joggers, sweater, t-shirt and trainers.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mr Butler

NJS Online Safety Newsletter November 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

Online Safety Newsletter November 2023_Newport_31-10-2023 PDF

Online Safety Newsletter November 2023_Newport_31-10-2023 copy

Please find attached the latest edition of the NJS Online Safety Newsletter for November 2023. This month’s edition includes:

  • Playstation – online safety quiz
  • Roblox – everything you need to know
  • TikTok – everything you need to know
  • WhatsApp – editing feature
  • EA Sports FC24 – PEGI rating and communications

As usual, please contact us during normal school hours if you have any concerns about any of the above.

Kind regards,

Mr Butler

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Dear Parents and Carers,

Online Safety Newsletter November 2023_Newport_31-10-2023 copy

Online Safety Newsletter November 2023_Newport_31-10-2023 PDF

Please find attached the latest NJS Online Safety newsletter for November. This month’s edition includes:

  • Playstation -staying safe quiz
  • ParentZone – ‘Ollie’ – your online friend
  • Roblox – everything you need to know
  • TikTok – everything you need to know
  • WhatsApp – editing feature
  • EA Sports FC24 – PEGI rating and communication features.

As usual, please contact us during normal school hours if you have any questions or concerns about any of the above.

Kind regards,

Mr Butler

 

 

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