Remote Learning
for when we can't be together
Click on the buttons below to see your remote learning for the week and for daily acts of worship.
If you are isolating, specific work will be sent to you within 24 hours to match what is being covered in class.
If you are isolating, specific work will be sent to you within 24 hours to match what is being covered in class.
Please send photos and videos of the things you have been doing for your remote learning to:
homelearning@banburystmarysschool.co.uk
homelearning@banburystmarysschool.co.uk
St Mary's CE Primary School will be participating in the Street Tag Oxfordshire Schools Games Season 2!
Street Tag is a great way to get out of the house for your daily exercise. It turns streets and green spaces into a virtual playground, to increase families' outdoor experience in walking, running and cycling more to earn points and rewards. |
Scan the QR Code on the right to join Street Tag! |
Welcome to Skylarks
Skylarks are small birds known for their song, especially when they are flying through the air. In Skylark class we always try our best and work as a team.
In year 3, we love discovering new things and working in different ways to help us achieve our potential. Our learning journey this year begins with a topic call 'Trash to treasure' where we will look at the value of recycling. Next, we are going to be learning about how the life of a child has changed since the Victorian times. During the Spring term, our focus is geography and we will be completing a comparative study between the UK and Canada. Our final topics centre around the theatre and the Commonwealth games which take place in summer 2022.
In year 3, we love discovering new things and working in different ways to help us achieve our potential. Our learning journey this year begins with a topic call 'Trash to treasure' where we will look at the value of recycling. Next, we are going to be learning about how the life of a child has changed since the Victorian times. During the Spring term, our focus is geography and we will be completing a comparative study between the UK and Canada. Our final topics centre around the theatre and the Commonwealth games which take place in summer 2022.
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In Skylarks, we think about our learning behaviour and consider our choices carefully. We learn from our mistakes and support each other. We collect house points and stars when we demonstrate our school values and together we have chosen our 2021 -2022 star rewards:
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Our teacher - Miss BullardI am so happy to be teaching year 3 this year and am very much looking forward to this year. I am a creative and energetic teacher. I am passionate about football and can not wait to start football club. My hobbies include running, fitness and cooking. I like to explore new places with some of my favourite places being Kefalonia, Rome and Bath. |
We look forward to sharing our learning with you so come back to this page to find our home learning, photos and other exciting news throughout the year.
Autumn 2: Vikings
Our topic for this term is the Vikings. We will continue building on our understanding of chronology and using historical sources to understand the past by undertaking two historical enquiries. Our first one will be: Who were the Vikings and why did they invade and settle in Britain? This will involve the use of maps to see where the Vikings came from and where they went in Britain. Our second one will be: What was life really like in Viking Britain? This is where children will use historical sources to help them understand the Viking culture.
We will be having our first Art day of this year during this topic. Our focus will be on drawing and we will link this to our Viking topic by looking at a range of images of Nordic mythical beasts. Children will then use this as inspiration for their own illustrations. We will be experimenting with different grades of pencil and describe our finished pieces using subject specific vocabulary.
For PE this term, our topic is gymnastics where children will be focusing on improving the quality of their movements. They will plan and perform a sequences of contrasting actions and develop flow by linking actions smoothly and planning variations in speed. We will also be completing a Commando Joe's centred around 'Leif Erikson' a Norse explorer from Iceland.
In PSHE, we will continue to explore our ’Zones of Regulation’. This is all about the children understanding their emotions including the body sensations associated with each zone and tools they can use to help them become ready to learn. We will be using lots of discussion in this topic as well as using drama to explore expected and unexpected behaviours as a result of our emotions.
We will be having our first Art day of this year during this topic. Our focus will be on drawing and we will link this to our Viking topic by looking at a range of images of Nordic mythical beasts. Children will then use this as inspiration for their own illustrations. We will be experimenting with different grades of pencil and describe our finished pieces using subject specific vocabulary.
For PE this term, our topic is gymnastics where children will be focusing on improving the quality of their movements. They will plan and perform a sequences of contrasting actions and develop flow by linking actions smoothly and planning variations in speed. We will also be completing a Commando Joe's centred around 'Leif Erikson' a Norse explorer from Iceland.
In PSHE, we will continue to explore our ’Zones of Regulation’. This is all about the children understanding their emotions including the body sensations associated with each zone and tools they can use to help them become ready to learn. We will be using lots of discussion in this topic as well as using drama to explore expected and unexpected behaviours as a result of our emotions.
Our inspiration for our learning in English this term is the book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’ by Joe Todd Stanton. We will be looking at the structure of the story and the vocabulary used to help us devise our own Norse myths by the end of the unit. We are going to start the term by creating our own maps of our mythological island in small groups and then look at vocabulary to describe the different areas. Next, we will be creating and describing our own beasts. We will be creating fact files for them and writing descriptions of the battle between the beast and our heroes.
We will also use a range of other fiction and non-fiction texts to support our learning. Here are a few of them:
Website Links
Purple Mash
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ParentMail
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St. Mary's Church of England (VC) Primary School Southam Road Banbury OX16 2EG
Headteacher: Victoria Woods Tel/Fax: 01295 263026 Email office@banburystmarysschool.co.uk |
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