Category: Year 3 – St Peter

Hello Year 3, 

It was great to meet so many of you at our ‘Meet the teacher’ meeting last week. Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it – I’ll look forward to getting to know you in September. 

Last week, Mr Bedford wrote to your parents about returning to school in September. One of the things that he wrote about was the equipment we use in school. Mr Bedford said that for the equipment we use all of the time, like pens and pencils, we should try to keep our own items. He asked that, if possible, we bring our own pencil case to school. 

It would be helpful if your pencil case included these items: 

• a pencil
• a pencil sharpener (tub-style to catch sharpenings)
• a rubber
• a short (15cm) ruler
• a glue stick
• a set of colour pencils (12 colours should be fine)
• a pair of children’s safety scissors

You will need to keep this pencil case in school and you will be able to leave it in your locker at the end of each day.  

Don’t worry if you are not able to get a pencil case. We will do our best to ensure that our school equipment is not shared. 

Have a lovely summer holiday and I am really looking forward to seeing you all back in school in September. 

Best wishes, 

Mr Hayes

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To access Google classroom, children will need to sign in using their school Google account.

Visit google.com and click ‘Sign in’ in the top-right of the webpage.

If you, or someone using the same device, already has a Google account, you will need to add your child’s school account and switch between them before accessing the Classroom.  

How to add Google accounts

1. Open the Chrome web browser.
2. On the top right, select your profile image or initial.
3. On the menu, choose Add account.
4. Follow the instructions to add your child’s Google account.
5. Children’s school Google usernames all end with the domain, @stadrians.herts.sch.uk
6. Your child should know the first part of their username and the password.
   For security, I cannot add that information here. It might be worth phoning a friend if in doubt!

Once you have, set up your child’s Google account. You may need to switch between accounts for them to access the Google Classroom.

How to switch between Google accounts

1. In the top right, click your profile photo or email address.
2. Click the account you want to use.
3. A new window will open for this account.

Well done, you have made it to the end of a fantastic term in Year 3. It has been a pleasure to see how you’ve all really settled into KS2!

Thank-you, parents, for your support with homework, trips, swimming, reading/timetables and everything else this term; it has been really appreciated. An additional thank-you for the lovely KK gifts that have been brought in- it was great fun guessing and opening the gifts!

Over the Christmas holidays, Ms McCarthy and myself are not setting any written homework as we would love for you to spend this time having a well deserved break with your family and friends. You’ve earned it!

Of course, as always, if you have some time there is always:
1. Times tables practice
2. Number bonds practice
3. Years 3 and 4 Spelling list practice

Finally, I would like thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and gifts. And Mrs Robins would like to add her thanks as well!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and see you in the New Year!

Miss Costello

The countdown to Christmas has begun and the children are all working hard to learn the words to the carols for our Christmas carol service.

Please encourage your child to practise – they will need to know all of the words by heart. The words can be downloaded using the link, below.

We hope that you will be able to join us on Wednesday, 18th December for this special celebration.

Yesterday, we were lucky enough to travel back in time to the Stone Age! We were even luckier that the weather stayed dry and the skies remained (mostly) blue.

On our trip we got to make shelters, watch how people in the Stone Age made fire, learn more about Stone Age tools, make a Stone Age ‘salad’ using kale, rosemary and mint, gather a range of wild plants and we even go to go hunting using our practice spears!

Thank-you very much to the parent helpers and to all of the parents for your support.

Miss Costello