Year 3: Hawthorn, Aspen

Aspen and Hawthorn Weekly Update – Friday 25th April 2025

Staff Email Addresses:

Aspen Class: bethwilley@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Hawthorn Class: samsmith@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Important Dates

Wednesday 30^th April – class photos
Tuesday 20^th May – KS2 sports day

Staffing Changes

This week, we wished Mrs Everitt good luck as she finished her time in Hawthorn class. Next week, we will be welcoming Miss Smith back! From next week, Mrs Hawkins will be teaching Hawthorn class on Thursdays and alternate Fridays. Mrs Bridgman will be teaching Aspen class on alternate Fridays only.

Our learning this week:

English: This week, the children have been thinking about the book ‘Cinderella of the Nile’ by Beverley Naidoo. They learnt about similes and metaphors as well as practising their transcription skills (handwriting and spelling).

Maths: The children have been learning how to add and subtract fractions this week.

Science: We started to learn about light this week by identifying light sources.

Homework:

TTRS – 15minutes on ‘Garage’ per week
Reading – 5x per week
Spelling shed – 10 games per week

Our spellings this week are linked to our geography work. Some of these words have been explained this week in our geography lesson, but others will be explained over the next few weeks. The word ‘precipitation’ might be a challenge for some children, but we have practised breaking it down in class!

Thank you,

Miss Willey & Mrs Everitt