St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Our Class Saint

St Francis of Assisi

      St Francis was born in Assisi, Italy. His family were very wealthy and St Francis spent his money on expensive clothes and food. One day, whilst out riding on his horse, St Francis came across a poor, sick man. Usually, he would have turned away, but this time, St Francis got off his horse, gave the man his cloak and kissed his cheek.

St Francis started going to church every day. As he prayed in a chapel, he heard a voice say, "Francis, repair my Church." Thinking that God was telling him to repair the chapel, St Francis used his father's money and goods to rebuild it. His father was very angry and had his son arrested for stealing. St Francis returned all of the money and goods. He even stripped off all of the clothes he was wearing and gave them back to his father! A Bishop quickly covered him with an old tunic. St Francis continued to wear the old tunic for the rest of his life.

From then on, St Francis lived in poverty. He realised that when God asked him to, "Repair my Church," he meant the Catholic Church around the world. Listening to God, St Francis worked to make the Church better by speaking up for the poor and looking after them.

Feast day: October 4th

Patron Saint of: the environment, animals, birds and Italy

Values and Virtues

In Year 3, we are focusing on being Curious and Active. We are being Curious by asking questions and being engaged by the world. We are Active as we are trying to make the world a better place everyday.

Zacchaeus was eager to see Jesus. He left behind all thought of business to climb a tree and get a glimpse of him. Being curious involves being active as Jesus was looking and noticing. We can be like Jesus by looking at the people around us, the weather, the buildings, the buildings. We should take notice of as much as we can.

Catholic Social Teaching

Our Catholic Social Teaching is Dignity of the Human Person. 

In Year 3, we understand that everyone is made in the image and likeness of God so everyone has the right to live a happy life. However, there are some things that stop people from living with dignity and having a joyful life. Some people don't have access to food, water, shelter, love and care. 

We are going to try our best to help others live with Dignity.

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Unit A - Belonging

We will learn that Baptism is the Sacrament of Belonging to God's Family, the Church. We will identify some signs and symbols of Baptism and express their meaning. We will also be able to sequence the Rite of Baptism and be able to discuss elements of the Celebration of Mass about gathering as the Family of God.

Maths

This term, we will be focusing on Place Value.

We will be looking at:

• representing numbers to 100
• partitioning numbers to 100
• number line to 100
• hundreds
• represent numbers to 1000
• partition numbers to 1000
• flexible partitioning of numbers to 1000
• hundreds, tens and ones 

Class Notices

• Tuesday is PE day.
• Please read for 10 minutes everyday and sign your child's diary everyday.
• Spelling test every Friday.

Thank you for your continued support!