Friday 12th March 2021

Hello year 3, 

Well done for completing your first week of learning at school. You have all settled back in nicely and worked very hard. 

This week in Maths, we have been learning how to solve problems involving different units of measure. Conversion was tricky, but we persevered. 

In English, you have been introduced to Diary entries and we have been learning about pronouns and correcting spellings in Grammar. 

In PE, we played football, used hula hoops to balance on our hips and skipped with ropes outside. For our second lesson, we did a cardio dance workout with Pamela Reif. 

As part of mindfulness, the children created anything they wanted using cardboard boxes. Behaviour was outstanding and I saw so many children working in a team. Congratulations to Joey, Jenson, Dexter, Bradley and Kalel for winning a prize.

We celebrated World Book by creating a Ron Weasley scarecrow. The classroom was like a farm, but after a thorough clean, it was back to a lovely, clean classroom. Congratulations to Poppy B and Sara for winning the create a costume for a book character. 

We are still in the lead with TTRS with a score of 12,297. Matilda is in first place from both classes with an amazing score of 4,147. Hafsa is in the second place with 1,211 and Mason in third with 1,026 from our class. 

Sara was rewarded with a challenge band for working well in a team, when playing football. This young lady never gave up. Head Teacher awards go to Oliver, Sophie and Kalel. 

Marvelous Mathematicians are Shola-Rose, Leena, Mason, Poppy B, Joey, Jack, Renae, Hafsa, Hiba, Matilda, Sara, Bradley and Lexie. 

Super Spellers are Sara, Dexter, Hafsa and Joey. Thank you to Poppy B for spotting the incorrect spelling of accidentally. 

Very soon, the class pages will be used as an information page as we now have a class blog. I have added three posts so far and Mrs Stott, will send instructions soon, where parents and children can add comments.  

Have a safe and lovely weekend! 

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 5th March 2021

Good afternoon year 3, 

I am so pleased that I will see you all at school on Monday. 

You have survived home learning and have continued to stay positive. You should all be proud of yourselves. 

This week, in Maths, we have been learning how to convert all units of measure involving, millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilograms and litres. Well done to those children, who were able to find fractions of measure and solve word problems. I also was blown away by how many children were able to solve the number detective activity, as this was a challenge. 24 children answered correctly, and their names will be drawn out of a hat on Monday 8th March. The winner will receive a prize! 

In English, we focused on grammar, punctuation and spelling. I was so impressed with the up levelling of sentences using subordinating conjunctions. 

To celebrate world book day, we held a reading poster competition. The standard of work was amazing and all posters have been displayed on facebook. Posters will also be displayed in the year 3 area and a winner will be picked on Thursday 11th March, when we will celebrate World Book Day. This year, we will not be dressing up or making a donation, however, we will be creating a scarecrow, dressed as a character from a book. 

In PE, some children did a stretching exercise with Mrs Woodhead, whilst others played football outside with me. Leena, was woman of the match and Carys was amazing with stetching poses. 

Matt, the caretaker, gave the children some bubble wrap. The children enjoyed popping the bubbles, a fun mindfulness activity. 

Congratulations to Mason, for achieving the challenge band. Mason has been completing activity 3 in Maths, when he usually completes activity 2. 

Super spellers are Kalel, Poppy-Sue and Theo M. Our Marvellous Mathematicians are Jack, Matilda and Theo M. 

We are still in the lead with Battle of the bands with a score of 12,120 points. 6HN are currently at 9,369 points. The competition ends on Thursday 25th March, we can do this 3EM! Our top three scorers in class are Matilda, Hafsa and Mason. 

On Thursday we had the pleasure of meeting Mr White, an Ofsted Inspector. Thank you to Poppy-Sue and Kalel, for being great role models, when demonstrating their phonics and reading skills. 

PE will be now be on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, so please remember to wear your PE kit to school. 

I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday 8th March at 8:35am, using the entrance at the back of the school. 

Have a safe and lovely weekend!

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 26th February 2021

Good Morning year 3, 

Welcome back after a break from home-learning. 

This week, in Maths, the children have been learning how to calculate the perimeter of 2d shapes and compound shapes. I was so impressed, with how well the children used the measurements on a compound shape, to find the remaining missing sides. 

In English, the children collected information and planned ideas to write shape poems. The language and vocabulary was outstanding! 

It was lovely to finally have good weather, so that the children could play football. Sam and Leena have fantastic football skills, and fought to the very end. Some children had the choice to do a cardio dance workout with Mrs Woodhead. 

In art, we took our pencils for a walk and the outcome was fascinating! Children created amazing shapes, colouring in as neatly as possible. 

As part of digital detox, we made hand puppets, which looked amazing! I was particularly impressed with Dexter's and Lexie's. 

In music, we started a new topic called The Dragon song. I was so impressed with Cooper's singing ability, being able to hold a note for so long. 

Just before half-term Lilli-May created a beautiful garden, which had to go on display. Mrs Porter was so pleased with how hard she had worked, well done Lilli-May. 

As part of World Book Day, Jack created the character Matilda from toilet roll! I think we may pinch your idea for when everyone is back at school. 

We are still in the lead for TTRS with 10,484 points! 6HN are slowly creeping up with 9,110 points. We have just one month to go, we can do this 3EM. Our Queen of TTRS is still Matilda with 3,642 points, followed by Princess Hafsa with 1,130 points and Prince Mason with 961 points. 

Congratulations to Freddie for achieving the perseverance band, for improving his handwriting skills. 

Marvellous Mathematicians are Sara, Bradley, Freddie, Hafsa, Sophie, Jack and Leena. Super Spellers are Sara, Poppy B, Freddie, Leena, Hafsa, Theo M and Shola-Rose. 

Just one more week of home-learning and you will be back at school on Monday 8th March, yipppeeee! 

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe. 

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 12th February 2021

Good Afternoon year 3,

You have done it, you have made it to half-term :)

This week, the children have been learning how to measure using a ruler and then had to convert measurements, which was tricky. In English, the children have been planning ideas to create a Newspaper report. The level of work was outstanding, especially Jack's, so well done you. In PSHE, the children designed their own dream gardens and managed to keep up with Joe Wicks.

I was so pleased to see how many children had  logged onto Mathletics. The free subscription runs out on the 19th February 2021.

Congratulations to Jack, Hiba and Sophie for achieving bands this week. Sophie achieved respect for being a role model pupil.  Jack achieved challenge for producing a fantastic newspaper report. Hiba achieved perseverance for working hard completing home learning activities.

Marvellous Mathematicians are Bradley, Poppy-Sue, Freddie, Amir, Shola-Rose, Matilda, Jack and Theo J.

Super spellers are Freddie, Matilda and Shola-Rose.

We are still in the lead with TTRS with an amazing 7,263 points. Our Queen of TTRS is still Matilda with 3617 points. Next we have Hafsa with 1058 points followed by Mason with 807 points.

The Escape from Pompeii competition was so difficult to judge, so I have picked 4 winners. Congratulations to Poppy B, Hafsa, Sara and Shola-Rose. You have each won a £5 voucher, to a shop of your choice. Children who took part, will also receive a small prize. 

The CBBC you tube channel has been updated. Click on the link to see the new changes. 

www.youtube.com/cbbc.

Free to subscribe to. 

Have a lovely half-term and remember to do your homework, which is to have fun. Home-learning activities on google classroom will start on Monday 22nd February at 8am.

A big thank you to parents and grandparents for their support with home learning, we could not have done this without you.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Mitchell

Friday 5th February 2021

Good Morning 3EM, 

It was lovely seeing some of you this morning during meet and greet assembly. 

Bands of the week go to Lilli-May for responsibility, emailing her home learning activities and to Sam for persevering with his handwriting. 

Congratulations to most of you for playing TTRS, we are still in the lead with 7,463 points. Matilda is in the lead overall with an amazing 2727 points. We currently have 21 children playing out of 24, which is outstanding! I will be texting the other 3 children to join us. 

Marvelous Mathematicians are Freddie, Jack, Matilda, Kalel and Sophie. 

Super Spellers are Freddie, Kalel, Jack and Sophie. 

This week we have been learning how to add, subtract and order fractions. In English, we have been learning how to plan and write the introduction to our Newspaper reports.  In Science, we have been learning about fossils and soils and in Music, we have learning how to sing "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. 

As part of mental health week, we have been wearing our clothes inside out today, to think about those who are suffering but not showing how they fee, on the outside. 

At school, the children have been making time machines, they really enjoyed this mindfulness activity. 

I just want to end by saying, I am super proud of how hard you have been working, please keep up the hard work and stay safe. 

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 29th January 2021

Good Morning year 3,

I am so sorry for not being able to share bands and TTRS results. I was kicked out of the assembly due to technical difficulties and had to restart. By the time I joined again, there was just lonely me :(

So today, I will be starting with celebrations.

Matilda received the Head Teacher's Reward Postcard and Miss Fraser has posted another one today.

Well done to Leena for achieving the Respect band, for always being a positive role model. Kalel achieved the Pursue Success band for a huge improvement in his handwriting. I can tell you have been trying really hard with dad.

I am pleased to share that we are now in the lead in TTRS. We have 5790 points and 6HN have 4854 points. Our Queen of TTRS is Matilda with an amazing 2142 points, followed by Princess Hafsa with 701 points and Prince Jack with 572 points. I would also like to thank Mason, Joey, Poppy B, Bradley, Jenson, Sam, Renae, Leena, Kalel, Freddie, Amir, Sophie, Dexter, Lexie, Rohan, Hiba and Poppy-Sue.

Last week, we started our Mathletics Trial. Well done to Matilda, Jack, Sara and Amir for having a go. They scored between 90% and 100%, which is outstanding. If you need another copy of your login details, please email me.

Marvellous Mathematicians are Sara, Mason, Jack and Matilda. Super Spellers are Sara, Lilli- May and Mason

This week, we have started our daily morning meet and greet. Thank you to those who have attended. It has been lovely to see you and hear what you have been up to. We will continue with these every day at 9am, just click onto the web address at the top of the stream page.

In Maths, you have been learning about Roman Numerals. I was impressed we how hard you have been working. In English, you were introduced to Newspaper reports and Jack's video was amazing. Speaking of videos, we have some more fantastic videos for you to see below, linked to our new topic, escape from Pompeii.

I would like to end by saying, I am so proud of you all and hope you have a restful weekend.

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 22nd January 2021

Good Morning year 3, 

I can't believe how quickly this week has flown by. You have all continued to work hard and I am proud of you. 

This week in Maths we have been covering different daily activities and in English, we have come to the end of our topic. Next week, we will learn Roman Numerals for the first time and Miss Garside, has planned another fun topic for English. 

In PSHE, I have enjoyed reading your contributions about Jane Goodall and the consequences of not having rules. 

PE, has definitely been a challenge as we now do 3 Joe Wicks sessions a week! Mrs Woodhead and myself are enjoying it as well. 

I am really glad that you have liked the mindfulness activities, designing book marks and making a time machine! 

Remember to keep learning your times tables and spellings. I know that many of you like to see your names on the website. 

Well done to Bradley and Lexie for achieving their challenge bands. One lucky person, will be receiving a Head teacher's award through the post. 

Marvelous Mathematicians are Matilda, Joey, Mason and Dexter. 

Super Speller is Jack. 

I can't believe that as a class you have managed to double your TTRS score. We now have 3,376 points and 6HN have 4,598 points. A massive thank you to Matilda for achieving 1948 points, you are fabulous! 

Our top 3 scorers are Matilda, Hafsah and Jack. Also a big thank you to Joey, Mason, Bradley, Poppy B, Sam, Leena, Kalel, Amir, Sophie, Dexter and Jenson. 

Thank you to Joey, Poppy B, Sam, Matilda, Rohan, Mason and Jack for attending celebration assembly. Poppy B, you read the school poem beautifully. Next week, Jack will be reading the school poem. 

Take care, stay safe and have a restful weekend. 

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 15th January 2021

Good Morning Everyone, 

Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you to all of the parents and grandparents for supporting the children with home learning. We could not have done this without you. 

Year 3, you have all been superstars. Fantastic effort with using google classroom to learn or working through the paper pack activities. 

This week we have been covering different daily activities in Maths including addition, subtraction, naming lines and 2d/3d shapes. In English you have been learning about a troll through Pie Corbett covering adjectives, adverbs and super sentences.

Joe Wicks is back again, this time with lessons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will be providing certificates for children who complete all of the sessions until school is back open. 

Escape from Pompeii competition has started and what can I say. "The work is OUTSTANDING!!!". I am so proud of the quality and attention to detail, especially with the volcanoes. The deadline is Friday 19th February 2021. 

Well done to the following children for contributing towards the high score of 1892. We have doubled our score since last week! 6HN have scored 4316 so far, let's see if we can double our score again. Thank you to Matilda, Hafsa, Jack, Joey, Bradley, Amir, Mason, Poppy B, Sophie and Sam. 

Our top 3 TTRS scorers are:

Matilda 711 points

Hafsa 439 points

Jack 185 points

Congratulations to Joey and Oliver for achieving Responsibility bands and Jack for achieving Head Teacher's award last week. 

It was great to see more children attending Celebration assembly this week. Thank you Matilda, Poppy B, Sophie, Joey, Mason, Sam and Cooper. 

Marvelous Mathematicians are Matilda, Mason and Poppy B. 

Super Spellers are Matilda, Jack, Poppy-B and Mason.  

Have a lovely and safe weekend! 

If you need to contact me just email class3em@newsomejuniors.co.uk. 

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 8th January 2021

Hello 3EM,

Happy New Year!

You have all been amazing this week, working at school and at home, keep up the good work.

This week we have been learning fractions, which you have now all mastered. Next week, we will be covering four operations, which I know you can do.

I am so happy that you enjoyed the natural disasters activity, producing amazing volcano sketches.

Well done for producing fantastic dream catchers, remember you can send in photos, so that I can add them to the website.

Congratulations to Dexter and Jack for achieving the responsibility band.

Another congratulations to Hafsa, Joey, Bradley, Matilda, Jack, Poppy B, Jenson and Sam for helping the class to score 759 points on TTRS. 6HN have scored 2,145 but I am certain we can catch up.

Marvellous mathematicians are Sophie, Freddie, Poppy B, Joey, Matilda, Hafsah and Mason. 

Super spellers are Poppy-Sue, Freddie, Bradley, Hafsah and Kalel. 

Thank you to Mrs Stott for arranging the class assembly this morning. It was lovely to see Poppy B, Mason and Joey. We hope to see more of you next week.

Have a lovely and safe weekend!

Mrs Mitchell.

Friday 18th December 2020

It's the end of the first half term, yippee!

This week, we have filmed and filmed and filmed again, finally getting it right! The production will be emailed to parents, hopefully next week. 

Thank you for showing courage and perseverance to create a great Christmas production.

In Science, the children have been learning parts of an eye, by making a plasticine model, which they have taken home. The children were fascinated by their models and thoroughly enjoyed the lesson.

In Maths, we have continued with fractions, moving onto equivalent fractions. This has been tricky, but the fraction wall helped the class to understand this better.

Every Maths lesson, I am reminded to test children on their times tables. We now have two children learning their 6 times tables, Mason and Matilda, well done!

In English, we created our own poems that rhymed. The poems were about school and were very funny. Congratulations to Poppy-Sue and Amirali, who have now joined group 1 for spelling and arithmetic. Poppy-Sue achieved full marks in arithmetic and 4 out of 5 on spellings, which is amazing!!

Christmas dinner was delicious. The children wolfed down their meals with  delicious sprouts, turkey, vegetable wellington and desert, yummy buns.

Marvellous Mathematicians are Poppy, Freddie, Lilli-May, Poppy-Sue, Jack, Renae, Hiba, Jenson, Matilda, Sara, Rohan, Bradley, Lexie, Kalel, Mason, Joey, Shola-Rose, Sophie, Sam and Dexter.

Super Spellers are Poppy, Freddie, Lilli-May, Oliver, Renae, Hiba, Matilda, Sara, Rohan, Kalel and Joey.

Our new topic after the holidays is Escape from Pompeii. Take a look at the topic poster below, where you can win a £5 voucher from your favourite shop. 

I have really enjoyed teaching you this term and wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 11th December 2020

Good Afternoon 3EM,

Another great week of hard work and festive fun.

We started the week with football, where children picked their own teams. As usual, all teams worked hard, passing the ball and defending.

In Maths, we have been introduced to basic fractions, revisiting year 2 objectives and then working up to year 3. The children understand that a fraction is part of a whole and what a numerator and denominator is. We will continue with fractions next week. If you fancy doing extra homework, click on the activities below.

Congratulations to Matilda for being the first person to move onto her 6 times tables, yippee!

In English, the children have finished their non-chronological reports. As a treat, the children created fact files about stone-age animals, the booklets looked amazing!

So, we finally got round to filming our Christmas production, but unfortunately the Mariah Carey and Lil Nas performance was not able to be transferred onto the system for all to see. On Tuesday, we hope to refilm, so can you please bring in your outfits for a part two.

We also had our class parties in the afternoon. Congratulations to Lilly-May for winning pin the tail on the donkey and Jensen and Poppy, for being the best dancers.

Marvellous Mathematicians are Hiba, Sophie, Jensen, Oliver, Rohan, Sam, Bradley, Sara, Freddie, Mason, Shola-Rose, Dexter, Hafsa, Renae, Poppy, Lexie, Matilda and Joey.

Super Spellers are Hiba, Shola-Rose, Joey, Matilda, Hafsa, Poppy and Dexter.

Have a safe and lovely weekend!

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 4th December 2020

Good Evening Year 3,

Well, what a week we have had!

In Grammar, we explored sentences by adding adjectives, adverbs and places to visit by improving, "The teacher walked". The children created fantastic sentences including a range of punctuation.

In Maths, we continued with money, adding coins and calculating the change. The reasoning was very tricky, but the children persevered.

In PE, we had mixed teams, so that we would have a fair match. The children worked really well as a team, especially Joey, a real sportsman.

Every day we have continued to learn our times tables and we have two children learning their 8 times tables, Mason and Matilda. Their target is to know their 8's by the time they leave year 3, so I think me may be handing out glow in the dark bands.

We have also been practising our singing, dancing, acting and art skills for the Christmas production. We aim to film on Friday 11th December, which is the same day as the Christmas party. Children can arrive to school in their party clothes.

Today we had Christmas decorations day, where we made party hats, tree decorations, cards and paper chains. Congratulations to Freddie and Rohan, for designing fantastic hats!

Marvellous Mathematicians are Poppy, Freddie, Jack, Hafsa, Jenson, Matilda, Bradley, Lexie, Kalel, Mason, Joey, Shola-Rose, Sam and Dexter.

Super Spellers are Renae, Hafsa, Hiba, Matilda, Sara, Bradley, Joey and Dexter.

Have a safe and lovely weekend and I will see you on Monday morning.

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 27th November 2020

Hello year 3,

Well we have had another great week. I have been particularly impressed with pride in presentation. Well done for working hard on writing neatly and using a ruler.

In English, we are now ready to write our non-chronological reports about the Stone-age. The class will be researching more information on Monday as part of our ICT lesson.

In Maths, we have started our new topic money. This has been tricky for some but I am certain we will build confidence to add coins that amount to more than a £1.

During PE, we played another game of football, boys verses girls. Now even though the girls didn't win, they did not give in and fought to the end, like warriors.

Rehearsals for the Christmas production is looking great so far. After watching the dancers this afternoon, we had a great comment from Jenson. "They are definitely making progress".

Marvellous Mathematicians; Poppy, Jack, Renae, Hafsa, Hiba, Matilda, Bradley, Lexie, Mason, Joey, Sophie and Dexter.

Super Spellers; Hiba, Sara, Bradley and Joey.

Next week Friday is Christmas decoration day. Children can also arrive to school wearing Christmas jumpers. If they don't have a jumper, they can wear red or green. We will also be having a Christmas hat competition, with prizes. All resources for making hats, will be supplied by the school.

In two weeks time, we hope to do printing in Art. Please can you bring cereal boxes into school, which will be stored away for 72 hours. You will receive a star when you bring in a box.

Below is a competition and Snowman activity pack. Please take a look and if you would like a copy of the activity book, just let me know on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you Monday morning.

Mrs Mitchell

Thursday 19th November 2020

Good Afternoon 3EM,

This week has really flown, I can't believe it is week 3 already!

I have marked all of the tests and everyone has made progress in at least 3 out of the 5 tests. I felt so proud sharing your progress with Miss Fraser and Mrs Stott yesterday. Keep up the hard work!

This week has been Anti Bullying week and Road safety week. We have a lot of natural artists in 3EM, so we decided to create posters to promote the importance of keeping safe on the roads and being kind to one another.

Congratulations to Joey, Poppy B and Sophie for creating amazing posters, which will also be shown on Face book.

In PE, the children were thrilled that our next few lessons would be playing football. I was really impressed with Mason, Joey, Sara, Lilli-May, Rohan and Hafsa. They worked well in their teams and tried their best.

In Maths, we moved onto dividing numbers, which can be tricky. The children enjoyed dividing numbers mentally and I am confident that they will be able to divide on number lines.

Bands of the week have been awarded to; Amarali for Courage, Joey for perseverance and Hiba for responsibility.

Marvellous mathematicians; Poppy B, Lilli-May, Jack, Renae, Hafsa, Hiba, Matilda, Sara, Rohan, Lexie, Mason, Joey, Shola-Rose, Sophie and Sam.

Super spellers; Jack, Renae, Hafsa, Sara, Mason, Joey, Shola-Rose and Sam.

This afternoon we had our first rehearsal for the play and I must say that I was thrilled with the commitment to the play. Hiba and Renae, already know their speaking parts! Below I have attached the updated script.

Have a lovely extra two days off from school and I will see you all on Tuesday 24th November. Remember to wear your PE kits to school.

Mrs Mitchell :)

Friday 13th November 2020

Good Evening year 3,

Another week of hard work and dedication to learning.

This week the children completed their end of term assessments. Can I just say, how proud I am of all of you for finding strategies of working through a test independently. I will share your progress next week.

To honour of all the soldiers, who fought for freedom for our country, the children drew beautiful sketches of poppies. We also watched a Remembrance Assembly presented by our lovely Rev Julie.

In DT, the children had a go at weaving using paper strips and a paper plate. The children had a great time and were pleased with their finished products.

Congratulations to Lexie for winning the Black History Month Competition. The competition was tough as all entries were outstanding.

Another congratulations to Joey for winning the Pudsey Bear Class competition. His bear was clearly from the 70's with fabulous flairs and a stereo in the background.

Weekly bands were presented to Renae for challenge and Dexter for Kindness.

Marvellous Mathematicians; Poppy, Hiba, Jack, Renae, Hafsa, Matilda, Sara, Rohan, Bradley, Lexie, Mason, Joey, Sophie, Sam and Dexter.

Super Spellers; Renae, Hafsa, Hiba, Joey, Dexter and Poppy.

As a class we decided to do a variety of activities to put together a class Christmas Production. The children will be acting, singing, dancing and creating art work! Preparation will start on Monday.

Have a safe and lovely weekend!

Mrs Mitchell

Friday 6th November 2020

Hello 3EM,

Welcome back to the beginning of Autumn term 2.

This week the children have been learning how to multiply numbers mentally and using a number line. Some children have even tried the grid method! I have been so impressed with the children who have been learning their times tables at home, getting quicker at answering calculations each and every week.

The children have finally finished their English work on instructions. On the last day before half-term, Renae produced an outstanding piece of writing about how to build a Stone-age shelter. This work could easily have been written by someone in year 5/6, so well done Renae!

Mrs Greenough has been teaching the children how to weave as part of DT, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

In PE, the children have been playing Hockey, as usual everyone worked and played hard.

On Monday, the children will be provided with a script, "A Christmas Carol". The play has been attached below so that children can rehearse their parts following auditions next Friday.

The Black History Month Competition ended on Monday and the competition was amazing. I now have to choose a winner from 9 amazing children. The winner will be told on Monday morning. Sophie has also entered the competition, picture to follow soon.

Marvellous Mathematicians; Poppy, Freddie, Rohan, Bradley, Lexie and Matilda.

Super Spellers; Sara, Poppy, Joey, Hiba, Hafsa, Freddie and Bradley.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Mitchell