Time Travel
In our topic, ‘Time Travel’ the children have been learning about objects from the past and how they have changed over time. The children were given a picture of a vacuum cleaner and asked to guess what it was. After that, they were given other vacuum cleaners and asked to work together to put them in chronological order.
In this lesson, the children demonstrated that they could use the historical skill of recognising that changes happen over time.
Early Maths Workshop
What is Numicon? How do we subitise?
For answers to these important questions and more…don’t forget to attend our maths workshop on Monday.
Learn all about how we teach maths in Reception and how you can help at home.
See you there!
Investigating shape
This week we have been investigating, describing and naming 2D shapes.
Why not encourage your child to go on a shape hunt at home?
Terrific Homework!
Year 3 have produced some amazing homework this week. The homework was Creative and they were asked to reflect on their learning. This could have been learning from any subject from the week.
During our homework review session on Fridays, the children take turns sharing their homework and reflecting on their classmate’s work. Today, each child left a reflective comment in their friend’s books with a post-it note.
Have a look at some of the brilliant homework, below.
Homework heroes
Year 5, who are brilliantly creative, submitted some fantastic homework this week.
Kirsten recreated a Roman building and drew a solider who was carrying a shield and sword.
Another submission used scratch (a computing program used for coding interactive stories).
Poppy displayed facts – ‘Did you know?’ style – alongside a Roman road.
Eve made a model of an aqueduct which is a bridge with amazing arches used to transport water.
Evie’s fact book, which was handwritten, must have taken her ages!
Lots of the submissions contained brilliant artwork! Well done, everyone!
Challenge your child!
Can you spot the examples of parentheses or relative clauses? You might see:
- ()
- – –
- ,,
Homework Review
We really enjoyed reading all of our stories in this week’s homework review. There were some fantastic tales that really showed off the writing we’ve worked on so far this year.
First, we summarised our story for the people on our table using only ten words. Then, we swapped with someone else on our table and told them what we liked about it.
We then had the chance to wander around the class to get a snippet from lots of people’s before settling down to read another one and tell them what we thought.
We nominated stories to be shared on the website, giving reasons why we felt that story should be shared.
Farai’s was nominated because Thomas felt like he’d written like a Tom Gates story and he loved the cliff hanger.
Kai’s was nominated by Martha because he’d put lots of effort in and used great adjectives.
Lory’s was chosen by Rohan because it was action-packed.
Josh’s was chosen by Farai because he used some great verbs and sentence openers.
Lego in out Big Topic lesson
This term, Year 3 have been looking at Transport through their Topic lessons.
For the past week, we’ve been sketching and designing our very own Roman chariots. These chariots must match the design criteria that the class created, listed below.
- It must be able to move.
- It must be able to be pulled by horsepower.
- It must be able to hold a person.
- It must be able to move over rocky terrain.
Have a look at some of the class’ fantastic designs below:
The class then went on to work as a team to construct their chariots.
Have a look at our finished models, below.
Living & Learning
This week in Living and Learning, we were learning about all of the 8Rs for learning. We introduced a new member of our class to the 8 Rs and explained what they meant.
Year 3 had to remember the 8Rs. They also discussed how they could use the 8Rs to support their learning.
Aadil pointed out: ‘I use the 8Rs while we are sitting on the carpet during lesson time. I make sure I’m ready by having eyes on the speaker, empty hands and a silent voice.’
Hashim added: ‘When I’m stuck in a lesson, I use my resilience so that I don’t just give up. I keep on going to do the best that I can.’
Sasha stated: ‘Mrs Burgess uses her 8Rs for learning also. Right now she is remembering and reflecting on our Living and Learning sessions’ Well done, Sasha!
Avraj added: ‘I am responsible by making sure I remember my swimming kit on a Tuesday and three school rules everyday!’
Writing
Following the Hobgoblin History of Britain performance last week, Year 3 have been looking at a number of historical recipes in writing.
This week, the class made traditional Viking flatbread.
We then went on to plan, write and edit our own recipes for the flatbread.
We talked about useful adverbs that made sense in our recipes. These included: gently, roughly, finely, carefully and precisely. We also talked about how bread has changed since the days of the Vikings.
Christina said: ‘I liked the Viking bread because it’s new to me. It’s not like our bread, it’s thin and hard – quite like a flapjack.’
Amrit added: ‘ It was mouth-watering!’
Sukhmani said: ‘It’s amazing!’
Leah thought – ‘It’s like a flamwidge because it’s half sandwich and half flapjack!’
Well done, Year 3.
Chariot construction
With our chariot designs complete, it was time to begin to build them. The children used clamps and saws carefully and safely. Accurate measuring and sizing proved a little tricky at times. During our lesson, I saw some superb teamwork, lots of resilience and impressive DT skills.
