Maths
So far this term, Year 3 have been investigating place value. The class have been learning about the changing value of a digit, depending on where it is placed within a number. We have done lots of practice with saying three digit numbers out loud, careful to say ‘and’ exactly where it is needed.
During Thursday’s lesson, the children had to apply their resilience to a short maths challenge – see below.
The class came up with lots of interesting ideas to solve the challenge and enjoyed explaining to their partners how they approached the question. We had a really good discussion about finding more than one solution to a question and the importance of being resilient if we found it tricky. There was lots of talk about the value of apples and bananas too!
See some of the children’s workings out, answers and challenges they have written, below:
Time Travellers
In Year 3, we have officially launched our new topic – Time Travel.
During this topic, we’ll specifically focus on transport through the ages.
Wednesday afternoon kicked off with reflecting on our school trip, sharing what we could remember, and looking at some pictures, from our trip to the Transport Museum and Hull and East Riding Museum.
The class then worked together to jot down some questions that they would like to investigate throughout our Time Travel topic. Have a look at some of the questions the class had, below:
- Lewis: ‘What did the first hot air balloon look like?’
- Vedant & Jai: ‘When was the submarine invented?’
- Hashim & Christina: ‘How long would it take to travel to the moon?’
- Sukhmani & Harpreet: ‘Who was the first person to travel into space?’
- Sam & Evie: ‘Who was the first woman to travel into space?’
- Madison & Aadil: ‘Where did the inventors get their ideas from?’
- Sasha & Klara: ‘How much money did the first chariot cost?’
After-school clubs
Places are filling up for our after-school clubs starting next week.
We do have some places available on the following physical activity clubs. These clubs are subsidised using our PE Premium funding costing just £1 per week.
Monday
Volleyball
Have a try at a new sport. Led by Elaine Brown, Leeds Volleyball Club coach, come along to learn skills, develop team work and play competitive games on our volleyball court in the MUGA. This club finishes at 4.15pm. There is no session on Monday 22 October 2018. Open to Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6 Cost £7
Tuesday
Multi skills
Come and take part in a range of fun sporting games, challenges, matches and activities which include key motor skills such as throwing, catching, kicking, running, jumping, striking, Organised by Five Star Sports. This club finishes at 4.15pm. There is no session on Tuesday 23 October 2018 or Tuesday 27 November 2018. Open to Y1, Y2, Y3 Cost £6
Wednesday
Gymnastics
A fun way to keep fit while learning new skills. Organised by Leeds Gymnastics Club. This club finishes at 4.15pm. Open to Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 Cost £8
Thursday
Wake Up Shake Up
Be ready to Wake it and Shake it at Mrs Charlesworth’s club. You’ll be swinging, shaking, moving and grooving your way to pop, rock, R’n’B and dance. This club finishes at 4.15pm. Open to Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6 Cost £8
How can I book a club?
Booking for after-school clubs is via School Gateway. Please contact the office if you need any assistance making a booking. Payment is due at the time of booking.
National Fitness Day
Some of our Key Stage 2 children enjoyed an active morning taking part in a range of activities for National Fitness Day:
- ‘I loved the dodgeball.’
- ‘I enjoyed all the activities.’
- ‘It was fun to do the different games.’
Living and Learning: Being resilient
This week, resilience and resourcefulness are the two ‘Rs’ we are focusing on in Living and Learning.
Resilience is a key characteristic of learning behaviour and we considered when we might need to be resilient and how to help others to be resilient.
We welcomed some visitors to our class yesterday who came to see how we use the 8Rs for learning in school.
Here’s resilience in action!
‘I asked my team to keep trying, be positive, to keep going and be resilient.’
We’re ready to travel back in time
We’re excited to start our new history themed topic, Time Travel. In Year 1 and 2, we’ll be focusing this learning on houses and homes in the past to the current day.
First, we considered what we want to find out.
‘I would like to learn about where rich and poor people lived in the Victorian times.’ Eleanor
‘What did people live in back in time?’ Sameeksha
‘I would like to learn about bungalows and other houses.’ Kirtan
‘What did Stone Age houses look like?’ Jack
‘How many houses are there in the United Kingdom?’ (Nice link to our Where in the world? topic, Junior!)
‘How would people afford houses in the past?’ Zain
‘I would like to learn how you make a house.’ Isla
‘I want to learn about how dark the houses were.’ Lily
‘I would like to know how houses were built in the olden times.’ Jake
‘I would like to learn about what beds used to be like.’ Bridget
Where in the world?
This week, we have begun our new history themed topic, Time Travel. Before that we reflected (one of 8Rs for learning) on our geography topic, Where in the world?
‘I learnt there are five oceans in the world.’ Inam
‘Australasia is a continent.’ Noah G
‘I learnt that North America is joined up to South America.’ Gabrielle H
‘I learnt the North Pole and the South Pole are the coldest places.’ Shasmeen
‘I learnt there are four countries in the United Kingdom.’ Soloman
‘I learnt that all countries need a capital letter.’ Olivia
‘I learnt all the oceans and continents in our topic.’ Rizwan
Living and Learning
This week’s 8Rs we’re focusing on are resourcefulness and resilience.
To be resourceful at school, we can make sure we’re bringing anything we need from home (PE kits, reading books, homework); we can make sure everything we need is always in our trays; and we can use the displays and equipment around the classroom to help our learning. Discuss with your child whether there are ways they can be resourceful at home.
All of Year 6 know what it means to be resilient. We discussed when we might need to be resilient and how we might feel at the time. See whether your child can share any of our discussion with you.
We had a bit of fun while thinking about resilience too. Each group was challenged to build the tallest tower they could but, every now and again, someone (definitely not Miss Rushbrooke) came and knocked some of it down. This helped us to experience those feelings we might have at a time we need to be resilient.
Living and Learning
So far, in our Living and Learning sessions we have talked about the importance of the following 8Rs – being ready, being responsive, taking a safe risk and being responsible.
This week, we are specifically focusing on being resourceful and resilient.
We talked as a class about persevering and how it isn’t just about keeping going. Being resilient can also be about trying a new approach.
The class were set a task where they were challenged to build a tower, one meter tall. Some building blocks were placed on their tables to use. However, there was a trick as none of the children had enough blocks to construct their towers. After a brief conversation, the children had to be resilient and resourceful and search for things in the classroom to use. See the pictures below.
At the beginning the session children said that they didn’t think they were very resilient. However, by the end of the session children said that this had changed and that they understood what being resourceful and resilient meant.
Edris said: “I now feel I can be more resilient!”
Vedant stated: “It was a hard task… balancing the blocks as it kept falling over. So we got the glue sticks to help make it stronger.”
Billy added: “I went to look for some resources to make our tower taller. When I came back Sasha had already used the basket on the table. It was brilliant!”
Well done year 3!
Arty Ideas
We’ve been developing our skills in drawing faces and, today, we focused on our eyes.
By following some really simple steps, we managed to create some great eye drawings, Why don’y you try it at home too?
