Living and Learning: I know friends and family are important.
This week in Living and Learning, Year 3 have learnt about healthy relationships, what they look like and how we can maintain them.
We reflected on what attributes a good friend should have…
- a good listener
- being trustworthy
- kindness
- caring
- good at sharing
- being inclusive
- honesty
- are gentle with their words
These are things we expect from our friends and family but we also need to return the kindness, honesty and care too!
We discussed which attributes we thought we had and then which one we could work on. For example, Miss Birch said she could be better at sharing with others so she’s going to try each week to share with her friends and family.
We spoke about where we can go or what we can do to help if a relationship is feeling unhealthy like too many fall outs, bullying behaviour or if we’re not feeling safe.
Talk to a trusted adult.
Be honest with that person.
Write a worry in the worry box.
Visit Childline online or contact them on 0800 1111.
Here are some things we can do to support our mental health too!
Help at home by engaging in some of these activities when you are feeling overwhelmed by different emotions!
Performing poetry
This week, we’ve been reading a poem called Girl Footballer by Jackie Kay.
Jackie Kay is an inspiring poet who writes fun poems but also serious poems about discrimination and equality.
Today, we performed the poem in pairs! We got some tips from Michael Rosen and came up with some R2s:
- varied tone
- varied pace
- varied volume
- engaging actions
Then, it was time to practise…
…before performing.
Help at home by reading some poems!
Computing: What is a sprite?
Over our time at school, we have learned to program computers using Beebots and Scratch Jr. This year, we’re using Scratch and it’s got a lot more to it than Scratch Jr so today we began exploring the different platform.
What is a sprite?
A sprite is a 2D character on a computer game.
Using the new platform, we had a go at changing our sprites and programming them to move, talk and change costume. The code blocks can be tricky to get right the first time so we had to debug (find and correct the error) our algorithms to make sure the sprite was moving how we wanted it to.
Here’s some of our examples…
We stayed safe while on the iPads by…
…telling a trusted adult if we see something thing inappropriate or unsafe and only searching or using sensible words and phrases.
Help at home by visiting the Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Can you program a sprite to move or talk? It’s free!
Reminder: stay and learn
Stay and learn will take place next week.
Number 2 – 18.03.25 9-9:30am
It would be great to see you all there. It is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn how we deliver our lessons and the content that is covered.
Food Technology: Bruschetta
This morning, Year 4 have been making Bruschetta in food technology. We were very impressed with their knowledge and skills at each stage of the recipe and the final products were fantastic!
The main skill we were practising in this recipe was cutting safely with a knife. Your children used two different cutting techniques: bridge and the claw. They used these confidently and safely.
- We used the bridge to safely and securely cut the tomatoes into smaller chunks.
- We used the claw to cut the basil leaves up into small pieces.
Then, we peeled the garlic and used a garlic crusher to squeeze it into our tomato and basil mixture and give it a good stir. It’s safe to say the room (and your children) smelt very strong!
Once all the ingredients were combined in a bowl, the final challenge was to spoon the Bruschetta mixture onto the sliced and toasted baguette without making a mess.
Finally, your children got to dig in to their Bruschetta and enjoy all of their hard work! Almost all of them loved it. We had some very happy chefs, rating it a 10/10!
Help at home: remake the recipe at home with your child. Could you add something new: onion, avocado, ham or cheese?
Guided Reading Week 2
Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 14th March.
Extra Time: up to chapter 18/page 80.
Flood and Fang: up to chapter 8/page 112.
Rooftoppers: up to chapter 8/page 73.
The Girl of Ink and Stars: up to chapter 11/page 96.
Kensuke’s Kingdom: up to chapter 4/page 45.
Living and learning: Mind Mate
This week in Living and Learning we looked at recognising and responding to other people’s emotions. We listened to two boys describing their friendship and why they are such good friends. We recognised some of these aspects in our brilliant friendships at school.
We were then presented with the scenario of one of the boys starting a new friendship with someone who had just moved next door to him. We tried to empathise with both boys and consider how this scenario would make them feel.
Owen might be jealous because he thinks that Bill won’t be friends with him any more.
Bill might be sad but Owen can make him feel better and still play with him.
Finally, we did some role play to act out what we would say in this situation.
I would tell Bill that we could play together.
They could all walk to school together.
Owen could tell Bill that they have been friends a long time and are still friends now.
Help at home by talking to your children about how to recognise emotions in others and what they would do if they saw someone upset at school.
Spring 2: Week 2 World Book Day
This week has been a very busy week in reception.
We had a fantastic time on our trip looking at all of the trains. The children were excited about finding the trains we had seen on the museum’s website and in ore of how big the trains were up close. We compared trains from the past to modern day trains.
Thank you to all those parents that joined us for World Book Day morning. The children enjoyed sharing their favourite stories and listening to you read. The children also enjoyed becoming authors themselves by creating their very own book.
Help at home: by sharing stories with your child.
Math
During this week’s number, we have been looking at what number comes next and counting accurately.
Help at home: by asking your child what number comes next with 10.
Remember: next week is our class assembly.
World Book Day!
Yesterday was a wonderful world book day! We spent lots of time reading, listening to and discussing books! Miss Birch and Mrs Lake read us their favourite books. We spent some time discussing some of the books we had brought in. We even spent some time with Year 4 reading books together.
At the end of the day we got our £1 book tokens and a reading competition organised by Miss Wilson. Can you match the books to the teachers? There is a £10 book token as a prize! (You should be able to find the competition letter in your child’s book bag!)
Help at home by reading, reading, reading! Any kind of reading anywhere is all helpful!
World Book Day!
Yesterday was World Book Day! World Book Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Our day was filled with lots of opportunities to read and talk about books.
We started the day with a whole school World Book day assembly. We thought about what books we like to read and where we like to read. Help at home: talk about the best environment to read in. Where is a good place to read? Is it better to read on your own or with someone? What time is a good time to read?
We had a busy morning. It was jam-packed with loads of reading and enjoying books. Year 5 did some paired reading with Year 2. The children were absolutely fantastic. The Year 2 and Year 5 children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their books from home and reading to each other.
Help at home: Read everyday with your child.