Class 3
Blog for week ending 27.1.23
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We have had a busy week this week learning so many new things and carrying on with our new Literacy book ‘Nim’s Island! We have found out that her mum went to the bottom of the sea and hasn’t swum back. Her dad went off in a boat and has not come back yet! Nim doesn’t know that her friend Alex who she thought was a boy, is a girl. Alex sent Nim a letter and that is how we found out.
In Maths this week, we continued to work with different measurements and even went outside to measure different things. We measured the perimeter of the playground, a fence and other things we found that were painted on the playground. We were working out whether to measure in meters, centimetres or millimetres. We used a trundle wheel, a metre stick and a ruler to measure. We drew these findings in our books. We have also learnt how to use weighing scales to measure classroom equipment and we are learning how to read scales.
In Science, we looked at our muscles and how they worked and how strong people could be! We learnt about the different muscles in the human body. We learnt that there were around 43 muscles in our face, huge muscles in our arms and legs and the biggest muscle in our body is the gluteus maximus!
In RE we have learnt about how God wished people to live. He told the people and Moses how they should rest on a Sunday and maybe spend time with their friends and family.
In Literacy this week, we are starting to write speech in a story. We use speech marks to identify when someone is talking. Non – fiction doesn’t include as much direct speech as fiction books. We looked at different books that use inverted commas. We realised that a new line is used for each time a different character speaks. They take it in turns and have a line each.
Yesterday in PE we had our PE coach and we played Link Tig as our warm up. Amir said ‘‘We had to tig someone when we played Link Tig, it was fun.’’
“So, we tucked a band in our trousers and people tried to tug it out, “said Annabel.
“We played a game,” said Ishan. “We had to get past the defenders and score a try.”
Our favourite dinner this week was the salmon pasta bake. This is one of our favourites on a Friday!
Written by Annabel, Amir and Ishan.
What a great week Class 3!
Miss Watkins
Week ending 20.1.23
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We have had a busy week this week learning so many new things and starting our new Literacy book ‘Nim’s Island! The book is about Nim who lives on a desert island with her sea lion and iguana.
In Maths this week, we were finding out how to measure in meters, centimetres and millimetres. We used a trundle wheel, a metre stick and a ruler to measure. We measured the length of the hall, the staffroom and the corridor. We drew these findings in our books. We have also learnt how to calculate the perimeter of a 2D shape.
In Science we looked at bones and skeletons again. We cut out our skeletons and learnt about the different bones in the human body. We had to cut very carefully. We learnt the names of some of the bones in our bodies and know that adults usually have 206 bones in total.
In RE we have learnt about the Ten Commandments. God told the people and Moses how they should live.
In PE we have a rugby coach who is teaching us all about different skills in rugby. We practiced passing the ball, playing rugby tig and learning how to score a try. We learnt how to safely dive down on a crash mat to score a try. Miss Watkins had a go too! We have also played hockey and practiced holding the hockey stick properly.
In Literacy this week and last week we have combined our Geography topic and have chosen our own different countries to investigate. Spain, Canada, Portugal, Greece, Brazil are just some of the selection! We presented our findings on populations, currency, rivers, capital cities, food and culture in the form of a double spread. These were very interesting to look at and read.
Our favourite dinner this week was the breakfast – bacon, sausage, eggs and hash browns. This was very unusual to have for our dinner.
Written by Annabel and Georgia.
Well done this week Class 3. What a mature class you are.
Miss Watkins
Week ending 13.1.23
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We have had a busy week this week learning so many new things!
In Maths this week, we were finding out about different fractions including tenths, fifths, quarters, thirds and halves. We learnt that you needed ten tenths to make a whole one and five tenths is the same as a half. We learnt that different sized fractions can make the same amount or size. We have ordered these and we have added them too.
In Science, we looked at bones and skeletons. There are three types - hydrostatic skeleton (this is like a ball of liquid and its floppy), exoskeleton (the bones are outside like a hard shell) and endoskeleton (the bones are inside the body).
We are reading our class book The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop and are very much enjoying finding out about the characters in the story. There is a cat that belongs to a family that have recently moved to the Chocolate shop. The girl in the book thinks that it might be a ghost!
In RE we have completed drawings of our favourite book covers. These have been fun to draw and also lovely to see each other’s book choices. Miss Watkins favourite book is The Magic Faraway Tree!
In PE we have a rugby coach who is teaching us all about different skills in rugby. We practiced pass the ball, playing rugby tig and learning how to get a try. We have also played hockey.
In Literacy this week, we have combined our Geography topic and have chosen our own different countries to investigate. Spain, Canada, Portugal, Greece, Brazil is just some of the selection! We are finding out about populations, currency, rivers, capital cities, food and culture. We will complete this research and present these findings in the form of a double page spread.
Our favourite dinner this week was roast of the day.
Written by Florence and a little help from some of her friends.
Have a wonderful weekend
Miss Watkins
Week ending 6.1.23
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Happy New Year everyone.
What an amazing start the the new year! You have really impressed me with all of your hard work, passion for learning and attitude towards your school work. I am sure that you will keep it up all year!
The Blog for this week is very exciting because it’s the start of the new term!
In English we have started our new book to read and a fact book called the Atlas of Adventure. It is amazing and very well illustrated. We looked at lots of different pictures. These included the London and the London Eye, the Highland Games, the Amazon Rainforest and the Holi festival in India. The illustrations were really beautiful and very colourful, we could see places, people, food, animals and adventure. They were extremely detailed. We are looking forward to finding out even more about the world.
In Maths we have been recapping Fractions, in particular halves, quarters and eights and sixths.
In our Geography lessons we have looked at the different continents. We briefly studied all of them, and the looked more closely and found out how many countries each continent had. Africa has 54 countries, Asia has 48, Europe has 44, North America has 23, followed by Australasia with 14 and lastly South America with just 12 countries.
We have been thinking about being healthy and fit as part of our Science and PSHCE topics. Nutrients are very important when eating healthily. Carbohydrates are important because they give you lots of energy – bread, rice, potatoes and pasta. Protein helps our muscles and helps us to grow strong and improves our energy levels. Water is very healthy for us to drink. It also helps us keep clean. Vitamins and minerals can be found in fruit and vegetables.
Rugby – We played lots of different games to help practice throwing and catching. We played a rugby tig game, where we had to tig each other with a rugby ball. We threw the balls at cones to knock them off, and learnt to pass the balls to each other.
New Book vote – We learnt about fair voting and democracy to choose a new book for our class to read. The three choices were The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, The Secret Viking Adventure and Fintan Fedora the World's Worst Explorer. Wizz Pop won, so we are hoping that it will be a good one.
It has been a short week but absolutely crammed with new learning and new things for the start of the new year!
Written by Class 3
Well done you lot!
Week ending 16.12.22
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What an amazing week!
You have been wonderful. You performance definitely left Miss Watkins in a puddle of tears. I was so very proud of each and everyone.
I also must say that I had a wonderful time at our Christmas party this morning. Everyone has been amazing.
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Take care and see you all in 2023!
Miss Watkins
xxx