Week Five

This week in English, we completed our amazing 'Cave Baby' writing, using personal pronouns and a wider range of vocabulary for detail. In maths, we began our next unit on addition and subtraction - exploring how our basic number bonds can help us with 'bigger' calculations. 

We learned about how life changed in the different eras of the Stone Age in history, and in science we had a whole morning learning about how fossils are formed! We created amazing dinosaur flowcharts to show off our learning.

In French, we learned our numbers 1-10 and we enjoyed playing handball with our friends in P.E, now that we have mastered the key skills. We rehearsed our 'B' note songs in music on the recorders, and had a whole class concert in the playground - lucky dog walkers on the field! 😂

We learned how computers are 'connected' in computing, and had fun joining a 'game network' to test our learning. We were even able to 'hack' into our friends games and steal points if we could guess their password! We discussed how we can make our school safe and welcoming in Jigsaw which generated some great ideas.

There was also the Harvest Festival which was fantastic and we hope you have 'Jack Patches' stuck in your heads too now!!! 

Week Four

This week in English, we have been reading 'Cave Baby' by Julia Donaldson. We worked in groups to create freeze-frames of the story as we read it, considering how the characters would look and feel. We have been learning about personal pronouns, and planning our first-person recounts using creative story maps.

In maths, we have been working hard, comparing and ordering numbers to 1000. We learned about the daily life of Stone Age people in history, and in R.E we learned about Christian wedding vows and symbols. In science, we learned about weathering and erosion, and in French we learned how to ask for, and say our names!

We enjoyed 'kinetic drawing' in art, inspired by artist Heather Hansen, and in P.E we had fun developing our handball skills. We learned about 'connections' and 'networks' in computing. We made our own network maps, sent secret messages and tested our learning in a digital quiz. In Jigsaw, we learned about our rights and responsibilities in the classroom.

Week Three

In English this week, we completed our 'Stone Age Boy' setting descriptions - we worked really hard on these! In maths, we have been continuing our place value work - using place  value charts and base 10 blocks to find 1, 10 and 100 more/less than any given number.

We learned about archaeologists and artefacts of the Stone Age in history, and in R.E we discussed the symbol of a rainbow in Noah's Ark. We learned 'greetings' in French and had fun working on our throwing skills in handball. 

We made amazing cave paintings in art, using charcoal, acrylic paint and even tea bags! They are super and Year 3 were very proud of their work. 

We can now play two songs on the recorder using our 'B' note - Britain's Got Talent, here we come? 

In science, we investigated the properties of different rocks - conducting scratch and water tests in groups. We enjoyed painting with digital devices in computing and made some incredible woolly mammoths! In Jigsaw, we discussed the foundations of a 'dream' school - "one made out of gingerbread" was a popular contribution! 

Week Two

This week in English we have been learning about expanded noun phrases, and using determiners ‘a’ / ‘an’ accurately in our writing. We applied this to our Stone Age boy writing, preparing for our setting descriptions next week. In maths, we have been working with numbers to 1000 - partitioning in varied ways, using different models.

We learned about the three main eras of The Stone Age in history and made some fantastic, creative posters to show our learning. We had our first French lesson with 'Madame. Taylor!' and our first handball lesson in P.E. Mrs. Taylor will continue to cover the class for PPA on a Tuesday afternoon. 

In art, we used charcoal to show 'light' and 'dark' in cave drawings, and in R.E we began our 'People of God' unit, looking at the qualities and actions of Noah. 

The children worked hard creating squirrel posters with Mrs. Harding, when I was away on a course this Thursday - I loved seeing them when I came back!

We designed our own digital devices in computing which was lots of fun, and in Jigsaw we thought about what makes a great school. We had our first music lesson and braved the recorders! We learned the 'B' note and we haven't even had any complaints from neighbours (yet!)

Week One

We have had a great first week back in Year 3! We spent some time getting to know our classroom, understanding changes, catching up with old friends - and meeting new ones too! :)

In English and VIPERS, we have started reading 'Stone Age Boy'. We have really enjoyed it and had amazing ideas about the text. We have been writing observations and uplevelling our work with varied adjectives.

In maths, we have been revising our understanding of place value and partitioning numbers. We have been working especially hard on our layout and presentation style in KS2!

We are learning all about the Stone Age this term, and had lots of fun in art with gestural drawing - exploring cave art and experimenting with using charcoal in different ways. In science, we introduced our 'rocks' topic, identifying types of rock, and in P.E we worked on our teamworking skills with some exciting games! We had our first computing lesson - learning about digital devices: input, programming and output (tricky stuff!) We had a circle time for our first Jigsaw lesson, reflecting on our first week back, and finished the day with some well-earned choosing time!