We have had lots of fun using ‘Scratch’ in our computing lessons over the past few weeks! Yesterday we worked in pairs to animate a character, making them move, speak and change their looks. We had a lot of great animations including an underwater scene, basketball game and flying unicorns!
Today in maths we had a fun fractions lesson! Firstly we talked through all the things we’ve learnt about fractions so far this week and came up with all this information…
Then we used cubes, highlighters and pencils to physically split a whole number into a half and then a quarter. We drew on the tables (don’t worry, it did come off!) to split out objects equally into fractions.
Today we continued looking at healthy living by thinking about the importance of exercise. We looked at why the heart and lungs are important to keep us active, and had a go at measuring our pulse before and after a 30 second jog on the spot.
Then we talked about why it is important to keep our bodies active and to stay healthy – we made posters showing all the main reasons!
Today we had PE in class as the hall was being used. We moved all the tables and chairs out of the way and played a very active and intense game of rock, paper, scissors!
We had to play out opponents, then move to either the winning or losing side by side stepping like a crab. Then we changed our movements to become a rock, paper or scissor with our whole body! We played a few rounds trying to be as small and quiet as we could, and as big and loud as we could.
This week in History we put together a timeline tracking the history of Britain! We had pictures that represented different periods of time and worked out in pairs where on the timeline our pictures should go.
Then we had inventions from across time, from the wheel to the iPhone, which we used to guess when they were made. This caused a lot of discussions – including about whether TVs were around in Victorian times!
We also focused in on the Georgians, as that is our topic for this term, and looked at some drawings which represented the time. Finally we watch the Horrible Histories ‘Four Georges’ song and learnt about all the Kings who reigned in Georgian Britain!
(You can find it here if you would like to listen too!)
Yesterday we were visited by Mr Squire from Cleeve Secondary school. He brought lots of interesting things with him, including a giant snail, rat skeleton and sheep skull! We learnt about how our skeletons support and protect us, and our muscles help us move.
Mr Squire also dissected a chicken to show us how bones and muscles work – some of us found it a bit tricky to watch! It was a great session, and we learnt a lot.
We are getting stuck in to our Times Table Rock Stars this term! Here is the link to log on at home: https://play.ttrockstars.com/
And here is a handy guide to explain how it works and how you can help your child use TTRS to become more fluent with their times tables:
Please ask your child’s class teacher if you need help with logging in or any other questions you may have. Enjoy!
The half term homework to research and make a castle was a huge success! We loved seeing all the amazing castle that everyone made, so much time and effort was put into all of them. What a brilliant result!
Here are some of the amazing castles built by 3R:
This afternoon we worked on our final pieces to show everything we’ve learnt this month while celebrating Black History Month. Year 3 focused on sporting heroes from the worlds of football, rugby, boxing and athletics.
We made posters today with all the facts we’ve learnt about our sporting heroes – both old and new. Here are some photos of us in action –
We have loved doing forest school this term! Lots of fun building dens, digging for treasure and climbing trees. Today we had an extra treat and were able to toast marshmallows on the fire (with Mr Holdaway and Mrs Bennett’s help!) and had smores before heading back to class.
Here are some photos of the fun we’ve been getting up to:
