Class 3

Today we used an opaque material to create shadow puppets. We talked a lot about the science behind this, such as how is a shadow formed? How can we change the length of our shadow? How does the angle of the torch affect the shadow created? The childrens short puppet shows were also very…

Next week Class 3 will be writing their own Newspaper reports from 1922, detailing when Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. To help them get into character today, they read current newspaper reports, spotting features they will need to include with their report, such as starting…

Thank you for your contributions to ‘Wear Yellow day’ to raise awareness around Mental Health struggles. We have taken part in some activities to give us the opportunity to talk about our worries through mindfulness colouring, prayers and a greater understanding of current problems in the…

St Mary’s came to join us for an Egyptian workshop today with Steve, the owner of Humph’s Histories. We have had a fantastic day, starting with an overview of the Egyptians, followed by Egyptian quizzes and Maths - Egyptian style, measuring with with a cubit. We also had a competition with…

We have been busy designing a piece of art work that will light up. 

Today we painted a canvas ready to put a circuit in to light it up. We are very excited. 

Class 3 did a super job sharing their poem during our Harvest service this afternoon. Thank you families as well, for the generous donations of food to be given to those in need. 

We have enjoyed some practical activities to support our Maths this week. The Y4 children worked in pairs and had to take a card each from the pile and work out the answer (4 digit addition and subtraction). The winner was the person with the largest answer. The Y3 children also worked in pairs,…

The children enjoyed buying some cakes and cookies to raise money for charity this morning. Thank you for your donations parents, we will count up and let you know the total amount raised very soon. 

We have enjoyed investigating how shadows are formed when an object blocks light. We discussed how the object must be opaque or translucent in order for a shadow to form. 

We have been investigating electrical circuits in Design and Technology. We created the circuits and tested materials such as foil, coins and scissors. 

Today we stained paper with tea bags and scrunched the edges to make it look like papyrus paper. We then learnt about how Ancient Egyptians communicated around 4000 years ago and used hieroglyphics to write our names and a secret message on our paper.