Class 3

In class 3’s ‘language’ lesson they enjoyed learning a few facts about the Chinese New Year and the animals that were chosen for the Chinese zodiac. They then created some springy snakes to represent the year of the snake. 

We are studying the Sikh Religion in RE this half term. Today we held an online meeting with a person from the Sikh community, a parent from another school within our trust. She was kind enough to answer some of our questions about her religion, such as ‘how do they raise enough money to feed…

Today we investigated pitch and volume using different objects. We used a ruler, bottles with varying amounts of water in and straws. We used our sound Data Logger on the iPad to collect the data.  

We have been investigating sound in Science. We understand that sound is created by vibrations. We created some cup and string devices and measured the sound using a Data Logger. We know that sound is measured in decibels (DB). 

We have been experimenting with oil and chalk pastel techniques. We have used tissue paper, ear buds, our fingers and layering over the top. We have thought carefully about colour families. 

Today we used post it notes in the shape of speech bubbles, to record the spoken words between our 2 characters, the hero and the beast. We then paired up and each played a character, acting out the conversation using expression. Tomorrow we will write this conversation up into paragraphs of…

Today we had a lesson all about ‘deaf awareness’ led by a specialist teacher and one of our classmates! They shared a PowerPoint they had created together full of facts, some even new to our teachers! Did you know one of the worlds greatest composers, Beethoven, carried on making music whilst…

We enjoyed reading our class read today. The children also volunteered to read aloud to each other. We can’t wait to continue reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. 

We have been exploring how sound is made and thinking about the vibrations that make the sound. We observed vibrations by seeing rice dance on a drum. We also listened to the changes in our voices through talking through a balloon. We had lots of fun with all of these…

This week we have taken some time to think of our own well being and the importance of finding calm and stillness in in a busy day. We compared what can happen in our minds with a muddy jar. When we first put a spoonful of soil on the water, it was murky, dark, hard to see through and there were…

Our new History topic is The Romans. Today we completed a scavenger hunt around the classroom to gather facts about what the Roman soldiers used to wear and how it to helped to protect them.

This week, we start our new Romans topic and during our English lessons we are studying ‘Myths and Legends.’ Today we have read and reordered the first myth ‘Oedipus and the Sphinx’. We then used our best expression and intonation to tell the story to a partner. 
 

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