English: This week we have been learning about how to add detail and description in our sentences. The Year 2’s have been learning about expanded noun phrases. They have been thinking of some exciting adjectives and have been learning how to use more than on in a sentence and how to separate them with commas. They Year 3’s have been focusing on adverbs this week. They have spent some time learning how to spot them in a sentence as well as having a go at writing their own sentences containing adverbs.

Maths: We have continued working on place value this week. The children have been learning how to identify the value of each digit within a number – Year 2’s have been working with 2 digit numbers and the Year 3’s have been working with 3 digit numbers. We have been looking at how numbers can be represented in lots of different ways through using equipment and through partitioning a number – e.g. 58 is 50 + 8.

Science: The children were introduced to our topic of ‘Everyday Materials’ this week. We spent some time looking at and identifying materials we already know. We were thinking of the ways these materials are used and why they may have been chosen for that specific purpose.

History: We went on a mini expedition around the school grounds to try to understand what it is like to be an explorer! We had to use a map to help us locate the different locations. We then found out about different explorers throughout history and some of the places where they went on expeditions.

RE: We had our first lesson on Islam this week. The children have watched a video of a Muslim child explaining what it’s like to be a Muslim and what her life is like. We then talked about all the questions we would like to find the answers to relating to Islam.

Music: The children began their ocarina lessons this week.

Computing: We spent some time working on Microsoft Word, learning how to change the style, colour and size of our font.

PE: The children have continued their dance and games lessons this week.

Please see other posts above regarding homework and a walk around Bicton Village next week as part of our science work. 

We have had a fantastic first week back in Class 3!

English: We have watched the beginning of the film ‘Up’ and the children have spent some time discussing and recording predictions of what they think might happen in the story. They have spent some time imagining what it would be like to be in the flying house and thinking about what they could see as they flew away. We used our ideas to write some expanded noun phrases about what we could see.

Maths: We have been focusing on Place Value this week. The children have practised counting in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s (Year 2 & 3) and 4’s (Just Year 3) this week through playing  games and completing puzzle activities. We have spent some time building numbers with equipment and matching numerals to written words. The year 2 children have focused on numbers up to 100 and the year 3 children have been focusing on 3 digit numbers.

History: The children have been introduced to their new topic of ‘Explorers’. We did a treasure hunt around the school to find clues about the two famous explorers we will be focusing on – Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus. The children then came up with some questions they have about these explorers and we will aim to find the answers to these during the course of our topic.

PSHE: We have spent some time creating our class rules and thinking about our hopes for the year ahead.

PE: The children have had a dance and a games lesson this week.

French: The children have been introduced to some simple greetings in French.

We have also spent some time talking about the reflection area in our class and how we can use it.

Well done for a brilliant first week Class 3! Keep up the good work!

English: We have started a new unit of work on poetry this week. We have read a number of poems and the children were asked to memorise parts of them and perform them to the rest of the class, making sure they used expression when doing so. We have also spent some time spotting patterns within poems and have identified different word types within them – nouns, adjectives, prepositions. We even had a go at improving a poem by adding more of these and changing the ones already there.

Maths: We have spent some time applying our knowledge of fractions to different problems and contexts – which the children were very good at! We have revised how to use number facts to help us multiply multiples of 10 – e.g. 40 x 3 – we would do 4 x 3 and then make it 10 times bigger. The children will be using this next week to help them solve some scaling problems. Some of the Year 4 children have learned how to divide 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10, including decimals.

Science: The children had great fun dissecting a flower this week. They learned the names of the different parts of the flower and their purpose. Next week they will move onto learning about the pollination process.

Geography: We used digital maps this week to compare land use in different areas. The children compared a city, a large town and a small town to see how the land was used in different ways.

D&T: The children have been putting the final touches to their packaging this week.

PE: The children have continued with their tennis lessons this week.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!