English: We have done some grammar work this week on using the possessive apostrophe. We have done this for singular and plural nouns. The children have also been set the task of designing a new set of chocolates for Mr Wonka’s factory to produce. They have done some research into the different types of chocolate as well as finding out the kinds of things they will need to include on their packaging. We will link this to some advertising work after Easter as well as to our D&T work.

Maths: We have continued our work on place value with the children identifying the value of each digit in a 3 (year 3’s) and 4 (year 4’s) digit number. We have used this knowledge to begin to solve more complex problems and have applied it to addition and subtraction problems.

Science: This week we have learned about the scientific processes of evaporation, condensation and melting. We observed these processes in an investigation and then made observational drawings.

RE: We have been reminding ourselves of the Easter story through reading the Bible and watching video clips from The Miracle Maker.

Other activities this week have included practising for Celebration Assembly, making Easter cards and the whole school marathon.

Homework: The children have not been given homework today – they will be set a piece of Maths and English homework to complete over the Easter holidays which will be given out next Tuesday. 

English: We have continued our work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this week. The children have read some of the poems/songs the Oompa Loompa’s sing about each child and then they worked in small groups to plan and write their own – they were fantastic and you may get to see a snippet of them in Celebration Assembly! We ended the week with a debate about who we think the worst behaved child is and why, using evidence from the book to support our reasons.

Maths: We have been learning how to find the perimeter of different shapes this week which has helped us practise our measuring and addition skills as well as reminding us of the properties of shapes. We have also been practising adding amounts of money – both pounds and pence.

History: This week we have done some more role-play – acting as Celts and Romans imagining what it was like when the Romans invaded Britain. We then used our role-plays to help us write a diary entry as a Celt describing what happened and how we felt about the invasion.

Art: We have been making some cards this week.

We have also begun our Celebration Assembly preparations – all the children are excited to present what they have been learning to you. We hope to see you there next Friday! Have a lovely weekend!

It’s been another hard working week in Class 3!

English: We have continued our work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the children doing some role play as the children who won the tickets. We have read the part in the story where the children go into the Chocolate Room and have imagined what it was like, role playing our emotions and then writing a detailed description.

Maths: We have continued our measurement work this week and have been measuring how tall we are using metres and cm and converting between the two. We have also been doing some money work, learning about place value within money and comparing different amounts.

History: This week we went into the hall with our Roman Shields and pretended to be Roman Soldiers. We learned about the different formations the Roman Army used and talked about why these were effective. The children had great fun re-creating these formations in small groups.

Computing: The children have used all they have learned the past few weeks to create a poster with both text and images in publisher.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!