It’s been another great week in Class 3!

English – We have continued our work on George’s Marvellous Medicine this week with a focus on learning about time and cause conjunctions. The children have planned and written Instructions for their own Marvellous Medicine including lots of time and cause conjunctions as well as imperative verbs. They were very good and we can’t wait for you to see them at parents evening!

Maths – We have finished off our work on place value this week by continuing to learn about rounding numbers to the nearest 100 (Y4) and learning about finding 10 more 10 less, 100 more and 100 less of 3 digit numbers (Y3). The children have shown me everything they have learned by creating their own Place Value museum as well as completing an end of unit assessment. We will be moving onto addition next week.

Science – We have planned an investigation as a class to find out if the surface of a ramp will affect the speed of a toy car. We planned it together to ensure we understood how to plan effectively. The investigation will be carried out on Monday.

Geography – We have learned about the names of the seas that surround the UK this week using an atlas to help us. The children are getting very good at independently locating relevant information in an atlas.

Art – The children have learned about a British Artist called ‘Thomas Gainsborough’ this week. We then had a go at painting a portrait in a similar style to him.

RE – We have continued to think about who we consider to be our neighbour this week.

Spelling – This was the final week of learning about the rules for words ending in ‘le’. The children have learned three different rules (see previous weeks spellings) and must now begin to apply these to their independent writing.

French – We have continued to learn how to hold a conversation when we greet someone.

Have a lovely weekend!

Class 3 have been working very hard this week!

English – We have continued reading George’s Marvellous Medicine which the children are really enjoying. We created a character description of Grandma and have learned about how to write instructions this week. The children have been identifying time conjunctions within instructions and have learned how to set out instructions in an organised way. This will lead into some work next week where the children will begin to write their own instructions.

Maths – We have continued our work on place value, using what we know about 3 and 4 digit numbers to help us solve problems. The year 3 children have been practising their reasoning skills, making sure they are able to explain how they found an answer and how they know it is right.I have to say their explanations are definitely improving. The year 4 children have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest 10 using number lines to help them and they have all worked independently on this which is fantastic!

Spelling – We are continuing to learn about the spelling rules for words ending in ‘le’. We have also been revising our understanding of vowels and consonants.

Geography – We have learned about the 8 compass points this week and have used them to describe the location of cities in the UK on a map.

Science – We have continued to revise our understanding of pushes and pulls this week in preparation for an investigation next week.

RE – We have begun our RE topic this week and the children have started to think about who is considered to be their neighbour and what christian’s believe about this.

French – We have learned how to greet each other and how to ask someone their name and how to respond to this question.

Computing – We have learned about how to stay safe online and how to google search things in a safe and effective way.

Homework – Please see the post below for details of this week’s homework.

Have a lovely weekend!

We’ve had another great week in Class 3 this week.

English: This week we have begun our study of Roald Dahl. The children have really enjoyed finding out about Roald Dahl and his biography. We have listened to the story of The Enormous Crocodile and had lots of fun retelling it ourselves in an entertaining way, making sure we used lots of expression. We have begun to read ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ (only Chapter 1 so far) and have been thinking about how to describe the characters of George and Grandma. The children have been focusing on using information they know from the story to help them make assumptions and predictions about the characters likes/dislikes, thoughts, feelings and motives. This is something we will continue to look at next week.

Maths: We have been continuing our work on place value, particularly identifying what a number is made up of and using this to help us solve problems. The children have used their understanding to help them subtract sums that previously they may have found tricky – e.g. 345 – 40 = the children know just to focus on the 10s column and the answer will become 305. We have compared numbers using the < > = symbols and have been building numbers using equipment and pictures.

Science: We have done some revision this week on forces. The children have demonstrated that they can remember previous teaching about pushes and pulls and are therefore ready to move on next week.

Topic: The children have worked independently to use a map to find the names and location of cities within the UK.

Spelling: We have been learning about words ending in ‘le’ and we will continue this next week.

Well done Class 3 for all your hard work – keep it up!

Have a lovely weekend. 🙂