Week Commencing 25/11/24

In class 3 this week:

English: This week we have been writing our own biographies about Jacqueline Auriol, using the third person and past tense.

History: This week we have looked how the Vikings impact modern day life.

Science: This week in science we have been looking at air resistant. We worked in groups to make different size parachutes. Then investigated the time it took to drop from a certain height. (pictures in photo galleries)

We have also been practising the Christmas play, the children have been up on the stage learning their positions and reading through lines and they are doing a fantastic job so far. Please continue to read with your children at home, it really does have a great effect on their learning.

 

 

Week Commencing 18/11/24

In class 3 this week:

English: This week we have been learning about English pronouns, passive and active voice and direct and indirect speech through the life story of Jacqueline Auriol.

Maths: We have been studying fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. We are in the process of learning the four basic functions of fractions.

History: We have explored how the Anglo Saxons have left a lasting impact on the Britain is today.

On Friday we had some special visitors from the Theatre who performed an excellent production of Oliver Twist.

We have also been practising the Christmas play, the children have been given their final parts. Please continue to read with your children at home, it really does have a great effect on their learning.

 

Week Commencing 11/11/24

In class 3 this week:

English: This week we have been studying the main features of biographies. We have been focusing on how they are written in chronological order from birth until the present day.

D&T: During D&T, we have been researching birds and their houses as we will be designing and making our own birdhouses. We looked at what materials we would need in order to make a functioning birdhouse.

Maths: We have been learning about fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. We have learnt how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers and vice versa.

We have also done our first run through of the Christmas play, the children have been working very hard at learning the songs. Please continue to read with your children at home, it really does have a great effect on their learning.

Thank you for all your generous donations for children in need today, the children all looked fantastic in their Pudsey-themed clothes.

 

 

Week Commencing 30/09/24

In class 3 this week:

We had some special visitors from the primary puppets on Wednesday, they told us a lovely story about kindness, everyone thoroughly enjoyed it, some pictures have been added into our photo galleries.

Art: During art this week, we watched some videos about how to paint Chinese flowers and then we had a go at re-creating the paintings ourselves. We learnt how to use different sized paintbrushes for different areas of the paintings.

Maths: This week we have been looking at negative numbers, we have learnt to count through zero and have been comparing and ordering numbers.

Science: While carrying on our topic of electricity, we had a look at a variety of board games. We came up with some great ideas of how we could use electronics to enhance them to make the game better. We then had a go at designing our own games. (Pictures in photo galleries).

 

 

Week Commencing 14/10/24

In class 3 this week:

English: We began our second book in English: Stitch Head, a story about a mad professor’s forgotten creation who is left in charge of Castle Grotteskew. We are all really enjoying reading it. So far we have written our own character description of stitch head and have begun to recognise the differences in formal and informal speech.

Art: During art, we have learnt about Chinese calligraphy. We all had a go at painting different Chinese characters. (Pictures in photo galleries).

Maths: We have been looking at multiples, common multiples and factors. We have been re-capping our times tables too.

D.T. To tie in with our subject of Europe in geography we are going to be making our own pizzas to have a taste of Italy. This week we begun our designs for our pizzas and started to think about what toppings and sauces we would like.

We are very proud of the children in class 3 and their attitude to learning. Please continue to read with your children at home, it really does have a massive effect on their learning. You may have also noticed your children coming home with some song lyrics for our Christmas performance, we have started to learn our songs and give out parts!

 

 

Week Commencing 07/10/24

In class 3 this week:

The children in year 6 have been on a lovely day out to Netherhall school to learn about what life is like in year 7. While there we did some great lessons including music, history and art. (Pictures in photo galleries)

Geography: We have been focusing on an interesting topic this week in geography, the European Parliament. We researched where it is held, who is involved and why it is so important.

Art: For art we used our lovely pictures of Chinese flowers that we painted last week to make a beautiful Chinese lantern, they are displayed in our classroom and make our topic wall look lovely.

Maths: This week we have learned how to use mental strategies for our maths work and how add and subtract integers.

Science: We have been busy doing a science quiz this week, all about what we have learnt in our topic of electricity.

Week commencing: 04/11/2024

In Class 3 this week:

Maths: This week we have learned how to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 and have begun our new unit 'Fraction', learning today about recognising equivalent fractions.

Science: We have been learning about the force of gravity this week and finding out about some of the scientists famous for their theories around gravitational pull. We have also investigated the patterns between weight and mass.

French: We are now experts in some French body parts! We had great fun singing 'La tete, les epaules, genoux, pied' and doing all the actions!

History: We are continuing to learn about life in the Anglo-Saxon period. This week we got a closer insight to what life was like for different groups of people living at this time - the Anglo-Saxons, the Picts and the Scots.