Geography enrichment afternoon - Map reading
Class 3 had a great time on Tuesday this week, taking part in a map reading activity. They took part in various orienteering activities, which built on the work we have been doing this term in Geography. As you can see from he photos, they had fun and loved being able to get outside, despite the…
Christingle Service
The children of Class did an amazing job leading the Christingle service in church this year! All of the children spoke clearly and eloquently and performed with confidence and with a smile. It was a magical night in St.Andrew’s church!
Below is a selection of photos from our rehearsal in…
Making Christingles
The children loved making their own Christingles, in preparation for the Christingle Service on Monday this week.
Computing - making video
As part of our computing unit on video, children worked in small groups to experiment with different filming techniques. They created short videos which explored the use of different camera angles; close ups, medium and long distance shots and moving subjects.
They all had great fun producing…
Space Art
In Art this term, we are looking at the portrayal of Space through different mediums, including painting, pencil drawing, photo and computer generated images.
We began by sorting the different images and then had a go at recreating them through sketching this week.
Using manipulatives to find factors of numbers
Children have been working hard on finding the factors of numbers: to support this learning, we used cubes to show different arrays to make the same amount.
Rock up and Read!
Thank you to all Class 3 parents who came along to ‘Rock up and Read’ on Friday 10th November! It’s always nice for the children to have this time with an adult from home and as you can see from the pictures, they also particularly enjoyed the chocolate snacks!
Performing War poetry
This week, we were working on a poetry unit about war. We looked at at two different poems; ‘Dulce et decorum est’ and ‘The Soldier’.
We focussed on how the language features within the poems create imagery for the reader. We looked at the use of adjectives, similes and metaphors in particular…
Stuffed Toys project
Today was the final stage of our DT project, making a stuffed toy.
The children really enjoyed this and produced some brilliant work. However, I was most impressed by the way that they all helped each other! There were some who found the sewing task quite tricky (including me!) but with the…
Newspaper reports…
In English this week, we were working on writing newspaper reports about the discovery of Anne Frank’s diary. In preparation for this, children looked at examples of newspapers and picked out the common key features. They then used these to inform their own plan.
Keep an eye out for the…
Science - investigating air resistance
We had great fun this afternoon in Class 3, making our parachutes to investigate air resistance. We were trying to find out the effect of surface area on the amount of air resistance produced.
There are some good action shots!
DT soft toy project
This afternoon, children have been working hard on their new DT project to design and make a soft toy. We looked at some existing products and discussed the way they had been made and how we could recreate them.
Children then came up with some designs of their own before selecting Their final…
