In Design Technology this term we have investigated cuddly toys, looking at how they are joined and the details that have been added. We then designed our own cuddly toy for Sunny, the character from our class text ‘Meerkat Mail’ thinking about how it would...
In Year 3 in Maths we have been developing our understanding of place value and practicing how to add and subtract ones. The children used Base 10 equipment to support their learning and applied their number bond knowledge to solve problems efficiently. [gallery ids="21801,21802,21803,21804"] ...
In our reading lessons, we have been reading “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. We have been using clues from the text to infer how both Mr Wonka and the author feel about the different characters in the story. During our reading lessons, we practise reading...
In Art this week, we have been looking at sketching elements of the face. We thought about the proportion and tone of each feature of the face. We then evaluated our pieces, thinking about how we can refine our technique when creating our final portrait,...
Following on from our visit to the Natural History Museum, the children have developed their understanding of adaptations with species. They observed how both animals and plants adapt to there environment for survival. They also learnt about variations between species and completed an investigation into...
The children in the ARP all took part in our House Challenge, The 'Ten Minute' Olympics, fundraiser for the Junior Duke award. Our families also joined in and supported us. First of all, we did a warm up to stretch our muscles and then took...
During our Understanding the World lesson this week, we explored frozen vegetables and discussed what happens as the vegetables melt, like the ones in Supertato. We also looked at how things are frozen. We made blackcurrant squash, put the liquid into lolly moulds and put...
Our nursery rhyme this week is ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ We enjoyed singing and learning the rhyme, as well as completing lots of different activities, such as making stars and going on a star hunt. We also took this opportunity to do our first cooking...
In the ARP, this week we have been using our core story book, Supertato, Veggies Assemble, to help us to understand that ice is frozen water. The Evil Pea had frozen Supertato and his friends in ice! They were trapped and could not escape. We...
This week we have been learning about Autumn. We have been learning about the changes that take place in Autumn and investigating the changing colour of leaves, conkers, acorns and seasonal vegetables. We have been learning Autumn songs and are looking forward to singing to...