There was a surprise for Year 3 when they came to school this morning… we had travelled back in time to the Stone Age! Ben from Past Productions visited us today and we had a Stone Age day! The children learnt more about life in the Stone Age, including hunting, weapons and Stonehenge. We’ve had a brilliant day!
Sorting rocks
In Science this afternoon, the children have been exploring the properties of rocks. We used Venn diagrams to sort them based on their properties.
Ripping, tearing and cutting
In this week’s Art lesson, we practised the skills of ripping, tearing and cutting to prepare us for collage making. We discussed how different skills are more suited to different types of paper and explored this in our learning.
Money
In Maths this morning, the children revisited their learning on Money. We made different amounts using coins and investigated how many different ways we could make an amount with different coins.
Writing in the past tense
This morning, we began our work on writing in the past tense in preparation for our writing about the Stone Age. The children read and sorted sentences into past tense and present tense and then took a closer look at the sentences written in the past tense to discuss the past tense verbs they contain.
Ballet
In PE this week, the children have started their new Ballet unit. Their focus is Swan Lake and they took inspiration from a clip from the piece and focused on telling a story through expression and creating a mirror image with a partner.
Jesus, the man who changed lives
This afternoon, we began our new RE unit by looking at the story of Zacchaeus the Tax Collector. We discussed how Jesus changed Zacchaeus‘ life by bringing salvation to him and saving him from his sins.
Measuring Length
In today’s Maths lesson, we moved onto measuring length using centimetres and metres. The children explored the classroom and decided which objects they would measure using centimetres, metres or both. We then had a go at measuring objects to the centimetre using rules and even measured a member of the class using metres and centimetres!
