Making Skara Brae settlements

2nd February 2018NewsDeleted User

Year 3 enjoyed making a Skara Brae (remaining Stone Age settlements in Orkney, Scotland) settlements with their shoe boxes. We discussed the foundations and how the land is above the settlements and why only the stone remains. The children discussed the use of animal skins for purposes such as blankets and the importance of a fire pit in the centre of the room. The children then went outside to work in groups using natural materials to recreate the settlements

Mrs Toms

Learning to tell the time

24th January 2018NewsDeleted User

Year 3 have been learning all about the tricky concept of time! As you can imagine, it is very difficult and so the children need as many opportunities as possible to tell the time both in school and at home. We are focusing on the 12 hour clock and how to read the time to the nearest 5 minutes e.g. 25 minutes past twelve.

Mrs Toms

Stone Age Food & Homes

16th January 2018NewsDeleted User

Year 3 are really enjoying learning about the Stone Age.

We have learned about the Palaeolithic era (2.6 million years ago), through to the Mesolithic era (after the glaciers and ice!, also known as the middle of the Stone Age) up to the Neolithic era which lasted until approximately 12000 years ago.

We have made fruit stews as the Stone Age humans would have done and today we found out about the different types of homes.

We discovered that Palaeolithic humans made use of caves to escape the harsh weathers. Why make a home when there is already a home available?!

We then discovered that Mesolithic homes were more advanced than caves as they began using their tools to build these teepee- shaped houses. They would have used animal skins to cover the wooden structures and placed turf on the floors inside.

The two images below are from the Neolithic era. Both used more advanced tools and required more intelligence to create. Some followed the round style, where others became rectangular. They used thatching for the roofs or wattle and daub.

We will use the information we discovered in groups to write paragraphs comparing the different dwellings to our homes nowadays.

Mrs Toms xx

WE ARE PAINTERS!

3rd January 2018NewsDeleted User

Year 3 watched a video to help them recreate an impressionist painting by Claude Monet of the Waterlily Pond.

They were only allowed to use finger painting to recreate the blurred scenes. Their perseverance was incredible!

WE ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS!

3rd January 2018NewsDeleted User

Wow Year 3!

What an amazing job you did of taking and editing interesting photos!

You worked really hard to use the correct lighting, use the shadows to your advantage, adjust the light and focus and on top of that you edited really well! You added filters and cropped your images to improve and enhance them.

Mrs Toms was REALLY impressed!

Christingle

7th December 2017NewsDeleted User

Hi All

In our R.E lessons we have been learning about Christianity, including beliefs and values.We have considered the importance of Christmas to Christians and discussed how different communities celebrate Christmas.

On Monday , the children are going to be learning about the Christingle Service and as part of their R.E lesson , every child will be making a Christingle . Please can your child bring an orange to school for their Christingle and if possible a small party candle. Also donations of red sticky tape or small sweets would be appreciated.

Thank you Y3

Number bonds

27th November 2017NewsDeleted User

Hi all!

We are working really hard to quickly say the pairs of numbers that add together to make any number up to 20.

Some of the children have forgotten their number pairs to 10 already! Please make sure your child knows that 2+ 8 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10 and so on. This can be done on the way to school, at a bus stop or train station etc- it doesn’t have to be formal learning sessions!

If children practise daily, they are more likely to remember it 🙂 Think of it like learning a new language- if you don’t use it, you lose it! We cannot estimate answers to larger number pairs such as 55 + 42.

We want the children to know pairs such as 9+ 3= 12, 10 + 4 = 14, 6 + 5 = 12 off the top of their heads! Then, they should apply this to any number e.g 24 + 24 = 48, 50 + 6 – 56

A great way to do this is also through Hit the Button! ( https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button).

Many thanks for your support.

Mrs Toms

3D Maths Game Alert!!!

24th November 2017NewsDeleted User

Mrs Toms’ maths group have been playing an awesome 3D shapes game!

This game consolidates knowledge of 3D shapes as well as providing them with some scary fun (Mrs Toms was very scared while playing this game and the children had to make her feel better!).

Follow the link for the game!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity20