Year 3 - Autumn 1 - Week 4
Date: 29th Sep 2023 @ 12:27pm
It has been another fun and productive week in Year 3!
We began the week on a high as we got to experience the construction of the Big Top Circus Tent. With lots of cheering and whooping as the enormous tent went up, it was fantastic to watch. On Tuesday the main circus event itself was spectacular with trapeze artists, jugglers and a fire show.
In RE, we continued learning about what it means to be 'called by God.' Everyone enjoyed watching a video clip and learning about the story of ‘Moses and the Burning Bush.’ We brainstormed as a class how it would feel to be ‘called by God.’ The children were then able to recall the key information from the Bible story. Next week we will be looking at the prophet Jonah and creating a memory board to help retell this Bible story.
In our English lessons, Year 3 have been learning how to use a richer vocabulary and how to draw inferences about characters feelings, thoughts and motives. We also introduced the use of inverted commas to punctuate direct speech. Next week, we will be asking questions to improve our understanding of texts and continue to draw inferences from characters' actions and speech.
During maths, the students have been practising flexible partitioning as we approach the end of our place value unit. We are going to finish our last lessons for this unit which will include number line work and estimation. We will move onto addition and subtraction lessons. Our first few sessions will address adding and subtracting ones, tens and hundreds; any extra practice you can complete at home with this topic will be helpful to our work in class.
In Science this week, the students really enjoyed planning and carrying out an investigation based on our key inquiry question; Do bones affect what we can do? The children had a choice of two questions to investigate with a small group. Do people with longer legs jump further? Or, do people with longer arms throw further? The students completed the investigation planning sheet and then completed the investigation as they had planned and recorded their results. Stay tuned for the results!
We are continuing our study of ‘Our European Neighbours’ in geography. This week, the children looked at identifying European countries according to their features. Looking closely at languages, flags and currency to be able to identify the correct European country. Next week, we will be exploring the major capital cities of Europe. If any of you have been to any capital cities within Europe and have any photographs then please send them in to enhance our discussion in our next geography lesson.
On Friday, we went to St Peter’s Church for a Harvest service led by the Year 5 students. We supported Southport Foodbank with our donations and joined Year 5 by singing hymns and offering our gratitude to God, our family and our friends for the things that we are grateful for.
Have a fantastic and restful weekend!