Year 3 - Summer 1 - Week 4

Date: 11th May 2022 @ 9:39pm

It’s been an active week this week for us here in Year 3!

The highlight of the week has got to be the start of our swimming lessons. We were all super excited to jump on the bus, get changed and jump straight into the pool for our first session. We were all extremely tired after, but cannot wait to go again next week. Yoga has also been a hit and has allowed us to take time and practice our breathing and relaxation techniques should we ever feel sad or overwhelmed. 

As part of our monthly Collective Worship value ‘perseverance’ we continued to explore how we can reach targets and overcome challenges and the steps we need to take to achieve them. Creating our own perseverance ladders, we each looked at our end of the month goals and the steps we need to complete them.

In English, we finished our story ‘Journey’ and were delighted to learn that the girl was rescued from the cold metal cage, making a friend along the way. We put on out multicoloured thinking hats and got creative, creating our own endings and diary entries along the way. Next week, we will compare our story with another, ‘The Tilly Mint Tales’ focusing on creating and describing our own characters and settings. Towards the end of the week, we will start our Author Book journeys and begin to plan our very own stories.

In Maths, we recapped the meaning of unit and non-unit fractions before exploring equivalent fractions whilst applying our knowledge to both shapes and objects. Finally, we applied this knowledge to a range of problem-solving activities. Next week, we will finally start our topic on Time, reading clocks to the half past, hour and quarter to, applying this knowledge to complex questions.

Recorders could be heard all around the school on Monday, and from what we have heard from parents, around everyone’s home! This week we focused on playing clear notes, using two fingers, and blowing carefully without too much force, this was a lot harder than it sounds.

In Science, we continued to investigate our topic ‘Forces’, completing an investigation using cars, rulers, and various surfaces. Working closely together with our partners, we experimented to see on which surface our toy car travelled the furthest before discussing our results. We found that the smoothest surface allowed the car to travel furthest.

Reminders

• Swimming lessons will take place every Wednesday, please ensure that all children come to school with their hat, goggles, and towel.
• PE days will therefore be Wednesdays and Fridays.

Recorders must be brought to school each Monday ready for the lesson. Please practice at home at the weekend.