Year 3 - Spring 1 - Week 3
Date: 13th Mar 2023 @ 2:34pm
We stepped back in time this week and visited the Ancient Egyptian era during a fascinating workshop led by Jane from History Alive. We have a lot of superb historians in our class who have been amazed by what we can find out about the past.
In Collective Worship, we listened to a bible story about how God is very forgiving and loves us all. We reflected on how we can follow in God’s footsteps. To recognise International Women’s day we read 'Great Women who made History' focusing on Hatshepsut. We thought about the women who mean the most to us and created a poem using exciting adjectives to describe them. We hope you liked receiving them.
This week, we have been busy completing English and Maths quizzes about everything we have learnt so far. Miss Lucas and Mrs Wall have been very impressed by our studious attitudes. In Maths, we also enjoyed competing against each other using our knowledge of place value and written column addition methods. Taking it in turns, we generated a number using the spinner and had to choose where to place it on the board in order to get the biggest number.
We expanded on the Ancient Egyptian workshop in class by focusing on the timeline of Old, Middle and New Ancient Egypt. We also spent time discussing how this timeline goes alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age timeline and we were intrigued to find out the Romans invaded by Ancient Egypt and the Iron Age. This week has encouraged us to ask questions to further our learning and find out more. There are many resources saved to Google Classroom to support with continuing learning about Ancient Egypt at home. In Reading, we have spent time clarifying vocabulary and ensuring we understand the meaning of new words in context. We added new vocabulary to our STAR vocabulary display from our text 'Egyptian Cinderella'.
In Science this week, we grouped together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they was magnetic or not. The children then used magnets to identify other magnetic and non-magnetic materials around the classroom.
In PE, we loved learning a new batting and fielding game with the Sports Leaders from Formby High School. We cannot wait to play this game again next week with Miss Lucas.
Reminders:
- Next Friday is Red Nose Day. Children to wear uniform but can wear a red nose
- Please remember to bring reading books and yellow diaries into school
- Healthy snacks are encouraged for break time
- PE days continue to be Monday and Thursday