Year 3 - Summer 1 - Week 5
Date: 19th May 2024 @ 11:55am
This week we have been working hard in English planning for our final big write. We have enjoyed studying the illustrations in our wordless book ‘Journey’ and creating an impressive word bank of new vocabulary we will we include in our writing. We have also been using a range of sentence types to create an atmosphere and change in mood. Next week, we will begin our big write in the style of ‘The Tilly Mint Tales’ (our class novel). Using prepositions, conjunctions, speech and adverbs to express time, place and cause the children will use their plan to write a story based on ‘Journey’.
In Maths, we have been focusing on ‘Time’. We started with the small step of introducing the children to Roman numerals and the Roman number system. They focused only on Roman numerals for numbers 1 to 12, using the context of a clock face. By the end of this step, the children understood that numbers in the Roman number system follow these principles: letters are not usually written four times (for example, 4 is written as IV, instead of IIII); if a lower value digit is written to the left of a higher value digit, it is subtracted (for example, IV = 5 − 1) and if it is written to the right, it is added (for example, VI = 5 + 1). We then recapped how to read and write “o’clock” and “half past” the hour. The children were then given the opportunity to create times using individual clocks with moveable hands. Next week, we will continue working on time looking closely at telling the time to 5 minutes and then to 1 minute.
During our RE lessons, we have enjoyed developing our understanding of religions worldwide and the rules they follow. Last week we focussed on Islam and ‘The Five Pillars of Islam.’ This week, we learned all about ‘The Five K’s of Sikhism’. These are a set of symbols that Sikhs wear to show their dedication to Sikhism and to show they belong to the Khalsa.
Another busy week in Year 3! Enjoy the sun this weekend and we look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday. 😊