Focus Week - Year 3
Year 3 had a fantastic trip to the Science Museum last Friday, where we visited the Wonder Lab and experienced a ‘Feel the Force’ workshop. ‘Forces and Magnets’ has been a hot topic in Science for this half term. We have been carrying out different investigations on how magnets attract and repel and what are magnetic or non-magnetic materials.
In English we have been learning about the text ‘Escape From Pompeii’, which linked to our Geography topic ‘Why do People live near volcanoes?’ We have written descriptive settings, created a character analysis and held a debate whether the characters should stay or leave during a volcanic eruption. At the end of the text, we wrote a newspaper report. We also wrote a WW1poem called Hush, remembering soldiers from past and present using powerful imagery.
In Maths, we have been learning addition and subtraction using the column method. Our focus for our timestable this half term has been 3. Now we have begun to delve into the world of multiplication and division, thinking about arrays using practical resources.
PSHE has been about health and wellbeing, where we have learnt about eating a healthy diet and what a healthy dinner might look like. Also, we have been focusing on our identity and who we are. Additionally, we have learnt about breaking down barriers and how to be resilient-which is one of our school values.
‘What is Special About Being Human?’ Is our RE topic that has continued this half term. We have been comparing our beliefs with others. Through talking and drawing, we have explored how colour and images have been used in a piece of artwork to express a particular idea about the soul and inner self.
In Computing our focus has been on the journey inside a computer, focusing on key vocabulary and functions of the parts of digital devices.
