Focus week - Year 3
Year 3 have been very busy with two trips and lots of fabulous learning!
In English, we have been looking at a variety of texts. ‘Jim a Cautionary Tale’ was a good read. After finishing the book we did some performance poetry and wrote warning posters. We have just finished ‘Escape from Pompeii’, which is a non-fiction text about the fall of Pompeii. This is a cross-curricular link with our Geography topic ‘Why do people live near volcanoes?’ Our main writing focus was a newspaper report. We included direct quotes from survivors who we
hot-seated (this is a drama technique) and have continued to practice writing setting descriptions.
In Maths, we started learning adding and subtracting across a 10 and a 100 without making any exchanges. After securing our understanding, we moved to adding and subtracting with making exchanges. Now, we have progressed on to multiplication and are working very hard in learning and using our times table knowledge to work out the calculations.
In Science, we have been studying the topic ‘Forces and Magnets’’. Through practical investigations we have been identifying examples of magnetic and non-magnetic materials with magnets. Using mini cars and ramps we have observed how the cars move differently on a variety of surfaces. Our trip to the Science Museum was a great day out-where we learnt about friction and forces in a show and explored the Wonder Lab.
In Design and Technology, our topic is ‘Constructing a Castle’ so we have been making different 3D nets and have learnt about the different elements of a castle. At the end of term we will have the opportunity to design and make our own castle out of recycled materials.
Coding has been our focus in Computing using the platform ‘Scratch’. We have learnt how to use loops, made an animation and had a go at programming a game.
Wellbeing and Health has been our focus in PSHE and we had a great week of learning during Anti-Bullying week.
In Spanish, we are learning to understand and ask some questions. We are also developing skills to give appropriate answers to those questions and adapt a given phrase about self.
In Geography, we explored the layers of the Earth and built our knowledge about the tectonic plates. We also studied various ways the mountains and volcanoes can be formed. It was exciting during our lessons to hold discussions about the positive and negative effects of living near a volcano.
In RE, we have been learning about where morals come from. We discussed various ways that people decide between right and wrong. We also identified the similarities and differences between religious guidance from some religions.
