Egypt Day Yesterday, Class 3 had ancient Egyptian day. We started off learning a little about Pharaohs. The man who was teaching us was hilarious! Next, we played snakes and ladders but on an Egyptian board (and I won). After that, we had an amazing break in our superb costumes. Once we had break we … Read more
In class 3 this week we have been looking at some ‘First News’ children’s newspapers to find out what the key features of this style of writing are. We are also looking at quotes and how they are used in newspapers and next week we will become journalists and write our own newspaper reports linked … Read more
The children wrote some lovely letters last week to send to Dorchester Abbey to thank them for our class trip last week. This week they are going to use what they have learnt from this and from the feedback they have received to write another formal letter to our PTA to thank them for the … Read more
We have had a fantastic start to the term with our trip to the Narnia exhibition at the Dorchester Abbey, which the children really enjoyed. The education team led an interesting and informative tour around the story of Narnia and taught the children about life for an evacuee during World War 2. We will be … Read more
We are very excited about our trip on our first day back. Please remember to hand in your slip and money before the end of the week if possible. We finished the first part of our topic this week on ‘Contrasting Localities’. We learnt about life for children in Mondana in Ecuador and compared it … Read more
In maths this week we have been investigating related calculations using multiplication and division (e.g. if 3 x 5 = 15 we know that 3 x 50 = 150). This should help us as we move onto multiplying and dividing bigger numbers. We have also spent some time on Times Table Rock Stars practising our … Read more
We have been working on our problem solving in maths this week. We are working hard to solve multiplication and division word problems based on our times tables. We have also had a times table test so all children should know their next steps for which ones they need to learn. If you are able … Read more
This week in maths we have been looking at multiplication and division and the relationship between them. We have investigated the relationship between the 2, 4 and 8 times tables and started to answer questions by doubling what we already know e.g. if 3 x 2 = 6 then 3 x 4 = 12 and … Read more
In English this week we have started looking at our new class book, Leon and the Place Between. This has a circus setting. Following on from the wonderful work that the children did last week on ‘Sentences of 3 for Description’ we revisited Prepositions and used our senses to describe a picture. We have started … Read more
Happy New Year! We hope you had a fantastic Christmas break. Thank you so much for the kind cards and gifts – we are really looking forward to booking our experience, lots to choose from! We are starting our new topic this term which is Geography based. We started by thinking about what it means … Read more
