Save our numbers!

BREAKING NEWS! 

After returning from half term, Willow maths set were shocked to discover all of the numbers had fallen from their  number square and were left in a heap on the floor. Consequently, their job was to restore all of the numbers to their rightful owner... The number square.

However, their job was not as simple as ordering the numbers from 1-100. Some children organised the numbers from 100-1, others filled them in based on the multiple they were working on and some children even developed their own strategy to fill out the number square, explaining why it was the most successful strategy to use.

Well done Willow maths set, you did a fantastic job restoring the number square.  

Year 3 Learning Challenge- Autumn 2

Year 3 Learning Challenge Autumn 2

Who first lived in Britain?

Below is the significant person, painting, piece of music and poem which are related to this half term's themes - Who first lived in Britain? and  The Human Body.

It would be brilliant to see as many completed projects as possible in Year 3!

Significant Person

Rosalind Franklin

 

 

 

 

Painting

‘The Cave Paintings of Lascaux, France’

Music

‘Radetzky March, Op. 228’ by Johann Strauss Sr

Poem

 ‘Stonehenge’ by Brian Moses

I remember Stonehenge

in the days where you could still

get close to the stones.

I remember being there, seeing their bulk

and feeling their solid substance.

It was the past brought close,

I could hear the tick of time,

the heartbeat of history.

If only the stones were transmitters,

they could broadcast their story,

answer the ‘whys’ of Stonehenge,

why Salisbury Plain gained

such a monument, why it was built,

was it temple or tomb?

It only we could summon solutions

from the sky, the clouds, the hills,

from those witnesses to the march

of these monoliths, to their positioning

and their raising.

And if only we knew who built this circle,

who mourned the winter sun

as the solstice darkened the day.

Did they ever imagine the puzzle

they were leaving behind?

And I wonder again at the thread

between present and past,

at all those who have stood

by these stones, hoping to hear

some sort of message

to the living from the dead,

so one of history’s mysteries

might be solved at last.

Year 3 Spellings- W/C 31.10.16

Below are the Year 3 spellings for the this week.

Students are highly encouraged to practice their spellings at least 15 minutes a day. In order to get merit stickers, students are also encouraged to search for definitions of the words and write the last 5 words into meaningful sentences. Good Luck!

	A	B	C	D
Wow Word	embarrassed	embarrassed	embarrassed	laughed
1	torpedoes	pope	rag	rag
2	volcanoes	note	sag	sag
3	birthdays	ride	tag	tag
4	chimneys	slide	wag	wag
5	cowboys	slime	dam	dam
6	walking	walking	walking	said
7	watch	watch	watch	busy
8	write	write	write	silly
9	woke	woke	woke	happy
10	woken	woken	woken	funny
11	dejected	dejected	dejected
12	pride	pride	pride
13	elated	elated	elated
14	jealous	jealous	jealous
15	astounded	astounded	astounded
16	comically	comically	comically
17	truthfully	truthfully	truthfully
18	horribly	horribly	horribly
19	giggly	giggly	giggly
20	happily	happily	happily

Word Power in Year 3

The children of Year 3 started their new Literacy unit today where they will be learning all about playscripts and will eventually write their own ending to a play!

The children were introduced to the importance of stage directions and some exciting -ed words that they could use in their own play as stage directions. They acted the words out and reflected on whether or not they had ever felt the words that we discussed.

The words were:

Dejected - to feel sad or depressed 

Astounded - to feel amazed or shocked 

Perplexed - to be very puzzled

Elated - to feel very pleased and excited 

"I felt dejected when I saw that my sister had been given a really great present for Christmas, but then I opened my present and I was given one too! After I opened it, I felt really elated!" Alfie, Sequoia.

Well done, Year 3! I'm excited to see some of these Power Words in your final playscripts. 

Half term Superstar!

Fayo in Sequoia class has been incredibly productive over the half term break by furthering his learning at home! He decided to continue the hard work he had been completing at school by writing two of his own information texts and by practising his rounding skills!

The information texts he wrote were on topics he found interesting. The first was 'All About Butterflies' and the second was 'Wimbledon'. He independently researched the facts he used and made sure to use subheadings so that his information was laid out clearly.

"Did you know that Roger Federer won the men's singles title five times in a row?"

I am so impressed with all of your hard work, Fayo!

Year 4 Spellings Week Commencing 31.10.16

Please find below the spellings for this Year 4 for this week:

A	B	C	D
wondrous	wondrous	wondrous
blighted	reaching	tram	it’s
enlightened	weaker	trim	mum
affright	pleading	trot	not
brighten	cheaper	trap	now
Brighton	cleaner	trod	off
merrily	merrily	merrily	tram
sleepily	sleepily	sleepily	trim
breezily	breezily	breezily	trot
frantically	frantically	frantically	trap
dramatically	dramatically	dramatically	trod
rainforest	rainforest	rainforest
canopy	canopy	canopy
ecosystem	ecosystem	ecosystem
flora	flora	flora
fauna	fauna	fauna
mindful	mindful	mindful
focus	focus	focus
peace	peace	peace
moment	moment	moment
emotion	emotion	emotion