Super Scientists in Year 3

 

Today in Science, Year 3, looked at the human skeleton. The children were asked the research question 'What if my bones were bendy ?' and then had to discuss this with their partner and feedback to the class. The children then went on to discuss what a skeleton is and the importance of it. After, the children worked in groups and drew their skeleton and any of the bones they already knew. The children finished the lesson on their chromebooks, researching three bones and their function / job and shared their information with the class. All children showed great receprocity skills, working with others and sharing their ideas.

“Without a skeleton we would be like jelly !” - Max

"The skull protects the brain ." - Dani

“ Without my skeleton, I could not move.” - Rio 

Year 3 Spellings Blog

 

It's been a very busy term of learning in Year 3 and the children have worked hard in school, but also at home. One of the children's weekly jobs is to practice their spellings at home for their spelling test on Friday and it's been wonderful to see the Year 3 cohort make progress this half term. 

Thank you parents for all you do to support the children to practice their spellings, this really does help to make a real difference!

Some children in Year 3 have managed to get full marks on their spellings across the entire Spring Term. 

A huge congratulations to the following children.



Ash



Cedar

Cherry

Have a wonderful break and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 16th April 2024.

Year 3 are Searching for the Easter Bunny!

 

We had an eggcellent time in Year 3, this morning, going on an Easter Bunny Hunt!

The children had to follow a set of clues, to discover where the Easter treats were hidden. Using their resourcefulness skills to link their learning, the children solved the rhyming clues to find the hidden treats. The children all had a great time using their reciprocity skills to work in groups as they went from clue to clue.

Well done on completing the hunt Year 3, enjoy your treats!

'The rhymes were like our poetry lessons!' - Miqdadd

'It was so much fun looking for the clues!' - Aariz

'Filling in the missing words was tricky!' - Torsten

Year 3 Spellings WB 25.3.24

 

Please find below Year 3's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so that they are prepared for their spelling test on Thursday.

	A	B	C
1	chef	fluid	ball
2	chalet	internal	bend
3	chute	bones	body
4	machine	organ	jump
5	brochure	fancy	skip
6	moustache	animal
7	parachute	hospital
8	chandelier	capital
9	parachuting	pedal
10	machinery	metal
11	skeleton
12	hydrostatic
13	invertebrate
14	socket
15	joint
16	question
17	regular
18	remember
19	special
20	occasion

Year 4 Spellings WC 25.3.24

 Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so that they are prepared for their spelling test on Thursday (no school on Friday the 29th).

Year 4 certificates

 

 

These children have worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their hard work and efforts.

E for Excellence

Elm

Billy

Maple

Mason

Willow

George

 Star Writers 

Elm

Peace

Maple

Lemar

Willow

Freddie

Learning Power Awards

These are the key skills that our children will need to learn effectively in class and to be successful later in life.

 

Reciprocity

These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective  ideas and methods from others. 

 Sophie - Elm

Laynie - Maple

             Tayla and Aiza -Willow

Reflectiveness 

These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Merlyn - Elm

James - Maple

Jacob  -Willow

 Resilience

These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. 

Charlie - Elm

Elliot - Maple

 Kiara -Willow

Resourcefulness   

These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Aziz - Elm

Amelia - Maple

Toby - Willow

I Made My Teacher Happy Award 

Logan-Leigh- Elm

Osazemen - Maple

Abdulahad - Willow

                What we have been learning this week

Geography

This week we have completed our geography topic learning about natural disasters. We previously learnt about volcanoes, earthquakes and this week was flooding. The children correctly identified that flooding can be caused by heavy rain and tsunamis.

We learnt how the energy in a wave will look different out at sea compared to the coast. As the wave shortens, the force contained in the wave forces the sea upwards creating a giant wave, they can be 100 metres high! 

Maths

This week we have been learning about converting fractions and adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator.

Literacy

In Literacy, the children have enjoyed reading ‘There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom’. We have had brilliant discussions about the characters in the book and have begun writing a persuasive letter to the class teacher in the story.

British Science Week in KS2

British Science Week 2024

Last week we celebrated British Science Week at  Broadford Primary School which, this year, was centred around the topic of 'Time.'

The Children first discussed what time meant to them, before thinking of examples of how time impacts our everyday lives. We then went on to discuss how time can effect our bodies before introducing the task for this year's lesson. 

First the children recorded their pulse when resting, this was important because it allowed the children to determine whether exercise affected this. The children then competed in a race across the playground, with the fastest child from each year group receiving a prize. After running, the children checked their pulse for the second time and timed how long it took for their pulse to return to their original reading. 

Back in class we discussed our results and drew our conclusions from them. We then challenged the children to design their own poster relating to the theme of time. There were so many amazing entries and choosing a winner from each year group was very difficult. 

Running Race Winners

Year 3 - Elliot in Cedar.
Year 4 - Rojure in Elm
Year 5 - Alex in Lime
Year 6 -Luke in Redwood


Poster Competition Winners

Year 3 - Athena in Ash
Year 4 - Ayaan in Maple
Year 5 - Simon in Almond
Year 6 - Sarah in Redwood

 

Year 3 Certificates

It's been another wonderful week of learning for Year 3.

Here's the story of this week. 

In Literacy, we have started our new topic which focuses on performance poetry. This week, the children made their own cinquin poems relating to an animal of their choice. The children chose their own adjectives, nouns and verbs to bring their poems to life before using their knowledge of poetry to write their own poems relating to the theme of Easter. 

In Maths, we have been learning about Mass and Capacity and the children have been working hard to solve problems which challenge them to measure in both litres and millilitres. Once this learning was established, the children went on to identify equivalent capacities and volumes. 

We had a wonderful VR experience on Tuesday and Year 3 had the opportunity to see some of the Wonders of the World, all from their safety of their seats. It was such a lovely experience for teachers to see the children's reactions to what they were seeing. 

This week's certificate winners are... 

E for Excellence - Amaira 
Star Writer - Nina
4 R's - Cruz

Happy Teacher - Elliott-Ellis