Measuring the playground in Willow maths set

Today the children of year 3 had the mammoth task of measuring the entire playground!

Equipped with their trundle wheels, they were ready to begin!

They knew that they had to listen very carefully to the click on their trundle wheel which indicated every time they had passed one metre. The children took the task incredibly seriously and exhibited some super concentration and clear reciprocity skills. 

In the end, the children concluded that the length of the playground was roughly 60m!

Great job Willow maths set!

Instructional writing in Burch Class

Today in Birch Class the children began exploring the key features of instructional text. The children had a chance to carry out a set of instructions but these instructions had many errors, which made the task incredibly difficult to complete. 

Following this the children had the chance to reflect on why the instructions where so difficult to follow. 

Once given a correctly structured set of instructions the children were enthusiastically able to complete the task. This gave them an opportunity to justify why the key features of instructional text are so important.

Willow class advising Gertrude in Literacy

This week in Willow class, we have been working on writing instructional texts. Today, the children had the task to advise Gertrude on how she could improve the instructions she had written.

The children provided some insightful comments on how to improve Gertrude's writing by applying all they had learnt on instructional texts. 

Some children advised Gertrude to be specific with her instructions whilst others advised her to up-level her sentences by using adverbs of manner.

I'm now so excited to see the amazing instructions Willow class are going to produce in their Big Write on Friday. Great job Willow class! 

Leo and Aimee showing resourcefulness in maths

Broadford's learning power of the term is resourcefulness and certain children in year 3 have been using their 'bits and bobs' to help them with their learning. 

This week in maths Leo and Aimee were finding their three chili question on fractions quite challenging! 

To help them, they drew the problem out on their whiteboards. 

This helped them understand exactly what fractions the shapes were equivalent to, so they could work out the total of both shapes in fractional form. 

Using their resourcefulness learning power, they solved the challenging problem with ease!

Great job Leo and Aimee!

Birch Class Sharing Assembly

Dear parents, 

The children of Birch Class are looking forward to sharing all they have learnt with you in their assembly tomorrow. Doors will be open from 9:00 as usual. 

Best wishes, 

Miss Connell

Year 3 Spelling week beginning 16/11/15

Here are the spellings for this week. The spelling test will be on Friday every week with results given on Monday. Please encourage your child to look up the definitions of the words as some are trickier than expected. A reminder that children are expected to bring their spelling book to school every Friday. 

Year 4 spellings w/c 9th November