Little inventors in Class 3
More science for Class 3 this week. We've finished our light topic by looking at solar power, and how it can be used as a renewable energy source.
We've invented our own solar powered objects. Some children have tried to solve a problem in their lives (Orla invented a solar powered page…
Called off on account of rain
In science this week, we've been desperate to make a giant sundial on the playground. Unfortunately this was called off due to poor weather conditions (which has been an excellent teaching point for the disadvantages of sundials). So, we've made our own personal sundials instead, to take home and…
Egyptian Fairytales
This week, Class 3 have been hard at work creating an Ancient Egyptian version of Jack and The Beanstalk. We've been very imaginative and have impressed Miss Milward with our range of fantastic ideas.
Some of our ideas have included:
- Jack exchanging his camel for scarab beetles, amulets…
Write like an Egyptian
We've had lots of fun this week learning about how Egyptians communicated. First, we stained some paper with coffee to make it look like papyrus. Next, we wrote our names in hieroglyphics as practice before composing our own secret messages on the papyrus.
Lots of the messages were…
