Class 3

Our new PE topic is orienteering. We spent some time familiarising ourselves with compass directions and creating our own maps of the school grounds. We were curious about how a compass works so we learnt more about the earth’s magnetic field and even made our own compass in class!

In RE, we have been learning about Sikhism. We have learnt about langar - the community kitchen of a gurdwara - which serves meals to all free of charge, regardless of religion. Mrs Smith very kindly made us some karah parshad which is a sweet pudding usually given as a holy blessing after a…

As part of our Lunar New Year celebrations, we made tangrams in maths. They were a lot trickier than they look but we enjoyed the challenge!
 

In maths today we have been looking at vertical lines of symmetry. Today we painted half of a butterfly and folded it over to support our understanding of what the symmetrical means.

We had great fun making and using string telephones in science this week. We learnt about how sound travels and about how sound is measured (decibels).

We had an amazing time with Leo Wright today. We learnt lots about the process of making stop-motion films and enjoyed watching Leo’s animations.

We are so proud of the children for their fantastic carol service.

Merry Christmas! We hope you enjoyed the service.

In geography, we have been learning about the continents. Our challenge this week was to find out more information about each continent and to create a persuasive presentation to convince others to visit. We worked brilliantly in our research teams and all tried really hard to develop our…

We have had so much fun completing our sponsored bounce for Children in Need!

Today we visited the cenotaph in the village. We looked carefully at the words engraved on the memorial and shared our thoughts about what they meant. We also performed the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae to the rest of the school.