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This week, our chess league got under way with games against New Pasture Primary and Reedness Primary School. Our children played two games (black and white) against opposing players over the internet! We’ve had some good results so far – league updates to follow.
Cael, Burak and Rebecca mid-game against New Pasture Primary.
Our games are being played online via a website called Lichess.
This week in F2, during literacy and topic we’ve been finding out more about what plants need to grow, writing lists and instructions. We used our ‘Fred fingers’ to pinch the sounds in the words; dig, put, up, in, it, mud and seed.
In art, we continued our learning of Henri Matisse and used his inspiration on our Mother’s Day cards … we hope you love them!
On World Book Day we all came to school in our pyjamas and brought our favourite book. It was so lovely to see, read and share all the wonderful stories that were brought in. Then, in the afternoon, the Y4 children joined us for hot chocolate and to read stories to us…we really enjoyed this special day.
In Jigsaw (this is our PSHE, personal, social, health, economic lesson) we are learning about healthy/unhealthy foods and sugary drinks and the impact they have on our teeth and bodies.
In Maths we continued our learning on the numbers 9 and 10, with our main focus being the different ways we can make them.
In PE we focused on moving, balancing and how to make different shapes with our bodies. We learnt the importance of moving safely and finding a space… and we had great fun pretending to be astronauts flying, walking and landing on the moon, it was great fun!
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…lots of time for physical play, making fabulous, magical vehicles in our construction area and looking for signs of Spring.
We hope you’re all busy creating Easter bonnets for our parade on Tuesday 19th March, we can’t wait to see them!
As part of our Mandarin music lessons this term. Year 3 were very lucky to learn about the Luna New Year from our Mandarin teachers.
We found out about how important the New Year is and how this special time is spent with families. We discovered the importance of red envelopes and how these are given to younger members of the family with a wish for health for the coming year, as well as containing money.
We also discovered how houses are decorated with lots of red decorations and lanterns and the types of food that are eaten. lots of families spend time making dumplings together before they have their special family feasts.
For internet safety day, year 3 have been discussing different things that we may see or hear online and how these make us feel.
We looked at different scenarios including friends posts, you tuber videos and gamer messages. Some of these scenarios made us feel positive and we liked how they would make us feel if we saw them. Some of them made us feel negative and we did not like these one. We discussed why they made feel us this way and what me do if we saw things like this. We also talked about all the people who can help us and how we can ask for help to deal with things that upset us or make us worried online.
Year 3 have taken on a Mindful approach to our Yoga sessions with Mrs Cobby this Spring term.
The children have revisited, built-upon and perfected many of the Yoga poses we have practiced in previous year groups, as well as practicing some new ones…here are just a few:
The children really enjoyed ‘Dance Yoga’ too whereupon when the music stopped they had to strike a pose with a suggested letter of the alphabet!
We have also practiced our Mindful Breathing by practicing our ‘Box-Breathing’ skills alongside our ‘Havening Touch’ and ‘Shark Breath’ techniques, which are all relaxation techniques that aim to calm both our bodies and our minds. To end each session, the children adopted the ‘Lotus’ position whilst listening to the calmful, reverberating sound of the ‘singing bowl’.
Namaste…and THANK YOU Mrs Cobby!
Year 3 have thoroughly enjoyed getting to grips with our new hockey equipment in this Spring terms unit of Hockey.
We have focused on the core skills of how to hold the hockey stick in order for our own safety and that of others; dribbling in order to keep possession of the ball; ensuring that we remain aware of attackers and keeping control of the ball when changing direction, as well demonstrating our knowledge of making an accurate pass to maintain possession in a game.
Once we had mastered all of our knew skills we put all of our new knowledge into practice and played some mini hockey tournaments.
Well done Year 3…Jolly Hockey Sticks!!!
Some of our Y6 House Captains collecting all of our donations for Children in Need. Our school will be making a difference to the lives of children and young people who really need our help!
Year 3 were introduced to the game of Netball today in P.E with the focus on the passing and receiving of the ball so as maintain possession.
After practising the passing and receiving of the ball utilising the chest-pass, we moved on to working as a team with the aim of creating and using the space around us effectively. Once we had developed our chest pass, we moved into a 5v1 game whereby the attackers had to create the space to pass the ball effectively before being intercepted by the defender.
Great TEAMWORK and ball skills YEAR 3!
As Musicians in Y4M this week, we have been exploring the concept of ‘Duration’ and identified the difference between notes which were short or long in the tunes that we have been practicing so far. In order to play a note with a longer duration the children established a longer steady blow was required. We then utilised our new knowledge and put it into practice as a class while playing a familiar tune using the notes B, A and G that we are beginning to master on the recorder.
Here is our short rendition of ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’…
Masters in the making…Encore Y4!
In P.E so far this term, Year 3 have been Gymnasts performing a sequence of 3 moves with a partner which includes symmetrical and asymmetrical balances using different apparatus. In order to perfect the flow of our sequences, we have practised and performed for our peers so that our audience could give constructive feedback. After taking our feedback on board, our sequences have been much improved and flow with ease and flair.
Great TEAMWORK Year 3!