Yoga

By Mrs K SMITH19th January 2023

Year 3 are loving our new PE unit for this term.

We are taking part in yoga sessions with Liesel. We have the opportunity to exercise our body and minds.

Through our sessions so far we have practised yoga positions we know and found out how to do new ones. We have practised positions such as the table, ragdoll, downward dog and rabbit. We have really enjoyed learning some new ones, so far we have tried the camel and the sailboat. Some of these positions are really tricky and they take lots of practice and balancing.

We have also enjoyed lots of different breathing exercises. So far, we have enjoyed shark breathing and box breathing. We love how these can make us feel calm and relaxed.

Data Collection and Logging – Year 4

By Charlotte Ewen18th January 2023

In computing this week, year 4 have been collecting and logging data.

We have looked at what data is and identified many types of data that can be collected around school. We discussed that our 5 senses can be used to collect data. We then had a look at a data logger device, which has sensors similar to our senses, and began to collect and log the data. We collected data on noise levels, lighting and temperature.

We enjoyed collecting data from different areas around the school and comparing the data from the graph and the tables of data that we created.

Programming

By Mrs K SMITH18th January 2023

This week in computing, Year 3 have continued to use the Scratch programme.

We have begun to programme our Sprite.

Using the Scratch programme we have found out how to programme our character to move around the screen using commands. We discovered how to move more than one character at a time and how the character can make different movements such as walking, turning and jumping to random places.

How is the UK divided into regions?

By Mrs K SMITH18th January 2023

In geography this week, Year 3 have been discovering how the UK is separated into different regions.

We have used our knowledge of the 8 compass points to be able to label some of the different regions. We have talked about how the North East can be identified easily as it is the same as the compass point. East Anglia was a little more difficult to identify however, through discussion we realised the East Midlands was opposite the West Midlands.

Through our knowledge we were able to identify where Yorkshire is as we could spot the River Humber on the UK map.

After we had labeled the regions we used the Atlas to identify where some cities are and discussed which region they are in.

As geographers, we can identify cities such as Liverpool, Bath and Newcastle and say which region of the UK they are situated in. We used our grid reference skills to help us identify these cities through using the index in the Atlas. We read the grid reference and remembered to read across then up.

We can also identify significant landmark and say which region in the UK you would need to visit in order to see these landmarks. We identified landmarks such as The Angel of the North in the North East, Stonehenge in the South West and the Roman Baths in the South West.

Solids, Liquids and Gasses

By Charlotte Ewen17th January 2023

Year 4 have been experimenting with solids, liquids and gasses.

We learnt all about the formation of the particles within solids, liquids and gasses and even acted out how they move.

We then looked at many different items such as, wood, plastic, cotton, water, PVA glue, slime, tooth paste, foam, flour, helium and air. We then classified and grouped these based on whether we thought they were a solid, liquid or gas. This was a challenging task as many of the items made us think really hard as they showed the potential to be multiple state of matter. We looked at the flour closely as we were able to pour this similarly to a liquid but discussed that each grain is a solid. We also looked closely at the slime as this filled the shape of each container it was put in but we could also pick it up and rip it. Finally, we carefully considered the foam as this held its shape in the container for a long time but eventually spread to fill the container.

This experiment sparked some really good discussions and got us to think deeply about what we had learnt about the different states of matter.

Y3 are learning about Chronology

By Miss T LITHERLAND16th January 2023

This term in Y3, we are finding out about life in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. So far, we have never found out about anything that happened in ‘BC/BCE’. so we found it really interesting to find out what life was like that long ago.

We found out that this period of time is known as prehistory because there are no written records and this is the period of history that we know the least about. We ordered the different eras in chronological order then put the information we had gathered on a timeline.

Exploring Stone Age Artefacts

By Miss T LITHERLAND6th January 2023

In Year 3, we are studying changes in life in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. To start off our new unit of work, we looked at all of our replica Stone Age artefacts we are very lucky to have in school.

We spent a while looking at them very carefully and hypothesising what we thought they were made out of, how they were made and what they were used for. Here are some of the artefacts below – can you work out what they are and what they were used for?

We all loved looking at them and couldn’t believe they were all made from stone, horns, tusks, bone and wood. We were all shocked with the animal skins in the frame and how it was stretched to use for clothing and shelter. Come and ask us in Y3 to tell you all about them!

Design, make and evaluate

By Mrs K SMITH15th December 2022

This week in Design and Technology, we have designed, made and evaluated our own soups.

We thought about the design brief to make a healthy soup for a fisherman and decided which vegetables we would like in our soup. We thought about taste and texture after we had tried them and made our own recipes.

Once our recipes were finalised we started to prepare the vegetables for cooking. We used the claw and bridge hold we had used in our focused practical task ensuring we chopped our vegetables safely. We put our vegetables into a pan with the stock we had chosen in order to cook on the hob. We kept stirring our soup and ensured the heat was not too high for several hours until it was cooked and ready for liquidising.

Once our soup was ready we got to eat it!

The soup was lovely and lots of us wanted to make it at home.

Once we had eaten our soup we discussed if it had met our design brief.

We all agreed that the soups were hearty and filling and that they would be good for a fisherman.

Through our evaluation, some of us thought we could have added some different vegetables to add to the taste. Some of us thought we should practise our cutting skills more as some of us found the bridge hold a little tricky.

We enjoyed our soup!

YEAR 4 JIGSAW – CELEBRATING DIFFERENCE: MAKING ASSUMPTIONS

By Miss L STEWART12th December 2022

Year 4 have explored the concept of making assumptions of others based on looks alone in this controversial Jigsaw theme this term. In one of our tasks we tried to make assumptions on 4 individuals without knowing their backstory before Miss Stewart revealed the relevant details for each person. Through discussion, we agreed that it is really hard not to make an informed decision on a person and realised that judging someone is a  human trait that is inside all of us.  We also identified that we sometimes make an assumption of an individual based on their appearance alone and all agreed that we should rather get to know a person before we make an assumption or judge them.

YEAR 3 JIGSAW – CELEBRATING DIFFERENCE

By Miss L STEWART12th December 2022

This term, the children in Year 3 have been talking about their own family dynamics and sharing their feelings of how being part of, as well as belonging to a family makes them feel. Loved…Happy…Safe…Wanted…Valued…Respected were some of the word which came up most often in our shared discussions. We also shared our understanding  that whilst our own family dynamics may be different with those of our peers,  that family it is about having people in your life who care for you, love you, help you and keep you safe that matters the most. From this we went on to identify some of the other groups that we belong to that are similar to a family because the people that lead these significant groups care for us, help us and want us to be the best that we can be:

School…Breakfast Club…Dance Classes…Football Teams…Gymnastics Club…Martial Art Groups…Brownies…Cricket Club