Year 3 have loved our first visit of the year to the Library. We had the chance to read books quietly, share books with friends and even listen to a story that Mrs Smith read.
We sat around the library and spent time looking at all the lovely books we have. Mrs Smith even sat and read a book as well as telling us which ones were some of her favourites. Lots of us want to read Charlotte’s Web after we heard about some of the things which happen in the story.
Year 3 are loving our PE gymnastic unit this term.
We have looked at how to hold poses, what symmetrical and asymmetrical poses are and what points of contact are.
We have shown each week how we can create different poses with extension whilst ensuring we maintain 1 or 2 points of contact as well as using different levels on the equipment to differentiate our movements.
This week in geography, Year 3 have been using atlases.
We have begun to identify countries in Europe with the use of an atlas. We could identify England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland independently. We then began to find France, Belgium and The Netherlands as these are the countries which are closest to Hull.
We can use our atlas and our knowledge of compass points to find European countries which are north, south, east or west in relation to where Hull is.
We enjoyed using the atlases and worked together to identify lots of European countries.
This week Year 3 have been discussing chronology and what this means.
We have discussed how chronology tells us the order things happened in.
During our history lesson we have begun to look at the history of Hull. We spent some time looking at some sources of evidence and discussing what these sources showed us. We then had a go at putting our sources into the correct chronological order.
We discussed how black and white photographs must be older than coloured ones and how paintings must be even older as these were created before cameras were invented.
Once we had created our chronological timeline we discussed the correct order of events in Hull.
We then created our own timeline in our books ensuring we thought about the chronological order of the events.
We cannot wait to find out lots of information about these events that shaped the city of Kingston Upon Hull.
Year 3 had the fantastic opportunity this term to complete fieldwork comparing villages and towns.
We began our fieldwork by visiting the local town of Hessle. We were lucky to be able to walk to the town where we discussed the differing types of land use we could see as well as recording the different types of buildings we passed on our walk. We saw lots of different shops in Hessle including food shops, pet shops and a post office. There were many pubs and we walked past 2 churches as well as local park. We discussed the size of populations in towns and if all these facilities were needed. Before we left Hessle we had the opportunity to carry out a traffic survey. We used a bar method to record all traffic that past us in a 10 minute period. We kept our findings ready to compare with what we discovered on our next fieldwork trip.
Next, we had the opportunity to visit Brantingham. This is a local village, we had to use the school minibus to get here as it was a little further than Hessle. Again, we discussed the types of land use we could see in Brantingham and recorded the building we saw as we walked around. This time there were no shops, no post office and there was only one pub and one church. We discussed the size of populations in villages and we were very surprised that it did not take us long to walk the whole length of Brantingham. Before we left we carried out a traffic survey. Again, we used a bar method to count all vehicles that passed us in a 10 minute period.
When we were back at school we were able to compare Brantingham with Hessle. We were all shocked to compare the findings of our traffic survey. When we were in Hessle we struggled to record all the vehicles but in Brantingham we were waiting for them to come past us. Only 4 vehicles passed us in Brantingham! We compared the shops and facilities of both areas and discussed how a town would need these facilities more than a village due to its bigger population. We also discussed how land use in a town had more commercial and industrial use than a village which had more agricultural and forestry use and the reasons for this.
Year 3 really enjoyed our field work and seeing these types of settlements for ourselves made us realise the huge differences between them both.
Today was our last history enquiry of the term which was all about the end of Roman Britain. After looking why and when the Romans came to Britain, children today learned about the numerous contributing factors which brought this important period of British history to an end.
Children worked in groups to present their information, centred around a map of Britain.
Iinvasions from the Picts, Scots, Saxons, Irish. Retreat of the Roman Army. Emperor Honorious telling Britons “You’re on your own!” – all of these eventually brought the Romans’ time to and end.
Today we ended this term’s art unit with a trip into the city centre to draw some of Hull’s buildings. In particular, we focussed on buildings which had common features of Roman architecture like pillars, vaults, columns, arches and domes.
The sun was shining and children had a fabulous couple of hours studying and sketching these wonderful buildings.
Wow! What a busy day we have had in Y4. Previously, children have investigated the features of different coin purses, practised various ways of stitching fabric together and have designed their own purse. Today they finally got to make the product. Children worked brilliantly throughout the day on their sewing pieces and it was great to see so much thought, care and attention going into their work – the end results were amazing. Well done Y4!
Super proud of their work: Scarlotte, Harvey, Lennie and Betsy.
A wide range of fabrics and designs were used.
Jacob focusing very hard on getting his stitches neat but secure.
The blanket stitch was tricky, but children showed real determination!
This week, Year 3 have been learning all about The Cheddar Man.
We discovered that this was a skeleton of human remain that were found in Cheddar Gorge, in Somerset. The remains are believed to be those of a Neolithic cave man who lived during the Stone Age.
We discussed the difference between primary and secondary sources and how we trust each of these. we decided that Cheddar Man is a primary source but all the information we know about him is a secondary source.
We found out about Cheddar Man’s diet, where he lived and the types of activities he may have done during the day.
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.
