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!
So far this term, Y4M have been learning to play the notes B A and G on the recorder. With dexterity and finess, we are becoming more confident moving between notes when playing complex pieces of music and are able to recognise the difference in the pitch in each note played. We are also refining playing as a group so that our timings coincide with each other.
Here is one of the pieces we learnt today using the note G…
Bravo and encore Y4M!!!
This week in our religion lesson, Year 3 have been talking about Harvest.
We recalled all the in formation we knew about Harvest. We could recall how farmers Harvest their crops and then store it for use throughout the winter. We talked about Christian church services and how Christians give thanks to God. We could also recall how Christians then help others by giving away food that is collected during Harvest services.
We found out that this years harvest moon was on 28th September and Christians celebrated this on Sunday 1st October.
We looked at some different Christian prayers for Harvest and realised they all say thank you for different things. Some thanked farmers, some thanked God and some thanked shop workers and adult who cook.
Year 3 decided to write their own Harvest prayers to give thanks for important things to them during Harvest. We then performed these prayers to each other.
This afternoon, Year 4 have started their coding unit in computing lessons. They were tasked with writing basic programs and snippets of code on ‘Turtle Academy’ to create simple shapes and number and what a fantastic job they did!
We can’t wait for the next lesson when we’ll be exploring loop functions and creating interesting shapes and patters!
Demi worked in a systematic way to draw her number, create the code and then simply it into its most efficient terms! Well done, Demi!
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.
Over the past two weeks Year 3 have been discussing how we would like our school to be.
We had Jigsaw Jino to help us. We discussed what types of things would happen in a nightmare school and how these things would make us feel if they happened in our own school.
We talked about rubbish being all over and the school being dirty, children hurting each other and if there was broken equipment. Nobody wanted to be in a school like this and we discussed how we look after our school to make sure non of these things happen. We then drew a picture of our nightmare school and the bad things that may be in it.
This week we have discussed what our dream school may be like.
Jigsaw Jino came to help us again. We discussed how having nice things such as computers and nice books make a good school. That kind, helpful teachers and children who are friends make a school a nice place to be.
Again we discussed how we could make this happen in our school. We talked about the responsibilities we have and how our school golden rules help us to have a nice school. Things like looking after equipment, keeping our hands and feet to ourselves and being kind makes our school a nice place to come everyday. We the drew our dream school next to our nightmare school and talked about which one we like the most and why.
In this half term, Year 4 are exploring the science of sound. Today’s experiment was a pattern seeking investigation using string telephones. Children had to explore how these basic items were able to transmit sound effectively. They tried them in a number of different ways. Our main finding was that the string had to be a straight continuous connection between the to cups and as a class we decided on the following ‘er’ sentences:
“The tighter the string, the clearer the sound”
This week in Year 3 we have been learning the story of ‘Ocean meets Sky’.
We have used signifiers to be able to retell the story before we drew a story map.
Once we knew the story we were able to act the story out.
We decided in our groups who would play which character. There were lots of characters to be. The main character is called Finn an there is his grandfather and mother in the story along with a great golden fish and bookish birds.
As we acted we were able to retell the story to our peers and perform the story.
To start our Year 4 Autumn Term, the children have been utilising the Jigsaw approach to identify the skills and qualities required to work together as an effective TEAM in all areas of our learning this academic year.
Through class discussion, we shared our own opinions of the qualities we thought were vital for TEAMWORK …below are just a few of the qualities we identified:
RESPECT
INCLUSION
HONESTY
KINDNESS
APPROACHABILITY
VALUING OPINIONS
ABILITY TO LISTEN
TOLERANCE
RESPONSIBILITY
FAIRNESS
TAKING TURNS
As a class, we will endeavour to implement and build upon these qualities throughout our learning in Year 4 this year…TEAMWORK=DREAMWORK!
Year 3 were thrilled to recieve their recorders this week and begin to talk about how we will be playing them. Over the year we will be learning to play the recorder. This week we begun with getting used to holding our new instrument and practising where to place our fingers.
We had a go at making sounds and discussed how we will make different notes with our finger placements. We had a go at making soft and loud sounds by blowing gently through the mouth piece. We are very excited to start to look at the different notes next week.
We also talked about how we look after instruments and how to handle them correctly.
