Have an Egg-cellent Easter!

As our Spring Term in 3V draws to an end, I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter.  

I hope you have a brilliant time relaxing with friends and family over the school holidays, and I look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Monday 29th April for the start of our exciting, action-packed summer term!

Mrs Vaqueiro

Healthy Living Week

We have been celebrating Healthy Living Week at Swan Lane with a variety of different activities to promote healthier lifestyle choices.  

All through the week, the children have been doing a daily 5 minute exercise routine in the classroom, as well as keeping their minds healthy through daily meditation and mindfulness.  In addition, Mr Thompson has been leading the children in a ten minute lunchtime run every day.  Many of the children have seen their distance improve in the space of just five days!

Children from the Year 4 Healthy Living Group came to visit the children on Wednesday to talk about the importance and benefits of eating a variety of different vegetables, and we all sampled a rainbow of different veggies before voting for our favourite.  It was a close call, but 3V's favourite veg turned out to be the trusty carrot.  Year 4 also led a carousel of activities in the hall, showing the children how to make healthier food choices and looking at how much sugar is contained in some everyday foods and drinks.

On Thursday, we had a visit from Mrs Rees, the dietitian, who explained how different kinds of vegetables contain different vitamins and minerals, which help to keep our bodies in top condition.

Finally, we have all been busy creating Healthy Living Posters for a school-wide competition - watch this space to find out the winners!

Five minutes of exercise in the classroom!

A rainbow of different veggies to try.

Some of the veggies were an acquired taste...

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work...

As part of our PSHE work this half term, we have been looking at how we work together with others.

Today we went outside to do some orienteering.  We were put into groups with some children from our class and some from 3F.  We were set the challenge of working together as a team to find the clues around the playground.  Once we found a clue, we had to use an iPad to scan the QR code and then a letter would be revealed on the screen.

There were eight letters to find and we then had to unscramble the letters to make a word.

At the end of the session we discussed what we had learnt as a result of doing this activity.

These were the suggestions:

· It was important to work as a team in order to be successful at completing this

         challenge.

· We had to demonstrate good communication skills within our group.

· We had to listen carefully to the instructions as well as to each other whilst completing the activity.

And lastly, we had learnt that orienteering was lots of fun!

Legendary Landmarks

As part of our geography work in Year 3, we have been studying different aspects of the continent of North America.

This week, the children have been using the laptops to research famous North American landmarks, such as the Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls and the Kukulcan Pyramid.  This enabled us to recap on our computing skills from earlier in the year, when we learnt how to search for information safely on the internet.  We used the Kidrex search engine which is specifically designed with children in mind.  

Once the children had researched their choices of landmarks and made notes, they compiled their own written report to share with the class.

Book Buddies

Following our shared reading activities during World Book Week, we have decided to make shared reading across the year groups a more regular event.  The children really enjoyed making new friends in different years and sharing their books together.

This morning, we shared some picture books with children from Mrs Grelak's reception class, and we look forward to welcoming them again after the Easter break.