Dear Parents and Carers,
3V's class assembly will take place on Wednesday 4th March, and is based around our recent studies of Pompeii. I have given scripts out to all the children with their lines highlighted. If you could find a few minutes each day to support them with learning their words, I would be very grateful!
If the script has been mislaid, please do let me know and I will organise a replacement. It would also be helpful for our rehearsals if the children could bring their scripts to school every day.
We are very much looking forward to performing our play for you - thank you, as ever, for your continuing support.
Kind regards
Mrs Vaqueiro
Parental Consultations
Dear Parents and Carers
Parental consultations are due to take place on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th February. I have had around 20 responses from parents and carers wishing to book appointments to see me (thank you very much for those) but I am still waiting for some to come back to me.
I will be sending out appointments letters over the next few days to those parents and carers who have already requested to see me. If you have not yet done so, please could you check through your son or daughter's book bag to make sure you have received the letter! Bookings can be made online either by scanning the QR code on the letter, or via the school website. Alternatively, you can simply fill in and return the paper form.
Many thanks.
Mrs Vaqueiro
Poetry Recital
Children throughout the school are currently busily practising for the forthcoming Poetry Recitals - or POSCARS - which are due to take place on Friday 14th February.
Each class has chosen a poem to learn by heart ready for the big performance. 3V are learning 'The Sound Collector' by Roger McGough, and are trying very hard to include plenty of expression in their performance.
Each child has been given a copy of the poem to take home, and I am attaching another copy to this Blog so that everyone has the opportunity to practise at home. If you would like another printed copy, please let me know as I have some spares at the ready!
Mrs Vaqueiro
The Sound Collector
A stranger came this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away
The whistling of the kettle
The turning of the lock
The purring of the kitten
The ticking of the clock
The popping of the toaster
The crunching of the flakes
When you spread the marmalade
The scraping noise it makes
The hissing of the frying-pan
The ticking of the grill
The bubbling of the bathtub
As it starts to fill
The drumming of the raindrops
On the window-pane
When you do the washing-up
The gurgle of the drain
The crying of the baby
The squeaking of the chair
The swishing of the curtain
The creaking of the stair
A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life
will never be the same.
by Roger McGough
A History Mystery
We had an exciting afternoon in 3V following in the footsteps of Archaeologists from the University of Wales and Gloucester Museum as we investigated a real life 'History Mystery.'
A few years ago, Archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient building in a farmer's field in one of the most westerly points of Wales. Geophysical surveys revealed the outline of a number of rooms, and preliminary digging showed the remnants of ancient stones. The remains looked very much like those of a Roman villa - but, at that time, historians did not believe that the Romans had ventured so far to the west of Wales. It was a bit of a mystery!
Digging deeper, the Archaeologists found a number of artefacts on the site. Could these be Roman remains? Or were they merely the remains of a Celtic village?
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| The Geophysical Survey (which works a bit like an X-Ray for the ground) revealed the outline of an ancient building |
The children knew that the Celts tended to build roundhouses with wooden frames, which were usually clustered together in small groups - so these rectangular remains did not fit the description. Could it really be a Roman villa instead?
We watched a short video showing a reconstruction of a Roman villa to find out what a Roman villa might have looked like (you can watch it here: Roman Villa Reconstruction).
As we watched, we were careful to think about the kinds of things that might have survived for nearly 2000 years under the ground. This led to some interesting discussions!
Mrs Vaqueiro then explained that artefacts that had been retrieved from the site were now on display in a museum, but that the museum had been kind enough to lend some of these precious items to us, so that we could examine them closely, and try to find out more about the people who lived or worked in the ancient building.
Each table group had a selection of artefacts to look at. Some of them were quite mysterious, and the children handled them very sensibly as they tried to work out what they were, and how they might have been used.
We finished the lesson by asking ourselves what we had learnt about the occupants of the building, just by looking at the things they had left behind. We also considered the things that the artefacts can't tell us: we don't know what the people looked like, or how many of them lived there, or whether they were good or kind people. Artefacts can help us learn a lot about some aspects of history, but they will not always tell us everything.
Mrs Vaqueiro
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Amazing Algorithms
As part of the Year 3 computing curriculum, the children are learning basic programming using the computer language Logo. The children have been learning to control an onscreen cursor (called a Turtle) to complete different challenges. This involves spotting their own errors and trying to work out how to correct (or debug) their programming.
If you would like to have a go at this challenge, you can find the link here. It's trickier than you might think!
New Year, New Maths Topic
Happy New Year!
In Year 3, we have started a new maths topic for the New Year. We have been learning some new methods for solving multiplication and division questions.
This week, we have been using concrete resources to practise dividing larger two digit numbers by single digit numbers. Sometimes, we have to remember to exchange some tens for ones in order to be able to share the quantities equally among the groups.
Once the children have mastered the methods practically, we will move on to more formal written methods for recording our calculations.
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