English lessons - w/b Monday 9th January

Our history topic this half term focuses on Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, and our English lessons over the next few weeks have been chosen to complement our studies.

This week, we have been reading 'The First Drawing' by Mordicai Gerstein, honing our inference and prediction skills by exploring the author's use language and the illustrations in the book.  

You can watch a version of the story here: The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein

Next week, we will be putting ourselves into the shoes of the main character and creating our own diary entries based on the story.

Welcome Back!

Happy new year and welcome to the Spring Term in 3V!

A new year is often a time for people to reflect and set themselves resolutions for the months ahead.  In our PSHE lessons this half term, we will be exploring Dreams and Goals.  Today, we had a class discussion about different dreams and goals, and some of the challenges that different people might face in their daily lives which might make it harder for them to achieve their goals.  

We looked at a set of photos of different people, and considered what challenges or obstacles they might be facing.  We talked about how the obstacles might    hinder their progress, and what they could do to succeed.  We ranked the different challenges according to the level of difficulty they might present, with some interesting results—not everyone agreed on the same order, but all the children put their views across and listened politely to each other.

Festive Fun and Games

We have been enjoying a fun day in 3V for the last day of school before Christmas!  The children brought in a selection of toys and games from home, and shared these with their friends.  We have also been making Christmas Sweetie Houses, which we will enjoy eating later on as we watch a festive film.

Christmas Party

Over the course of the autumn term, 3V have been working hard to win a Class Dojo reward.  Mrs Vaqueiro set them the collective challenge of earning 500 reward points in order to earn themselves a Christmas party.  Points are awarded for hard work, kindness, participation and teamwork, and between them the class have earned 541 points  since they started in Year 3!

Yesterday, they therefore enjoyed the rewards of their efforts, playing traditional party games such as pass the parcel, musical statues, musical bumps and 'Pin the Nose on Rudolph.'  

The children also made party crowns to wear during their school Christmas Dinner.

We all had a great time!

Santa's Surprise Visit!

We had a surprise visitor in the playground this afternoon, when Father Christmas dropped by, bearing gifts for all the children!

More Maths - Right Angles

Today in 3V we have been learning all about angles.  We know that angles can be found wherever straight lines meet, and that some angles have special names, such as right angles.  We made some angle checkers (which bore more than a passing resemblance to Pac Man!) and went in search of right angles around the classroom.  There were lots!

Maths - Telling the Time

In our maths lessons recently in Year 3, we have been practising telling the time to the nearest five minutes using an analogue clock.  We are now much more confident about telling the time!