Class 3

As part of our PE enrichment afternoon, Class Three explored personal bests and considered the importance of setting personal goals. After completing three sets of a range of activities, the children reflected on the challenge and recorded results to see if they made progress!

In Computing, we began exploring databases. Class Three learned the difference between a database, record and field before creating and sorting their own paper-based databases!

In Maths today, Class Three explored percentages. The children learned that percent means parts out of 100 and explored different ways of making percentages.

In Maths this week, Class Three explored decimal and fraction equivalents. Year Five began by considering the place value of fractions in order to convert to tenths and hundredths before moving onto mixed numbers. We used the number facts on our working wall to help us reason and problem solve…

Class Three predicted the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. They used their dictionary skills to define the meanings. We then applied some of this language to our description of the Amazon, using the techniques within ‘DADWAVERS’ to vary our sentence structures.

In Science, Class Three devised and calibrated a sundial when learning about the concept of time. The children worked in partners and used the location of true North to observe where shadows were cast behind the gnomon before annotating sunrise, midday and sunset.

Class Three had their second John Taylor High School Maths transition today. Mrs Barnes joined us again and led an excellent session on multiplying and dividing by negative numbers. The children demonstrated excellent growth and super perseverance during the session. They were extremely proud of…

In D&T, after designing a sustainable product concept to fit a brief, the children in Class Three had to use CAD to create a 3D model using the programme, Tinkercad. They closely followed their designs and remembered to consider the client’s desires from the original brief.

In English, Class Three started learning about the legend of The Trojan Horse. We developed our fluency when reading the text, using model, echo, paired and choral reading. Following this, Class Three explored the vocabulary in the text and learned new words in context. This lesson involved…

In Music this week, Class Three appraised a classical composer (Felix Mendelssohn) and created a dramatic reading, using the words and phrases that came to mind when listening to Fingal’s Cave. After that, we learned more about dynamics and pitch along with the role of the conductor in an…

In Science, Class Three learned about the movement of the Moon. We addressed common misconceptions about the Moon and researched Moons on other planets before organising our findings into a table. Did you know that it takes 27.5 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth in an anti-clockwise direction?…

In RE, Class Three made connections between the values we are studying and their own lives. We explored some big moral concepts and the children used drama to represent how they may look in our everyday lives. We reflected on the choices made and justice within the consequences. Class Three…