Friday 26th January

In today’s maths lesson we were working with multilink cubes, Numicon and Base 10 in order to help us understand area and perimeter. First of all we spoke about what the terms ‘area’ and ‘perimeter’ actually mean and how we measure them. We decided that the perimeter of a shape is the distance around the outside and a shapes area is the total amount of space the shape covers. Then we split into 3 groups, with one group sitting near and using the Numicon, another group using the Base 10 and the final group using the multilink cubes. Below are the questions we had to answer using our resources to help us:

    

Friday 19th January

The pictures you can see above show some more of the fantastic things we've had brought into class that are related to our Africa topic. The instrument and the bracelet are both pieces of home learning that were completed by members of Class 3. A number of Class 3 members have also been cooking some delicious African dishes at home and it has been brilliant to see the pictures and videos they have brought in of themselves doing this. 

The two pictures above show Class 3 children in groups planning a newspaper report. The children wrote their reports on Wednesday and the pictures above show Monday's planning lesson. On Tuesday we wrote a newspaper report together as a class. Our reports could be about whatever we wanted but they had to include the African animal we had been assigned (either a giraffe, African elephant, hyena or baboon).

Friday 12th January

The pictures above show some of the great art work that Class 3 children have been doing on Wednesday afternoons with Mrs Storer. 

Some fantastic art work has also already been handed in for home learning by some Class 3 members based on our Africa topic.

Friday 5th January

The first two days of term we have been getting ready for our new topic, Africa. The pictures below show some of the things we have been doing.

What you now see before you enter Class 3. 

As you come through the door you will see the African animal collages we have made hanging from the ceiling. 

There are 55 countries in total in Africa and the children, in groups, had to create maps showing the location of all of them! 

Our very own 'Pride Rock' is beginning to take shape, looming over our reading corner.

Friday 8th December

On Monday morning of this week was our Viking museum. Class 3 and Class 4 joined together to organise how we should best display all of the wonderful Viking work we have done this term. We had a group of curators making sure everything was looking very presentable; a group of tour guides to help our guests find their way around the museum; various experts on all of the artifacts on show; receptionists ready to hand out tickets and maps to museum visitors and our managers who made sure everything in the museum was running smoothly. The museum made for a wonderful sight and all children should be very proud of their work. 

The four pictures above show our maths lesson from Thursday morning in Class 3, when we became maths detectives. The mysteries we were solving had a Christmas theme as we had to uncover which elf pinched a Christmas pudding from Mrs Claus' larder and, in a separate incident, which elf took a bite out of Mrs Claus' Christmas cake. Solving the mysteries meant working in teams of five doing different maths tasks that, when completed, would reveal certain clues about the guilty suspect. As clues were revealed, teams could eliminate more and more names off of their list of suspects until, finally, they were left with just one mischievous elves' name. Once teams had their answer they posted it in the golden box at the front.  

Friday 1st December

In Class 3 we have made our very own Advent calendar to help us countdown to Christmas. Each of the 25 (yes we got lucky with our numbers) children in Class 3 designed a numbered door to be opened on that day of Advent. Every child will get a chance to open a door at some point during the month and, instead of finding chocolate behind it, they will find a picture (possibly their own) of a member of Class 3. Below is a sneak peak at what the children can expect to see behind the doors.