Class 3 have been working hard this week!

English: We have continued our work on George’s Marvellous medicine. The children have planned and written a diary entry in character as George. They have also written their own part of the story, imagining what would happen to Grandma if they gave her their medicine which they each created last week. We have looked at conjunctions and adverbs this week and will be having a more in depth focus on conjunctions next week.

Maths: We have been learning mental methods for addition this week. We have revised adding two 2 digit numbers mentally and have learned how to add 10s and 100s to three digit numbers by using our knowledge of place value to help us.

Science: We carried out our investigations which we had planned last week. We were very good at making sure our test was fair and our results were accurate.

RE: We have been thinking about how we can be a good neighbour to each other and have created our own recipes to explain what you will need.

PE: We have continued our gymnastic work and games work this week.

Computing: The children have learned how to log into and use purple mash this week. Please look out for homework being set on this.

It’s been another great week in Class 3!

English – We have continued our work on George’s Marvellous Medicine this week with a focus on learning about time and cause conjunctions. The children have planned and written Instructions for their own Marvellous Medicine including lots of time and cause conjunctions as well as imperative verbs. They were very good and we can’t wait for you to see them at parents evening!

Maths – We have finished off our work on place value this week by continuing to learn about rounding numbers to the nearest 100 (Y4) and learning about finding 10 more 10 less, 100 more and 100 less of 3 digit numbers (Y3). The children have shown me everything they have learned by creating their own Place Value museum as well as completing an end of unit assessment. We will be moving onto addition next week.

Science – We have planned an investigation as a class to find out if the surface of a ramp will affect the speed of a toy car. We planned it together to ensure we understood how to plan effectively. The investigation will be carried out on Monday.

Geography – We have learned about the names of the seas that surround the UK this week using an atlas to help us. The children are getting very good at independently locating relevant information in an atlas.

Art – The children have learned about a British Artist called ‘Thomas Gainsborough’ this week. We then had a go at painting a portrait in a similar style to him.

RE – We have continued to think about who we consider to be our neighbour this week.

Spelling – This was the final week of learning about the rules for words ending in ‘le’. The children have learned three different rules (see previous weeks spellings) and must now begin to apply these to their independent writing.

French – We have continued to learn how to hold a conversation when we greet someone.

Have a lovely weekend!

Class 3 have been working very hard this week!

English – We have continued reading George’s Marvellous Medicine which the children are really enjoying. We created a character description of Grandma and have learned about how to write instructions this week. The children have been identifying time conjunctions within instructions and have learned how to set out instructions in an organised way. This will lead into some work next week where the children will begin to write their own instructions.

Maths – We have continued our work on place value, using what we know about 3 and 4 digit numbers to help us solve problems. The year 3 children have been practising their reasoning skills, making sure they are able to explain how they found an answer and how they know it is right.I have to say their explanations are definitely improving. The year 4 children have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest 10 using number lines to help them and they have all worked independently on this which is fantastic!

Spelling – We are continuing to learn about the spelling rules for words ending in ‘le’. We have also been revising our understanding of vowels and consonants.

Geography – We have learned about the 8 compass points this week and have used them to describe the location of cities in the UK on a map.

Science – We have continued to revise our understanding of pushes and pulls this week in preparation for an investigation next week.

RE – We have begun our RE topic this week and the children have started to think about who is considered to be their neighbour and what christian’s believe about this.

French – We have learned how to greet each other and how to ask someone their name and how to respond to this question.

Computing – We have learned about how to stay safe online and how to google search things in a safe and effective way.

Homework – Please see the post below for details of this week’s homework.

Have a lovely weekend!