Homework Week Beginning 28th of October

Literacy Miss C - Can you describe the setting of a haunted house by putting adjectives into full sentences?
Literacy Mr D - How many rhyming words can you list?

Maths Miss C - Complete pages 109-112 of your maths homework book.
Maths Mr D - Complete pages 47-50 of your maths homework book.

Science Miss C - Choose one colour to mind map what you already know about rocks and soils. Use another colour to write some questions about what you would like to find out.

There is no spelling test this week due to various Halloween Special spelling activities that are taking place on Thursday.

If any of the children have any queries about their homework, please let me know, thank you.

October Half-term

Dance Lessons

Dear Parents,

Please be advised that the next half of term we will have dance lessons and not swimming lessons. So please remember that the children will need their PE kit and not their swimming kit.

Also on Thursday 31st October we will have a Halloween party. The children can wear costumes to school. In the afternoon there will be some activities for the children to enjoy.

Many thanks and have a great half term holiday

The KS2 team

A Chembakolli Village

This week, our India topic comes to an end. We have thoroughly enjoyed finding out about a different way of life and comparing it to our own has been fascinating.

During art lessons we have been creating a Chembakoli village (this is a small village in the south of India), first we learnt about the conditions of housing and then we looked at the surrounding environment. After that, we used the knowledge that we had acquired to draw a plan of a village. Finally, we brought these to life and created our very own 3D models.

Here are the results...

All models will be sent home with the children before the end of half-term.

House T-shirt Day

Dear Parents,

This Friday 18th of October, children will be allowed to wear their P.E shorts and house t-shirts to school. This is a reward for the hard work that they have put in during this half-term.

Thank you.

Miss Campbell

Homework Week Beginning 14.10.13

Literacy Miss C - Read the sentences 1-10. Then, circle the adjective and underline the noun.
Literacy Mr D - Read the story and complete the missing word activity on the last page.

Maths Miss C - Complete pages 39-41 of your maths homework book.
Maths Mr D - Interpret the pictograph and answer the questions.

Science Miss C - Describe the materials using two adjectives. Then, suggest an example of how they could be used.

Homework will be given out and explained to the children each Monday. This due in on Friday, however, if it is completed earlier, it may be handed in.

If any of the children have any queries about their homework, please let me know, thank you.

There is no homework to be completed over the half-term holidays.

Waterproof Materials

During science lessons, Year 3 continue to investigate the properties of different materials. This week, we are exploring waterproofing. If materials do not absorb water at all they are said to be waterproof, a property that can be very useful for example in clothing, packaging and housing.

We decided to experiment which materials would be the most practical in making an effective umbrella. The children made their very own umbrellas out of a variety of materials, then they dropped water onto these. We all watched carefully to see which umbrellas would  absorb or repel the water. This was measured by observing the number of drops and the length of time that they stayed on the umbrella.

Children made umbrellas from newspaper, plastic, tissue paper, card board, and crepe paper. Can you guess which were the most waterproof? That's right, it was the PLASTIC umbrellas that repelled the water droplets.

Finally, we decided to work together to make one big umbrella made out of lots of different materials!

Class Party

During this half-term, the children have all worked incredibly hard. I have been extremely impressed with their outstanding behavior and positive attitude towards learning. For this reason, we are planning to celebrate with an end of term party on Friday afternoon. Children are allowed to bring in a small snack to share with friends and together we will enjoy some games.

Kanchanaburi Residential

Please take some time to watch the video below which gives you information about our residential trip to Kanchanaburi in January. If you have any further questions then please do not hesitate to come and ask me and I will do my best to answer them.

Thank you,

Miss Campbell

Homework Week Beginning 7th of October

Literacy Miss C - Read the report about frogs and answer the questions underneath.
Literacy Mr D - End the sentences with full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Then, think of three of your own sentences.

Maths Miss C - Pages 37+38
Maths Mr D - Pages 43-46

Science Miss C - Design a house selecting all of the WRONG materials.

Homework will be given out and explained to the children each Monday. This due in on Friday, however, if it is completed earlier, it may be handed in.

If any of the children have any queries about their homework, please let me know, thank you.

Happy Birthday JingJang

3C would like to wish JingJang a very Happy Birthday! 

JingJang brought two incredible cakes in for us to enjoy and we even watched 'Mona the Vampire' as an extra special treat. We hope that JingJang has had a lovely day at school and we're sure that he will enjoy lots more fun when he is home. 

Reflection Symmetry

Reflection Symmetry (sometimes called Line Symmetry or Mirror Symmetry) is easy to recognise, because one half is the reflection of the other half. 

The Line of Symmetry (also called the Mirror Line) does not have to be up-down or left-right, it can be in any direction! We found this concept quite tricky to understand until Miss Campbell told us to simply turn the line until it was straight.  We had great fun reflecting lines and shapes on our carpet. We split into two teams and challenged each other to some very difficult reflections. Then, we used peg boards to create individual reflections, these turned out to be very beautiful.

Absorbency

Last week, 3C continued to explore the characteristics of materials and we learnt all about absorbency (the ability to soak up liquid). As always, our week ended with a practical experiment. Miss Campbell decided to use this opportunity to find out which teacher buys the most absorbent kitchen towels. Miss Prest and Miss Bialek were very kind and each brought in a sample for us to test. Here are the results of what we found...

Miss Bialek uses 'Tesco Value' kitchen roll , we found this to be the least absorbent. Perhaps that is why is it the cheapest. 

Miss Prest uses 'Thirst Pockets', we found this to be the second most absorbent kitchen roll. 

Miss Campbell uses 'Plenty', our results showed that her kitchen roll was the most absorbent. It was, however, the most expensive one too! 

House Colours Day

Last week, 3C has lots of fun taking part in House Colours Day. Throughout the morning, children enjoyed quizzes, song writing, arts and crafts and finally team building activities. The house teams then competed against each other in a basketball tournament. Some children played whilst other cheered them on.

During the afternoon we had an assembly in which candidates for house prefects delivered their speeches in order to win votes, we were very impressed by the standard of these.