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!