3a highlights this week include: 

ILS - We have done further work on reading clothing labels and explained why it is important to care for our clothes. The pupils can recognise the symbols for: 

Do not dry clean, 

Do not hang on a radiator; we saw this on Charlie’s shiny gilet!  

Do not bleach 

Do not iron 

Dry clean only 

Handwash only 

Use a low temperature. 

Swimming 

A fantastic first session where all the swimmers listened to instructions and advice to improve their swimming skills. Thank you to Mr Pallas and Mrs Gatt for supporting this.  

Drama 

3A have had an amazing week in Drama, responding to the assembly on the Holocaust and expressing their own thoughts and feelings on the subject and connecting this to their own experiences in everyday life.  They have also made terrific progress in understanding the plot of Hamlet, completing their fast-paced, practical run-through of the whole play in character!  Well, done! 

Maths – Adding and subtracitng. 

We have made a new game to help with our addition - “Spin the wheel”.  The pupils love to play and love to win!  

English  

We made videos of pupils using words, phrases, and sentences to persuade them. E.g. “Sweet as sugar, full of nutrition, best drink ever and scrumptious. CS could use his voice to good effect to persuade. IIIIIITTTTTSSSS  scruMMMPTIOUS!  

Geography 

We have watched “Fletcher’s farm” and learnt how Pastoral farming and Arable farning differ

n PSHE, the pupils impressed with their knowledge of allergies. We started to talk about how to eat a healthy diet and are going to explore the different nutrients needed for a healthy diet.  

In Maths, we have measured the school yard using a trundle wheel. We are converting metres to cms and cms to metres.  

In ILS, we have been to Aldi to locate washing products. We have observed prices and found out that there are many different products at different prices.  

We have continued to read Varmints in English  and have changed present tense words to past tense using ed. We have also looked at irregular verbs like make, drive and run. We have planted our seeds and TLT’s has already started to germinate. See photos!  

In Drama, 3A have just completed their first look at the story of Hamlet, running through the final scene, taking on the parts of characters and performing the duel!  What a cheer went up at the end!  They are understanding the characters' emotions and giving some compelling expression to the moment.  Fantastic week in Drama! 

In humanities, we have learnt important vocabulary in RE about Judaism, we have found out when and why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and, in Geography, we have started to think about farming in Britain including different types of farming.  

Our highlights this week: 

We have been learning how to make pastry in cookery so we made cheese, potato and onion pasties.  They were delicious!  

In Maths we have been learning about length – especially units of length. We know mm, cm, m and km – and that these are metric.  

In English, we have explored different types of dictionaries including picture, science and the Oxford English Dictionary.  Our new story is Varmints and we have predicted what might happen in the story.  

In ILS we are learning about caring for clothes so have been finding out what each pupil can do.  

In PSHE, we have had a very important discussion about people we don’t know and how we behave around strangers in different contexts.