Welcome to 3C's class blog. Here you will see regular updates from our class giving you an insight into the work we get up to.
29/9/25
A huge thank-you goes to Miss Elwin this week for holding the fort whilst Ms. Dove was not in school.
In English this week students used the internet and library books to find information about a creature. The focus was on finding and writing a list of important features and writing a few sentences about what food their creature likes to eat and where they live. In Maths we worked on Mymaths tasks linked to addition using practical equipment as support. Students were introduced to formal methods of subtraction using partitioning as a starting point.
In Science students sorted different creatures in their different habitats. In History students labelled a picture of a Roman soldier. In P.S.H.E. students looked at internet safety as a result of things they have seen online and heard on the programme Newsround. In ILS students looked at who they need to contact if they need support. In Drama 3C have been exploring emotional states - in self and as a character - and different strategies for self-regulation, identifying how our bodies feel when they are calm and selecting strategies that are most effective for them.
22/9/25
In English we have been working on simple reading comprehension tasks in groups. Read, Write Inc. is going well and all students are trying their best to improve their understanding of spelling patterns. Students have spent time in our school library looking at non-fiction books on topics they want to explore further.
In Maths we have started formal methods in addition using ten rods and ones. Students have learnt how to use a number square to 100. They have learnt the symbols for greater than, less than and equal to and used their knowledge to problem solve.
In Science we looked at what are inherited features and what are environmental. Students compared how they look to members of their family. They also did a sorting activity looking at images of young people and tried to match the siblings.
PSHE…….it’s the birds and bees time! Using the programme ‘Operation Ouch,’ we sensitively started discussing sex. A topic we will be visiting a few times over the next few weeks. Whilst some young people felt ‘it wasn’t for them,’ most behaved in a very positive way and had lots of questions.
In R.E. we continue to explore Christianity. In History students learnt about why the Roman’s built roads and how they explored Britain by linking important towns.
15/09/25
This week 3C have been exploring how our thoughts and feelings can affect the way we react to situations. They have been looking at how different personalities can go into the same situation and react differently. They have experimented with physical theatre techniques to discover more about their own friendship skills.
They are starting to understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction to support work going forward on non-chronological report writing. Everyone has picked up with their understanding of reading out aloud with an adult supporting them. In Maths they are working on number bonds, greater than and less than a given number.
In science we have looked at inheritance and variation linked to family members. Most students understood that their birth parent played a part in how they look and how their peers have similarities and differences to them. P.S.H.E. has been around what is meant by consent in all forms of relationships. Next week we will be talking about contraception and how consent fits into loving relationships.
We have started the topic of the Romans. Already we have learnt how and why the Romans invaded Britain.
