Class 3 (including Miss Brearey!) were incredibly excited to start our whole class ukulele lesson today! We learnt all about frets, how to hold the instrument correctly and even learnt to play a few tunes as a class. Our work on reading notation came in handy when there were a few rest beats- we [...]
To make the most of the beautiful weather we've been having, Class 3 had our afternoon quiet reading time outside! Have a peruse of the photographs to see us engrossed in a good story and see what we've been reading recently... [...]
It looks like Class 3 and 4 had the most wonderful time last week recreating David Hockeny's artwork "Hawthorne Blossom by Rudstone" Have a look for yourself...
In Class 3, we have been mastering how to read and write rhythm using crotchet and quaver notation. I have been SO impressed at the children's concentration, enthusiasm and listening in our music lessons. We had a go at writing our own 4 beat rhythms (some even including a crotchet rest!) and challenged our [...]
Class 3 have been looking at what makes up a well balanced plate of food. We learnt about the different food groups and why we need certain foods in our diet. To follow up our learning in the classroom, a homework task was set to design and cook a well balanced plate of food [...]
Class 3 have been very lucky to have the chance to learn how to Kurl! After watching videos of ice curling, the children were slightly disappointed to discover we hadn't actually turned the hall floor into an ice rink for our PE lesson...They were, however, very excited to try out this new skill with [...]
Understanding the order of things that happened a long time ago is an incredibly difficult concept- especially when you're 7 years old! After discussing that the stone age was before Class 3 were born, before their parents were born, before Mrs Ballard was born...lots of them scratched their heads at the idea that it [...]
After reading the book "Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age", we had a go at creating our own comic strips! In the story, Ug is desperate to have soft trousers as well as questioning other items/activities that don't work very well because everything is made of stone (we discussed as a class [...]
We have had a fantastic start to the school year in Class 3! Why not peruse some of our published pieces? We took inspiration from Julian Opie to create portraits of our family and completed an extended piece of writing about them too. [...]
I hope you enjoyed learning about Florence Nightingale this week! Here is your work for the week ahead, I hope you enjoy practicing your weighing skills and learning about the world's population... Class 3 suggested timetable Summer 2 Week 6 English Week 6 Maths Week 6 I'm very excited to see as many of [...]
