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FIR CLASS
Welcome back to our class blog!
Summer Showcase
Last week, most of our class had an incredible experience to perform on the stage at Churchill Theatre Bromley. The children had a fabulous time performing, traveling on the 'VIP' buses and experiencing the backstage area of the theatre.
At 7pm, it was finally their chance to shine and they brilliantly performed' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' in their year group and then 'The Greatest Show' and 'Can't Stop the Feeling' with the rest of the school. Some children also participated within the Birkbeck Ensemble (playing their glockenspiels and reading sheet music) and the school choir.
We are so impressed by the talent in our year group and look forward to see them performing again in the future. Well done!
English
This half-term the children have been retelling the story of the 'Diver's daughter', focusing on their use of inverted commas for speech. They have been using fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases and all their senses to thoroughly describe their settings and have been thinking carefully about how to influence their reader to feel certain emotions.
Hampton Court Palace
We took a step back in time this month when we visited one of Henry VIII’s most luxurious homes, Hampton Court Palace! We saw the beautifully maintained grounds featuring lush gardens, flower beds and bush mazes. Explored the depths of Henry’s apartments, seeking out his many tapestries and portraits, gazed in awe of his weapons collection that had been arranged in a majestic and artistic geometric pattern and we enjoyed an incredible workshop that taught us to question what we thought we knew about Henry VIII, as we used artefacts to investigate the infamous monarch!
Maths
One of Year 3’s favourite subjects has been deliciously interesting this month as we have dived into geometry. Year 3 students have been investigating the properties of both 2D and 3D shapes, understanding what the difference between parallel and perpendicular is and creating 3 dimensional constructions of familiar shapes. Using crafting sticks and marshmallows, we crafted the edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, triangular and pentagonal prisms. We will now be exploring “Mass and Capacity”, so if you need a hand with measuring out the flour in any recipes…you should be able to find plenty of help!
In Design Technology (DT), we finally unveiled our Tie Dye project and were thrilled by the stunning results and creativity on display. The children experimented with various techniques, each producing beautiful and unique pieces that truly showcased their artistic flair.
Moving forward, we've started exploring Pneumatics. Pneumatics involves using compressed air to create movement, and it's a key concept in many mechanical systems. The children have designed toys that incorporate pneumatics and learned about the importance of using exploded diagrams to aid their designs. Over the coming weeks, they will build their pneumatic toys, and we can't wait to showcase the completed results.
Ms . Emden
Welcome back to our class blog!
Mathematics
In Maths this month, we have been using clocks to understand how to read, represent and calculate time. In order to do this, we took the time to understand the meaning of the intervals around the clock and what each of them meant, gained an understanding of each hand that can be found on the clock and how we can use the 5-minute intervals to quickly and effortlessly read the time.
Coming up next, Year 3 shall be learning all about angles, including identifying, comparing and drawing angles and using them to recognize and describe 2-D and 3-D shapes!
History
We have been exploring more of Henry VIII’s infamous feats this month as we dived right into
history. We looked at how Henry VIII became intent on becoming the head of the church in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of God with the “Supremacy Act”. We learned about his determination to fund his lifestyle with a barrage of taxes including a beard tax! Not only this, but Year 3 have explored the 6 wives of the former king, understanding why he married each wife and just as importantly, why he divorced, executed or moved on from each.
This term we have been exploring Animals including humans. We began the unit by exploring the diets of animals, exploring what is meant by carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and then we moved onto the differences between invertebrates and vertebrates. We looked at real animal x-rays and compared them with photographs of animals!
After this, our learning turned towards humans, exploring how our muscles work in pairs, how to design a healthy meal and how to find out the nutritional value of different foods.
DT
This week, our enthusiastic Year 3 students finally embarked on an exciting journey into the colourful world of tie-dye as part of their DT curriculum. The objective was to explore colour and mood through tie-dye and in the process, create their own unique, vibrant master pieces.
They prepped their plain white T-shirts, and experimented with various folding techniques and binding methods to create unique patterns. Spirals, stripes, and crumples were just a few of the designs they explored. Once their shirts were prepped, it was time to apply the dye. The children carefully chose their colour combinations that reflected their personalities.
Currently we are waiting for the dye to set. Stay tuned as we will soon be unwrapping our shirts to reveal our designs.
Kind Regards
Ms. Emden
April 2024
Welcome to our Summer blog. The children have settled back nicely and had an amazing week so far. They are looking forward to learning our new topics and are very enthusiastic about researching our new History topic.
