It’s been another great week in Year 3!
In English, we launched our new writing focus in English which is spooky stories. We have begun by writing as readers, exploring different spooky stories to magpie ideas for our own. We also drew the spooky setting of our terriffying tales and created a story river to plan the structure of them.
In Maths, we have built upon our learning of place value to consider previous and next multiples of 10 – not to be confused with 10 more/less! We’ve challenged ourselves to also see the relationship between multiples of 100 too.
In STEM, we became petrologists and experimented with different rocks to figure our what they were made of. To do this we used vinegar (the classrooms smell wonderful now!) to see if the rocks fizzed or not. If they did fizz it meant they were made up of old fossils and shells.
In History, we became ancient Egyptian code breakers, using our own rosetta stone style sheet to decode hidden hieroglyphic words. We also practiced writing in hieroglyphics too.
If you want to challenge your Maths and Spanish knowledge, have a look at our weekly activities below!
Next Week:
English: We will continue our work on spooky stories and start to think about an effective opening.
Maths: We will be consolidating our knowledge of multiples of 10 and 100, before studying number lines and intervals.
STEM: We will be experimenting with soil types to solve a problem.
History: We will be learning about ancient Egyptian society, from the moment it was formed to the hierarchy that dictated who had the power.
Guided Reading: We will be continuing our book “I Was There” by Sue Reid.
KEY MESSAGES:
Please can we ask for family photos to be sent in if not already.
Thank you for bringing in healthy snacks for your children – incase you are still unsure about what to pack: snacks should be either fruit, vegetables or crackers/rice cakes.