Music - listening to Fingal’s Cave
In Music this week, Class Three appraised a classical composer (Felix Mendelssohn) and created a dramatic reading, using the words and phrases that came to mind when listening to Fingal’s Cave. After that, we learned more about dynamics and pitch along with the role of the conductor in an…
How does the body move?
To help with our understanding of how the body moves, we created working hands with joints, bones, tendons and muscles.
Burns Day
Today was Burns day. We discovered why this is such an important day in Scotland. To celebrate, we took part in Mary Howard’s Highland Games. This involved, welly wanging, hammer throw and a relay.
Movement of the Moon
In Science, Class Three learned about the movement of the Moon. We addressed common misconceptions about the Moon and researched Moons on other planets before organising our findings into a table. Did you know that it takes 27.5 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth in an anti-clockwise direction?…
RE - exploring big moral concepts
In RE, Class Three made connections between the values we are studying and their own lives. We explored some big moral concepts and the children used drama to represent how they may look in our everyday lives. We reflected on the choices made and justice within the consequences. Class Three…
Comparing Mandirs
Children comparing different Mandirs from around the world.
DT - creating a navigational tool
Our D&T topic this half term involves creating a navigational tool for an outdoor adventure shop. The tool must encompass different features in order to fit the brief sent by the client. In D&T this week, Class Three wrote a programme for a cardinal compass using the iPads. They then paired their…
English - creating 'The Hydra of Lerna' battle scenes
In English, Class Three planned and wrote their own battle scenes using the Greek myth, The Hydra of Lerna. The children used a variety of sentence types including: simple, compound and complex. They built suspense using exciting and varied punctuation. The finished products were excellent and the…
Fluency focus in reading
Our reading lesson on Monday focused on fluency. We used model, echo and choral reading to accurately read the fifth labour that Heracles completed, after identifying and defining unfamiliar language. The children read the passage again with their partners using our reading skills. Some children…
Should Heracles complete the twelve labours?
In English, we considered why Heracles should and should not complete the twelve labours. The children used modal verbs within their responses to express levels of certainty and possibility. The children then told their responses to Heracles in a conscience alley activity. By the end of the alley,…
RE - what a humanist is
In RE, we began our new unit by learning what a humanist is. We then explored ‘bad’ actions a person may do and considered why. The children understood that actions have consequences and offered lots of ideas for different scenarios. Each children then created their own code for living, which…
Using our “inspectacles”
Using our “inspectacles” to improve our work - editing is an important part of the writing process.
