Class 7: Blog items

Curriculum Week Year 3

Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:41pm

This week Year three have been celebrating curriculum week.

 

The children listened to the story:

Mixed: An Inspiring Story About Colour : Chung, Arree: Amazon.co.uk: Books

 

The children described the purple character in the story. They used similes and conjunctions to improve their writing.

Some of the similes they included were 'as cool as a cucumber, as round as a ball, as loud as a lion'.

They also tried to include different conjunctions such as; when, before, after, while and because.

 

Towards the end of the week the children wrote a speech from the Blue family introducing the colour Purple. They worked extremely hard on their handwriting and spelling skills. They used vocabulary linked to the type of character they were pretending to be.

 

The children also took part in drama where they used different techniques to act out the story.

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During the afternoons the children took part in some art lessons. They practiced shading using coloured pencils and paint. They then created a picture of the purple character using their shading skills.

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Egyptian Necklaces

Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 8:46am

This half term the children in class 7 have been learning all about Ancient Egypt.

This week the children took part in a DT lesson where they designed, planned and created an Egyptian Necklace to sell at the Manchester Mueseum.

The children had lots of fun adding patterns and colours to their designs.

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The Stone Age

Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 8:22am

This half term year three have been learning all about the Stone Age.

They started their learning with a visit from a drama school who explored the Stone Age through drama. 

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They then took part in a WOW afternoon where they were able to carve tools, research the different periods of time and create cave paintings.

 

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The children enjoyed recreating a picture of Stone Henge using water colours and collage.

 

Great Britian

Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 10:47am

This half term the children will be learning all about Great Britain.

 

The children had a wonderful afternoon tasting traditional food from the 4 countries, learning traditional dances and drawing the countries flags.

 

They are very excited to find out the answers to all of their questions.

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Healthy living

Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 10:58am

Class 7 started their science learning for this half term with a WOW afternoon.

 

They took it in turns to taste different fruits and vegetables, create obseervational drawings of the fruit and vegetables, learn about the five food groups and create a healthy balanced plate.

They had lots of fun and took part in lots of discussions about how to stay healthy.

 

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Merry Christmas

Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 3:52pm

Class 7 have had a wonderful week celebrating Christmas.

 

They loved the presents they recieved on Thursday off Father Christmas.

 

 

 

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Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful families and friends.

 

 

And a Happy New Year!

14.11.22 Setting Description

Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 8:23am

This week in our English lessons we are going to be looking at a setting description of the ice age.

The children watched the film last week and used what they saw to create their own settings.

They worked as a team to create a setting box, where they then thought of adjectives and similies to describe the different parts.

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The stone age

Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 1:18pm

This week the children have begun their learning all about the stone age.

They started their learning off with a WOW afternoon where they took part in carving tools, cave paintings, role play and even used their iPads to research the different periods of time.

 

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Oceans and Seas

Date: 7th Oct 2022 @ 8:26am

 

This week in topic we used our atlases to look for the seas and oceans that surround the UK.

We worked with our partner and labelled the map of the UK.

Miss Gilmour then challeneged us by asking us to find 10 different rivers that could be found across all four countries of the UK.

We enjoyed using the atlases and were able to find all of the rivers.

 

We will link our topic lesson to National Poetry day where we will learn about how we can save our oceans by recycling!

 

HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY DAY!

English- Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers

Date: 30th Sep 2022 @ 1:59pm

Over the last three weeks class 7 have been looking at the story 'Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers'.

The children have worked really hard to create a setting description, character description and an alternative retell.

During their lessons the children have really impressed Miss Gilmour with their knowledge and vocabulary.

It has been a great start to Year 3 and Miss Gilmour is very excited to see how the children's writing progresses over the year.

 

Ask your children if they can remember the story we have been reading.

Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers (Bottlenose Bay): Amazon.co.uk: Fearnley,  Jan: 9781405261692: Books

Introducing the iPads!

Date: 23rd Sep 2022 @ 2:19pm

This week in year three we have introduced the iPads that we will be able to take home.

We have been very excited to learn all about our iPads and how to keep them safe.

We have all made a promise to our teachers that we will look after our iPad and use it for our learning in school and for homework outside of school.

We cannot wait to be able to take them home with us next week!

Great Britain

Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 8:33am

This week the children took part in a WOW afternoon!

The children discussed what they already knew about Great Britain and what they would like to learn.

They then looked at the flags, traditional dances, clothing and food from the four countries.

They had a wonderful time!

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Intraschool Football

Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 8:55am

This week we took part in the Intra School Football tournament.

Class 7 played against class 8, 9 and 10.

Clas 7   0-0 Class 8

Class 7   2-0  Class 9

Class 7   2-0 Class 10

 

They worked as a team to become the champions of the tournament.

Those children who were waiting to have their turn cheered on our team from the side lines and some even created dance moves for our team.

They had a wonderful morning and couldn't believe that they had won the trophy.

A fantastic end to a fantastic year!

 

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Volcanoes

Date: 25th May 2022 @ 2:51pm

Today we completed our volcano artwork!

The children have loved creating their own collage volcano!

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Super writers

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 4:40pm

A few weeks ago children from across school took part in a writing competition.

Many children had the opportuinity for their writing to be published in a book.

 

These two superstars have now bought a copy of the book where their own writing has been published.

 

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I am so proud of them and all of the other children who entered the competition!

Class 7s Super artwork

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 4:37pm

This week Class 7 have started their art work.

This half term we have been learning about volcanoes in English and Topic and to finish the half term we have decided to create pictures of volcanoes through collage.

The children have begun their artwork this afternoon and have had lots of fun.

 

We cannot wait to see the finished piece!

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Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Mummy's Gold

Date: 30th Mar 2022 @ 8:16am

Over the past two weeks we have been learning all about Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Mummy's Gold. The children started their learning by creating a setting box using different materials. The children really enjoyed working as a team to create their own desert box.

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Once they had created their setting box, the children thought of similies to describe the different parts of the desert. They then used this learning to write a setting description.

This then supported their learning for this week. The children acted out the story and then wrote a alternative retell. They had to think of a new ending for our story and everyone was very creative!

Science- Parts of a plant!

Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 3:37pm

This week the children have started a new topic in science!

We have started to look at the life cycle of plants and this week concentrated on labeling the different parts. We then had to explain the function for each part of the plant .

They created some incredible drawings!

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Metacognition

Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 1:06pm

We have had a wonderful week learning about Metacognition in Class 7!

Class 7 have had an incredible start to Curriculum Week! We have enjoyed discussing Metacognition and have thought about all the different ways we can include it in our learning. Meditation has been one of our favourite activities.

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We have spent part of our mornings creating our very own affirmation books. We have enjoyed thinking about what will help us to progress in our learning. We have discussed the comfort, stretch and panic zones of learning and will use our affirmation books to support us!

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We have been practiced the different Kagan structures that we have been using over the year. Our favourite structures are rally robin and round robin. To make it more interesting the teacher will ask a child what another child has shared with them.

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On Wednesday we spent the day planning, monitoring and evaluating our own Egyptian necklaces. We thought about what we already knew about Egyptian necklaces, what we needed to learn and what resources we would need. We then began to make our necklaces and monitored our learning as we were going!

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All about Tutankhamen

Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 10:01am

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Class 7 have worked hard this week when creating their two-page fact file. They have used their topic knowledge, literacy and creative skills to create some amazing work!
 

Measure!

Date: 24th Jan 2022 @ 12:35pm

This week in Maths Year 3 are learning all about measuring. Today we investigated different measuring equipment. The children really enjoyed using the measuring equipment to measure the different objects in the classroom.

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All about soils

Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 9:18am

This week in science we have been learning all about the different types of soils. We investigated the different soils and then completed a quiz on purple mash. The children enjoyed using their senses to investigate the soils.

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All about rocks

Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 3:46pm

This week in science the children have been investigating different types of rocks. They wanted to see which rocks would be best to build a house. They had to find out if the rock was permeable, could float and see if it would wear well in all weathers. They had so much fun working as a team to investigate!IMG_1009.jpg    IMG_1011.jpg    IMG_1013.jpg

Class 7

Date: 17th Nov 2021 @ 5:10pm

This week in Class 7 we have been learning all about shadows and how they are formed. We tried to answer the question - Does the size of a shadow change depending on the distance from the light source?

We found that the closer the puppet was to the light source the bigger the shadow was and the further away the puppet was from the light source the smaller the shadow was.

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