This week, in Class 3, we have explored the features of a non-chronological report. We have practised writing sentences with apostrophes, fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses. In Maths, Year 4 have been finding equivalent lengths in km and m as well as finding the perimeter of rectangles on…

This week, in Class 3, we have written our own monster tale stories. We choose a name for our hero warrior who would then defeat our monster. When writing our stories, we referred back to our plan and success criteria which had a range of writing features such as expanded noun phrases, inverted…

This week, in Class 3, we have been using drama to help us write dialogue. We practised writing sentences which used inverted commas to show speech. Then to describe the action part of our story ‘Monster Slayer’ we used prepositional phrases to up level our writing. In Maths, Year 4 have been…

Welcome back Class 3!

In English, we have started a new book called ‘Monster Slayer’ which is a Beowulf tale. We have really enjoyed reading the first two chapters and learning about the horrid monster called Grendel. In small groups we shared words to describe our monster and then…

Merry Christmas Class 3! Thank you for a wonderful term and for your hard work. We have enjoyed lots of festive activities this week including our Christmas service in church, Christmas dinner as a whole school, party afternoon and to top it off a whole school pantomime. Enjoy a restful break!…

This week, in Class 3, we have written a newspaper report about the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. We tried our best to include informative sentences but did find it tricky to maintain the correct tense throughout. In Maths, Year 3 have been multiplying and dividing numbers by…

This week we have been assessing our learning in maths, reading and grammar. Miss Hylton is so incredibly proud of the hard work that every child has put into their assessments. Well done! In English, we have been researching facts about the volcano which erupted in Iceland called Eyjafjallajökull…

This week, in Class 3, we have been exploring the features of newspaper articles and identified the 5 w’s (who, where, when, what and why). In Maths, Year 3 have been finding equal groups and used arrays to represent multiplication sentences whilst Year 4 have been multiplying and dividing numbers…

This week, in Class 3, we have been writing ‘Escape Stories’ based on our book ‘Escape from Pompeii’. Everyone tried their very best to include the writing features from their checklists. Well done everyone! In Maths, Year 3 have been estimating answers whilst Year 4 have been learning…

What a busy week in Class 3! On Tuesday and Wednesday, we had some special visitors in school that came to watch our lessons and ask us lots of questions. Ms Bowring and all of the teachers were very proud of us. In English, we have been describing a volcanic eruption and have written sentences…

Welcome back Class 3 and thank you for returning to school with a brilliant attitude towards learning. This week in English, we have started reading the book ‘Escape from Pompeii’ which links to our Geography topic ‘Mountains and Volcanoes’. We have focused on writing sentences which use expanded…

Well done Class 3 for a brilliant week!

In Maths, Year 3 have been adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers using the formal column method. We have been thinking carefully about whether an exchange is needed whilst Year 4 have been using efficient subtraction and checking their answers using…