Class 3

This week in Class 3, we have been writing sentences to explain how a dishwasher and vacuum work. Within our writing, we have been using technical vocabulary, powerful verbs and time connectives such as first, then, after and finally. On Friday, we came up with a fictional idea to explain how a…

This week, in Class 3, we have started our new topic in English. This is a non-fiction topic where we learn how to write an explanation text. We have been using the book ‘Until I Met Dudley’ which offers fictional and real explanations as to how house hold appliances work. When writing our…

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We’ve had a lovely week in Class 3. Both year groups are learning about fractions in Maths. Year 3 have been finding equivalent fractions using number lines and bar models whilst Year 4 have been adding and subtracting fractions from wholes and mixed numbers. In Art, we…

What a week in Class 3! On Tuesday, Class 3 put on a fantastic production of ‘Jill and Fred’s Most Hysterical Historical Adventure’. Everyone put in so much effort and performed to such a high standard. It was clear how hard everyone had worked to learn their lines, remember their stage directions…

This week, in Class 3, we have been busy practising for our Easter Production. Everyone is working so hard to learn their lines, the songs and improve their stage presence. On Thursday, we enjoyed our outdoor learning day at St Mary’s school. They have a lovely forest school area where we spent…

This week in Class 3, we have been writing sentences using figurative language features such as similes and alliteration. Also, our topic book in English has inspired us to write limericks about the characters. The poems which were created blew Miss Hylton away because not only did they rhyme,…

This week, in Class 3, we have started a new book in English called Cinnamon because we are focusing on writing a story from another culture. We have been writing diaries and letters to emphasise with the character whilst using a range of conjunctions such as because, but, if and when. In Maths,…

This week, we had the best time on our residential trip to Whitemoor Lakes. We took part in lots of fun and adventurous activities such as climbing, buggy building, archery, gladiator, campfire, traverse, problem solving, circus skills and team games. We worked brilliantly in teams encouraging one…

This week, in English, we have written non-chronological reports about the Anglo-Saxons. We focused our writing on using features such as subtitles, captions, past tense and formal writing. In Maths, Year 4 have been finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes as well as finding missing lengths.…

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…