Year 1 Newsletter

 What a busy couple of weeks we have had in Year 1!

Seacole class loved every minute of their visit to the library and were so well behaved.  We are very proud of them and their enthusiasm for reading!  

'That's the way to do it!'

In our history lessons, we have been discovering how the Victorians entertained themselves at the seaside! We made our own Punch and Judy stick puppets and performed our own puppet shows to the class. 

We also enjoyed ice cream the way the Victorians did...in the form of Hokey Pokeys.  We found it is not easy and extremely messy eating ice-cream from baking paper, however it is just as yummy!

 

Mini tennis is the name of the game for our PE lessons this term. The children have been practising their racquet skills, rolling balls to their partner on the ground.  Next steps, in the air! 

Year 3 Newsletter

 Year 3 Newsletter

Writing

Today in writing, we put ourselves in Lucy’s shoes. It was the middle of the night and not a soul was awake, but we heard noises. Hustling and bustling noises. Creeping and prowling noises. Yowling and yapping noises.

Using a range of night-time sounds, a lightening machine and dramatic midnight images we were able to feel how Lucy felt within our story. We acted out how our bodies feel when we are anxious or scared but also what we might do to reassure ourselves in this situation like cuddling our favourite teddy!

PE

Exciting news, we have started our summer PE unit of dance! This week we have explored how we can use our bodies to interpret different creatures throughout the Amazon rainforest from the tiny ant to the soaring birds in the sky. 

Science

This term we are finishing our unit on rocks. We investigated the surrounding landscape of Windhill21 to understand the importance that the soil has and what it is made from. We found many interesting things such as; different types of rock, water, many creatures alive and dead including plants. 

Year 3 Newsletter

 Year 3 Newsletter

As the term comes to an end we have been lucky enough to enjoy some lovely spring sunshine. Year 3 have worked hard to develop their tennis skills and handling of a racket and ball.

We have:

• Practiced catching a ball both on our own and with a friend
• Practiced balancing a tennis ball and using hand-eye co-ordination
• Explored different techniques of hitting a tennis ball (from the ground/our hands)
• Practiced how to aim a tennis ball at a target or partner
• Explored how to use the power to hit a ball further or closer

Year 3 Newsletter

Year 3 Newsletter

Writing
Have you heard of the the three little pigs and the tall tale they spun about the "big, bad" wolf? Well, year 3 have got their thinking hats on and ready to investigate this story further.

With his charming smile and passion for reducing waste (including leftover pig!), we were lucky to hear the wolf's side of the story.  

We couldn't wait to interrogate the wolf with many questions like: 

• Do you think you have been treated fairly?
• Are you the true villain of the story?
• Why did you eat the first two pigs?
• Did you mean to hurt anyone?

We were able to understand the wolf from a brand new perspective and who knows, maybe year 3 can prove Mr Wolf's innocence and change the story once and for all!

The TRUE story of the three little pigs

PE
This term, we are focusing on ball skills to prepare ourselves for tennis techniques and skills. We have used our knowledge of stopping, throwing and catching to help refresh our memories of ball handling and how we can apply this knowledge to different areas of sport.

RAW
We had a fantastic RAW (Religion and Worldviews) lesson this week. With the question being, "will we ever live in a world without fighting?", we were influenced by popular music that addressed this issue. This matched nicely with World Kindness Day and we each created pledges to show how we can work towards making the world a better and kinder place for everyone to live. 

Year 3 newsletter

 Year 3 Newsletter

PE
In PE, we have been practicing the skills around ball handling using basketballs. We have learnt:

• How to throw and catch a bean bag safely using one (left and right) or both hands
• Chest and bounce passes
• Bouncing a ball away from our feet safely
• Bouncing the ball whilst moving: forwards, backwards and sideways
• Dribbling the ball whilst jogging
• Bounce passing to our friends from a distance.

Maths
This week in maths we have had a great time exploring angles and lines. We used geostrips to identify right angles around the room and how angles bigger than a right angle are called obtuse; whilst angles smaller than a right angle are called acute. 

Science
This week in science we have started our new unit looking at forces and magnets. We explored the forces that push, pull and twist an object and how we can effect the motion of an object. To do this we used a variety of different objects and manipulated them in many different ways. 

Year 3 Newsletter

Year 3 News
Welcome back year three, it has been fantastic to have you back to school and continue with some epic learning!

Writing
We have started our writing this term around the format of instructions. To inspire the children's love of writing we have based our instructions on how to wash an unusual animal. We have performed washing a selection of weird and wonderful creatures; explored the format of a set of instructions and even written how to wash a jellyfish! (Our teachers were also impressed that we remembered the term hydrostatic when relating to the "skeleton" of a jellyfish!)

Science
Our science this term has continued on from the previous term through the exploration of animals including humans. We have planned our own investigations around skeletons and thought about equipment we may need. Some questions we have considered are:

• If you have bigger feet can you jump further?
• If you have wider hands can you throw further?
• If you have longer legs can you run faster?

PE

After a great term of golf, we are ready to learn a new set of skills. This term we are practicing ball handling skills. So far we have practised how to: 

• Catch a bean bag standing still from a range of heights
• Catch a bean bag walking
• Catch a bean bag running
• Clap then catch a bean bag 
• Catch and throw a bean bag safely to a partner over varying distances
• Catch a basketball
• Catch and bounce a basketball with a partner