World Book Day in 3C

We had lots of fun celebrating world book day in Year 3! We came to school dressed as our favourite book characters. We also made our own snazzy bookmarks and read lots of books together. At the end of the day, we spoke about our favourite books and stories and shared them with our classmates.

Safer Internet Day in 3C

We had lots of fun celebrating Safer Internet Day in 3C. We spoke about our personal and online identity. We also discussed how to stay safe online and recapped our E-safety guide- Lock it, Block it, Show it, Tell it! Then we made some presentations to inform others how to stay safe online.

Year 3 Trip to Central Hall

Year 3 had a wonderful time listening to a live Orchestra this week. We went to Central Hall for the Children's concert. We loved hearing the music and spotting the different instruments we have been learning about.

Y3 and 4 - Christmas Production

Pupils from Year 3 and 4 performed the show 'Children of the World'. The singing and acting was amazing and we are all very proud of them.

Stonehenge

Year 3 went on a history trip to Stonehenge today. We had lots of fun and found out so many interesting facts about the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. We visited the exhibition and saw some prehistoric skeletons. Then we explored some prehistoric huts and learnt about Stone Age weapons. After lunch, we visited Stonehenge and saw the magnificent stones that were constructed from 3000 to 2000 BC. We learnt so much today and cannot wait to do even more learning in the classroom!

 

Black History Month

In 3C we have been researching different sports champions to celebrate black history month. We researched legends, such as Muhammad Ali, and recent successes, like Dina Asher-Smith. We then presented our findings to the rest of our classmates. As part of black history month we have also had class discussions about why it is important to celebrate people’s achievements and how they have influenced the world we live in.

Making Picture Frames!

In 3C we did some Design and Technology and made our own picture frames. We measured the size of our artwork and used saws to cut the wood to the correct shape. Miss Cooper helped us stick it together using a glue gun. We practised using new skills and had lots of fun! 

French Day in Year 3!

Bonjour! Year 3 have had lots of fun dressing up and learning a new language on French Day. We wore our best red, blue and white outfits and practised speaking and writing in French. We learnt how to say the different parts of the body in French and then labelled a picture of Bart Simpson. Au revoir!

Year 3 Trip to Harry Potter Studios!

On Tuesday, Year 3 went on the trip to Harry Potter Studios! We  learnt so much about the books and the films. We all had such a wonderful time, and we cannot wait to do lots of writing about our trip! Here are some pictures from our magical day. 

HOGWARTS COMES TO YEAR 3 

Year 3 had a fabulous day dressing up as witches and wizards, making wands and potions! Tomorrow's job is to write the spells to go with the potions... beware! 

Science Week

The 11th-15th March was Science and DT week in Shirley Warren!  The theme of the week was Journeys with each year group having their own stimulus to explore.

Year R - Looked at tunnels: thinking about what makes a good one before constructing their own.

Year 1 - Looked at bridges: thinking about what materials would be best before creating their own that would have to carry the weight of a beebot.

Year 2 - Looked at static electricity and how it could transport the paper animals they made.

Year 3 - Found out about the important role bees play in pollination and then created their own digital animations to show this.

Year 4 - Investigated forces and the effect they had on the fabulous flying machines they created.  They then used iPads to create their own explanation videos.

Year 5 - Found out all about scientists that had visited space.

Year 6 - Had two mini projects of their own; 6L investigated natural disasters whilst 6W looked at the journey of diseases before creating their own viral videos.

The children thoroughly enjoyed practically investigating these areas and learnt lots during the week! Special mention needs to go to the ambassadors from each class that stood up in a special assembly at the end of the week and shared what they had been doing; they were fantastic.

If you want to find out more, why not ask your child what they discovered during this week or try and carry out your own experiment at home!

Y3 Music and Storytelling

Year 3 celebrated National Storytelling week in music. We listened to music that told a story and then we created music to help tell the story of the Sun and the Wind.

You can listen to our story here:

Y3 Orchestra Trip

Year 3 had a wonderful time travelling to Portsmouth to listen to a concert by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

We listened to the music and joined in with our song and percussion piece. For lots of the children it was their first time hearing a live orchestra and they really enjoyed it.

'Twas The Night Before Christmas...

Well, what an amazing Christmas performance from Year 3 and 4! The children in 3H had such a great time and thoroughly enjoyed using their Talk for Writing skills to learn the whole of 'Twas A Night Before Christmas.' They performed it beautifully! The singing sounded great and we loved rocking out to 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday.' Thank you to all of the parents/ carers who provided Christmas pjs! We've decided that we'd love to wear them to school everyday.

Dance update

Year 1 Dance :

Technical focus : contrasting textures in movement, contact, levels, turns, travelling pathways.

Curriculum Link : Traditional Tales

The curriculum link for this term was traditional tales with the classes exploring the different material used to build houses &  using contrasting movement dynamics, contact,  levels, turns & gestures to tell the story of the 3 Little Pigs.   

Exploring moving as light as material [or straw] and gently landing into the shape created

           

Year 2 Dance:

Technical focus : Creating still, strong shapes, balance, contrasting textures in movement.

Curriculum Link : Woodland creatures, literacy – writing key words.

After Christmas, we thought about our favorite types of chocolate and explored how we could use movement to describe them! Here is a group being observed for their ‘Aero’ chocolate ‘moving like bubbles’ exploration.

For our curriculum link, we watched a video of woodland creatures & explored how we could change levels, execute a variation of jumps, turns, gesture & stillness to move like those creatures. We also explored how we might move ‘over, under & around’ each other, like the creatures did in the video ! We were also very good at creating interesting shapes with levels & copying those shapes.

       

Year 3 Dance

Technical details : Repeating gesture patterns, canon, unison, travelling pathways, contact, levels, Hip-hop grooves

Also focus on increasing core conditioning &  cardio fitness as part of our warm up.

Year 3N have spent Spring 2 exploring basic hip hop grooves and will next term create its own class groove to show case for the summer term ! This activity included the task of creating a repeated pattern movement phrase to a count of 8 and to a section of the beat.

Focusing on our curriculum link of ‘The Titanic’ class 3N created a video explaining the difference between unison & canon using a motif inspired by giant cranes building the titanic.

 Year 3S had the opportunity to perform their titanic ship dance to their parents & guardians & demonstrated the use of canons, unison, gesture patterns, travelling pathways & contact.