A few lightbulb moments today with comparing and ordering fractions :-)
Imagine it wasn't bread.
Imagine it was your favourite kind of cake!
Would you opt for 1/6 or 1/2? Why?
This afternoon we carried out a soil investigation.
We used a key to identify soil types and weren't afraid to get stuck in! I wonder if you can tell anyone at home the name of the three soils we found?
Joints and why do we have lots of smaller bones instead of fewer larger ones?
We'll let the photographs answer the question :-)
Still thirsty at the end!
This afternoon we used clay. We made coils, slip (a clay slurry) and a pinch pot. At the end of the lesson we combined these techniques to build our own beaker style pot. The children worked so hard!
Reading for pleasure π
Last week we went speed dating with books!
The children brought in their favourite books from home and had 2 minutes to share with a friend.
It was an absolute joy watching their faces light up as they shared their love of books!
After a series of lessons on colour and colour theory, the children spent the afternoon applying their skills and knowledge. They were so proud of what they produced :-)
What a wonderful first week we had in Year 3!
Pictures of our topic launch - 'Through the Ages'
We crept to the forest school carefully so not to disturb any wooly mammoths, completed our task in character and then followed our leaders safely back to class.
Their faces :-)
Our topic launch, only 5 weeks ago, with friendly meerkats Ollie and Obe. I think we have them to thank for the children's incredible engagement with this topic.
The children were so excited when I told them we were going to spend some time in the new library and all gave it a big thumbs up. It was a joy to watch them carefully select and get lost in a new books.