Published narratives inspired by our fantastic class novel!
Today Class 4 published our narratives which have been inspired by our class text, The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley, Children continued to improve their publishing by applying the […]
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Practicing using the grid method for multiplication with concrete resources in Y3
Today Class 4 we’re introduced to the formal method for multiplication. Children used counters or cubes as place value counters to solve a problem solving question: “Is it sometimes, always […]
Y3 creating and inputting audio in Book Creator to support with writing character dialogue
Today Class 4 continued to develop their knowledge of the app, Book Creator by creating their own dialogue between characters through adding and recording their own audio. Children created multiple […]
Y3B – Categorising times tables using arrays to support
Today Class 4 began their multiplication unit of maths by looking at arrays. Children were asked to identify number sentences, make arrays and then put them into different categories. Outside […]
Story mapping in Y3B
As part of a narrative unit, children have been working on creating their very own story map to support them with retell, rehearsing and then innovating their very own version […]
Y3B – using Book Creator to engage our audience
Over the last few sessions, children have familiarised themselves with some functions of the app, Book Creator. They learnt how to present their information on: How the Stone Age changed […]
Y3B: WMIM creating worry monsters
Children in Class 4 have concluded their sessions With me in Mind by creating and crafting their very own worry monsters for home. Children discussed in detail how these can […]
Developing weaving skills using sticks and wool Y3B
Class 4 have been learning about the significant changes from the StoneAge to Bronze Age. Children learnt that in the Bronze Age, people began to use sheep’s wool to create […]
Y3B Exploring Harvest themed poetry, prayers and songs within Guided Reading
Today we have used our whole class guided reading session to learn more about the importance of the harvest festival which is coming up shortly. We looked at a variety […]
Y3B using different concrete resources to solve addition and subtraction number sentences
Today Class 4 used different concrete resources to help us with adding and subtracting 1’s from 3 digit numbers. Some children chose cubes, others chose counters and some chose to […]
Y3B Conducting an Archaeological dig
Today Class 4 took part in their very own excavation to find out more about people who lived in the Stone Age. They used brushes to uncover precious artefacts such […]
Y3B Showing pride and resilience when publishing
Today children have been working on publishing their non chronological report they have been writing within their history and science learning. Children have been developing skills to have autonomy and […]
Investigating pitch and volume in Y3B
Today children took part in a scientific enquiry: Does the volume and pitch affect how well rice “dances”? This followed on from last week’s learning where we discovered that sound […]
Creating Lava lamps and experimenting with anti- gravity water in Science club
Children in Science club created their very own lava lamps using water, vegetable oil, effervescent tablets and food colouring. They then predicted how many extra effervescent tablets would make the […]
Creating Lava lamps and experimenting with anti- gravity water in Science club
Children in Science club created their very own lava lamps using water, vegetable oil, effervescent tablets and food colouring. They then predicted how many extra effervescent tablets would make the […]
Y3B creating our very own Stone Age scratch art
Today children created their very own Stone Age scratch art replicating the inside of a cave. We used acrylic paint and washing up liquid alongside oil pastels to create the […]
Y3B Using counters to solve reasoning problems
Today Class 4 were given using concrete resources to support us with answering challenging word problems which meant we had to show our reasoning skills. Some children then chose to […]
Y3B using Green Screen to show the 3 main periods of the Stone Age
Today Class 4 used the Green Screen to recreate small re-enactments of what life would be like throughout the 3 main time periods of the Stone Age. They showed the […]
A busy first day back in Y3B
Today Class 4 am have jumped straight back into engaging in some fantastic learning. We began the day with reading aloud using expression with our class friends. We have then […]
Who would have made the best Hunter gatherer in Y3B?
Today children in Class 4 combined their Maths, PE and Topic learning into one. Children imagined and practiced what it would be like to throw spears to catch their food. […]
Creating our own natural prehistoric dye in Y3B
Today children foraged the local environment to search for natural resources that will make a good prehistoric dye ready for our weaving next week in art. Children learnt that in […]
Prehistoric Beasts: Researching, creating and playing Top Trumps in Y3B
Our new Y3’s have wasted no time in immersing themselves in their new topic: Stone Age. Based on the Stone Age Boy narrative, children used iPads and computers to research […]
Whole class guided reading outdoors
Today Class 4 practiced adding appropriate expression to their voices when reading the whole class extract – a play script! Children practiced adding intonation and suspense to their learning. A […]
Y3S -creating our finished outcome using different mediums
This week we have worked hard to build on our skills so that we can produce our finished piece inspired originally by the artist Rebecca Vincent. Children initially used their […]
Y3S using our drama and oracy skills to verbally explain the lifecycle of a plant
Today Class 4 worked in groups of 4 to create a finished video explaining the process of the lifecycle of a plant. They used many scientific technical vocabulary such as: […]
Y3S Tasting the new Vegetable of the week: Rhubarb
Today Class 4 started their vegetable of the week tasting. Today’s vegetable was Rhubarb which Miss Newton-Smith has grown in her own garden! Most children had never tasted it before […]
Showing the time farming activity in Y3S
Today ClAss 4 were given a task of locating different farming jobs around the outdoor environment. Next to the job was the time in words and they then had to […]
Testing which component of soil is the most permeable
Children in Class 4 conducted a scientific investigation to find out which component of soil was the most permeable. Children drew some incredibly interesting results as our results proved to […]
Testing which component of soil is the most permeable
Children in Class 4 conducted a scientific investigation to find out which component of soil was the most permeable. Children drew some incredibly interesting results as our results proved to […]
Stunning published non fiction reports on display in Y3\S
Children in Class 4 have been super happy to see their finished pieces on our classroom displays. Children have worked really hard to ensure their Learning has been presented and […]
Y3S creating spoken recounts outdoors using iMovie
Today Class 4 combined ICT and outdoor learning together and went outdoors to create a spoken recount about the residential. We used iMovie to do this. Children used their fabulous […]
Y3S Creating a fossil fact file using purple mash
Today Class 4 have used purple mash to create a fact file all about fossils. Children researched key aspects such as: how, where, who and how fossils may support scientists. […]
Y3S have begun their artist study
Today Y3S have started their artist study on natural, landscape artist Rebecca Vincent. We studied her paintings, techniques and colours. We began by looking at her style and then evaluated […]
Y3S have begun their artist study
Today Y3S have started their artist study on natural, landscape artist Rebecca Vincent. We studied her paintings, techniques and colours. We began by looking at her style and then evaluated […]
Which surface produces the most friction?
Class 4 have taken part in a scientific enquiry. Children had three separate surfaces: smooth, bumpy and textured and then used the same truck to test the speed down the […]
Replicating the steel process in Y3S
Today Class 4 we’re taught by Miss Thorley, children used different coloured ice cubes to replicate different metals and had a go at melting them into their very own “crucible […]
Enjoying our home made scones in Y3S
Children in Class 4 have been learning how to make scones this week as a character in our class text enjoyed showing other characters how to make them for her […]
Exploring transparent, translucent, opaque and reflective objects in Y3S
Y3S have been looking at some new vocabulary during our science learning on light and shadows. We began by working in groups to choose 4 items from the classroom. We […]
‘Author of the week’ in Y3
Every week in Class 4, Miss Sare chooses a new member of the class to be this week’s author of the week. Their job is to take home and look […]
T4W In Class 4
Children are at the final stage of their narrative writing and are beginning to think about writing their story ending. To help us put ideas into sentences, we are starting […]
Sewing club
Today the children at sewing club began their introduction into sewing. The children learnt how to thread a needle and then practiced the running stitch and a semi half crossed […]
Excellent writing in Y3S
Over the last few weeks, Class 4 have been working on completing learning that is excellent. We have discussed that this doesn’t necessarily mean perfect but something which the children […]
Outdoor maths in Y3
Class 4 were set a task of finding a card which either had a number, pictorial representation or a number in words. They then had to use their knowledge of […]
Creating ‘synonym’ rolls in Y3
Today Class 4 looked at some vocabulary that we would have probably used in our character description and decided to make them even better! We used the iPads and thesaurus’ […]
Y3S Practical maths
Class 4 have wasted no time in showing off their fantastic maths skills. Today the children used dienes to represent the values of different numbers. They then used their place […]
Y3S – Inputting and presenting data
Today Class 4 worked in pairs to input some primary data which we collected from each other and then presented it through a pie chart on Google sheets. The data […]
Y3S Teacher Code Breaker
Today children who are in Class 4 had to use their challenge and team work skills to decode some key information about their new teacher. They had to find a […]
Class 8 Remote learning
Miss Sare has had the pleasure of teaching the wonderful Class 8 this week. It has been great to see children continuing to show their resilience and hard work during […]
Y3S – playing their very own designed Victorian monopoly
On Monday, Class 4 finally got to the stage of the STEM/Maths they were hoping for – they got to actually play the game they had created! Children thoroughly enjoyed […]
Spring Art Competition winner announced…
A huge Well-Done to Ellie Rose for being our Spring Art competition winner! A wonderful painting completed during lockdown Ellie! Miss Sare was over the moon and thinks you thoroughly […]
Y3S – Creating our own Victorian/Mathematical Monopoly game
Over the last few days, Class 4 have been working with their partner to create a Victorian inspired monopoly game which they will be playing once finished. They initially researched […]
Y3S creating our very own “Famous Victorians” Top Trump Cards
Class 4 created some wonderful top trump cards during their history lesson today. They were given 6 famous Victorians: Queen Victoria Prince Albert William Morris L.S Lowry Charles Dickens Dr […]
Innovating our T4W text map
Over the last two week, Class 4 have been writing their very own narrative based on creating an alternate event from our class story, Street Child. We created a class […]
Y3S Light investigation
Today Class 4 completed an investigation to see which objects and materials were opaque, translucent or transparent. Initially we did lots of recapping key scientific vocabulary such as light source, […]
Y3S – Same, Same but Different
As part of Our PHSE we looked at how people can be the same but different. We used a stimulus which was a book titled, “same, same but different” to […]
Y3 Outdoor Literacy/Drama
Class 4 have begun their new genre, narrative. Over the next few weeks they will be writing their own alternate ending to a scene from the class text, Street Child. […]
Y3S playing Victorian playground games
Today Class 4 used our outdoor environment to play some Victorian playground games. Children have done lots of learning around this and even wrote their own set of instructions for […]
Attempting William Morris designs in Y3S
Today Class 4 continued their learning about the famous Victorian artist, William Morris. We learnt about his personal life and how he had developed a keen interest in nature and […]
Y3/S – AM/PM maths code breaker
Today Miss Sare set class 4 a code breaker maths challenge. Children had to find a row of times and the children had to figure out the earliest time and […]
Y3S – Researching William Morris
Today Class 4 used chrome books to find out more information on William Morris for our artist study. During the summer term we will be using him as inspiration and […]
Y3S – designing and making Victorian style Thaumatropes
Today Class 4 had a fabulous afternoon when we designed and then made our very own Thaumatropes. First children did lots of research on how to make them effective and […]
Comic Life on the iPads
Today Class 4 used an app called Comic life on the iPads to create a lovely informative piece about Queen Victoria. They discovered lots of facts such as when she […]
Y3S Diversity potions to introduce Capacity and Volume in Maths
Y3S began looking at capacity and volume in maths today. We had also been doing lots of discussion in PHSE/P4C about what makes people unique and how people are different. […]
Y3S – Sketching and creating tone
Over the last few days, Class 4 have been practising drawing and sketching some famous L.S Lowry sketches. We used different pencils such as H, 2B and 4B to create […]
Introduction to mass through biscuits in Y3S
This week, Y3 are covering mass and have learnt that means the weight of an object. To introduce this new topic, we looked at comparing heavier and lighter objects aswell […]
Soup Success in Y3S
As part of our DT and PHSE learning, Class 4 today made home made vegetable soup, fruit salad, aswell as trying lots of different fruit juices they’d not tried before. […]
Y3S Pastel Sketchbook Work
Today Class 4 worked in their sketch books to blend primary colours to mix brand new colours – also known as: secondary colours. We then used base colours, black and […]
Functions of a plant in Y3S
Today Class 4 began science week with applying their knowledge of the different parts of a plant and each of their functions by creating a step by step visual diagram […]
Y3S Outdoor fractions – representing tenths using outdoor objects
Today Class 4 have been learning how to count, order and recognise in tenths. The children in school decided to wrap up warm and use the outdoor environment to make […]
In school afternoon Art lesson with Miss Sare
Today Miss Sare’s bubble had a screen free afternoon and continued to develop our sketching and shading skills. We looked at how to create tone to our learning. We look […]
Interesting Open ended Discussions in Y3S
Today in Literacy Miss Sare decided to host an oracy based live lesson whereby children had the chance to give their opinions on really open ended philosophical style questions. Children […]
Some beautifully presented published pieces in Y3S
Class 4 have finished their instructional writing genre and made time to publish their learning to the highest quality! Miss Sare was proud that the children continued to remember their […]
Roughwood’s Spring Art Competition
Do you love being creative and using your imaginative skills? Do you love expressing yourself using many different art techniques? If so, create a unique piece of art using ‘Spring’ […]
Y3S – 2D Shapes Top Trumps
Y3S were set the task of designing and creating their own 2D shaped top trump game. They had to use key mathematical vocabulary that they had learnt in their live […]
Live Handwriting Lesson in Y3S
Miss Sare thoroughly enjoyed doing a live handwriting session today in preparation for the children publishing their instructions learning from the last 2 weeks. The children loved holding up their […]