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Would we be able to sign up to the war?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Nov 2018 @ 8:01pm
Today we found out all about what we would have to do to be a new army recruit.
We had to see if we met the criteria of height - 160cm and chest size - 82cm.
We had great fun practising our measure skills before using subtraction to work out the differences in length.
Morning run re, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Nov 2018 @ 6:45pm
Well done to Jacob and some elephants who enjoyed running round the track this morning.
Dont forget every morning this week you are invited to run round and try to challenge yourself to do more laps, all welcome!
Hope we see more people tomorrow it’s a great way to get your body and brain working- happy running 🏃♂️
Look out for next weekss challenge too.
Bonfire fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Nov 2018 @ 6:40pm
Today we enjoyed finding out about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot, we learnt about the plan and sequenced pictures to show the events.
We discussed why we have fireworks and best of all enjoyed making our own sparklers. They were yummy!
our first week back , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 5th Nov 2018 @ 3:17pm
This week was are second week back from the half term holidays. Last week and this week we have been learing about poetry and we have learnt Flanders fields poem , which is about remeberence day and world war one. McCrae was the poet to Flanders fields and he achually wrote it during the ww1 that means he must of been soldier and he must of fought in the war. In english homework we had to copy a really good poem that we liked and that we enjoyed reading. The rest of the week we are going to be learning about rememberance and going to be painting are pebbles .
by Saskia and Maisie
Firework Poster WINNER, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Nov 2018 @ 8:49pm
We recieved some very exciting news on Friday in assembly.
Mrs Brown had a envelope containing tickets for Worden Park Bonfire this Monday, they had been dropped off by Lancashire Fire and Rescue service.
The posters we had entered into the competition had been judged against those from all other local schools and we are pleased to announce that Bronwen was a successful winner. We are very proud of her, she produced an amazing entry.
The week ahead - 5th November , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Nov 2018 @ 8:44pm
This week we will be devoting our lessons to the theme of WW1.
Monday
What were the criteria for joining up? Developing our measuring skills.
What animals were involved in the war? What roles did they play? We will read the story 'Flo and the Somme' as well as continuing our class book the Farm Boy.
In the afternoon we will continue to research animals and begin our painting of pebbles.= aswell as sartin to think about our class assembly which will be on Thursday.
Tuesday
Our focus will be on Nurses and the injured soldiers. We will read the story Peace Lily and think about the role of nurses, inparticular Edith Cavell, the types of injuries sustained and how they might be treated. We will try out skills in bandaging each other and making a stretcher.
Wednesday
Wednesday is Hug a Bear day. The children have been told they can bring in a small bear to school. We will explore how bears are linked to World War 1 and will develop our sewing skills by making a felt bear.
We will also be watching a theatre Production in the hall 'Your Country needs you'.
Thursday
We will start the day with our class assembly. Our World War 1 learning will continue by focusing on the air attacks and different types of aircraft. We will work in groups to design and make our own planes ready to test out with other classes on Friday. we will be swimming as normal.
Friday
Non Uniform Day - Come dressed as a doctor, nurse, soldier, evacuee etc. or in red and black.
Remembrance, Mr Turner assembly. we will focus our leanring on the end of the war, the Treaty of versailles and write Peace poems.
We will test out our planes. We will also be going to the park area at the end of School Lane to display our painted pebbles.
It's going to be a busy week.
WW1 - how did it all begin?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 2nd Nov 2018 @ 3:00pm
Today we started our WW1 focused week a bit early. We found out about the countries involved and developed our geography skills looking at flags and maps to locate the countries.
This afternoon we made some WW1 stain glass windows.
The Gruffalo week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 31st Oct 2018 @ 10:04pm
Our theme this half term is 'who is Julia Donaldson'. This week we have focused on the story The Gruffalo. We have been thinking about words and what they mean......astounding. We are focusing each week on a number, this week it is number 1.
Take a look at some of our fun.
Parents in class, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 31st Oct 2018 @ 9:25pm
It was lovely to welcome our visitors to the elephant tribe yesterday to observe our Jigsaw lesson. We enjoyed showing you some of the activities we do and hope you enjoyed the session and taking part in some of the games.
Our lesson was to think about how we are similar to others and we started to make some gingerbread men showing this on T-shirts. We think they look fantastic.😊
Welcome back, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 31st Oct 2018 @ 5:24pm
What a busy start to the term! Yesterday, Mr Allcock came to share his expertise on Space. He explained the phases of the moon, what gravity is and helped us to order the planets in our solar system.
Thank you to the parents that came into class to see our Jigsaw lesson.
Parents in class - Jigsaw, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Oct 2018 @ 7:38am
Thanks you to all the Parents who joined us for our Jigsaw lesson yesterday, The children loved having you in class.
Firework Poster Competition, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Oct 2018 @ 7:34am
Thanks you to everyone who entered the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Firework and Bonfire Safety competition.
They have been submitted to Leyland. Fingers crossed we have a winning entry amoung us.
I was very impressed with the entries.
The next 2 weeks ahead, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 29th Oct 2018 @ 9:27pm
In the lead up to Remembrance next Friday we will be focusing on WW1 and having a themed 2 weeks. This work will also form part of our Class Assembly which will be on Thursday 8th November at 9am.
Maths - This week we will focusing on our times tables.
Jigsaw - Families (Parents in class)
English - Stories - Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo, Peace Lily, Flo and the Somme, Where the poppies now grow. Learning the poem 'In Flanders' Fields'.
Grammar - Present perfect forms of verbs.
P.E. Swimming, Dance - Last Post.
WW1 areas we will explore - Animals, Nurses, first aid, pocket bears, Homefront - jobs of the women and children.
Stainglass window art. Painting a commemorative pebble.
Parents in class - Tuesday, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 29th Oct 2018 @ 9:12pm
Tomorrrow afternoon parents are invitied into class to share in our Jigsaw Lesson.
This half term our Unit of work is all about Celebrating Difference.
This week's lesson will focus on Families.
Hope to see you tomorrow, 2-3pm.
Buddhism Day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Oct 2018 @ 2:48pm
On Friday we spent the day learning all about Buddhism. Watching Jakata tales and thinking about the messages they were giving. Drawing pictures of a Buddha. Researching and making posters about the ferstival of Wesak. Discussing what we think different Buddhist saying might mean and how they might relate to our own lives. Making a wesak lantern.
Football news, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Oct 2018 @ 3:28pm
The past 3 weeks we have been attending school football matches representing our schools A team . There are two teams A@B so far we have played 6 games won 3 and lost 3 😞 . We will also be playing after February for another 3 weeks because we will have our winter break .
The B team have been working hard and the team has been rotating every week. We have all enjoyed the games and kept going.
by Mason and Oliver B 🙃
Wow!, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Oct 2018 @ 11:51am
Wow what a week the Bongos have had!
We had another wonder moment this week . During an English lesson the children watched a short clip from Wednesdays BBC documentary Without Limits: Australia. A short lesson thinking about empathy turned into an epic wonderful writing activity. The reluctant Bongos asked to write! A real wonder moment for myself and Mr Kennedy. And boy have they written! Each veteran in the film will be receiving a letter from a child in the class. Dean from Australia has already tweeted us to say thank you for watching the programme.
Friday morning has been circuit building and recording using symbols learnt earlier in the week. There is a real enthusiasm in the room today. Well done Bongos.
Homework is the holiday passports, most of the children must still have them at home so please can they be done and returned to school in early November.
Happy Half Term
A few photos of the week, by Miss Leigh
Date: 19th Oct 2018 @ 9:07am
It’s been a busy half term. Here are a few photos from the term.
Have a a great half term, Tigers. You’ve worked super hard this term and we are proud of you.
Enterprise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 8:07pm
Thursdays are busy days in year 3 but we still managed to make 100 marshmallow kebabs.
Thank you to everyone who bought one, sorry if we ran out and you didn't get one. We had bought out all the local supermarkets supply of the marshmallows.
We made just over £80. The children will now have to discuss and decide what they would like to spend the money on.
thanks again.
PSHE Jigsaw - Carrot cars, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 8:01pm
This week we developed our team work skills by joining ideas and making a carrot car to race across the hall. We also had to deal with disappointment if our team's car fell apart.
Cheese tasting, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 7:57pm
Each week we have been looking at a different food group. This week we focused on dairy - cheese. We found out all about how cheese is made and then tasted different types of cheese recording their strengths, colour, texture and whether or not we liked them. I was really impressed with their 'I'll give it a try attitude'.
Not many pictures as we were too busy eating!
Christmas card designs, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 7:55pm
Projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 7:53pm
I have been so impressed with all the projects, you have obviously put a great deal of thought and time into them. Well done.
Maths - measuring, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 7:47pm
We took advantage of the nice weather and practiced our measuring skills outside.
Are science week , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 18th Oct 2018 @ 3:14pm
This week we have been doing science experiments and it has been eggcellent. (Don’t you get it .) On Tuesday we did an egg experiment. We had to boil eggs from 0 to 11 minutes and see which one made the most damage. We dropped each egg and the egg that was boiled for 0 minutes had the least damage, it didn’t even break! The next day,we learnt a lot of s word ,here are a few. Solvent, suspension ,insolation ,salute ,Solvent ,suspension and solution.
here is a rap that Jolie and Saskia.Solvent is a liquid salute is a solid you better get that in your head so you remember that yeah. On Thursday we Worked with electricity and Conductivity.Try to find out which materials electricity flows through and makes energy.
by Saskia and Jolie