Weekly Y3 Blog 15.2.19

Date: 15th Feb 2019 @ 1:24pm

This week in Year 3, we have been working extremely hard and enjoying the following activities:

• Maths – A range of money problems involving:
  • Converting pounds and pence
  • Using money in practical contexts
• English – We have focused on cross-curricular History writing during our English lessons this week. We have written a diary entry from the perspective of a Bronze Age child who has to go down the mine for the very first time.
• History – We have focused the changes from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age
• Science – Plants – We looked at our investigation we set up several weeks ago to find out if a plant needs light and soil to survive and grow.
• P.E – Dance
• Music, PSHE and French

After half term in Year 3, we shall be enjoying the following activities:

• Maths - We shall continue our work on money for one more week. During this unit, we will focus on the following objectives:
  • Adding money
  • Subtracting money
  • Giving change
  • Using money in practical contexts
• English – We shall start our explanation topic using the story of Lego. Over half term, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDU_BBJW9Y
• Geography – Where on Earth are we? Over this unit, we shall focus on the following objectives:
  • Improve locational knowledge through identifying the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, South Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle
  • Practice geographical skills through using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate features
  • Use the eight points of the compass to build their knowledge of the wider world
• Science – Light
• Music, Computing and French