We have had a busy first week back in Woodpecker class. We have launched into our new topic, Tribal Tales, and have started looking at the Stone Age.
As the sun has been out this week, we have completed several of our lessons outside.
On Friday 24th March, a football team from Year 3 took part in a football tournament at Tanbridge House School. They were up against some strong competition, especially as we were the smallest school there. The team came out fighting in the group stages and won their first match 4-0. At the end of the group stage we were second. Next came the playoffs. We were up against a good team but our players kept their heads up and kept on attacking, which led to a great goal in the closing minutes of the game.
Overall the team came 4th out of 10 teams.
I was so impressed with their skills, teamwork and determination. Well done to all the players, I am very proud of you.
This week we have been focusing on Plaistow and all the lovely things you can do in the village. We then had a go at creating our own maps of Plaistow.
This week we have started our new topic Urban/Rural Pioneers. As part of this topic we looked at maps of the local area. We spotted places that we knew and then used the key to find a range of different features.
As part of looking at recipes and writing instructions we made smoothies. We had to write shopping list with amounts for Miss Dore. Then when our fruits arrived we had to prepare them and then blitz all the ingredients together in a smoothie machines. We enjoyed tasting our smoothies, but not all of them were tasty!
This week we have been focusing on measuring using metres, centimetres and millimetres. Today Miss Dore set us the challenge of measuring different parts of the play ground accurately.
We have been exploring the Red Sea. As part of this, Miss Dore brought in her scuba kit which we tried on. We decided that it is not particularly comfortable and very heavy!
These are a few of our underwater photographs.
As part of our at week we have looked at an artist who builds model ships and then submerges them in ponds, rivers and lakes. He then photographs the ships underwater. In class this week we explored the Red Sea and in particular the wreck of the Thisltegorm. We then created underwater Egyptian landscapes landscapes and had a go at some underwater photography.
We have kicked off our art week by researching Egypt. We then used this research to create pictures using a range of materials. We then created a class hot air balloon to represent Egypt. Thank you Helen for helping us.
The volcanoes finally erupted!
This week we have been adding layers or paper mache to our volcanoes. We put several layers on to make our volcanoes nice and strong ready for the eruptions.
We have had an exciting week because we have started to build our volcanoes. Our first step was to stick a bottle to a large piece of cardboard. We then started to create the shape of a volcano by scrunching up balls of paper and gluing them around the bottle and on to the cardboard base.
We had a lovely afternoon out in the school grounds, tidying, planting, nature hunting and creating our giant woodpecker using acorns.
This week we have been looking at ancient Greek pots - there are so many different ones! We designed our own pots and then on Wednesday made them out of clay.
Over the past 2 weeks we have been exploring magnets as part of our science. We have found out which materials magnets are attracted to and we have tested the strength of different magnets. Next week we will be making compasses using magnets.
Miss Dore and Mr Evans have had a lovely first week welcoming our new Woodpecker Class. This week we have launched into our new topic all about ancient Greece. So far we have explored some of the Greek gods and created a timeline of important events.
Wow, what a week we have had! To finish our sports week we held our Year 3 camp out. Everyone was very excited to see the tents on the field. We played games, took part in Forest School activities and went on a bat walk. The Woodpeckers were brilliant and helped gather wood, cook dinner and breakfast and wash up. We also ate a lot of cake! Miss Dore is very proud of everyone’s achievements on this camp. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped set up and take down the tents.
