Dojo Winners

The totals for the first half of Spring Term were calculated and here are the winners who all got equal to or more than the class average of 29 dojos.

The rewards were decided by the children-cushions for days, raffle tickets, letters home and a non uniform day for the top 5 children.Well done to all these children.

RE-looking at artefacts

During our topic about Buddhism we looked at a range of artefacts. We discussed what they might be, who might use them, where we might find them and what answers to questions we wanted to find out.
We came up with some brilliant drawings and suggestions that showed a good empathy and deep thinking .

Listen to the sound this makes? Is it a call to pray?

Why are the fingers in this position on the Buddha?

Are the 4 carved rings significant? They are on the handle and on the main part ?

Why does this statue have jewels on it? Is it to signify Buddha before he gave up his riches?

Prayer beads-I'll just try them on.

Is the number of beads significant?

Why is his hair like that? 

Maths

We are looking at how we calculate this week. We applied our knowledge of adding to a game. In pairs we rolled dice and moved around the board adding whatever number we landed on. Great fun-but we also used a range of ways to add-depending on the numbers we landed on.
The first game winner was the first one to reach 100, the second we could do was first to ,1000 and the third game was first to reach 10,000.We were very keen to check each others calculations so we knew no cheating was going on. A good maths lesson.

 just checking

pencil and paper for larger calculations

how close are you?

my turn?

any winners yet?

Chris Graves Inspire+ Visit

Last week Chris Graves from Inspire+ came to class 3 to talk about the importance of effort and working hard. He debated effort or talent-which was the most important. He talked about talent in sport and effort and related this to the importance of working hard.

Some valuable lessons and decisions were discussed and children were able to relate what he said to their school work as well as to their sport.

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British Heart Foundation-Ramp up the Red Day-7th February

Today we discussed the importance of looking after our hearts-this day linked perfectly with our science topic. In early work we designed posters to help make others aware of how to look after their hearts and why. In English we read Christina Rossetti's poem What is pink? From this we then created our own poems-What is Red?Look out for them appearing on the blog later- some super work.
The group of children who went to the swimming gala missed out on baking on Tuesday so I thought they too deserved a treat-heart shaped biscuits resulted. Mrs Millar helped 2 groups to make their biscuits.

 creaming the butter and sugar

no lumps?

next group weighing out the butter

is that the right amount?

 my turn

 almost there

cutting out the biscuits

well somebody had to wash up!

Just waiting now for them to cook....and then we can eat them!

Chinese New Year

On Monday we completed Chinese themed activities . In English we watched the story of the 12 animals and how the years got their names- we then wrote our own newspaper reports-Rat Cheats To Win Race !Some super writing resulted.
In maths we used tangrams-we made our own tangrams and completed pictures using them. We could make it easy by seeing the outlines of the 7 shapes or make it harder by just seeing the outlines of the finished pictures. We also created our own shapes and tried an interactive tangram on the smart board-not easy! We enjoyed the lesson- visualising is not easy!

 trying to make the rabbit

success

is the cat easier?

try rotating the piece

drawing round the design

does it look like the picture?

                                                                        working well

not that easy

concentrating hard

trying different pieces

                                              determined to make the candle without seeing how

proud of the results

happy with the result

more success

                                                                    getting the hang of it

next design please

is it this one next?

                                                   still working on the candle!

got it!

Good tangram maths class 3.

Willow Pattern Work

As promised- an update on our Willow Pattern work. We have written our own versions of the legend and are going to type these up and make them into a book for everyone to read as they are really very good and deserve an audience.
We have written poems based on the legend using different styles -haiku, using similes, If only I were a dove poems and still have 1 more day of work to do.
Some of the poems have been written up and are proudly on display on the foyer board.
Take a look and read our work if you come into school.
 We hope you will be impressed.

Before our work was added...

After our work was added...

Our Willow Pattern display.