October 19th

Over the past 2 weeks we have finished writing  our stories about First Day at School,they are now in a folder so everyone in class can read them. We are about to start unit 4 of our spellings- this will continue after half term.We are looking at Science Fiction and The War of the Worlds.

Our cross country team were presented with their certificates infront of the whole school.

 

 

Our netball team played their first round of league matches at KGGS  on Wednesday.We won one game and lost 2 games . There are no photos-I took the camera but forgot to take photos as we were too busy learning where to stand, what to do and who and how to play! It was a learning experience as all but Amelia have not played in matches before only our 2 netball club sessions.As a result I think we did really well and picked up the rules quickly. During our netball club we will refine our skills ready for the next matches.

 

In maths Y5 applied their skills and knowledge of multiples and played some maths games.

Andrew and Jay discussing tactics.

Chloe and Veranika enjoying a multiple challenge activity.

Georgie and Megan and Times Table Lotto.

 

Daniel, Ben amd Jamie explore Multiples using peg boards.

Year 6 explored square number sequences, triangular sequences and Pascal's triangle. Lots of patterns were found and shared. We are getting skilled at identifying patterns.

 

Year 6 ,especially House and Vice Captains, are busy preparing for Book Day on Wednesday. Children will be working in their houses enjoying activities designed by  Y6. Lots to look forward to this week.

 

 

 

Week 1st - 5th October

This week we have been continuing to  learn about First Day at School stories and the associated events, feelings and activities. We are planning our own stories next week and will be writing them using two narrators to tell the story.

We have just finished Unit 2 spellings and start unit 3 on Monday for the next 2 weeks.

In Maths we created our own "Odd One Out" activities and tested them out on each other. From 4 simple numbers or shapes we came up with over 23 different reasons why they could be the odd one out.

 

How many different answers can we find?

 

 

Half of the class were missing doing Bikewise so the rest of us enjoyed our maths  investigations.

 

 

Several children took part in Bikewise- see school Blog for photos.

Our Cross Country team competed in their final race at The Meres. Our girls team of Georgie, Chloe T, Veranika,Amelia, Jordan and Chloe J came 8th out of 16 schools. Georgie was 19th overall and Chloe T 22nd out of 75 girls. Well done to all.
Our boys team saved their best resuts for the last race with Sam W coming 3rd, Anthony 4th and Oliver 6th .rOverall we came FIRST out of the 17 school taking part. We are now the champions for  the 2nd yeas in a row- a fantastic effort. The rest of our team consisted of Isaac, Daniel, Sam T, Matthew, James and Jay. We were presented with a trophy and medals-watch out for the Journal photos.
As well as the team event, Sam W came 3rd overall as an individual having finished 1st, 5th and 3rd in the 3 races. A super effort Sam.

Our successful team of boys.

 

 

Lincolnshire Day 1st October

To help celebrate Lincolnshire Day we composed our own Acrostic and Alphabet to try to represent what is special about our county.
Here is our class Acrostic-

Lincolnshire, our home county
Isaac Newton the famous scientist was born here
Nature reserves for all to enjoy
Cathedral, majestic and proud
Oak tree-the largest living oak tree is near Bourne
Lincoln-home to our cathedral, university and football club
Newton, the measure of force
Sausages, premium quality Lincolnshire ones
Heritage all around us
Imp-hiding in the cathedral
Red Arrows are based here
Edith Smith was the first female police officer from Grantham.

By Class 3

I hope when you read these you learn a new fact .

Our Alphabet

Apple -fell on Newtons head as he discovered gravity
Belton House-magnificent country house
Cathedral in the city of Lincoln
Dambusters, 617 squadron stayed at Woodhall Spa
Edith Smith was the first female police officer from Grantham
Farming is important to the economy
Gravity was discovered here
Home for us
Isaac Newton our famous scientist and mathematician
John Thorold , founder of our school
KGGS and Kings Schools
Lincolnshire Life
Marston-Achieve our aims and appreciate others
Newton-the measure of force
Original Magna Carta found here
Potatoes grow well in our fields
Quiet countryside
Red Arrows, home of the RAF acrobatic team
Sausages, some of the best
Thatcher-first lady Prime Minister
University of Lincoln
Viking Trading centre
Woolsthorpe manor, birthplace of Newton
Xmas markets, people come from far and wide in December
Yellow Bellies,what locals are called if they are born here
Zoo-The Parrot Zoo has the largest collection of parrots in the UK

By Class 3 1.10.12

Week 24th - 28th September

Our cross country teams ran in their second races with many children improving their places. Chloe T and Georgie improved from 29th and 19th to come 15th and 16th- a fantastic effort. Our boys team continued to do well with Sam W running despite feeling unwell. Anthony was the front runner for most of the race and came 6th- a personal best for him. Our last race is at the Meres on Wednesday.

Our team .

 

In English we have been looking at Double Act by J. Wilson and learning about the characters of Ruby and Garnet. To help us understand these better we had several children "Hot Seated" in character whilst the rest of the class asked them questions.

Garnet-the "Little Crumb" being asked questions.

 

 

How do you feel when your sister says she is The Big Cheese?

How did you feel when...?

 

We then wrote a diary style entry as either Ruby or Garnet.

 After our diary writing we worked with a partner on peer assessment. We helped each other find 2 stars and a wih relating to our work.

It is good to work with partners.

Watch the school Blog for examples of our writing.I will also put some on the writing displayin school.

 

week 17th-21st September

Our cross country team ran at Priory Queensway and put heart and soul into doing their best. Every child ran to the best of their ability and gained good team places. Our Y6 boys performed exceptionally with Sam W coming first, Anthony 8th, Isaac 11th and Oliver 15th out of all schools in the Grantham area- about 100 boys and 80 girls. Georgie, as a Y5 girl in her first race ,came 19th- a super first race. Now the children know the course and just how long 1.5km really is , I am sure that they will do just as well in the next 2 races.

Maximum effort-no energy left!However this is not how we cool down in school!

 

We finished our Sunflower pictures and our display looks wonderful. I hope you agree.

 

In English we have been learning about active and passive verbs- our role play proved to be a successful way of explaining a difficult subject.We used Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee and acted out a scene where  Laurie is wrapped in scarves by his sisters and taken to school. Here he is prodded and poked by older children in the rodeo of a playground.

Can your child give you an example of a passive verb and explain how we showed this?

Table 4 show us their interpretations of this scene.

Laurie was wrapped in scarves by his sisters.

Laurie was surrounded and prodded with keen interest by older children. Can you tell who Laurie is?

A good lesson !

 

 

 

Week 2- our first full week.

We have now had our first full week and are starting to get used to routines and expectations. We finished our Maths investigation all about the number 100 and have completed the display. If you are in school please look at this-can you learn a new fact? The display will change regulary as new work is added so please keep looking.
 Our class room is starting to look good with displays and work being added to our walls and washing lines .

Art on a Friday afternoon.

                                       Do you recognise the picture the children are copying?

. We have been painting n the style of Van Gogh and our Sunflower pictues are starting to take shape.

New Term, New Class.

Welcome to the new class 3.
We have spent the last 3 days getting to know our new class and learning class routines and expectations .
In maths we are producing work for a school display.We had to brainstorm ideas all about 100. We came up with lots of different ways of doing this. Some explored facts about 100, others made claculations with an answer of 100, others explored different words associated with 100 and others tried different ways of representing 100.Watch out for the work on display when it is finished.
Here are our first photos of class 3 investigating in maths.