Across year 3 and 4 today, children have been involved in an ignite day for the 500 word competition for Radio 2! Each classroom has been set up with a different theme; The secret garden, portholes, dinosaurs, a crime scene and a magic box. Children were taken on a series of journeys with a range of resources, visual aids and mysteries to solve. All children have now begun writing their stories and will complete these as homework over the weekend to submit next week:)
Year 3 have really enjoyed all their Victorian experiences so far! A huge thank you to parents for the time and effort you put in to your child’s costume and also a huge thank you to those parents who came along on our trip 🙂
This term Year 3 are looking forward to finding out all about the lives of Victorian children as well as dressing up as Victorians. They will be finding out about Victorian schools, Mudlarking and working in a mine. Watch this space for photographs!
As I type, the children are inside a replica of a mine completing their duties. We have miners, trappers and drawers working by ‘candlelight’. Children have experienced what it is like to work in a confined space which is damp and uncomfortable as well as handling coal.
The children in year 3 have entered into a Victorian setting today. They will undergo daily routines in the life of Victorian children. Roles include: mud larking, education and coal mining! This will give children a true understanding of what it was like to live in Victorian times.
Yamaha Music School visited Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 today for an assembly. Below is a letter offering a free lesson provided by them. Forms need to be returned by Monday 12th January.
This week year three have been designing and printing their own t-shirts to wear as part of their campaign to save the rainforests of the world. Aren’t they fab?
We had a fantastic time visiting the Botanical Gardens! We investigated different foods that grow in the rainforest and were lucky enough to have a chance to hold a few animals! We also spent some time in the hot, humid tropical house to get an experience of the rainforest climate.
All the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and now have some brilliant questions to bring to their project learning.
Apologies for the lateness of this post – technical difficulties with the photos!
Year 3 had an amazing Amazon adventure at Birmingham Botanical gardens last Friday. They saw some incredibly tall plants with enormous leaves as well as seeing insect eating plants as well as getting up close and personal with some Rainforest creatures! The weather on our journey certainly got us in the mood for the Rainforest climate-it poured down with rain! The people at the gardens were very complimentary about our behavior and how we tidied up our lunch room. A big thank you to those lovely parents that came with us to help us with our learning. We appreciated your support and the fact you gave up your precious time to come with us on our adventure.
It’s great to see the children so keen to learn!
Question:
What are you most looking forward to?
“Holding the rainforest animals!”
“Learning all about the rainforest.”
“Finding out information about the animals and seeing all the plants!”
