Living and Learning: I know what a drug is
Our current Living and Learning is all about staying safe and we start the new year with drug education.
- I know what a drug is.
- I know that some drugs are harmful.
This week, we focus on the reasons why we use household products and medicines and the importance of using them safely. The children explored a range of medicine labels and instructions and assessed some potential hazards and risks.
In today’s lesson, we looked at empty medicine packaging with partners. The aim was to find the all the information someone would need before taking the medicine, and how they were labelled.
Help at home by talking to your child about medicines – they’re helpful drugs, but only when used by the right people in the right way. Older children can develop this understanding in terms of other drugs like alcohol – talk about age restrictions and drinking in moderation.
Science Rocks!
Science in Year 3 and 4 will quite literally rock this half term! Our new topic is rocks, soils and minerals.
In this week’s science lesson, we grouped (sorted) a variety of rocks based on their characteristics and physical properties. We have become familiar with using a Venn Diagram and this allowed us to identify different ways to sort the rocks.
Why not ask your child about their observations of rocks? It would also be great to ask them if they can recall any of our new science vocabulary for this term.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to my wonderful Year 3 class and their families.
We have our next class member on the Wall Of Stars as she earned the most raffle tickets this half term.
We have been enjoying all things festive at school and finished with a super Christmas party this week.
I can’t wait to see you all in the new year!
Final Piece of Digital Art
We have been digital artists and we would like to share a few of our finished pieces. We hope you enjoy our gallery.
Writing: What is a promotion?
Lately, we’ve been learning about promotions in our writing lessons. Today, we gave it some thought as to what even makes a text a promotional text and who texts that promote/sell a product are even aimed at – we call this kind of stuff the purpose and audience. It’s a great idea to really take a step back and analyse a text like this before you get down to the nitty gritty of the language etc.
Check out how awesome we are at analysing texts…
As always, if you’re a bit unsure, come and chat to us at school – we’re always happy to explain what’s going on in class for you!
Topic review
Thanks to those parents who managed to attend our topic review this afternoon – it was great to share our Digital Art topic with you. Hopefully, we’ll see more parents next time we review our topic after in the new year.
Be sure to keep practising that ever important topic vocabulary – the words tend to be words we don’t use very often in our everyday chatting, so why not try quizzing your child next time you’re in the car on a long journey, on your way to school or chatting at the dinner table each evening!
Christmas events
It’s a busy time of year with so many things happening. Here is a reminder of the Christmas events taking place over the next two weeks:
Wednesday 7th December, 2pm: Christingle Service at St James’ Church
Thursday 8th December, 2.15pm: Early Years and KS1 Christmas play
Friday 9th December, 9.30am: Early Years and KS1 Christmas play
Tuesday 13th December: Christmas dinner
Wednesday 14th December: Early Years and KS1 parties (non-uniform)
Thursday 15th December: Ks2 parties (non-uniform)
During our productions, we will be raising money for our new school charity voted for by the Junior Leadership Team. This year we will be supporting Cancer Research UK.
Digital Artists
Today, the children used photos they had taken previously to create some digital art. Using an app on the iPads, the class enhanced their photos. Some chose to add very vivid colours while others opted for black and white.
What’s that sound? Does sound get louder or quieter the further away it is?
Year 3 investigated sound this week to see whether they could hear the same sound equally well the further away they moved from its source.
Mrs Neal blew her whistle and we moved further away from her down the path!
Sir Christopher Wren
Year 3 and 4 have been learning about Architects in their Topic lessons. This week Year 4 looked at Christopher Wren’s designs for St Paul’s Cathedral. They looked closely at 3 designs and decided which one was used for the final building.
They designed their own Cathedral and then constructed it using Lego or cardboard boxes. I hope you will agree they are really fantastic!
