DT, literacy, art and a little science too!

For literacy, we have been looking at language poetry. We created our own poems in the style of Wendy Cope and then designed and made pop up books to present them in. Some children even used their knowledge of forces and made springs for their books. 

Everyone worked incredibly hard, making models and then improving on their designs, resulting in these fantastic books.

Anna's hot dog poem.

Keeley's clock poem

Jan's minecraft poem

Milie C's clock poem

Jess' toilet poem!

William's xbox poem

Charlie's chicken poem

Phoebe's pencil poem

Ella's front cover

Ella's library poem

Josh's Xbox poem

Ben's football poem

Amelie's dress poem

Jasmine's toilet poem!

Eddie's football poem

Peter's minecraft poem

Millie T's pencil poem

Sam's Xbox poem

Fahima's Poem book, inside a book!

Lucas' Collectors poem

Ezekiel's chicken poem

Jamie's hot dog poem.

Quinn's collector poem

Topic - art, DT,Literacy,& science

This week in year 3 we have been making pop up books.

 

1)Fold a piece of paper in half.

 

2)Cut two lines the same size in the middle of the card.

 

3)Open it up.

 

4) push out the strip thats been cut.

 

5)Hold it.

 

6)Fold it again.

 

7)Open it up again.

 

     By Jamie& Quinn

 

 

                                     

SCIENCE

MAGNETS & SPRINGS

We have started a new topic, all about magnets and springs. We have experimented with magnets and decided the questions we want to answer.
Watch this video to find out all about magnets, how they're all around us and used in all sorts of things, from roller coaster rides to computers.

VIDEO CLIP

LITERACY - WORLD BOOK DAY

For world book day, we looked at how Roald Dahl creates such amazing characters. We read a chapter from the Witches and studied his use of descriptive language. We then created calligrams, from his description of the High Witch, brainstormed ideas for our own horrid character - the worst teacher - and tried our hand at illustrating in a Quentin Blake style. Here is some of our work.

NUMERACY - Direction

This week in numeracy, we are developing our understanding of direction. Later on we will combine it with ICT to become computer programmers and eventually make a Mayan maze computer game.

Here we are trying to give clear directions to each other, to try and trace out a particular shape. The children had to think carefully about the language they used and the importance of precise instructions in order to be successful. They rose to the challenge, amending their work when it didn't work. Everyone worked really hard, creating squares, oblongs, triangles and even a pentagon.

Counting the exact number of steps forward.

Concentrating hard

Marking out the direction taken

One step at a time

Success - a square! Right angle turns.

More tricky - estimating degrees to make a triangle. Fantastic.

No time to take coats off, too busy!

Got to get on  - changes to make to my work.

Can we adapt our work for a Bee bot?

Yes. Computer programming, here we come!

ART - Printing

Just before 1/2 term we looked at how we could most effectively use web broswers to find information and images that we needed for research. We carefully selected appropriate vocabulary to find images of animals & birds that live in the rainforests of Central America. We downloaded pictures, tried to draw them, and then transferred those images for printing. Here are some of our final prints.

literacy/geography/history - The Mayans

Over the course of the term we have combined a variety of skills to find out all about the Mayans. Here is some examples of our work.

Geography/literacy - Research about the weather in Central America.

History - A timeline