Class 3 Blog

Well, the new school year is here and Class 3 have been so busy already. We had great fun on Tuesday building our new class team and thinking about the skills we were going to need for the year ahead….perseverance, respect, kindness, team work, confidence and fun were some of great values we discussed and used all day….here is a little snippet of what we got up to…..

Well Class 3, another year is over and what a year it was! I am so proud of how well every single one of you handled another strange year – and how, despite everything, we have completed lots of hard work and had lots of fun!

Last Thursday afternoon you thought of some brilliant memories, from Freckles the turtle to a ‘virtual’ Viking battle, from our trip to Lapland to our exploding volcano and from Stanley and the plastic bag in the ocean to enjoying our Caribbean beach day. All fantastic memories which I will never forget.

I know I didn’t get to say it on the final day and now that we are nearly at the end of our isolation, I want to wish everyone a lovely Summer Holiday – stay safe, have fun and I will see everyone in September!

#makingmemories #class3 #teambrandesburton

Summer learning packs have been set to support children in continuing to read and practise key maths and writing skills over the holidays. There are also ideas linked to our themes for next term and outdoor exploration. 

The activities are not compulsory as we know that there are many ‘fun’ ways to incorporate reading, writing and maths into the holiday period -from calculating scores in games to following instructions in recipes!!

So please just enjoy your holidays and use the ideas when needed. 

In light of today’s school closure, you may wish to use some of the activities for home learning.

Yesterday the whole school had great fun outside all day – we danced, played, competed and got wet!! Here are two videos to give you a little snippet of all fun we had….

Your homework this week, has to be football related…! 

🎶 Learn the National Anthem and sing it with pride at 8pm on Sunday evening

🎤 Annoy your friends and family by saying (or even better, singing) ‘it’s coming home’ every 5 minutes all weekend

😴  Stay up way past your bed time and watch England v Italy – even if it goes to extra time and penalties

📸 Post a match photo on seesaw so we can see you in all your football/party glory!

Have a lovely weekend!!

On Wednesday, ahead of England’s Euro 2020 clash with Denmark we all had great fun coming to school in our football shirts and England colours.

Here is Team Class 3 looking amazing!!

This week we have begun to look at the country of Japan as part of our work on Volcanoes and Earthquakes.

For homework this week, can you find out some interesting facts about Japan?

Maybe you could find out about their lifestyle or sport in the country, perhaps you could make a list of popular food or find out about the Olympics that is going to happen later this month. I can’t wait to see what you find out on seesaw. Here is my interesting fact to start us off…

As part of our theme work we had great fun researching and designing earthquake proof structures ourselves. We then had even more fun making and testing them!

Today the whole school worked on a Zero Waste Day. In Class 3 we used the story ‘Here comes the Garbage Barge’ to explore what zero waste means. If you would like to watch the story, please click below….

We completed activities linked to the story and talked lots about what we should do instead.

We also completed a reuse challenge to turn a carrier bag into something else. We had lots of creative ideas.

Finally, we made our own landfill container to show what happens to our rubbish.

For homework, I would like you to spread the recycle, reuse and reduce message…perhaps you could make a poster or video to show how important this really is.

This week we have begun to look at instruction writing. We enjoyed following instructions and identifying the features found in this text type.

For homework, I would like you to find some instructions at home to follow. It could be anything, for example, a game, a recipe or a construction kit.

Can you identify the features we have talked about?

Upload some photos to seesaw to explain what you got busy with….Have fun!