Reading
We love reading in Class 3, whether that be independently or our class novels.
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Take a look at our reading area!
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We enjoy recommending books we have read to our classmates.
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This is one of our door displays, based on the book, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
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Miss Harris chooses star readers to read one of the 'Famous Five' books.
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In English, we spend a lot of time working on character inference.
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We have been filling the window with character traits of the characters in Lightning Mary as we progressed through the book.
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Working Walls
We create working walls in all subjects during lessons. Here's a small selection...
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Here is an example of an English working wall.
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We gather vocabulary to use in our writing around the classroom.
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Furthermore, we write grammar rules to help us.
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Here is a maths working wall on Place Value.
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We use concrete resources, such as Place Value Counters, to help us out.
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Here is a history working wall.
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Maths
In maths, we value talking time, to make sure that we can discuss our ideas mathematically and explain our thinking.
Check out our collaborative investigative work.
Science
We love our science, and learn in a variety of ways.
Do you like our digestive system replica?
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A visitor from Kielder Workshop came in, to teach us all about space rocks, as part of our learning on rock types. How exciting!
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Extra Curricular Activities
Cricket
In the Summer term, we had a visitor from the Cricket Club, to give us a taster of the sport. Lots of the children were keen to join the club afterwards.
Hadrian's Wall Dance and Drums Workshop
Teachers from Haydon Bridge High School, came in to run a workshop, teaching us to play the drums and a dance like Roman soldiers. We are looking forward to performing this later in the year.
Whin Sill
For our topic enquiry, we have been answering the question 'How does Whin Sill impact on human features in the North East?' As part of this enquiry, we visited Whin Sill.
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We battled the cold weather to sketch Whin Sill from 3 angles.
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Music
This year, we are learning to play the trumpet with Mr. Valence. How exciting!
Design and Technology
In the Autumn, we created posters using levers and linkages. The posters were encouraging the public to visit Lyme Regis, (where the subject of our class novel, Mary Anning, was from).
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First, we practised the skill of making various linkages.
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Then we designed some potential posters, thinking about which linkages would be effective.
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Following market research, we made our posters using recycled materials.
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Here is our DT work, working to the brief: To design, make and evaluate a lunch-time product for a school trip to Whin Sill. We had to think about lots of factors such as healthy diets and practicality.
Computing
We love computing in Class 3. This year, we have even had the opportunity to use Ozobots!
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Here is one working wall about Online Safety, linked to the themes in the book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse.
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We have been programming Ozobots this term!
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We love coding. Check out our work on Scratch, in which were worked towards creating our own musical instrument.
Art
Take a look at our incredible artwork!
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Have a look at our work on Fantasy Art. We used lots of watercolour techniques!
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This is our paint and sketch work, building up to our final pieces drawing David Attenborough.
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We took inspiration from Archimboldo and Lowrey for the final pieces, using the skills we had learnt.
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During the Summer term, we have been practising printing, with the theme of Natural World. Check out our amazing work!
English
We get really into our class books in English, and most of our work in English lessons is based around this.
Check out our fantastic work on themes.
We enjoy learning texts, to help us with our writing. Here is one of our story maps, that we used to help us internalise balanced argument vocab
Religious Education
As a Church of England Primary School, we place great value on the teaching of RE.
Here we are researching a Christian charity's mission, following our focus on 'The Parable of the Good Samaritan.'
