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October has been a truly enriching month for 3H as we’ve explored Black History.
We’ve delved into the inspiring stories of significant figures the children already knew, such as the pioneering nurse Mary Seacole and astronaut Mae Jemison. They were also aware of the incredible courage of activists like Rosa Parks and the achievements of people like Guion Bluford, the first African American in space.
We’ve taken the time to discuss their personal journeys, the challenges they overcame, and the profound, lasting impact they had on the world. It’s been wonderful to see the children engage so thoughtfully with these important historical figures.
Pupil voice from 3H about Black History Month
‘Not all black people have been celebrated in history and now it’s good that we make sure everyone is celebrated.’
‘I like the world it is more fair than it was before. I like learning about black people who have been important in history.’
‘I love learning about black history.’ ‘I am enjoying learning more about important black people.’ ‘It’s important that we learn about the good and important things black people have done.’
To learn about some keywords related to Black History Month like ‘respect’ and ‘equality’ we had a go at a special word search. Here you can see them concentrating as they hunt for words like ‘inspiring’ and ‘hope’.
On Monday afternoons, 3H do PE and chess. In PE they have been doing gymnastics and learning to balance, jump and roll. They have been looking at forward rolls, point and patch balances as well as practicing star jumps, straight jumps and tuck jumps.
In chess, they have been looking at how each piece moves. So far, they have looked at how pawns, rooks, bishops and queens move on a chess board.
They start by looking at how the pieces move all together on the carpet and then they move on to look at how they move on a chess board.
We have been practice our Spanish language skills. It has been wonderful to see our conversational Spanish developing and children being able to hold conversations with each other in Spanish.
Before 3H set off to the library we discussed road safety. We walked together down to Moor Allerton library.
We started off by listening to the lovely librarian explaining to us how the library works.
Then, we explored the library ourselves and read lots of different books.
We also were given a class library card where we can select library books to keep in the classroom. How exciting!
We ended our library trip by listening to the story Pet Potato read by the librarian.
3H are really looking forward to showcasing their skills at the Stone Age Workshop this Thursday. Please do let us know on ParentPay if you are planning to attend. It will be a lovely opportunity for the children to show you what they’ve been learning about so far.
3H have been using resources brilliantly this half term. Here they are exploring adding and subtracting 1 more, 10 more and 100 more from 3 digit numbers.
On Friday, 3H were the TTRS Champions! Well done to all the children who logged on to TTRS and did their homework. It paid off! We were able to lift the trophy at the Learner of the Week assembly.
This week 3H have been exploring pitch using chime bars.
This half term 3H are investigating rocks. For the first lesson we explored rocks in a pair and used a Venn diagram to compare them. We discussed vocabulary like rough, smooth, pitted, speckled, heavy, light, bumpy.
Our next lesson focussed on permeable and impermeable so we learnt what these words meant and then we experimented using water to discover which rocks were permeable or impermeable.
