This week has been wonderful! 3H have settled into class and into the routines so well. We have spent time getting to know each other, talking about their likes and interests and building relationships together. Take a look at some of the things we’ve been up to this week.

Collaborating and building relationships

We played a fun memory game where we had to use our collaboration skills to work together. They had to memorise a picture and take it turns to draw it from memory. Only one person could draw at a time and the others could talk to them to help them. Everyone had a turn drawing and the pictures were very good at the end. They demonstrated listening and collaborating well in their small groups.

We also played a game using picture cards where we reasoned why they’d linked the cards together in a particular order. They discussed this with their partner and used the language Agree, Build or Challenge to discuss different perspectives. There was lots of interesting discussions happening! They asked questions that they would like to know about their favourite picture and we all found out the answers together.

Reading

We got the chance to explore the new books in the book corner and read for pleasure.

This week we also read the book the Colour Monster. We discussed examples of when we had felt calm, happy, angry, sad and fearful. We discussed how feelings can change and explored how some of us may have felt nervous about being in Year 3 but after a day in class we now feel calm or excited. The children used their named lollipop sticks to identify how they felt at the end of their first day. After this we collected others experiences of these feelings asking one another ‘When have you felt excited?’ ‘When have you felt calm?’

Maths games

We became place value detectives where one partner wrote a 3 digit number and the other partner had to remember it and then make it out of place value counters. They were great at checking their working and correcting any mistakes.

We got upto a lot of other fun things and it has been a wonderful week getting to know 3H. We can’t wait for next week!