It’s been lovely to be back in class after the winter break. 3H have settled back into routines well and we have been building on the brilliant partner work we learnt last term.

They have been enjoying working in pairs across all aspects of their learning. The pictures show them working together in reading to discuss the answer to questions, exploring the text in more depth and inferring meaning from what they have read.

They also show them working together to solve maths problems and exploring multiple different ways of answering questions and solving problems.

It has been wonderful to see them building relationships and developing language and conversations. We’re introducing ‘trios’ as a next step into working together and using more of the learning behaviours that Wyldstyle has!

In 3H we’ve been getting excited for Christmas! Opening our daily advent calendar as a class, making 3D Christmas trees, Christmas jumper day and creating a class advent display have been some highlights. We are still looking forward to Carols around the tree and the Christingle this week. Here are some festive pictures for you to enjoy.

Thank you so much to 3H for all their hard work this term. It’s been a pleasure to see them learn and grow in so many ways. And to their families, thank you for all you’ve done to support them in their learning journey so far. I hope you have a restful festive season!

3H had a brilliant time at the theatre this morning! They enjoyed the Stick Man play and it was lovely to see them laughing and enjoying the story. Thank you to all the parents who came along too.

Yesterday 3H had a brilliant time at Murton Park for an immersive Stone Age day! On the way to Murton Park, partners had a map each and tracked the journey together noting where they were, the time it had taken and key features around them.

Once we had arrived we made sure to stay wrapped up warm but dress like Stone Age people so we wore tunics.

We gathered around the fire pit of our Stone Age village for a ‘Wolf Tribe’ meeting.

After that, we set off in our groups or ‘Stone Age families’ to work through a series of activities together.

Hunting

Making Bell Beaker Pottery

Weaving

Grinding wheat

We ended the day sharing a story over a fire in a roundhouse.

The trip was a lovely culmination to the Stone Age topic. The children really impressed the guide with how much they knew and they throughly enjoyed the day.

This afternoon 3H had the exciting chance to play the ukulele! They had a brilliant time learning about the parts of the ukulele, the string names and how to strum. They even played along to a song using the C choir and the A minor chord.

Last week, during anti bullying week 3H took part in an anti-bullying film making workshop.

They started by role playing a ‘defender’ ‘victim’ and ‘bystander’.

After, they worked together in groups of 3 to show a victim and other people working together to make them feel better.

After they showed ‘power for good’ the theme of anti bullying week this year .

We discussed who we could talk to if we were experiencing or saw bullying. It meant Mrs Harbour even got to do some acting!

We worked as a class to act out playing lots of instruments along to the anti bullying wrap.

We did lots more of fun things and it all came together to create an anti bullying video! We can’t wait to watch the finished result in class.

3H had a good time this morning showing their odd socks as part of Anti-Bullying Week. We had discussions around this saying below.

After this we had fun listening to the Power For Good song!

Yesterday we spent some time learning about why we wear poppies and what we remember on Remembrance Day. From this, we each created our own poppy and have created a poppy wreath which we will share in Collective Worship on Tuesday.

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.