We kicked off British Science Week with a fantastic assembly from our science ambassadors. They told us about the theme for this year which is ‘connections’ and told us all about the fun activities we will be doing in school with our class teachers! What Read more
This half term we are looking at 3D Art and sculpture as part of our Art topic. In this lesson we used cardboard to construct a sculpture and thought carefully about what 2D and 3D shapes would fit together no how to ensure they could stand up. We used out Read more
We had lots of fun today celebrating World Book Day today in year 3 Birch! We discussed our favourite stories and wrote some book reviews on books we like to read. We also shared stories of people we find to be inspirational. We then participated in a live lesson with Read more
For our reflective Friday, we read the story of one of our inspirational people – Marcus Rashford. We looked at why he is not only famous on the pitch, but off the pitch too. He has endlessly campaigned against racism, child hunger and homelessness in the UK and used Read more
Today the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as digits and donating money for the NSPCC. We had lots of fun completing different maths activities throughout the day including teach active maths outside. We also enjoyed some maths games with the children from year 5.
We have been learning about length and perimeter this week in Maths. We focused on measurements in millimetres, centimetres and metres. We then learnt how each of the units of measurement relate to one another and converted the units. We then applied our knowledge of measuring things in the class Read more
Today, year 3 have been deepening their understanding of ‘online safety’. We watched a video about online safety and completed a task on purple mash. We then created a list together of how to stay safe and finally watched a clip of an online safety scenario and had some really Read more
Today we have been celebrating children’s mental health by discussing the importance of talking about our feelings and how we look on the outside doesn’t reflect how we feel on the inside. We have wore our clothes inside out and discussed the ways ways to well-being. We have taken part Read more
What a fantastic morning we had for our shared lunch today! Thank you so much to all of the parents who could make it. We had a great time making oracle bones from our topic The Shang Dynasty. Oracle bones were what the Shang people used to write on and Read more
In this lesson, we looked at how different sounds are produced- by plucking, blowing or striking. We then created our own instrument using a tissue box, 4 elastic bands of different thickness, lolly sticks and a roll holder. We made predictions and then tested them out. After that, we wrote Read more