Remarkable RE

Our class have been fascinated this week to learn about Sikhism.  We had lots of questions and were really interested to learn about other customs.

We have been talking about "belonging" and we were all very confident about what we belonged to.  All of our class felt a strong sense of belonging to their families, the school and the world around us. Some children also felt really strongly about belonging to clubs too.  Did you know we have members of Brownies, Rainbows, Cubs, Badgers, Football clubs, Rugby clubs, gym clubs and martial arts clubs in Year 3?

We particularly loved exploring the Sikh religion and beliefs through the eyes of other children. Check out these videos.

The beginnings of Sikhism

The story of the donkey and the tiger

We looked at how Sikhs show a stong commitment and sense of belonging to their religion by wearing the  Ks. Click on the link below to watch the video.

The Five Ks

We also enjoyed looking at the Sikh artefacts especially the Five Ks.  See if you can recognise them and their significance from watching the videos above.

Big and friendly, but are they giants?

What a great start to Year 3.  Our class are big and friendly, but are they giants?

Our Maths this week involved lots of measuring in mm, cm and metres.  A few of our class even added their own BFG ears to their measurements!

In English we have been looking at The BFG by Roald Dahl.  Check out the portraits of him in our classroom and the Phizz tickiling similies we have written to go with them.

We have also written Whizz popping acrostic poems about the BFG.

If you worked with our artist friend Bridget Townsend last year, it is the #connectionsproject exhibition on Sunday 11am until 5pm at Dorchester Borough Gardens.  Come and see your artwork in a public exhibition. You may even bump into Bridget.

Welcome to Year 3

We are so excited to welcome you all back to school on Monday 5th September.  We are also very excited about teaching year 3 this year. 

As you already know, we are Roald Dahl base.  We will be spending lots of time in the coming year exploring and enjoying his famous stories.

We are starting with the BFG.  I wonder how many of you have seen the new BFG movie at the cinema over the holidays?

We will still have English and Maths lessons everyday as well as an assembly, guided reading and active time.  We are also going to have a dedicated story time everyday too!

During the week we will also have two PE sessions.  During the Autumn Term these will be on a Wednesday and a Friday.  Please make sure you have your named PE kit in school on these days.

We will continue to have a topic theme each term in which we can explore all of our Science, History, Geography, Music, Design Technology and Art through.

Our topic for the Autumn term is called

Watch out for the curriculum map coming home in the first few weeks for more details.