English

This half term we have been reading How To Find Gold by Viviane Schwarz. We read and enjoyed the book and we based our writing on their adventures. We worked hard on improving our sentence structure. We looked at expanded noun phrases and how they make our writing more interesting. We collected imaginative and exciting adjectives to help us. We retold the story using puppets and drama to help us to understand the characters.

Maths

This half term we have been using our place value skills to partition 3-digit numbers. We have used number bonds and known number facts to help solve tricky calculations. We have looked at addition and subtraction. We began by recapping on our work in Year 2 and then we moved onto column addition with and without regrouping. We also worked hard on improving our quick recall of times tables facts using Times Tables Rock Stars.

Science

This term we have been looking at rocks and soils. We have learned about the 3 different types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We became rock detectives and carried out experiments to see if rocks were permeable or impermeable and we have studied how fossils are formed.

Geography

We have been studying climates around the world. We used maps and atlases to find continents, countries and cities around the world. We have looked at seasons and weather patterns and how the geography of a country affects the weather. We have looked at temperature and rainfall charts and recorded data on our own charts.

Computing

We have been learning how to navigate around the computer keyboard. We have learned where all the keys are and improved or typing speed using games on Purple Mash.

Art and Design

We have used charcoal and pastels to create fossil drawings. We observed fossils carefully, looking for light and shade, and shape. We used charcoal to create a grounding and then draw our fossil over the top.

P.E.

We have been learning the skills needed for invasion games. We have looked at defending, attacking, ball skills and control. We have looked at how these skills are used in football, netball and basketball.

Spanish

In Spanish this term we have been learning greetings. We know different ways to greet people and ask how they are feeling. We can also introduce ourselves and say how we are feeling.

Music

Formal Notation

This half term Avengers have been very busy learning the notes C, D and E on the glockenspiels.

We have learnt the mnemonic ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Football’ for the line note names and FACE rhymes with Space for the space notes on the treble clef stave.

We have played along to the Charanga Website glockenspiel tunes EASY E, Strictly D, Drive and DeeCee’s Blues.

We have tried to recognise crochets, minims, crochet rests and bar lines.