Blog by Lucinda Croston

Today we started learning about persuasive writing through the wonderful world of chocolate. We talked about persuasive language and then we were given some secret parcels to unwrap. We all had some chocolate in our secret parcels. We then got to taste the chocolate and worked in groups to come up…

We had lots of fun learning about directions outside during our maths lesson. We had to direct our partner using North, South, East and West and estimate how many steps. Continue reading to see more photos.

We are very excited to say that 3 more pen licence have been awarded today. Well done girls, you have worked very hard and your handwriting and presentation is beautiful. 

Today, two of our super stars in Beech Class were awarded their own pen licenses. This means they can now use a pen to write in their books. They both present their work beautifully and join up consistently. A huge well done! There are lots of other children who are very nearly there, so watch…

We had lots of fun practising our 2 times tables today. We played a board game to help us remember our multiplication and division facts. 

The children have been showing off their maths skills today. We were very impressed with how hard they worked. We have been adding to and subtracting from a given number. Keep up the excellent work. 

Click continue reading to see more photos. We have had a great first PE lesson in the juniors. All the children tried extremely hard and showed off some super skills. We practised running races, an obstacle course and did some throwing and catching in pairs. We all had lots of fun. The weather was…

We have had a great first two days in Beech Class. The children have settled really well into the juniors. Well done! 

We had fun on our first afternoon in Year 3 painting some self portraits. 

We had a great first day in Year 3. In the morning we decorated name cards for our new teachers as well as some get to know you bunting. In English, we created a list of nouns we could see in a scene from Hansel and Gretel. In maths we completed some place value activities. In the afternoon we…

In Maths today we were exploring Tangrams. Tangrams are ancient Chinese puzzles. We cut up shapes and arranged them to make different pictures. 

Today, we celebrated our year in Year 3 by having our charter assembly outside. We were all congratulated on our hard work through a very tricky year and were given certificates. We took lots of photos, we hope you enjoy looking at them.