Class 3 Blog

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  08

  Jan

  Maths - Unit Fractions

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  A fantastic start to our fractions unit. Many thanks to all of you for sending in your photos of your completed work .We learnt that the top number of a fraction is the numerator and the bottom one is the denominator. We then had to represent several unit fractions before trying to understand what silly, old Colin had done wrong. Top work, guys, well done.
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  08

  Jan

  Computing - Typing

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We have been improving our touch typing skills today. Using the correct fingers, we had to find the letters on our keyboard. There were a few timed games using letters on the bottom, middle and top rows. Lots of us scored 90% or higher for accuracy but it was very difficult not to look at the keys whilst we are typing.
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  07

  Jan

  English - Four Types of Sentence.

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Our English task today was to focus on the four types of sentence - commands, questions, exclamations and statements. We played a few warm up games to recap on what makes a sentence and then had to create a recycling poster using 1 of each of the sentences. A great start to home learning. I love how many of you engaged with this task,
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  07

  Jan

  Maths - Subtracting by counting on

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Subtraction was a big focus towards the end of last year and we started this term with a recap of one of the objectives from last term. Jumping on to the nearest multiples of 10 and 100 and then counting up all our jumps to find the difference. We all said we were excited about maths this term and it already shows. Lots and lots of neat, correct answers. Great job, year 3!
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  06

  Jan

  Welcome Back

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Here we go again.....I hope you had a fantastic Christmas break. We are just in the process of setting up home learning tasks and I will continue to update this blog with all of your brilliant work. Let's go...
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  10

  Dec

  Computing - Typing

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Year 3 were introduced to typing terminology and discovered the correct way to sit at the keyboard. We then played a series of timed games to learn how to what the home, top and bottom row keys are and how to use them. We then tried to beat our accuracy scores (without looking, which some of us found difficult to do!)
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  10

  Dec

  Computing- Isabelle's blog

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  This week, we have painted a picture of the Northern Lights. We are all very excited about secret learner. Amelie said it was nice, Reilly said it was brilliant, Isaac said it made him happy and Harry said it was good but he felt tired. Our secret learner notification that we send to parents is a picture of a penguin. Stay tuned for next week's blog entry by another student - just in time for Christmas.
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  08

  Dec

  Art and Design - Painting

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We used watercolour paint to produce a colour wash background. Then we added snowflakes and trees for detail to create an arctic scene of The Northern Lights.
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  07

  Dec

  Reading at home

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are stuck on 77% for another week. It's a good figure but we are desperate to be number one for Christmas. A big push from everyone this week will cement our position on top of the Christmas reading charts, come on Year 3, we've got this.
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  04

  Dec

  Geography - The Arctic vs The United Kingdom

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We tried to get an understanding of the geographical similarities and differences of Gloucestershire and the Arctic. We looked at the physical geography of both and discussed how their position on the planet contributes to the conditions. We loved our new word - tundra - and added it to our working wall. This ties in nicely with our explanation texts and our habitat work in science.