Year 3Moonan

Indian culture and traditions!

2012-02-05T12:09:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, wishing a belated happy new year to all of you.

Well 3M have been very busy this term, they have been learning about their new topic which is India. They explored and learned about lots of traditions within Indian culture. Their first day back they were very lucky to experience a traditional Indian breakfast which they tasted some pastries and drank some Mango Lassi. It was a great kick start to our topic indeed experiencing and enjoying some of the sweet and delicious tastes of Indian food.

As part of a literacy lesson, 3M had the pleasure of Ms Gupta teaching them about traditional Indian clothes. Some children even got to try some of the clothes on to really experience a taste of Indian life. They thought of interesting questions to ask Ms Gupta and recorded lots of notes about Indian clothes.

3M have been working so hard researching about India using lots of non-fiction books and Ict.

However, there were times we did not need our books or the internet to find out more about India! It has been so wonderful to have our very own Indian experts in 3M. They have shared their knowledge and first hand experiences of traditions and Religion which has really enriched all of the children’s learning in this topic. They taught us about artefacts associated with Hinduism and India which enlightened all of us about their culture.

Well we are coming to the end of our topic this week and at this stage the children have their minds full of information about India. You should ask them some questions about what they have learned, I am sure you will find what they have to tell you very interesting!

Bye for now,

Ms Moonan.

The Romans and Mythical Creatures!!!!

2011-12-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

Well 3M have been very busy since after half term, they started their new topic ‘The Romans’ which they have really enjoyed learning about. We learned a lot about the different types of Romans including Roman soldiers, Roman children, slaves and poor farmers. They learned about the different armour which the Roman soldiers used including the ‘Scutum’ which was the traditional shield used by the Roman soldiers. They designed their own shields by exploring with different shapes and creating patterns to complete their design. They painted the shields using the traditional colours of red and yellow which were the colours of the ‘Scutums’.

In literacy we have been studying various Greek and Roman myths such as ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’ and ‘Jason and the Argonauts’ which included mythical creatures. We created and designed our own mythical creatures and described these using adjectives and WOW words in Literacy. For our Literacy homework we had to make our own mythical creature and at the moment 3M’s classroom has been taken over by a lot of interesting and creative mythical creature designs. Fantastic effort and wonderful creativity from 3M!!!!

3M really enjoyed their role play to recreate parts of Greek and Roman myths which we studied. They used their Roman shields to protect them while fighting the mythical creatures and other Roman soldiers. They really got into the role of Roman Soldiers and had great fun indeed. They also worked really well as a team to form the ‘Turtoise formation’ which was used by the Roman Legions while to protect themselves in battle.

Bye for now,
Miss Moonan.

Christmas Parties!

2011-12-11T09:33:00.001-08:00

It’s that time of year again! In the week beginning the 12th December each class will have their annual Christmas party. Please see the newsletter for the dates of each class’ party. Our Christmas Party will take place on Wednesday 14th December.
On the day of the party the children are allowed to bring a change of clothes with them. (They will change in to their party outfits after lunch.) We would also appreciate it if each child brought a small amount of food and drink to the party which can be shared with their class members. Children could bring a selection of fruit, sausage rolls, crisps, biscuits, etc. Please NO fizzy drinks, glass bottles or any food which contains nuts. If your child has a specific allergy to a food please provide them with their own party food selection.
If you have any questions or queries please come and ask me!
Happy Christmas!!

2011-11-06T06:16:00.000-08:00

Our Visit to Hainault Forest and Diwali Day.

Hello,

3M had a very busy last week coming up to half term. On a rather cold and crispy Thursday morning, year three took a brisk walk up to Hainault Forest where they explored the forest to find many different types of trees. We have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings which include many detailed trees with a focus on his painting ‘The Almond Tree’ in particular.

We enjoyed ourselves by wandering through the leafy surroundings where we found lots of different trees and we took photos of them. The children became really inspired to draw similar trees for their art lesson in the afternoon. The visit was very worthwhile as everyone got really creative with their drawings and colouring of these.

On Friday we also celebrated the festival of Dwali in lots

of different ways. They enjoyed learning about a wide

variety of artefacts which are associated with Hinduism and

really experienced the culture of Hinduism with Miss

Alexander. They had lots of fun learning about the story of

Rama and Sita through role-play and dressed up in

wonderful costumes to celebrate this with Miss Gould.

We had lots of fun doing some traditional Indian dancing

and yet again year three tried their very best at dancing and

they were all just fantastic!

We also learned about the custom of exchanging food and

sweets during Dwali. They experienced this by tasting

traditional Indian sweet food and sharing the food with

each other which they thoroughly enjoyed. They tasted a

variety of sweet, savoury and spicy foods. In fact 3M

enjoyed the food that much, there was no food at all left

over by the end of the day!

Goodbye for now,

Miss Moonan.

International Week

2011-09-18T14:39:00.001-07:00

3M had yet another enjoyable week as it was International week in our school.

3M got busy finding where the different continents were around the world and enjoyed learning about countries including Ireland, Australia and Spain. They learned about the Aboriginals in Australia and enjoyed very much creating Aboriginal patterns with Miss Gould. They had lots of fun learning about Spanish climate, culture and language with Miss Alexander.

They had great fun learning about the symbols which represent Ireland.

The children in year three even did Irish dancing for the first time! We danced to traditional Irish music and the children in year three made a really big effort to try their best to Irish dance. It has to be said that they were all very impressive.

They also learned how to speak some Gaelic words and phrases from Ireland. They might tell you some if you ask them.

Miss Moonan.

2011-09-08T11:46:00.000-07:00

Welcome back 3M! The last two days have been very exciting for us. We did lots of fun activities to get to know each other. We had treasure hunts in the class room to find out about each other and the teacher.

We went outside to create human venn diagrams by sorting out information about our family. We learned about our new topic ‘Reach for the Stars’ which is about working towards our goals. We agreed that we all want to strive to do our best in year 3.

Tomorrow 3M will be agreeing on our targets for the year ahead so we can continue to reach for the stars. It is very exciting for us all and we look forward to doing lots of new learning in the year ahead.

Miss Moonan.

Summer holiday

2011-07-21T00:25:00.000-07:00

It has been a very busy term and the children have worked really hard. Well done!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a great summer holiday, and also, with sadness, a fond farewell! It has been a fantastic year and I will look back on it with very special memories.

Mrs Worth

Warm weather

2011-05-25T01:46:00.000-07:00

As the weather is improving and summer approaches, we would like to remind children to make sure that they are wearing sunhats/ using sun cream as necessary. We would also like to remind children to bring in water bottles as the class rooms can get warm in the hot weather.
Thanks.

Welcome Back

2011-04-28T03:22:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to school and we hope you are enjoying Heritage Week. Please let us know if you have any interesting pictures or experiences regarding the Royal Wedding tomorrow- bring them in to share next week!

Our Iron Man Poem

2011-04-01T07:57:00.000-07:00

This week Year 3W made a poem about the Iron Man. We all worked together and everybody has contributed to our finished poem. Iron Man

The Iron Man strolled to the rusty junk yard as his eyes went blue like he had a flu.

The Iron Man thinks oil is better than water we are all wondering does he have a daughter?

The Iron Man is like a giant bin that eats like a beast.

We can see a big pile of junk laid down like a loaf made out of cars.

He crunches those cars like I would eat my favourite chocolate bar!

He eats metal all night and chews all day.

He eats tyres like they are chocolate chips.

He eats chain like its spaghetti and drinks oil like its tea.

He eats cars like they are oily and crunchy.

He eats kettles like they are pistachio nuts.

He won’t charge you a buck to eat your truck.

Every time I blink more metal goes dink as he eats even the kitchen sink.

Clink, clink, clink!

Robots

2011-04-01T07:53:00.000-07:00

Our robots now have eyes that light up- we made them and painted them, and then we made electric circuits to light up bulbs for their eyes.

Planets

2011-03-10T23:39:00.000-08:00

Well done to all of 3W who made planets for the class project. They were fantastic. It looks like you all had fun making them too!

Welcome back!

2011-01-10T04:54:00.001-08:00

Welcome back to school after the Christmas break. I hope you all had a restful holiday and are looking forward to the new term. Our class overview will keep you posted about the different things that we will be learning about this term. We have already begun our first topic about the Saxons.

Christmas Party

2010-12-08T00:30:00.000-08:00

We will be having our Christmas party as usual. Please send your children in with uniform in the morning but they may bring a change of clothes for the afternoon. They will be given time to change into their party clothes before the party.
We would appreciate any donations of food or squash for the party too. Please make sure there are no nuts or meat products in the food that is sent in so that it can be eaten by everyone.
Many thanks,
Mrs Worth

Assembly

2010-11-15T00:25:00.000-08:00

I would like to say a big thank you to all the children for their excellent performances in the assembly on Monday. Well done!
Thank you also to all the families for attending- we hope you enjoyed seeing some of the work that we have done.

The Romans

2010-10-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

The children seem to really be enjoying our topic about the Romans and Roman life in Britain. They have research to do for homework this week about the homes of Romans. Please feel free to use web sites and books to find out about them and have fun!

Welcome back

2010-09-08T08:06:00.001-07:00

Welcome back to school after the summer holiday.
We are holding our class talks tomorrow morning and look forward to seeing you there.

Y3 Visit to Manford Way - Litter Awareness Campaign

2010-07-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

Y3 have been working very hard on their Litter Awareness Campaign. First the children thought about the problems with litter and discussed how they felt about this. Then they carried out some research for homework about the effects of littering. Following on from this they designed and made huge placards to encourage people not to litter. They designed their own survey questions, and on Thursday 8th July, 3E and 3C went off to Manford Way to raise public awareness of the effects of litter and to carry out a survey. It was a really interesting visit and the public were very helpful in answering the questions honestly. Have a look at our photos to see us in action!

Arts Week

2010-06-18T03:05:00.001-07:00

We have had a fantastic week! The country we focussed on this week was Italy and linked to this we made pasta flags, mosaic flower pots and scrumptious pizzas! Take a look at some of our work.

2010-05-27T08:02:00.001-07:00

Here is the song we are learning for the school CD.

The song is Forever Young, originally sung by Alphaville.

Our Tennis Lesson at Redbridge Sports Centre

2010-05-16T11:51:00.000-07:00

On Thursday 29th April, 3E and 3C went along to Redbridge Sports Centre to have a tennis lesson using their inside tennis courts. This followed on from some sessions we received in school from the tennis coaches at Redbridge Sports Centre. We had a great time and worked particularly on developing our forehand pass. Take a look at our photos where we are showing off our new skills!

3E Robots

2010-04-28T03:33:00.000-07:00

As you have probably heard we have been very busy making our robots! We started in maths by drawing around various 3D boxes and tubes to make 2D shapes to cover the different body parts. Then we practised our joining techniques to attach the head, arms and legs to the torso. Finally, we used our knowledge of circuits to make the eyes light up - just like in the Iron Man story! We are all very proud of our robots - we worked extremely well in our pairs to design and make them and we all helped each other. It was a great topic!

Y3 Drama Visit

2010-03-31T03:35:00.000-07:00

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On the 17th March The Redbridge Drama Centre visited our school to carry out workshops with us. The theme was The Iron Man as we are reading this book in class and links with our topic on Robots. We carried out a range of activities - role playing characters from the story and working in groups to create a moving robot! We had a fantastic day! Have a look at the pictures to see where our imaginations took us!

Television News Broadcasts

2010-02-04T06:59:00.000-08:00

In Literacy, we have been reading the story, 'Dougal's Deep Sea Diary'. On one of his dives, the main character, Dougal found lots of treasure. We planned our own news broadcasts to report the event. Here is one of our broadcasts.

Welcome Back 3E!

2010-01-04T13:20:00.001-08:00

Welcome Back everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a happy new year. We have another exciting term coming up starting with a visit to the National Gallery in London this week which links to our topic 'Patterns'. Look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.

Shadow Puppets

2009-11-30T03:49:00.000-08:00

In class we have been investigating which materials are the best for making shadow puppets. We took various materials and shone a torch into them to see if a shadow appeared. We noticed that some materials were transparent, others were translucent and some were opaque. We found that opaque materials are the best at forming shadows. We then made our shadow puppets from black card and practiced and performed some well known fables like “The Hare and the Tortoise”. Take a look at the photos of our show.

Year 3 Roman Day

2009-10-04T06:59:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic day on Wednesday 23rd September. To link with our topic 'Roman Life' we had an afternoon of fun activities that the Romans would have had at the baths. We dressed up in Roman togas, played a variety of board games like they would have played and carried out all different sorts of exercises - running, jumping, skipping, etc. We also had the opportunity to clean our arms using a 'strigil' which they used to scrape off dirt, and smell and taste some of the foods the Romans introduced to us. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Barbican

2009-06-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

On Friday, 26th June, Year 3 visited the Barbican. We had a wonderful day, and the concert was very engaging. Children were introduced to an array of different musical stringed instruments: harps; lutes and zithers. There were musical influences from different parts of the world, including India and Africa.

The children got to play their Zithers (a multiple stringed instrument) that we had made in class.

Well done Y3 - what a great day!

Bollywood dancing

2009-06-10T03:43:00.000-07:00

In 3K, we have been learning some Bollywood dancing.

Have a look at our pictures.

Riddles poem

2009-05-12T09:17:00.000-07:00

In Year 3, we have been writing animal riddles poems.

We chose an animal, and wrote some clues to describe the animal.

Can you guess what the animal below is before reading the answer at the end of the poem? How many clues did you need?

Riddles Poem

I have sharp claws,
and I sometimes growl.

I have big jaws,
and I like to prowl.

I have a golden coat of fur,
I like to eat meat.

I am a lion!!

Adventure stories

2009-04-29T00:52:00.000-07:00

In 3K, we have had great fun planning our adventure stories. This week, we are beginning to put our ideas together to write an extended adventure story. I can't wait to read some of the exciting adventures.

Sutton Hoo

2009-03-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

In 3K, we have been looking at the Sutton Hoo burial.

We have learnt how King Redwald, who died around 625AD, was buried in a huge ship. A huge mound could be seen, as earth was piled on top of the ship.

Sutton Hoo is the place the King was buried; a place in Suffolk.

The Anglo Saxons believed in the after life, so Redwald's belongings were buried with him. The most noticeable find after an excavation of the mound,was a golden helmet, believed to be the King's.

3K Class Assembly

2009-03-19T03:07:00.000-07:00

Thank you to the parents for coming to our class assembly.

The children worked really hard to give you a quick snapshot of what we have been learning.

Some great gymnastic sequences and descriptive writing. There was also speed stacking, and some numeracy and spanish games.

Well done 3K!

¡Hola, hemos estado divirtiéndonos aprendiendo cómo saludar a la gente en español!

2009-03-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

That means, hello, we've been having fun learning how to greet people in Spanish!

A few phrases you can practice at home:

hola (hello)

Como estas? (how are you?)

bien (good)
muy bien (very good)
mal (bad)

buenos dias (good day/morning)
buenos tardes (good afternoon)

como te llamas (what's your name?)
Me illama (my name is...)

Adios (goodbye)

Y3 Athletics Pictures

2009-03-06T07:26:00.001-08:00

What a week!!

2009-03-06T00:45:00.000-08:00

It has been a really fun packed week for Year 3. For book week, we have been studying the book, 'Brother Eagle, Sister Sky'. The children have enjoyed learning about the environment, and native American Indian life; two key areas within the text.

The children listened to a storyteller this Tuesday. They were totally abosorbed, and enjoyed the experience.

On Wednesday, 10 Year 3 children travelled to Beal High school for Indoor Athletics. They had great fun, and represented the school in a positive way.

Rocks

2009-02-25T10:08:00.000-08:00

3K have started a new topic in science: rocks and soils.

This week, we looked at a variety of different rocks, and classified the rocks accoring to similar properties: size, shape, texture. We then created a class database for all the different types of rocks.

Hainault Forest Trip

2009-02-10T03:45:00.001-08:00

Y3 Hainault Forest Trip

This week Year 3 visited Hainault Forest, to help open a new adventure playground.
The Mayor visited, to officially open the new facilities.

All the children had an enjoyable day, playing in the new playground, and learning about science and nature in the Visitor centre.

Springs

2009-02-05T12:22:00.001-08:00

In Science, we have been learning about springs. Children have learnt that some springs can be compressed, and some springs can be extended.

When springs are being compressed or extended, they exert a push or pull force.

There are so many everyday objects that have a spring inside. We managed to find lots of different objects. Maybe you can find some objects at home that have a spring inside.

Story maps

2009-01-28T13:04:00.000-08:00

In literacy this week, we have been planning a quest myth story. The children have written detailed plans, outlining the main events in their story, and the key characters. I can't wait to read the stories!

ICT Photostory

2009-01-20T05:08:00.000-08:00

In ICT, we organised a range of different photos, to show the different stages of life (starting with a baby, and ending with an old man).

The children really enjoyed making a slide show, and this week, we added captions to the photos.

The next step will be to add sound clips.

Well done 3K. Some great slideshows!

Y3 Christmas Party

2008-12-17T05:13:00.000-08:00

Y3 enjoyed their party. We had lots of fun games like pass the parcel and musical statues. We had a great feast too!!

Y1,2 and 3 had a Road Safety workshop.

2008-11-25T01:40:00.000-08:00

Please view the video to see fun, and learn about Road Safety.

Spanish dancing

2008-11-17T05:41:00.000-08:00

In 3K, we learnt Spanish dancing!

All the children had fun!
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3K project work

2008-11-03T08:25:00.000-08:00

Well done to all the children that reasearched the Romans over half term. There were some fantastic projects, Roman artefacts and fact files!