Our blogs
Lambs came to school, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 2:34pm
In the Zebra class, we are finding out about animals. As a special treat Chloe's mummy brought three baby lambs into school. They were only 1 week old! One of the lambs was called marshmallow.
Captain Tom 100, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 7:28am
On Friday 30th April, it would have been Captain Sir Tom Moore's 101st Birthday. In memory of his amazing life and amazing goal he set for him self, we thought we'd take our own spin on our own Challenge 100 as the Penguin Tribe!
100 Sentences:
Using an image for inspiration, The Penguins were set a challenge to write 100 sentences inspired by the photo!
100 Lap Challenge
The Penguins were also challenge to run 100 laps around our school track! They absolutely smashed it and achieved their challenge by 13:30! Great job Penguins!
Throughout the day, members of The Penguins tribe set them self some mini-100 challenges!
We had Aiden doing the 100 lego challenge!
Finn and a few friends attempted the 100 doodle challenge!
Theo started the 100 push up challenge and inspired a few other peers to join their challenge!
Anya, Grace and Martha started having a go at the 100 rainbow challenge as well!
Very proud of us all!
Summer Week Three, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 7:11am
Week 3 Summer Term Blog
English: In English this week we carried on the book
How are the rainforests being destroyed?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd May 2021 @ 6:02pm
We finished the non-fiction part of our rainforest English topic this week by working as a team to research, make notes and then produce a poster to inform others about the destruction of the rainforest.
Anglo Saxon villages, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd May 2021 @ 5:58pm
Where did Anglo Saxons live? What were their homes like? The children worked in teams to read through the facts and then use these to try and create an Anglo Saxon village.
Chromebooks, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd May 2021 @ 5:56pm
We have been learning how to use the new chrome books in class. Here we are reading opening up our homework - 4 reasons why the rainforests are important and them creating a slide show of them with more information we have gathered together. For homework the children then had to edit their slideshows changing the font size, colour and adding pictures.
Busy,busy!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 30th Apr 2021 @ 1:59pm
In Science we continued with our material work. We had to help the 3 little pigs plan a test to find the best material for a new roof for their houses. We then worked with a partner to build a house, ready to test the materials next week. In maths we have been learning to tell the time to half past and o
Making Bread and Popcorn Fun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 30th Apr 2021 @ 1:59pm
We have had amazing fun learning about the little red hen. Today we made bread and popcorn. We then tasted the bread and popcorn it was yummy!
Is it equal?, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 4:28pm
We had a fun Maths session using different resources to - make it equal. We loved it!
Geography - Physical Features, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 9:00pm
Today we found out all about the Physical geographical features of South America.
For those of you who like quizzes we thought this information would be useful to remember.
The world's largest River = Amazon (not longest that it the Nile)
The world's longest mountain range = The Andes
The highest mountain in the Andes = Mt. Aconcagua
The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall = Angel Falls
The world's driest place = Atacama Desert.
The World's largest rainforest = The Amazon Rainforest.
Did you notice anything?
Maths - Fractions, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 8:50pm
A few photos from the other week - Mathletics in the computer suite and fraction loop games with our friends - great team work everyone. You all shone brightly. Please make sure you complete the activities on Mathletics and keep up the times table practise.
Outdoor activity, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th Apr 2021 @ 5:50pm
Class list for tomorrow 26th April
Please wear outdoor gear no school uniform needed. The afternoon session is a 4.15pm finish.
Morning session
Phoebe B
Maxi
Elsa
Francesca
Alfie
Cody
Willow
Sienna H
Alice
Amelia
Seb
Joe
Max W-W
Layla
Sienna T
Afternoon session Finishes 4.15pm
Jacob
Carson
Rosie
Harley
Spencer
Archie
Austin
Archie
Tommy
Macey
Mabel
Jacob Y
Max H
Zak
Sadie
Summer Week Two!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 3:24pm
Summer Term Week 2
We have all had a lovely week this week, the sun has been shining just as bright as our wonderful tribe. Thankyou for a lovely week Penguins, get plenty of rest and enjoy the sun over the weekend. Mr Kennedy
This week we have explored:
Maths: In maths this week we were learning how to order decimal and later in the week learn how to add and subtract them together, making sure we are really understanding out place value with decimals. We have also been working on our daily fluent in 5!
English: In English this week we had a new story with simple sentences in and tried to make them into complex sentences. This is called sentences stacking. We have been looking at Gorilla and identifying key plot points and how they impact the inner feelings of our main character, Hannah.
We also wrote letters to our partner class, the Puffins at Barden Primary School!
We are really focusing on making sure we have the BEST sentences we can in our writing.
Topic: This week in topic we were learning facts about countries in different continents. We have explored so many countries around the world and are looking forward to learning more about our local history.
Computing: In computing we learnt how to put pictures into a video and write facts about zoo animals.
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/animals-plants
Music: In music we learnt another cord which is the G cord. With this new cord we tried to put it into new songs to play.
Oliver
The Penguins
Brickcroft, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 11:48am
Today we have had a great morning going on a duck hunt to the brick Croft.
Rainforest animal factfiles, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:37pm
We have begun our topic on the rainforest. The children are loving it. After introducing a story called,
Flowering Plants - Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:27pm
Today we asked ourselves what are the functions/jobs of different parts of a plant?We thought about the roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
The flower
Tri golf and exploring materials, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 4:47pm
This week the children enjoyed a taster session of tri golf .They have also been investigating materials and describing them.
Looking Smart and ready for action, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 4:34pm
Fun in the sun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Apr 2021 @ 8:26pm
The children have had fun outside today. They have spent time doing some brilliant sketches of our outside area building on their love of Monet from last term. They also had fun taking part in a Tri golf taster session.
Outdoor day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Apr 2021 @ 6:43pm
The sun was shining and so was year 3 today during our outdoor day.
We split into 2 groups and swapped over after lunch.
Oli came from the Outdoor centre and the children experienced a range of team building activities. They had to plan, do and review each one, listen to people
Class compliment, by Iain Pearson
Date: 18th Apr 2021 @ 12:49pm
A fantastic afternoon in the outdoor on our scooters, hoverboards and roller skates for our class compliment.
Well worth the wait.
Cricket, by Iain Pearson
Date: 18th Apr 2021 @ 12:34pm
We are focusing on our throwing skills in cricket in this lesson.
What, by Helen Pratten
Date: 16th Apr 2021 @ 4:04pm
Our new science topic is all about materials and yesterday we enjoyed being scientists and thinking
Mrs J Brown