Welcome to Term 3

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A warm welcome to Term 3.  It would be so much nicer if we were all together back in school.  Sadly however, this is not the case.  It would seem though from the photos we are being sent that wonderful work is being done at home.


This week we read the book 'A Squash and a Squeeze'.  After discussing the book, the children were asked to find synonyms for the words, 'little' and 'big'.  They found lots of new, interesting words. 

Fancy Nancy would be so proud of you Junior for the all of the fancy words you found for little.  I know I am very proud of you.  Well done.


Love your words and illustrations Luffy!




So proud of you Tone, for finding all of those synonyms  to describe your mammoth.  I love all of the synonyms you found too for 'little'.  Well done!



The children listened to the story 'The Raft Race' during an online session and then had to answer questions on the story.  Luffy did a marvellous job and even included a picture of himself and his Mum and Dad on a raft.  What an experience that must have been Luffy!





UOI

This week the children looked at transport from the past, steam trains in particular.  They then set about drawing the trains and labelling different parts as well as making some superb models.


Petch starts work on his train-track.

The finished product.  Love the steam coming out of the chimney.  Wonderful work Petch.  Well done!

As well as making a fantastic model train, Petch drew the engine of the steam train and labelled all of the different parts.  Impressive work, indeed Petch!



What an impressive model of a steam train Natasha produced
. You are so creative Natasha, great work!



Spy busy creating his steam train.



The final product.  Well worth waiting for Spy!



Torch used different coloured paper to make his steam train and what a superb job he did too!
I'm very proud of you Torch.  Well done!


Not only did Torch produce a magnificent train but he also did some wonderful drawings of different vehicles.




An amazing transport scene from Junior.  Excellent work Junior.




Moses did some beautiful writing about different forms of transport. 
Wonderful pictures and letter formation Moses.  Superb work!


Maths

As well as counting in 2's, 5's and 10's this week, the children also reinforced their understanding of Place Value by finding the differences between these places and recording them.   In the picture below Junior did some wonderful work finding the distances between places.


Junior counting in 5's.


Luffy recorded the distances between different places.  Great job Luffy.


Petch did a wonderful job of counting in 5's.

Integrating our mathematical work with UOI, the children had to make a bar graph from  all the vehicles in a transport scene.



Spy busy working on his bar graph.  I am super impressed Spy.  Well done!

Science

Following our work on steam trains Luffy watched an optional science video on the water cycle and then produced this wonderful detailed drawing about the subject.  Impressive work, indeed Luffy!



I think after such a busy week, all of you hard working children deserve a well earned break.  Have a great weekend!

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