Class 3

Welcome to Class 3  2021-22

In Class 3 we have Years 5 and 6. The teacher is Mrs Ascot and the LSA is Mrs Bisby. We welcome Mrs Rook into Class 3 on Friday afternoon as our PPA cover teacher.

We hope the children enjoy their time in Class 3 and are ready to take on the challenge of being in Year 5 and 6. They have lots of exciting learning ahead of them!

Spring Term 2  2022

As Scientists we carried out an investigation into static electricity. We had to find out which material created the most static and stuck to the balloon. He results were hair raising.

We kicked this half term of to a exciting start! We went to the Eden Project. We had a fabulous time

exploring the biomes ( the tropical one was our favourite ). We also took part in a workshop about sustainability and the effects of climate change which we had being learning about as Geographers. 

Spring Term 1 2022

Our English text for this half term has been focused around the book Shackleton's Journey.

We were fascinated by the bravery of Sir Earnest Shackleton and his crew and were inspired to create some masterpieces as writers.

For our Design and Technology unit of work we became chefs and learnt how to make a traditional spaghetti bolognese more healthy.

We worked in teams to look at the traditional recipe and made some adaptations to make it a healthier meal. We focused on reducing the fat and salt content of the recipe and then wrote our own versions. After that it was the most exciting part where we got to create our recipes. 

There was great team work at play and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their delicious healthy meal.

The whole school had an amazing day out at Paighton zoo. Class Three took part in a workshop about adaptation which fitted it with our previous science unit of work.

It was lovely to see all the animals.

Children take over the School day.

During our school council meetings it was suggested that the children were allowed to take over the school for a day. The teachers thought long and hard about this and with some careful planning gave permission for the event to go ahead.

Year 6 children assumed the role of teachers and meticulously planned and delivered lesson to the lower classes.

Year 5 children took on the important role of preparing and cooking the school meals for the day. 

All the children in class Three

thoroughly enjoyed the day. However some did say they now have a new appreciation for the teachers! 

We are Designers. 

We have tested our design skills in making paper templates for our waistcoats. 

We had to measure accurately and then cut to ensure a good fit.

It was a lot more tricky that we thought.!

Welcome back! Happy new Year! 

As we prepare for a busy half term there are a few bits of house keeping to make you aware of.

Class 3 are now all able to log into their own Google school accounts. This gives them access to their Google drive and Google classroom at school and at home. We hope this addition will begin to prepare the children for transition to secondary school where online platforms are widely used. 

We will start by using it in the classroom during lessons and for sharing weekly spellings. There will also be a home work enrichment task assigned for this half term should the children wish to further their classroom learning at home.

Please contact school if you have any questions regarding the use of google classroom. There is a link at the top of the page which will take you to the correct place to log in.

The link below takes you to our Class 3 curriculum page where you will find our current curriculum newsletter to keep you informed of this half terms planned learning.

Below is the homework enrichment activities for this half term. Please check out the assignment on Google Classroom for more details.

Autumn Term 2 2021

And finally ...

We have reached the end of the Autumn term which has been very busy and tiring for all. The children of Class 3 have managed to spend some well earned time getting into the festive spirit. From Christingle to Christmas lunch to an amazing Christmas performance in which Class 3 took the main roles.

We have all worked to hard this term and are looking forward to a well earned break with our families.

Happy Christmas!

To link in with our history unit of work the young historians in Class 3 had the opportunity to visit the newly refurbished museum in the Guildhall in Tavistock. We were honoured to be the first school group to visit. While there the children learnt about the life of Sir Francis Drake and his significance in the local area during the Elizabethan period. The children had a fabulous time and were able to learn huge amounts about the history of Tavistock. We feel very lucky to live in and near such a town steeped in history.

As mathematicians Year 6 were set a challenge to use their knowledge of prime numbers to solve the magic squares. They showed great perseverance which is on of our school's core values.

As athletes Class 3 have developed  a variety of gymnastics skills during their lesson with Coach Ben from Saints Southwest. They were very keen to share their collaborative work.

Autumn Term 1 2021

As artists Class 3 have been developing their colour mixing skills. They then used their newly acquired skills to recreate their own version of Claud Monet's famous master piece.

As writers Class 3 very much enjoyed the live lesson with the very famous Liz Pichon.

They were inspired by her enthusiasm for writing and her very distinctive doodling style.

As Scientists we have been learning about the 5 kingdoms of living things. We focused in detail on the kingdom of Fungi. The children looked in detail at some mushrooms and learnt how they reproduce with spores.

As athletes the children have been spending time developing their agility with the use of equipment. Mrs Rook taught a great lesson based on bowling which really encouraged hand eye co-ordination as well as team work.

As artists Class 3 visited the galleries of local artists who live in Mary Tavy. The children thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to see real artists at work. The children asked very interesting questions and were they inspired by the amazing art work on show. They then had the opportunity to put their own art skills into action in an art session where they developed their observation skills. 

As Scientists this week we have been learning about classification keys. We learnt why scientist use them. We also learnt about the 5 kingdoms which all living things are sorted into.

We had a go at using our own criteria drawing on our previous knowledge of living things to create some of our own classification keys. We are very proud of them.

As part of Roald Dahl day 2021 we explored part of the book James And The Giant Peach.

For those of you who are familiar with the book the is part of the story where the giant peach is lifted high up into the air and flown by a flock of seaguls.

As  engineers Class 3 were given the challenge of making their "peaches" ( hard boiled eggs) fly.

.All the children worked collaboratively as part of a team to design some ingenious "peach" flying contraptions.

Summer Term 2 2021

Cricket at the field. It is so lovely to be able to use this fantastic space. We are so lucky.

The children worked hard on improving their bowling accuracy. We have some budding cricketers in Class 3! 

As authors we have studied the picture book The Journey by Francesca Sanna. The book follows a family who become refugees. We spent time discussing how this would affect the children and the mother in the family. 

We then wrote our own narratives entitled "The Journey" inspired by the book.

We will share some of the finished stories when they are complete.

As mathematicians we have been learning about area, perimeter and volume.

We have had fun exploring areas of different shapes. We also found out how to find the area of a  parallelogram . 

As athletes Class 3 have been improving on their cricket skills, with Jonny from Chance to shine. As ever the great British weather didn’t play ball today but we still had a great session. Let’s hope next week we can play at the field.

Class 3 spent time this afternoon completing their own one hundred challenge for the #CaptainTom100  challenge. 

They have thought about a one hundred challenge they would like to do over the weekend.

Class 3 started the afternoon with a P.E lesson where the children had to work hard as ateam to cross the "river".  There was lots of team work and great problem solving skills to be seen.

We then moved over to look at the beautiful daffodils and spent time drawing them and thinking about they were such a positive symbol. 

Week beginning 1/06/20

We also made quizzes to help us with our learning of grammar.

Click on the links to give them a go!

Week Beginning 18/05/20

This week we completed some more quizzes for computing linked to our science topic of LIGHT.

Have a look at the blog plage below.

Our English work has been linked to our History topic of Ancient Greece. The children completed tasks about the Ancient Greek Gods and Godesses.

Week Beginning 11/05/20

Lost of learing going on in Class 3.

This week should have been SATs week for year 6 - so to mark this they had lots of "Silly SATs" papers to complete. They were fun.

We made games for Class 1 to play. They were based on famous childrens stories and were part of our computing lessons. Follow the link to our display board on Purple Mash and have a go yourselfs.

Some of the Year 5 children were finishing off their labryinth projects. See the Mine Craft project below.

Year 5 were revising Roman Numerals in maths.

Week beginning 4/05/20

VE day at home celebrations. Class 3 were tasked with researing and designing a VE day poster to share with the community.

Our DT  project has been to design and make a Labyrinth based on the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Following on from last weeks English , Class 3 were set the task of writing a super hero comic.

Below are some examples.

Week Beginning 27/04/20

Week beginning  20/04/20

Wow what another busy week we have had of home learning.

Our focus for English has been Sci-fi Adventure stories, which we planned and wrote based on the book 2000 leagues under the sea. Below are some examples of the planning stages and the finished stories.

Maths was a week of revision of multiplication and division skills. Below are some examples of the type work that the children completed.

Week beginning 23/03/20

Class 3 have carried out a wide variety of learning tasks this week at home.

In science they showed how their imaginary creatures would evolve if the creatures environments changed.

In maths they went on an angle hunt around their homes and gardens - There was some amazing angle spotting going on.  They also carried out work to find the area of items around their homes. Some great estimation skills were seen here!

Some of the children have set challenges for each other. We have our very own Joe Wicks style workout page for the children and some maths questions. Great work everyone.

Please see some photos below. We couldn't share photos from everyone, but will do our best to share something from the whole class over the coming weeks.

Amazing work everyone (parents too!) - we love looking at your work and can't wait so see more after Easter.

Advent Calendars. Skilfully made by Class 3. (click on the link below)

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