Today in maths we have been learning about durations. We know that a duration is how long something lasts for and that some events can last more than one hour. We used our previous skills and knowledge of reading an analogue and digital clock to work out the durations of different events. To help us, we used our mini analogue clocks. We are now time experts!
Today in LMTW we have been learning about data inputting and why it is important in a business. We first started off with the question, ‘What is the most popular colour in 3 Blue?’ then we went and collected the data from the 28 children (and two teachers) in our class through a tally chart… which connects our learning to maths! We then inputted our data onto a spreadsheet and also created a bar chart to show us the results. From our results, we concluded that blue was the most popular colour in our class!
This week in our Learning Means The World theme ‘Athens V Sparta’ we have been building a Grecian car. We used our measuring skills to measure each piece of wood and used the saws to cut the lines we measured. We followed the safety instructions for using the saws to ensure we used the equipment safely. We are very proud of our finished products and even got to race them!
Today in English, 3 Blue have been creating their own jungle landscapes using paint. Our class book (which we don’t yet know the name of as Miss Clark won’t tell us) describes an old man dreaming about “a jungle full of wild forest animals” so we decided to have a go and create our own jungle landscapes. We looked at two jungle landscape artists: Henri Rousseau and Paul Gaugin for inspiration. We were so proud of out work and had so much fun!
Today in 3 Blue, we have been getting into the Halloween spirit by creating and painting our own pumpkins. We used pointillism to create our pumpkins and selected lots of bright colours in reflection of Halloween. We are so proud of our designs! Happy Halloween Everyone!
Today, we have made our own animation props! We designed these using the scissor mechanism. We used strong card and split pins to create a moving prop that we can use in our own stop-motion animations. We were very proud of our creations and even got to show Mrs Bramley!
This Week, Year 3 have had a visit from Mr Robert who taught us how to make animations with Ipads. We used an animation technique that we have learned about which is stop motion. We used characters that we had created and used green screens to create backgrounds for our animations. We used the Ipads to take photographs and each time we moved the characters slightly so when we played the pictures back it looked like the characters were moving. Did you know that 12 pictures creates 1 second of film?
This week in Year 3, we have been looking at soundscapes in music. In our theme ‘Under The Canopy’ we have been learning all about the Amazon Rainforest and what types of sounds we would here if we went there. We learned a new musical term called ‘acapella’ which is where sounds are created using no instruments. We had a go at creating our own acapella soundscape of rainforest noises. We used our voices and our bodies to create the sounds of water droplets, the wind, monkeys, tigers, waterfalls, thunder and many more!
In Year 3, we have experienced life in Greece today by tasting lots of popular Greek foods. We tasted feta cheese, pitta bread, tzatziki, hummus and olives. We needed to be brave as some of us were nervous to try certain foods. However, we acted like true Adventurers and gave it a go! Some of us were surprised at how tasty lots of the items were!
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This week in our Learning Means The World theme ‘Athens V Sparta’ we have been building a Grecian car. We used our measuring skills to measure each piece of wood and used the saws to cut the lines we measured. We followed the safety instructions for using the saws to ensure we used the equipment safely. We are very proud of our finished products.
