Year 3 (Class 10) - PSHE - Government Spending

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Class 10 have been debating what the government should spend taxpayer’s money on!

We split ourselves into teams representing areas like schools, transport and hospitals. We then thought of reasons why our department should receive money and presented it back to the class.

We then used our…

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PSHE

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Year 3 (Class 9) - PSHE - Government Sectors

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Today we took on the role of different government sectors.

We debated why our sector was so important and why we needed money to help our sector grow.  

We looked at transport, hospitals, schools and the police department. We also looked at the British values and how our lessons are…

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PSHE

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Year 3 (Class 9) - History - Victorian Housing

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In our history lesson this week we have been finding out about Victorian housing and the differences between rich and poor houses.

The children were very surprised by the conditions of the poor houses and especially the fact that they didn’t have toilets.

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History

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Year 3 (Class 9) - P.E - Dodgeball

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We continued learning about Dodgeball and played a mini tournament.

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Physical Education

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Sound (Loudest & Quietest)

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We continued learning about sound today and conducted a sound hunt around school looking for the loudest and quietest areas.

We recorded sound on our data loggers and discussed what we found in class. We also discussed if results might have been different at different times of the day.

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Science

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Year 3 (Class 9) - English - Writing & Editing

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We have been learning how to edit writing. We worked in pairs to improve a passage using CUPS (Capitals, Understanding, Punctuation, Spelling).

We talked about ways to spot errors and spelling strategies we can use to help us. 

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English

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Year 3 - Class 9 - English - Spellings on 'Learn with Emile'

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We have been practicing our spellings using the 'Learn with Emile' app.

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English

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Year 3 (Class 9) - PSHE - Democracy & Dictatorships

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This week we looked at the differences between a democracy and a dictatorship.

We learnt about Parliament and how decisions in a democratic countries are made. 

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PSHE

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Year 3 - (Class 9) - R.E - Ceremonies

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Our RE topic this half term is ‘How are important events remembered in ceremonies?’

This week we have been looking at the story of Hanukkah and the Maccabee’s.

We sequenced the events from the story, retold the most important parts and discussed the message that is…

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Religious Education

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Maths - Using Dienes

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Today in maths we worked in pairs to practice flexible partitioning using dienes.

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Maths

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Year 3 - Class 10 - Music (Ukuleles)

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Year 3 have had a fabulous time learning the ukuleles for the first time!

We learned how to hold the ukulele and copied some patterns back. We had a great time and we can’t wait for next week!

 

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Music

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Year 3 - Class 9 - Maths (Base 10)

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Today we represented numbers to 1000 using base 10.

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Maths

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