Richardson Endowed Primary

Another Week in Class 3...

Well, what a busy but exciting week in Class 3 or should I say Kite Hall, 1939...

Scene 2 has been our focus this week which has been all about 'The Vackies'. The children have been acting out the scene and have started to get a real understanding of what life would of been like as an evacuee and a child of WWII. This week the children have been focusing on letter writing and all the features needed for a letter. We used our 'thinking hats' to help create some questions and emotions around being an evacuee. Class 3 have really enjoyed the thinking hats and have produced some excellent, emotional evacuee letters which I cannot wait to display in the classroom! I have been really impressed this week with the concentration and effort going into our writing and our checking of the basics; spellings, sentence types etc...it is great to see the children beginning to notice and edit their own work independently. Keep it up Class 3! 

We have been working hard in maths this week, still measuring but this week the focus has been on weight. The children have been collecting vocabulary for our 'Word Clouds' and have used practical apparatus to determine whether objects are heavier, lighter or balanced (equal) to one another as well as understanding how many grams go into 1 kg. The children have also been working really hard on their times tables and have shown this through weight, converting grams to kilograms and deciding how many of  a certain weight we would need to make a kilogram. All great stuff Class 3 and I know many of you are enjoying TTRockstars so please keep this up as this will support your times tables up to 12 times. 

Across the week, the children have done lots of work on Evacuation and have really enjoyed learning about the past and what it would of been like for children. They have made a suitcase filled with facts about evacuation which will be displayed on our wall. In Science, we have looked further into our forces looking at 'Friction', particularly the friction between a surface and movement which you will see in the photos below. In ART, Class 3 have just made miniature wooden WWII Spitfire models which they will be painting next week. 

So, another incredibly busy but fun week in Class 3, can't wait to do it all again next week!

Another Week in Class 3…

What a brilliant week in Class 3! 

England won their quarter final match against Germany on Tuesday evening and Class 3 were so excited…so we decided to write to Mrs Mason to see whether we could persuade her to let us go to watch England in Rome. However, due to current restrictions and the cost it wasn’t possible but…we have been so lucky to have Rome come to Smalley today including a pre-match of England vs Ukraine! 
The children have made fractions pizzas using different 2D shapes for the toppings. They have invented their very own ice creams with an explanation with their choices and labels. 
This afternoon, the children have created Italian style mosaics and then competed in a football tournament which of course had to be 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England vs Ukraine 🇺🇦 
It has been a wonderful day, filled with fun learning which all the children have thoroughly enjoyed! Let’s hope the result of the match is the same for England tomorrow night. 

Also this week, Class 3 have been writing bio poems about another member of the class which has allowed the children to really get to know each other and in turn has produced some wonderful poems with metaphors, similes and very ambitious vocabulary and adjectives. It has been a great week of writing! 

As we have moved into our last maths topic for this year, we have been looking at shapes and lines: 2D, 3D, properties of shapes, right angles as well as parallel and perpendicular lines. The mathematical language and knowledge I have seen from all the children this week has really impressed me. Keep it up Class 3! 

A brilliant week overall and I look forward to the next one! 

Class 3’s Star of the Week!

Our star this week is…Charlie! ⭐️ 

Charlie has worked so incredibly hard this week on the best ways to present himself at school and be more confident in his own abilities which has seen him create some fantastic pieces of work and really shine this week! Well done Charlie, please keep it up ⭐️ 

Class 3’s Star of the Week!

Our stars this week are…Roman and Logan! 

Both boys have shown true determination and motivation this week, both wanting to achieve in every single subject and also showing their kindness, friendship and sportsmanship along the way. 

Thank you both for all your hard work this week, keep it up! 

Another Week in Class 3…

An incredibly busy busy week this week but as always Class 3 have done it with style! 

The children have been working so so so hard with their Maths, Spelling and Grammar this week where they have really shown what they can do and what they have learnt across this year. I have been incredibly proud of every single one of them for how hard they have worked but also how sensible, determined and focused they have been. You really have grown since September so thank you and a huge well done Class 3! Keep it up! 

Class 3 have been learning about calligraphy for our onomatoepia art work. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about different styles and trying them out, with many practicing these at home and showing their enjoyment of it. Everybody had a go and all were unique which is just wonderful! 

Also this week, the children have been learning about the country Hungary, particularly it’s capital city Budapest focusing on physical and human features. The children also found 47 countries which make up Europe from reading a map of Europe. Some furthered this learning by looking at the flags of these countries and their capital cities. Linking to the Euros, we also discussed as a class the FA values of PRIDE and discussed the values and which we want to make sure we show in school. The children also came up with some other values which they felt were important. They are now working towards showing these values at every possible moment. 
Progressive, Respectful, Inclusion, Determination and Excellence. 

Class 3 have been introduced to our science topic for this term on Animals including Humans, looking at the 7 life processes and nutrition. This saw children understand the different food groups and nutrients along with saturated and unsaturated fats. We looked at a balanced diet and why nutrition is so important for all animals! 

A great but very busy week. Rest up and let’s go again next week! 

Class 3’s Star of the Week!

Class 3’s star this week is, Honey! 
Well done Honey, thoroughly deserved for all your super hard work in every single subject. You always give 100% and your determination to achieve has shone through this week particularly with your handwriting and your fractions. 

An awesome job Honey. Keep shining! ⭐️ 

The first week of our last term!

Welcome back all! We are back after a very well rested, sunshine filled half term and have enjoyed our first week back together. 

We have started our new theme of ‘The World and Beyond’ for the last term which has seen Class 3 start to focus on the world including the Euros 2021 as well as looking closer to home at Smalley! We are also focusing on survival and what makes us ‘super’ humans. The children are excited and ready for the next 6 weeks! 

Class 3 have all been allocated a country that is part of the Euros, creating fact files, flags and football stripes to get to know their country. We will be following the football action and cheering on the teams seeing who makes it into the final! The children are very excited for the tournament and are very supportive towards their chosen country. This has been a brilliant opportunity to introduce our new geography learning of ‘our world’ and looking at geographical features. 

Within this week, the children have been looking at mapping skills, using mapping symbols and how to read a map. They have then created their very own islands with a key and individual mapping. We started this week with a focus on Smalley including the coat of arms and geographical features, something the children found very interesting. 

Focusing on ‘survival’, the children teamed up and competed in some survival activities. Before we started, the children all worked together to define what we need to survive, with some incredible, well-thought through suggestions. Lots of fun, discussion and logical thinking were had during our survival activities and some strong team leaders were identified. The children quickly realised 3 very important elements that helped them to survive: teamwork, communication and listening. As well as these, the children identify the main elements needed to survive and lots of in depth discussion was had. 

To finish our week, Class 3 took a trip to the post box to post their letters to Julia Donaldson! We have been given an official address and hope we get a reply…we will keep you posted! 

A wonderful first week had by all, ready for 6 more fun filled weeks! Well done Class 3 :) 

Class 3’s Star of the Week!

Our star this week is…Kieran! 

Kieran has been spotted numerous times this week for being super sensible but mostly for his effort in his writing. He has been spelling some tricky words and helping others too! Not only has Kieran been using superb vocabulary, he has been having a go at spelling the words and then checking his spellings to make sure they are correct. Kieran tries extremely hard with his writing and is ensuring it makes sense and is good quality - amazing work Kieran, keep it up! 

Connecting With Nature

Following Mental Health Awareness Week, it's been wonderful to receive so many photos of the children connecting with nature and I would love to share them with you here. I hope you feel inspired to get outdoors and connect with nature, whether that's for exercise, pleasure, conservation, creativity, mindfulness or whether you bring the outdoors into your home: the mental health benefits are tremendous. Thank you so much to all the children, parents and grandparents who got in touch to share their adventures- the photos and messages have been truly uplifting :)

The Last Week before Half Term...

WOW! What a week - as always, fun-filled and full of excitement! 

This week has seen the children in Class 3 read through our play ‘Bombs and Blackberries’. I can safely say this half term's topic of WWII has been everybody’s favourite! The children have been engaged from day dot and have become fully immersed into a world of WWII! 
The play has seen every child take on a part, encouraging their reading skills, comprehension and use of tone, intonation and expression, which has just been wonderful to see. Thank you all for giving such a lot of effort into this topic and enjoying it so much, it’s been a joy to teach. 
This week, the children wrote letters to Julia Donaldson, the author of our play. The questions and opinions given in the letters, along with book ideas for the future were just outstanding, as your teacher it was overwhelming to see how much you have thoroughly enjoyed this topic and play! They are ready to send off to her and make sure you have everything crossed for a reply!! 

Continuing the theme of WWII, the children got to work together to create their ‘parachute bombs’ (eggs!) They put into practice their teamwork skills, followed their design plans and created some excellent parachutes. We had lots of fun creating and then testing, which saw two joint 1st teams whose parachutes held up and also protected their eggs with an incredible result of no cracks!! The children have learnt all about air resistance and gravity and also how these forces were used in WWII! 

Class 3 have also designed and created their very own WWII inspired medals using ‘Shrinkies’. We studied Alan Turing and the Enigma code where children cracked codes and created some of their own, using a cipher wheel. As he was awarded an OBE, we looked into different medals from the wars and the reasons they were given. The children have then gone away and created their own medals, thinking about why they would want to give the medals. The results were wonderful, we’ve had medals for kindness, saving the world, community even a medal for achieving in your occupation! Due to time, we created our medals on shrinking paper which goes in the oven and shrinks 7 times smaller and 7 times thicker, creating the perfect 3D hard plastic medal which we have then turned into a key ring! The pictures show the process and result! 

Some other exciting things have been our author meet with Sophy Henn on Thursday afternoon. It was incredible! Not only did the children get to meet a real life author but we got to share some non-fiction books together, learn about how to write and illustrate a book as well as competing in some challenges and learning how to draw a cheetah from the book! Sophy Henn is a brilliant author who has created a book called ‘Lifesize’ where Sophy has researched different animals and has created parts in the book which show their real life size selves! Awesome! 

Friday was a calm and relaxing day where we shared brownies made by Edie for her 300 challenge (they were incredible - thank you!) all raising money for the PTFA. Class 3 also took part in some Yoga which they really enjoyed and found it very relaxing and resetting, meaning they were all ready for half term. 

An amazing half term Class 3, I cannot wait to share our last one together next week! 
Take care and rest up ready for more fun...

Class 3’s Star of the Week!

Class 3’s Star this week is Isabella also known as ‘Our Sunshine’. Bella is always smiling no matter what and makes sure that everyone else in the class is smiling also. She’s a superstar and gives 100% towards everything, being a brilliant role model for Class 3! 

Thank you Isabella ‘Sunshine’ - promise to keep shining!