It has been such a short half term but we have still managed to cram so much into it! Our topic has been ‘A Picture Paints a Thousand Words’ which has led to us having a very creative half term. We have created our own sculptures using card to join the paper. The children loved the opportunity to explore artists from different cultures and backgrounds.

In English, we have explored ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ by Julia Donaldson. We loved creating our character descriptions and using wide ranges of adjectives in our writing. We have written our own narratives and published our very own stories with our own magic item!

Maths has been a focus on shape and fractions. We have identified 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. In year 3, we learnt about angles and different types of lines. This involved learning some new challenging vocabulary, but we excelled as always. We then moved on to fractions and learnt about halves, quarters, thirds and how to find different fractions of amounts.  

In Science we have been learning about plants and how they survive and reproduce. We also enjoyed British Science week which involved a big range of different experiments. Geography involved comparing two different locations and the geographical features they have. We loved learning about The Gambia in Africa and are desperate to visit there! PE has been new learning for us with a focus on archery which we thoroughly enjoyed.

Lastly, we had World Book Day and Red Nose Day! We enjoyed both days and had loads of fun telling jokes, raising money and even dressing up!