Year 3 - This week, Year 3 have been thinking a lot about food as our new Science topic has seen us think about where food comes from and what a balanced diet means. During PE we have focusing on our coordination, throwing and catching before we move onto becoming pro basketball players! Climate change is still on the forefront of our minds, as we think of ways to help prevent it from worsening, which saw us take part in a (healthy) debate last lesson. Please feel free to quiz us about this when we are at home and find out all the facts that we have been researching! 

Year 6 -  have had an exciting few weeks ,in their curriculum  learning, as they continued learning even more about Rainforests - particularly the Amazon -  as well as researching their importance as an ecosystem on the planet . They are now using this great , pertinent research to develop a `New Charity` to support the sustainability of the Amazon Rainforest. They will then create a website idea that promotes their `New Charity.`

To keep those arithmetic skills developing, the children have been improving their  `Personal Bests` as well as fine tuning their times tables knowledge . The children have also been fine tuning their application of arithmetic to real-life situations - such as calculating the price of an item when discounted by 30%. Damon commented , `` Arithmetic can really help me  when shopping``

In Science, Year 6 have been exploring and finding out  about `Evolution and Inheritance` , and  have been presenting their findings  about how Charles Darwin observed the adaptation of finches to their environments. Ellie said , `` I didn`t realise how much finches changed because of where they lived .``

In DT, the children have been researching   and exploring  the cultural importance , and varieties of bread around the world- resulting in them making a batch of breads for the World Cafe - an event they thoroughly enjoyed participating in.  Nilton commented, `` I didn`t realise how easy making home-made bread is.``

In English. the children started to explore the rich vocabulary in `The Giver` and role-playing as the central character -Jonas.  The events in the story have prompted excellent discussions in class  whereby the children have added their own `twists` to parts of the opening chapters.

The children have really explored the rich vocabulary , the plot,  sequence of events , and background to the story to compose  language rich taster drafts. Christian said of his work , `` I really enjoyed using fronted adverbials to add more drama to the situations in the story.``

Additionally, the  children also took part in  exciting discussions and enquiry tasks  in RE, whereby they explored Christianity -using the `5Ws` - to develop very well researched presentations .  In PE, the children continue to  develop their practical  skills and teamwork  in a range of sports.