From the Classroom (Yellow)

Term 2 - Week 1 & 2

English - Balanced Argument

This term, Yellow class have written a balanced argument based on the brilliant book 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman. After reading Chapter 4, we had a discussion 'Should Lila go to Mount Merapi?'. 

We deconstructed an example of a balanced argument to find the features and understand the structure. 

Then, the children did an amazing job coming up with arguments for and against her treacherous journey.

We did some short burst writing on fronted adverbials as we identified this as a key feature and finally, we created our very own arguments. 

Here are some pictures of the process and some amazing examples of final pieces. 

Term 1 : week 6

This week, Yellow class were invited to Wadhurst Park on behalf of the Country Trust to learn about farming, gardening, and sustainable conservation. It included lots of activities such as planting seeds, bird watching, an investigation into soil health, pressing apples to create our own apple juice and even making our very own compost!  

(Term 1 - Week 3)

Geography - Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

This week, we have been studying how mountains and volcanoes form and looking at different types from around the world. Here are a few examples of excellent pieces of geography work demonstrated by Year 3 students. Well done, everyone! 

(Term 1 - Weeks 1 & 2)

Rocks and Fossils

This term, Yellow class have been learning about rocks and fossils. In science, we have looked at the rock cycle and the different classifications of rocks. From the eruption of a volcano, down into the ocean and back into the earth! We sorted our igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks into groups and found common similarities in shape and texture.