Today, we’ve enjoyed researching Brazil – I was so impressed with everyones prior knowledge and how eager everyone was to share with each other.
Everyone demonstrated Craftsmanship and Quality in how they presented their research so I’m really looking forward to seeing the final pieces tomorrow!
Well done everyone!
We had a fab morning exploring the Amazon Rainforest through VR. I was also amazed with the knowledge and information you all had just from Hook Week! Well done for all your hard work and respect to our visitor too!
This afternoon we were lucky enough to experience VR and bring our learning to life! From ants scurrying on the forest floor to gazing at sloths within the trees, we were able to learn about the rainforest like we were there ourselves – amazing!
Today we enjoyed a VR workshop linked to our rainforest expedition. We came face to face with Jaguars, Sloths, Monkeys and even a Tarantula!
This week has been all about getting ourselves hooked into the learning that we are about to embark on throughout Autumn term … in particular, our exciting new expedition all about the Romans – Coming to Doncaster; Why Then, Why Now?
Children have enjoyed getting to grips with geography to find out where Rome is in the world and they have got stuck in to all of our new expedition books! In reading, we have explored the historical story book, Vlad and the Roman Triumph and we have been learning all about the Roman armies and their armour. We made our own helmets and designed our own shields, as well as making dolly peg soldiers. In maths, we learned about timelines and calendars, and we even found out about Roman numerals before linking these to the clock and having a go at making our own! We were amazed by the history of the Roman colosseum and had a go at sketching this as carefully as possible. Then, we wrapped up all our learning with an amazing dress-up and workshop day where we were able to impress our expert visitors with the knowledge we already had about the Romans and their invasions.
At home, why not ask us about the different designs on a Roman shield and what they represent? And, why was red the colour of their military?
We have had a very entertaining week so far in Class 12! We have looked at the background geography of the Romans and made our very own Dolly Peg Roman soldiers! The rest of the week is full of wonderful activities too!
Yesterday, Year 3 took part in a whole KS2 orienteering competition where children had to use maps, teamwork and speed to get around the markers on the course in the quickest time! it was great fun and so lovely to see the children working well together and enjoying the warm weather outdoors.
This afternoon, Year 3 enjoyed their first Friday orienteering session and (luckily for us!) the sun had come out just in time. Children used maps of the school grounds to locate the different markers and then, from these markers, they recorded different 3digit numbers that they will need to sort in ascending order next week when we finish the hunt!
