Class 3 Autumn 2

Class 3 Autumn 2

What do you think might happen in the story?

We looked at the front and back cover to make predictions about the text.

It might come alive.
Maisie

He will use it to make a den.
Charley

The little boy will make things with his stick.
Alfie

The boy looks happy with his stick.
Eva

It will be a flag.
Phoebe

He will take it for a walk.
Alice

He will play games with it.
Louie

The boy will play bat and ball.
Oliver

Grand

What does

old

mean?

Alice

We are always discovering new vocabulary and exploring the meaning of new words. In our story, we came across the word 'grand'. We worked with our talking partner to brainstorm what it means. Here are some of our suggestions.

big

huge

Mia Rose

Lucas

old fashioned

Oliver

Our Class Tree

Each class a tree which we will observe over the seasons of Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. The type of tree we have in Class 3 is a 'Horse Chestnut'. We have been outside and observed how our tree has branches, a trunk and leaves. As the season is now Autumn we know that the leaves are changing colour and beginning to fall off because the weather has become colder and there is not as much sunlight.

bark

leaves

Mason

Noah

branches

Oliver

trunk

Mailee

Green's greens

The Green dilemma drop told us a story all about food and how some foods are better for us and give us energy. The class then shared their ideas about what food is healthy and which foods are unhealthy.

Sweets and chocolate will make you sick if you eat too many!
Alfie

Vegetables are healthy like broccoli. I love broccoli.
Phoebe

We talked about how some foods have lots of sugar which is not good for you and some foods like vegetables can be eaten more often.

Keeping Safe and Healthy

We have been learning all about ways to keep healthy, including cleaning our teeth and washing our hands. We watched a short clip from our fabulous NHS which showed us how to wash our hands correctly. We enjoyed learning the handwashing song! Here are some of our answers to the question 'why is it important to wash your hands?'.

If you don't wash your hands then you get germs from other people.
Alice

We wash our hands so we don't get a fever.

Frankie

So we don't get sick.

Maisie

We wash our hands because Corona is around.
Noah

Remembrance Day

We read a powerpoint which told us all about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. The children then worked with their Talking Partner to remember 3 facts about why it is such an important day. They then shared their facts with the class using full sentences and a loud, clear voice.

We wear poppies to remember the soldiers.

People died in the war. We fly flags halfway up to remember them.

Diwali

As part of our curriculum, we looked at different cultures and celebrations. We discovered Diwali and how it is also known as 'The Festival of Lights'. We watched a video which showed us how a family celebrates Diwali and the different traditions they have.