Please follow the link to see the exciting things we will be learning in LKS2 during the Autumn term.
Category : Crew Hamill Y3/4 (23/24)
Xp outdoors
Year 3/4 have had a lovely after in the forest area making baby turtles, climbing trees and playing 123 where are you?
Marvellous Maths
Crew Hamill have worked REALLY hard to master our maths this week. Today, we were learning how to partition numbers to 100. We started with numbers in their expanded form, partitioning them into tens and ones and then we stretched ourselves to think of different ways of partitioning. Did you know 35 can be split into 30 + 5, 20 + 15 and 10 + 25? We used base 10 to support our learning, giving a visual representation of what our numbers look like partitioned.
Religious Education
Today, we were learning the basic beliefs of three main religions: Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. We researched the main beliefs of each religion and then had our memories tested by having to match the key beliefs to the correct religion. Once we’d matched them, we used them to create an informative poster. We did really well gathering facts on our whiteboards to help us with this.
Yr 3/4 Family Stay and Engage
It was lovely to see some of our grown ups in this afternoon to participate in an activity with the children. You’ll have seen previously that we have been making knucklebones this week so it was time to teach the parents how to make them. The children led the activity with their parent and between them they decided on some rules for their knucklebones. Thankfully, the children brought along the ones they’d made earlier so they could play a few games. We look forward to seeing more parents joining us next time.
French in KS2
This week we have started our French learning journey! We started off by learning how to greet one another and ask someone what their name is. We also discussed our classroom protocols and were introduced to French phrases that Madame McGlone will be using during our lessons.
We worked hard using lots of ‘my turn, your turn’, working on our pronunciation, and understanding the meaning of each phrase. We then had a visit from our French speaking friend Phillipe the Puppet, who we confidently introduced ourselves to. We finished off with a slight twist on the game ’21’. We used the French numbers from 1-10 to adapt the rules slightly to try and be the last crew member standing. Super effort from everyone – très bien!
What a day!! Murton Park – Roman Day
We really hope the children have enjoyed their day as much as we have.
Today was action packed from start to finish and definitely gave the children the opportunity to experience life as a Roman soldier.
On our way to the fort, we needed some ‘donkeys’ to pull the cart. It was surprising how many volunteered for the task.
Before starting the activities, it was essential that they looked the part so they were allocated their barracks and a uniform.
The rest of the day consisted of 5 activities.
Sword and shield fighting where children were taught how to hold their shield and spear/sword. They were expected to follow orders to ensure their survival in battle.
They had the opportunity to throw javelins and fight with a bag. Some children were able to command their recruits.
It was music to our ears that the children weren’t escaping writing today but with a difference. They were using the Roman alphabet abd the Roman style of writing which didn’t include finger spaces or punctuation!
Crafting Roman oil lamps was another of our tasks. Children used clay to create an oil lamp which they were able to design.
Once the children had learned the skills they were taken to battle. Unexpectedly, there was a celt who challenged them to a battle because she didn’t want them on her land, however, the Roman soldier defeated them and they ran away.
An absolutely amazing day had by all and we’ve no doubts the children are ready to commence our expedition next week and learn more about the Romans.
Could you be a Roman Soldier?
During our first English lesson, we discovered what it took to be a Roman Soldier. Using the criteria, we tested ourselves to see whether we had what it takes to be a Roman Soldier ourselves. Use our checklist to decide if YOU could be a Roman Soldier too:
- 1.75m tall
- Good hearing
- Good eyesight
- Able to follow instructions
- Answer ‘yes’ to some tricky questions (e.g. If your brother went against you and fought for the other side, could you kill him?)
Knucklebones!
As part of hook week, we learnt about a game that the Roman’s used to play called Knucklebones. We learnt all about the rules and then created our own rules for our own version of the game. Using clay, we carefully modelled our own knucklebone pieces. We are SO excited for them to dry so that we can give our game a go.
Maths!
We started our Place Value unit with a practical lesson focusing on our numbers to 20. We used bead bars to represent our numbers, partitioned numbers into tens and ones and even had a go at independently writing our numbers in words.
