Green Class

12.03.25 - Science Week

Mrs. Jennings showed us a fabulous 'fizzing ballon' science experiment ! Mrs. Jennings made a ballon inflate without blowing air into it! She told us about a chemical reaction between two ingredients which caused the balloon to inflate! This was brilliant fun to watch the balloon just 'pop' into life!

31.01.25

On Friday 31st January, Green Class went on a trip to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. The children were well behaved and represented our school well in public. In the morning, we had a workshop about the Iron Age with Lydia and the children already knew lots of facts from our lessons in school. In the afternoon, we split into groups to explore the rest of the museum. The children had lots of fun and many said that they'd like to go back one day with family.

24.09.24

Year 3 enjoyed having a visitor from Coram life to teach them about acceptance. They particularly enjoyed getting active, when jumping and dancing around. They have learnt lots about managing their own feelings and this learning can be transferrable to everyday life. The children enjoyed seeing Harold the giraffe again and they each wrote a little note about something they enjoyed from the session. 

03.07.24

We had an excellent Sport's Day on Monday (01.07.24). The year 3 children were incredibly well behaved and acted as great sportspeople, clapping and cheering for both their peers and other children in the school and Little Learners. Thank you to Mr Park for taking this brilliant photo of us throwing javelins. Well done Year 3!

24.05.24

03.05.24

YTFC came to visit us today with the winning cup! We enjoyed listening all about it and having a picture with the cup.

'Green class have made their own roman shields linking to our History learning on Emperors and Empires. We then made our own testudo (tortoise) formation on the playground just like roman soldiers did to defend themselves from arrows and rocks.'

Today we have started our new unit on 'Beautiful Botanicals' in Art. The children each chose a daisy from the school field to sketch, paint and annotate from different perspectives, just like how a botanical artists would record their work for botanists to use in their studies. 

Happy Easter from all of us in Green Class! I can’t believe we are over half-way through this academic year. This half term in English our first unit was on discussion texts where we wrote a balanced argument discussing whether loom bands should be allowed in schools. We are ending the term by writing poems about animals (links to the RSPCA) for the Somerset Literacy Network Competition. The children’s writing has come on significantly since September, children have reflected on this growth themselves by flicking back to September’s learning. Currently, we have a whole class focus on joined up handwriting.
In Maths, we have developed our understanding of unit and non-unit fractions, by adding and subtracting them, ordering fractions and completing problem solving activities. We are now learning about Mass and Capacity, we are measuring in different units of measurement and learning about the difference between volume and capacity.
In Science, we have carried out several experiments to test the characteristics and strengths of different magnets, when we come back after Easter – children will be learning about Plant nutrition and reproduction. The Year 3 children wanted me to note that in particular they have enjoyed, exploding our paper mâché volcano, participating in after school clubs, having a great and memorable World Book Day and they have liked the 4 and 8 times table songs on YouTube this half term.
I also wanted to mention that the children had a great time on the school trip to Taunton Museum in February, they were incredibly well behaved and represented the school beautifully. Remember that you can see photos from our school trip and other learning on Green Class page on the school website. Thankyou for all your support with home learning and reading.
We hope you have a lovely break, we look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 15^th April.

Today we have exploded our volcano using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. The children had lots of fun doing this. It links perfectly with our Geography learning today, features of volcanoes. Ask your children about the four different types of volcanoes. 

For design technology we have continued our unit titled 'Making it move'. This children have made two types of mechanisms with card. This is the easy bit. Soon, we will be moving on to making our own jumping cartoons using a cam mechanism. The children listened to instructions very carefully. 

In what was described by some Year 3 children as, 'the best science lesson ever', we conducted an experiment using iron filings to show the magnetic fields of a magnet on its own, two magnets attracting each other and two magnets repelling each other. The children then recorded what they had observed through sketches. 

Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Safer Internet Day. Green Class have learnt what a digital footprint is and have considered how their own usage of technology and the internet affects their individual footprints. Each child also took an online survey about their internet usage, it was interesting to hear what they get up to at home. All children could tell me three ways to stay safe online and could name a trusted adult who they could talk to if they saw something unsettling. 

Last Friday (19^th January), Green Class performed a poem to the whole school as part of our KS2 focus on Poetry. The poem was called 'Lady Winter Rap' written by Grace Nichols. We had practiced this in class quite a few times over the last two weeks.  The children performed extremely well - remembering to speak clearly, use actions, keep to a rhythm and most importantly, smile! I am incredibly proud of Green Class - Miss Wright.

Today we have made clay coil pots in line with our history learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Most children enjoyed getting messy! We will wait for the air dry clay to dry and then we will paint them. Once finished, the children will bring them home.

In Green Class, we have started our new art topic called 'Ammonites'. In our last lesson, children used their observation skills to create their own sketches of ammonites, they then used media of their choice (oil pastels, watercolours, charcoal, pencil colours) to enhance their sketches. The children were very focused with this task and produced lots of fabulous artwork. If you have an ammonite at home, please consider bringing it in to support our art unit. 

Thank you for your donations toward our cooking ingredients. Today we made two out of the three different taco recipes (beef mince and vegetarian), on Monday we will be doing a chicken version, with another group of children. Most children cleared their plates and asked for more, they especially enjoyed the toppings bar. 

Cooking - Potatoes are so versatile- the children were surprised that the same ingredient could make such different tasting dishes. Lots of children liked the taste of the mash and potato salad and came up for seconds and thirds! 

Playing the glockenspiel - We have been working really hard to learn and play a song called Deecee's Blues, the children enjoyed the improvisation section of the lesson. We are hoping to learn a Christmas tune over the next few weeks. 

Green class have created some beautiful pieces of art work with oil pastels and black card. We had a thoughtful discussion about Remembrance and the children who are Beavers spoke excitedly about their special role in the Church Remembrance Service this weekend. 

For the start of our DT unit on Cook Well, Eat Well, we recapped on the different food groups and what it means to have a balanced diet. We also looked at a picture of a dangerous kitchen and circled the hazards and identified the risks for example, there was a man putting a metal knife into a toaster to get the toast out. We are learning about how to stay safe when cooking so that we can do some cooking over the next few weeks (preparing and cooking potatoes in different ways and making a taco filling). 

In History, the children had a blast a few weeks ago making the Stone Age spears out of paper mâché and paint. We had lots of comments about how they looked so realistic! I hope the children have been playing sensibly with them at home.