We had great fun turning into pirates and finding out new pirate facts! We even got to wear our own pirate hats!!
We also followed instructions to dance a pirate prance!
Year 2 had great fun spending our earnings from the Christmas Fayre. We travelled to Vue Cinema in Gateshead on the metro and took our pack lunches with us. We had a mini adventure, but the fun didn’t stop there as they produced some fantastic writing when asked to write a recount of our trip.
Mrs Kiely loved the VIP seats!
Everyone is very excited to have started this book today. We have already spotted some of the special phrases and descriptions that we found out about last week. So far we know that the old man is called Issa and that there is a camel called Jin-Jin. Can’t wait to find out what happens next.
This is the banner that Year 3 made with Mrs. Moore, to send to The Queen for her birthday. We tried to think of all the things she likes to do, what do you think of our choices. We hope that she likes it.
Year 3 and our consultant gardener, have begun planting in our new “allotment”. We can’t wait to see what happens over the next few weeks. As long as we keep Miss Lenney away from it, the plants should grow really well.
Bede Burn School Council are looking at different ways to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday. We have had a few ideas, but what do you think? We look forward to hearing from you, please comment below.
The School Council
Year 3 had a go at creating some 3D art on Friday, but I think that this piece of work that was completed at home is fantastic!
Hello and welcome back! I hope you have all enjoyed the Easter break. Our new topic this term is pirates and the children are all very excited to get started and learn lots of interesting facts.
We will be linking English to our topic this term and will start by thinking about instructions. The children will be learning to listen to and follow instructions, firstly by playing captain’s coming then making a pirate hat. We will also be making hard tack biscuits (pirate food) and writing our own instructions for other pirates to make them. Pirates is a great topic and can have lots of engaging writing links. (please see topic overview for further information)
Reading and spelling are also still very important and we will be continuing with our weekly spellings focusing on the different spelling rules. Please ensure your child’s reading books and diary are in on their reading day so we can ensure your child is listened to frequently.
In maths we are focusing on number, place value , addition and subtraction, then moving onto recapping multiplication, division and fractions. We will also be focusing on measure, applying skills and knowledge we have learnt throughout the year and using them in different situations.
We are all very excited for our first summer trip tomorrow to the Vue Cinema, Gateshead to see Zootropolis! We are using our earnings from the Christmas stall to pay for most of the trip.
For information on all subjects covered this term please see pirates topic overview.
Thank you!
Mrs Franchi
Year 2 are thinking about instructions in English. We played a game called Captain’s coming and we had to listen and follow instructions. We then gave our partner instructions thinking about verbs and adverbs. They were all really good at spotting the verbs and adverbs!
For our topic lesson we started off thinking about pirates and created a mind map of facts we already know. We even thought about what we would like to find out throughout the topic. We are SUPER excited to find out more about pirates!
Yeehaw! and welcome back after a lovely Easter break. The exciting news this term is that our topic is going to be based on North America, and yes that does include the USA and Canada. So we have the excuse to celebrate both American Independence Day and Canada Day. Sadly an Educational visit has not proved possible but we hope to bring the atmosphere to Bede Burn, so keep an eye on the website for our adventures. We will be finding out about the history and geography of these amazing countries, hopefully our Canadian penpals will be able to help us with this research.
After our fantastic work on Roald Dahl last term, our English work this term promises to be just as exciting as we study tales from other lands. The stories are full of magic and will provide plenty of opportunity to develop our writing skills. Reading continues to be a focus with the ability to read beyond the printed word and to develop our skills in answering questions beginning with “Why,,,”
As this is the final term in Year 3 [can you believe it!] we will be consolidating and extending our learning, ensuring we are secure in our understanding of the four rules of number and developing the skills needed to tackle problems and investigations. Fractions, understanding of time and geometry will be the other areas of the curriculum to be developed this term.
One of the biggest challenges of the year lies ahead in our study of plants this term, together with the development of our allotment. Plants should be very afraid!!! I am really hoping that the children prove very different to their teacher in their ability to grow and tend for our garden. We will be learning about the function of different parts of a plant and thinking about the effect that different conditions can have on the growth of plants.
Art and music will be linked to our topic work with The Canadian Group of Seven and the art of the original peoples of America forming part of our study,
As you can see we have an extremely busy and exciting term ahead of us, I am really looking forward to exploring these new topics. So it’s time to…
“Saddle up and ride ’em, Cowboy!”
