Wednesday 16 December 2015

Hold tight, we are off to Brazil!


Class 3, both Mrs. Ward and myself are looking forward to learning with you after the Christmas holiday. 




We will be starting our theme 'Around the World in 50 Days' with a visit to Brazil.  We will be watching the film Rio and studying the book too.  Don't worry if you haven't seen it we will be watching lots of parts and using it for our first adventure story unit in English.  In Music we will be travelling north to Jamaica and sharing the rhythms of Bob Marley, learning some of his songs and adding our own music to them.  In Maths we will be doing further learning on calculation methods with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  Starters to lessons will be to practise those times tables, place value knowledge and speed up our fluency of other key recall facts.  In Science we will learning about humans and animals, starting with preparing a healthy menu and then cooking it and inviting special guests in to sample your cooking talents.  We will also be making our own muscles and skeletons!  We will be having some special 'animal' visitors in February to learn more about different animals in our world.
In theme afternoons we will be looking at the problems in the rainforests of South America and the pollution in the big cities.  This will be linked to our artwork in the first half term.


RE will be looking at 'Sacred Writings' initially linked to Judaism.
Please login to your Active Learn (don't forget there is a link on the right and on the Learning Zone on the website) and keep reading your Bug Club books and have a go at some of those maths games to get that fluency going for next term.  We will be assigning new books and games linked to our first maths unit soon.
For some extra holiday homework and for 3 extra housepoints, please watch the clip from Rio on the next post and leave a comment describing the setting using at least 2 adjectives and 1 adverb.  We look forward to reading them.
Have a wonderful Christmas holiday everyone!
Mr. Wainwright
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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 December 2015 at 15:41

    I have done
    jonty

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  2. Anonymous18 December 2015 at 18:19

    Sorry I forgot the sentence so here it is. The colourful, elegant birds are flying through the blue sky. And I also want to say good luck to Mrs smith and I, class 3, the whole school and all the staff will miss you.
    Jonty

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  3. Anonymous18 December 2015 at 18:25

    Sorry this time I forgot an adverb and also my sentence wasn't really about the setting which it should have been. So i'll try again in the next comment.

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  4. Anonymous18 December 2015 at 18:29

    The colourful, elegant birds are flying gracefully around a peaceful and lush rain forest. And again I want to wish Mrs smith the best of luck and you have been absolutely amazing. And you have been a wonder to learn from.
    Jonty

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  5. Mr. Wainwright18 December 2015 at 22:37

    Excellent sentence Jonty! I hope Mrs. Smith is enjoying her Costa cake tonight. Have a great Christmas and I look forward to teaching you next term.

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  6. Anonymous22 December 2015 at 17:10

    The rainforest has beautiful trees elegantly waving their leaves with colourful birds landing on them.
    Elise

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  7. Mr. Wainwright23 December 2015 at 08:02

    Well done Elise, you've even added personification. Wonderful sentence. I hope you have a fabulous Christmas.

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  8. Mr. Wainwright23 December 2015 at 08:03

    Well done Elise, you've even added personification. Wonderful sentence. I hope you have a fabulous Christmas.

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  9. Unknown30 December 2015 at 15:33

    The graceful birds, noisily swoop in the sky.

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    1. Mr. Wainwright30 December 2015 at 15:50

      Great sentence Grace! I'm looking forward to sharing the film and book with you next week.

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  10. Unknown30 December 2015 at 15:34

    The above is from Grace

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  11. Anonymous2 January 2016 at 10:02

    The bright, colerful rainforest woke up energetically.
    Jude

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    1. Mr. Wainwright2 January 2016 at 17:56

      I love this sentence, personification included too. Well done Jude!

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  12. Anonymous2 January 2016 at 17:30

    The serene and brightly coloured forest and jingly music feels me immediately with excitement!
    The birds are enthusiastically and joyfully and loudly singing their sons while flying and dancing in the clear blue sky.
    Carma

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    1. Mr. Wainwright2 January 2016 at 17:57

      2 sentences Carma, well done and a great choice of adverbs.

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  13. Anonymous3 January 2016 at 11:59

    In the juicy, green forest the birds wake up whistling and singing whilst dancing and swaying on branches. They swoop past leafy, green trees and make really nice patterns like fireworks in the sky.
    Sophie

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    1. Mr. Wainwright3 January 2016 at 17:15

      Thank you Sophie. Could you add an adverb to describe how the birds were swaying? Maybe- swaying peacefully.

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  14. Anonymous3 January 2016 at 16:29

    A beautiful colourful forest full of tropical birds flying
    quickly.
    Natalie

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  15. Anonymous3 January 2016 at 19:31

    The beautiful birds flew across the jungle whilst the trees slowly moved. By Archer

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    1. Mr. Wainwright3 January 2016 at 21:10

      I like this sentence Archer, you have alliteration too with the beautiful birds. See you tomorrow.

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    2. Mr. Wainwright3 January 2016 at 21:10

      I like this sentence Archer, you have alliteration too with the beautiful birds. See you tomorrow.

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  16. Anonymous5 January 2016 at 07:31

    In the peaceful rainforest, the bright, beautiful and joyful birds are singing and dancing excitedly to the music.
    Imogen

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    1. Mr. Wainwright5 January 2016 at 10:49

      Wow, I am impressed with the adjectives and adverb you have used in your sentence Imogen. You have thought about many senses in your description too.

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