Blog Author: Streethay Primary

Our Geography unit this half term is all about earthquakes!

This week we were understanding why earthquakes happen. We looked at the parts of the Earth's crust which are visible and which are not, what tectonic plates are, and why New Zealand may have earthquakes.

This is such an exciting…

During our French lessons this half term we are creating Monster Pets!

This week we have been learning the French version of 'head, shoulders, knees and toes'. Then we moved onto naming different body parts in French and recognising whether they are masculine, feminine or plurals.

Next, we…

This week in maths, we have been looking at place value of 4-digit numbers. Today, we were comparing 3-digit numbers. We talked about ways to identify the smallest and greatest number, as well as ways to remember the symbols < and >. 

This week in Orchard the children completed their first French lesson where they began to learn the vocabulary for different sports and the Olympics. They also began the exciting and immersive topic of Earthquakes in Geography. 

This week, during maths, we have been comparing 6 digit numbers. We have also worked hard on our presentation in our books.

LO: i can sort and match quantities to 3.

The children have been exploring the maths area, they have been able to access the natural materials and start to sort and match them up to 3, they have then moved on to do the same with the coloured bears.

Welcome to Daisies!

The children have enjoyed creating their own Daisies picture for our display. The Daisies have been exploring the provision and started to settle in very well.

In Year Three, our new science topic is called Movement and Nutrition. This week, the children learned, and have started to use, an impressive range of scientific vocabulary! The children looked at vertebrates and invertebrates as well as some creatures with an endoskeleton and exoskeleton. They…

In Design & Technology this week, Team Hedgehogs investigated existing stockings. We talked about function and visual appeal, to make sure we understood how these are important in DT. Then, we applied this knowledge to a stocking of our choice. We answered questions based on…

The children have enjoyed creating their own sunflowers for our display. 
 

Welcome to Team Hedgehogs!

We enjoyed completing two bits of artwork - that took a while for Miss Haycox to put up! We created self portraits which had two halves. One half was our outer self and the second, was our inner self. This gave us plenty to talk about as we discussed some of our…

Welcome to Team Daffodils! 

The children have enjoyed their first couple of days exploring the classroom and outdoor area in Team Daffodils. We have been involved in many fun activities this week from creating dinosaur lands, to messy water play and building tall towers! The children have…