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For the final cooking task of our Eating Seasonally topic, the children designed their own rainbow tart.  The tart could be fruit or vegetable based and had to include seasonal foods.  The children learnt all about the colours of different food and the benefits they have on our bodies. The…

This week in Science, we have been learning about the 7 nutrient groups. We have learnt what these 7 nutrient groups are and how they are beneficial for our bodies. We have also learnt about which foods fall into these groups. We now know why grown ups tell us to eat lots of fruit and vegetables,…

In Design and Technology this week, we made seasonal fruit crumble. This was linked to our previous lesson on seasonal fruit and vegetables. During the lesson, we worked in small groups to weigh the different ingredients to make the crumble topping. We had to make sure we weighed the ingredients…

As part of their Ancient Egyptian topic, children in Year 3 have taken part in an Egyptian workshop. During the day the children learnt lost of really interesting facts and information about the different rulers of Egypt, what Egyptians like to eat and how they worshipped different Gods. The…

This week in maths, we have been learning to use formal written methods for addition.  We have been practising column addition, where we have to rename 10 ones to 1 ten, which can be quite tricky. We made sure we were secure with the concept of renaming by using concrete materials so that we could…

This week, during their Design and Technology lessons, children in Badgers class have been learning about how climate affects fruit and vegetable growth. We have learnt that in the UK, the climate is often too cold for some fruit and vegetables to grow.  As part of this, the children made Japanese…