Blog by Tag: Team Badgers

After a fantastic Egyptian day the previous week, Team Badgers have continued exploring how Ancient Egypt had changed over time. We explored the evolution of pyramids and how the Egyptians built these more efficiently over time, Tutankhamun is an Egyptians ruler we are learning about and we…

Team Badgers have been learning all about how to express their feelings this week in French. We have explored how to say "I am happy", "I am sad", "i am very happy", "I am very sad", and "I am neither good nor bad/ so so". The children recalled their introductions in French from last week they and…

In PSHE, the children have worked together in group activities and discussions about making responsible choices and taking the right action. This has also allowed to the children to develop their team building skills by working cooperatively in a group. The class received a letter from a child…

In English this week, we have started to look at the features of writing an informal letter. The children worked together to create a success criteria from the identified features, ready for their letters next week. Our text this term is 'Coming to England' by Floella Benjamin, which the children…

Our topic this term in geography is rivers and the children are enjoying learning all about the formation of rivers and the cycle of water around the world. With a focus on the river Indus, the children have began to look at the upper course of a river, where the source of a river starts and…

This week, we have started a new chapter of addition and subtraction in maths. We have been applying our knowledge of column addition from Year 2 to add a three digit number to tens with renaming. The children have practiced using a variety of methods for addition, including place value grids,…

Team Badgers are learning all about seasonal foods in England and why we import foods from other countries to our supermarkets. We explored a variety of different fruits and vegetables that can be grown in England during the spring, summer, autumn and winter and how the countries temperate climate…

In Team Badgers, the children have started to learn to play a new instrument- the ukulele! This week, we practiced all four strings G,C,E,A one at a time to the song 'My dog has fleas!'. We learned to remember the strings G,C,E,A by saying Good Children Eat Apples!

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…

A warm welcome to Team Badgers!

We have had a wonderful first week back in Year 3. This week, the children have used their painting and cutting skills to create their own badgers for our classroom welcome display. The children have been reading about badgers and British wildlife and have been…

This week in our science in Team Badgers, we have been learning about the different parts of a plant and their function.  We learnt about the importance of each part and how it contributes to the healthy growth of the plant. We made posters to show our learning use real life plants!

Badgers have loved their STEM Day! The challenge was to create a marble run, but we didn't want the marble to move quickly - that's too easy! We hoped to slow it down! We discussed what may help slow down the marble on its way and what materials may help. The children planned their designs in…