Autumn Term 2023 - Meerkat Madness!
What a great start to life at Junior School! We have had to learn lots of new rules and expectations, and we are trying hard to follow them so we can follow the Netley motto of being “The Best We Can Be”
We are really enjoying reading “Meerkat Mail” by Emily Gravett, and following Sunny’s adventures as he tries his best to find his perfect home on his journey. We are learning to predict and to infer using clues and feelings in the story. We are excited to research and learn lots of facts about meerkats, and we are learning how to organise our information using headings and subheadings so we can write fact files about meerkats. We have found out some really interesting facts! For example, did you know that meerkats in the wild eat 200 scorpions a day?
In Geography, we are learning the location of the seven continents and five oceans. How many continents have you visited? We are also investigating the four countries within the United Kingdom by researching different landmarks, national symbols and famous foods from each country. Later this year, we will be learning about mountains and their locations within the continents and countries we have researched. Do you know the names of any famous mountains?
In Maths, we are making sure we have a good understanding of ten and ones, then hundreds, tens and ones so we can be confident with our use of place value. This will really help us with our addition and subtraction skills. We are familiarising ourselves with the concrete resources we have in our new classrooms and using them to support our learning.
We are LOVING being in Year 3!
Spring Term 2024 - From Rock to Heavy Metal! Stone Age to Iron Age
What a busy term we have had! We have learned all about the Stone Age to Iron Age, looking at differences between the time periods and how to order events chronologically on a time line. We were shocked to discover how long the Stone Age was! We travelled back through different periods of time to get there in our time machine. It was so much fun!
When we went to Butser Ancient Farm, we learned so much! Do you know how they insulated their homes during the Stone Age? They built their walls using hazel rods, weaved them around huge poles, and filled the gaps with daub. Daub was a mixture of clay, mud and cow dung! Cow dung is great for this because it is really stretchy!
We made new leaflets for Butser Farm to persuade schools to go and visit. Here is some of our work: