Galaxy (Year 3)

Welcome to Galaxy Class with Miss Taylor!

Our PE days are now on Monday and Tuesday.

Spellings will be given out and tested every Monday.

Key dates:

Stars of the Week

Summer 1

Week 1

A wonderful start to the summer term! Galaxy class have worked very hard this week and I am extremely proud of what they have achieved.

In maths we have been looking at mass. This involved comparing, estimating and measuring the mass of objects. Moving on to solving problems involving grams and kilograms, in which the children were required to convert the amounts and find midpoints between two intervals.

In English lessons we are reading The Thames and the Tide Club – a club which all the children are now proud members of! The book tells the story of a group of children who enjoy walking the river shores searching for treasure and secrets! We started the week off by creating a 3D model of an ‘underwater London’ and then used this to inspire a creative writing piece about the secrets they thought they may find under the river.

Stars of the week

Well done to Alayna for writing a lovely persuasive letter stating why she should become a member of the Thames and the Tide Club

Well done to Teddy for excellent maths work. He worked confidently when using scales to compare, estimate and measure the mass of different objects.

See you next week.

Miss Smith

Our trip to Celtic Harmony

We loved our trip to Celtic Harmony!

Arjol - My favourite part was building shelters out of sticks.

Lewis and Danny - My favourite part was going hunting. We hunted a woolly mammoth altogether.

Idrees and Layla- I liked throwing 'spears' at animals!

Rosie and Hazel - I liked mixing the stew.

Romilly - My favourite part was throwing 'spears' at the animals.

Marwan - My favourite part was making a stew for our instructor using plants and herbs.

Rocky - I loved learning about flint knapping!

Ava-Rose - My favourite part was learning all about fire.

Charlie - I loved building the shelters and putting the leaves on top.

Sienna - I loved collecting mushrooms and plants when we were gathering.

Olivia - I loved learning how to make a fire in the stone age.

Local Councillor Visit - Robert McMullan

Today, we had a visit from our local councillor. We learnt about his role and asked him lots of questions about his job.

Here are some of the things that we learnt:

- around 1,100 voted for him to become councillor

- he also works at a bank and completes most of his councillor role in the evenings!

- he helps to decide where Eastwood Park ward spend their money

- he spends lots of time helping people with the 3ps - parking, potholes and pavements!

- he talked to us about recycling, reusing and remaking

- he meets the public in Kent Elms library every fortnight to discuss their problems and to see if he can help

- there are 51 councillors in Southend!

- the youngest councillor is 19

- you have to be 18 to become a councillor or vote for a councillor

- you have to be elected to be councillor and this is decided again every 3-4 years

He told us that if we or our parents have any concerns about our local area we could contact him through the MySouthend website: MySouthend – Southend-on-Sea City Council

Spring 2 learning!