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This week...

A wonderful start to the summer term! Milky Way 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! 

In Art we had great fun experimenting with clay. We loved looking at sculptures and got inspiration on how to create our own.

Week beginning: 31.03.25

This week in English we wrote reports about tea and Fairtrade. In Maths we looked at equivalent fractions and how to use the fraction wall. In Geography we explored maps, towns, cities and settlements. It was a great week! Well done Milky Way. 

Week beginning: 17.03.25

This week we visited the library and lots of us took part in a book hunt. It was amazing and Milky Way made our school proud.

Week beginning: 10.03.25

This week in English we wrote questions about tea using question stems and in Maths we started our topic of fractions where we looked at the numerator an denominator. In Music we performed melodies using the pentatonic scale and in RE we expressed our gratitude. What a great week!

Week beginning: 3.03.25

This week we had a fantastic time in Outdoor Learning. We learnt how to make traps and we did some army training. In Music we played the glockenspiels and in French we learnt the names of objects we keep in our school bag. Everyone looked amazing on World Book Day, we had a blast!

Week beginning: 3.02.25

This week in English we wrote more on our Last Garden book. We used similes, conjunctions, present perfect tense and much more!

In Maths we started our new topic of measuring. It was fun to measure different objects around the room!

Week beginning: 27.02.25

This week we had a fantastic time in Outdoor Learning. We learnt how to get in and out of a hammock, how to read a compass and we learnt lots about pirates! We also played lots of fun games. Well done Milky Way and thank you Mr Moore!

Week beginning: 20.01.25

This week in English we planned our own brochures on being a rat catcher. In  Maths we were dividing 2 - digit numbers by 1 - digit numbers and in Computing we were looking at how to use different angles to create effective pictures. We also had an amazing time on Rockstar day. We rocked!

Week beginning: 13.01.25

This week in Milky Way we were multiplying and dividing in Maths. In English we wrote paragraphs about rats. We also made an advert to advertise a new rat catcher. In Art, we learnt to tint and shade and in PSHE we did stretches to help us relax. 

Week beginning: 6.01.25

This week we were really lucky to visit Wonderdome. We learnt amazing facts about space. We also loved hearing about the Milky Way. In French we learnt to count to 6 and in History we travelled back in time to explore Ancient Egypt.  

We loved wearing odd socks for Anti - Bullying Day!

This week...

This week Milky Way had Outdoor Learning. We began by learning some fire lighting facts and techniques and then we made dams in teams. Mr Moore poured water down the dams and we gathered that the more compact, strong and tall the dam was, was the better the dam worked and stopped water filtering through. In the afternoon we played fun team building games and we saw popcorn being made. We then tried some after. It was yum! 

Week beginning: 2.12.24

This week, Milky Way visited the library. We read a story together and explored lots of different books. Milky Way showed amazing kindness to the people around them which made us feel very proud. 

Week beginning: 25.11.24

We visited Celtic Harmony on Tuesday. We transformed into hunter gatherers, and we learnt how to flint knap, cook with natural herbs and start a fire. We loved hunting the mammoths and it was an amazing feeling to experience what life was like hundreds of thousands of years ago. Year 3 behaved incredibly and made Eastwood feel very proud.  

Week beginning: 18.11.24

This week in Geography we looked at human and physical features. We learnt that physical features are things that would be here without us such as mountains and rivers but human features are things humans have built such as schools and shops. In Science we looked at friction and tested how friction is affected on different surfaces. 

Week  beginning: 11.11.24

This week in Geography we learnt about hamlets, villages, towns and cities. We found it really interesting that if a place has a cathedral in it then it instantly becomes a city! To conclude our lesson, we looked on Google Earth and maps at different examples of settlements. It was great fun!

Week beginning: 4.11.24

This week in Science we started our new topic of forces! We carried out a number of experiments to see how forces work. See below!

Week beginning: 21.10.24

This week in Maths, we have been learning the formal written method in addition and subtraction. In English, we finished our Stone Age narrative writing. In Art we discovered and explored Ian Murphy and in Computing we looked at networks and websites.

Week beginning: 14.10.24

This week in English we were writing the start of our narratives inspired by 'The First Drawing.' In Maths we were adding and subtracting 1's and 10's across hundreds and in Art we drew geometric shapes with different media. 

Week beginning: 7.10.24

This week in French we made our own finger puppets to help us sing along to a French rhyme. In English we looked at more emotive language and in Maths we were adding and subtracting ones, tens and hundreds. We also had a great time visiting the library. Thanks to all those who helped. 

Week beginning: 30.09.24

This week in Art we were learning how to mix colours using soft pastels. We then put these colours onto a colour wheel! It took resilience and determination and everyone did a fantastic job!

Key Dates

Our PE days are now on Monday and Tuesday.

Spellings will be given out and tested every Monday. 

Key dates:

• Outdoor Learning - Friday 16th May

Phonics mat and common exception words

Our spellings this week are... 

knock

know

knee

knitting

knife

library

February

dictionary

boundary

salary

summary

Our quote of the week!