Well we have certainly had a busy week so far! The children loved coming in and discovering Arctic airways! They spent some time on Monday researching Phileas Fogg and made leaflets on countries that he visited.
On Tuesday they were in for a special treat as they got to board the 'Orient express'. With help from the Now Press Play headsets and some brilliant conductor commentary (Miss James), the children pretended they were aboard the train, eating snacks, looking at scenery out of the window and evening listening to a marching band.
After this drama session the children then learnt about Cinquain poems. They used the inspiration of their train journey to write their poems making sure they they had the correct amount of syllables for each line (2,4,6,8,2). These were fantastic and will be going up in the writing hall of fame when our snowy scene is down!
This afternoon we stayed on the train theme and looked at this art deco picture.
Using chalk, oil pastels and paper to add depth, the children then tried to recreate the picture. The results were fantastic!! Below is a small selection of these which are now in the children's sketch books.
The children have learnt about advent this week and even made a class advent wreath
Today the children started their kindness advent. Each day they get to choose a token which gives them a suggestion. Today's was "hold the door open for someone". Accompanying this, the children get to choose a festive magnetic bookmark. We were gifted a chocolate advent today from a lovely child in Year 1, so we will also have this!
In light of the communication about everyone having to have a PCR test, we have of course had another discussion in the class this afternoon as lots of children were taken out. If anyone has any questions about this please do feel free to contact me or talk to me at the door in the morning or after school.
Mrs Thorpe and the Year 3 team
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