Thursday 23 May 2013

Year 3's Half Term Homework! 

Our topic next half term is 'Travel Agents'. In preparation for this topic we would like you to try and do some of the following activities: 


  • Visit a travel agents and collect a range of brochures. If the travel agents are not busy talk to them about their job and where people choose to go on holidays. Where are the most popular? The most unusual? Make some notes to help you remember what you find out! 
  • Have a look at some travel websites: www.firstchoice.co.uk, www.travelzoo.com, www.travel supermarket.com 
  • Visit the local library and find some non-fiction or story books about other countries. 
  • Find some photographs of places that you have been on holiday. What do they tell you about the weather and the people? How is the place you went on holiday different from Coventry? 
  • As part of your project later in the topic you will be comparing two locations: one abroad and one in the UK. Some of the places abroad you could look at are: America, India, Japan or Africa. Places where you could go on safari, skiing, to the beach or sightseeing. Try to collect some brochures, advertisements or information about these kinds of holidays. 
Everything you collect or find out can be used as part of the project and you can record it any way you wish: in a notebook, in a folder or by using ICT. 
Have fun! 

Monday 6 May 2013

Earthquakes and Tsunamis

As part of our topic 'Disaster Zone', Year 3 have been researching tsunamis and earthquakes. Have a look at what they found out! 















Monday 22 April 2013

Our new topic this half term is DISASTER ZONE!


More than 100 homes have been evacuated after floods and gale-force winds caused disruption across Cornwall.

People were trapped in their cars and homes by the rising floodwaters, which reached up to 6ft (2m) deep in places.

St Blazey, St Austell, Mevagissey and Lostwithiel were the worst hit areas. The Environment Agency warned further floods were possible overnight.

The disruption includes:
  • Train services in and out of the county have been affected by landslides
  • Schools have been shut while the county's main trunk roads have been closed for several hours
  • Twenty-five vehicles have been recovered from floodwater
  • Cornwall Council has set up an emergency shelter at Polkyth Leisure Centre in St Austell, where 200 blankets and 200 groundsheets have been donated by the charity ShelterBox

The Environment Agency said heavy localised showers were forecast which would bring a risk of further flooding.

There is a flood warning in place on the River Fowey in Cornwall and flood watches on four other rivers in the county.

A spokesman said: "We are monitoring the situation closely.

"Our teams are on the ground clearing debris from rivers and grates, checking flood defences and assisting emergency services."

An old bridge in Lostwithiel remains closed to both traffic and pedestrians as engineers prepare to examine it for damage caused by debris.

Barry Green, 46, the owner of a bakery in the town, said the flooding had "pretty much destroyed" his shop. He was working when water spilled into the premises early in the morning."It all kicked off at about 5.15am when I heard a bubbling outside in the drains," he said."I was up at 3am and everything was fine. I had to quickly get the stock high up off the floor and call the flood lines to let them know we had a problem." Within three or four minutes it was knee high "One minute it was just lapping at the front door with no problem and I was just lifting a few boxes then I opened the front door and it just came pouring through. The speed of it was very, very surprising."

One woman in Lostwithiel said her car was swept 80ft to 100ft (25m to 30m) away from her home and was left wedged in a pile of rubble down the road.

"The worst of the rain is over, but the water's still flowing down Quay Street in both directions."

Cornwall-based international aid charity ShelterBox sent blankets to the emergency shelter in Polkyth, the first time it has delivered aid in the county.

Tony Lay, from ShelterBox, said: "Flooding is flooding and it happens all around the world.

"For affected families it is the same, whether you are in Cornwall or in Africa.

"You lose all your personal belongings and it is shocking."

Cornwall Council Leader Alec Robertson said he had spoken to the prime minister on the telephone earlier who had expressed his sympathy and offered government help.

All the county's main trunk roads and travel routes have been affected by the bad weather.

The A30 was closed across Bodmin Moor after a lorry shed its load but has now reopened.The A38 at Glynn Valley has reopened after being closed in both directions for several hours.

Rail services have also been disrupted.The mainline track between Penzance and London Paddington was closed for several hours.The Newquay to Par branch line remains closed due to a storage tanker which has washed down on to the railway track and subsidence under the lines.


The Eden Project, which was hit by 3ft (1m) of floodwater in places, said it was expecting to be closed for at least a week.

Chief Executive Tim Smit said: "The heavens opened and, in a period of about 40 minutes, there was a deluge.

"We need to dry everything, we'll need to probably get rid of a lot of stuff and the clean up is going to be horrendous."

Thursday 18 April 2013

Persuasive Writing

This week, Year 3 have begun looking at persuasive writing. We have been thinking about the topic of Zoos and began by reading Zoo by Anthony Browne. We then read some arguments FOR zoos and some arguments AGAINST zoos. We accessed the texts using QR codes and our iPads. Have a look and see which argument you find more persuasive!






We used the FOR and AGAINST texts to generate notes to help us in our writing. 





Sunday 24 March 2013

Maths homework for Easter

www.teachingtables.co.uk

Use this great website to practise your 3x and 4x tables. Practise your 2x 5x 10x tables too have fun!



Sunday 17 March 2013

Why are multi sensory classes important for babies?


Multi sensory classes are designed to attract the senses and develop early communication skills.

Babies and toddlers learn and explore the world by using their senses. They find out how things feel and work by looking, touching, chewing, tasting and listening.  Young children are very curious and want to explore, learn as well as having lots of fun!

Multi sensory baby classes are designed to help develop children's senses through using a range of different resources. Here are just a few examples: carefully selected toys, instruments, books, bubbles, puppets and a wide range of textures and materials, songs, sounds and music, lights and parachutes. 

Younger babies also like to look at black and white patterns as this helps their visual skills.

As babies turn into toddlers and they start to crawl and walk they begin to enjoy different activities for example: using puppets, role play, messy play, dressing up and being active.  Children join in with games, movement and explore a wide range of exciting textures and toys.  

Here are some ideas of what could be used in a multi sensory class to explore certain sense.

Sight- through coloured scarves, textures and fabrics, bubbles, pictures, books,  lights and many other exciting resources

Hearing- through music and sounds in many different mediums.  songs and traditional nursery rhymes to enjoy, as well as delightful instrumental music to respond to.  Carefully chosen musical instruments allow even the youngest babies to make sounds and join in with making music.

Touch- through a vast range of textured and tactile fabrics, balloons, water, jelly, cereal, lights and toys.  classes also create time to enjoy physical connections with simple baby movement techniques, dancing and cuddles.  


 Benefits of multi –sensory classes :

*Communication
*Bonding with parent/carer/peers
*Sensory exploration
*Movement
*Rhythm
*Curiosity
*Excitement
*Social and emotional skills
*Choice
*Hand-eye co-ordination
*Language development
*Facial expressions
*Concentration
*Knowledge and understanding of others around them and how things work

Monday 28 January 2013

Roman homework for the week

Using the sheet given in class today and the link below find out information about your Roman God and hand in homework on Monday. Enjoy your research!


Topic homework link:

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/ancient_rome/gods.htm