Autumn 1
Addition and subtraction. If you know 7 + 2 =9 then 70+20=90 and 700+200=900
An afternoon full of forest fun—building dens, climbing trees, exploring the wild, and creating beautiful nature-inspired art with wool and natural materials
We had a fantastic time celebrating Shwmae Su’mae Day! We began with a fun-filled assembly, joined in with the Orielodl Dwdl and enjoyed singing and dancing to Welsh songs out on the yeard
Thanks for sharing your Welsh diary with us
A dance session inspired by the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal in India
Thanks for sharing your Welsh diary information with us
We love a visit from Mrs Rees and our Reading Dog, Milo
Flexible partitioning of numbers to 1000
We asked the Coop to help us with our McMillan coffee morning and we were given these donations. Thrilled and grateful.
Working hard in our Monster Phonics session
Developing our understanding of multiplication
Outdoor Learning – Shadows
We began our session in the outdoor classroom with a Shadow Adventure story, before heading out to play a game of shadow tag. Afterwards, the children explored how shadows change during the day. At 1:30pm, they drew around their shadows on the playground. When they returned at 3:00pm, they noticed their shadows had moved to the right. The children discovered that this happens because the Earth is spinning. As the Earth turns, the Sun looks like it moves across the sky, and this makes our shadows change position.
So much fun playing Blooket!!! And learning about our class novel at the same time.
Plenty of fun, friendly competition and learning all rolled into one!
It’s always a pleasure when students come in excited to show what they’ve been learning at home
We wrote about our class trip in Welsh! Good practice for when the diary and class mascot come home for the weekend
We've been learning about number lines. Can you complete the number lines below?
William took Dewi home on the weekend. They had lots of fun together. William read his Welsh diary extracts with fantastic pronunciation. Ardderchog!
Harry was excited to show us the work he had done at home. Great effort Harry!
Shadow Puppets
After reading On a Beam of Light, we explored the BBC Bitesize KS2 resource Why are shadows made? and discovered that shadows are formed when an object blocks the light. We learned that the size and shape of a shadow can change depending on the position of the light source. To put our learning into practice, we designed and made our own shadow puppets. Then we took them outside into the sunshine, where we had a wonderful time experimenting with the shapes they created and performing imaginative puppet shows for each other.
Lots of Welsh!
Partitioning
Partitioning numbers to 100
We had a fantastic afternoon at Technocamps, building LEGO robots and programming them to move using the Spike app!
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Nothing better than a treat from Joe’s Ice Cream Parlour!
A wonderful and insightful visit to Swansea Mosque. Year Three pupils learned so much — from the Five Pillars of Islam to seeing the Qur’an, and even how Muslims wash their hands and feet before prayer. It was also great to see the food and baby bank helping those in need. Amazing to witness so much kindness and charity in action
Hearing Tim recite a Surah was a special moment at the Mosque
Lots of reading activities going on this afternoon
Developing our understanding of place value
William took part in the Swansea Bay run on Sunday! Great achievement 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Celebrating Roald Dahl Day with a book review
We had a wonderful time in our outside classroom reading Something Else by Kathryn Cave. The story helped us think about kindness, friendship, and what it means to belong. After sharing our ideas, we created a giant class spiderweb with wool. Each time we passed the ball of wool, we had to say something kind about a friend – by the end, we had a colourful web full of positivity and smiles!
Our adventures didn’t stop there. We went for a walk around the allotment, spotting the last of the fruit, vegetables, and flowers of the season. We even noticed a few sleepy bees buzzing around. In the forest, we explored, played, and enjoyed being outside together. The highlight for many was definitely running and splashing through the big puddle on the yard – lots of laughter, wet socks, and happy faces!
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Competition winners - name and draw the caterpillar
In our class, we are excited to be reading the novel Omar, Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian. This funny and heartwarming story follows Omar, a young boy with a vivid imagination who finds himself in all sorts of hilarious adventures. Alongside plenty of laughs, the book explores themes of friendship, family, cultural identity, belonging, and the importance of charity and helping others. Omar’s journey shows how kindness, acceptance, and working together can help everyone feel included, valued, and part of a community. We’ll also be using the story as inspiration to think about practical ways we can help and support others around us. The novel also links closely with our Science work, as Omar’s parents love Science and experiments, which gives us lots of opportunities to connect our own learning to the story. We’ll also be developing our IT skills, including programming robots, and making exciting connections between our learning and Omar’s adventures.
Today, the children practised reading and writing numbers in both digits and words, working with numbers up to 1,000
The children have been learning how to log on to Hwb and are getting more confident, but they still need a bit more practice. They’ve also been learning how to use capital letters when they type. They’re getting better at using full stops to finish their sentences. They know how to press the enter key to start a new line. They’re also practising using the spacebar to make sure their writing is clear and easy to read.
Before setting off, we watched a short video all about belonging and community, and we discussed the different ways we can help others. Afterwards, we went on a wonderful walk around our local area. Using a map, we followed a route and marked it as we went, reading the street names along the way. To our great excitement, we even spotted our class name – Eos! During our walk, we also stopped at Greggs and the Co-op with a special mission. We had prepared a persuasive letter, and we handed it in to ask for their support with something very important to us.
The children have been developing their digital skills by practising how to log on to the laptops and sign in to Hwb independently
First day back to school!
