Activity Time in Year 3 and Year 4...

The children in Year 3 and Year 4 have Activity Time four times a week. During this time they have the opportunity to develop:
computer skills,
using different techniques in Art,
music skills including using instruments and singing,
ideas in construction and
team work and independent play in the role play.

Here are some pictures of the children at work:

We were making toys from magnets and springs.

We were mixing colours to make different shades.

We were in role as stall owners and customers in our market role play area.

We were making up our own rhythms and playing this with a pulse.

We worked in groups.

Highlights from Year 3 and Year 4's school trip to Manchester City Centre and Longsight Market

Last week the children in Year 3 and Year 4 visited Manchester City Centre and Longsight Market. They enjoyed a tour around the city centre and were welcomed into the stalls by the owners of various stalls in Longsight Market. We had a lovely morning. Here are some pictures from the trip...

We visited the cathedral.

We learnt about the gothic design.

We looked at the urbis.

The children enjoyed looking at the big wheel.

The children learnt abput the street leading upto the Royal Exchange and St Ann's Square.

The children learnt about the Royal Exchange Theatre.

We learnt about how Manchester changed once Victoria Station was built.

We visited the stalls at Longsight Market.

There were lots of different types of stalls.

There was a fruit and vegetable stall.

There was a jewellery stall.

Pink dolphins are great to ride on.I love dolphins. They are my best animal ever.

whot me and harry did today

we did maths.

An evil boy was angry. The strong fire wood was burning. A tall washing line was hanging cloths. My big bin was smelling.we whent in to the cold,reflectin pool. Today I saw a black jeep driving. My hard gate was swinging open.

A little boy was holding his old wooden catapult.He had a very big stone in it.He was aming for the small birds.That were on top of the garage roof.Unfortunately he let it go and the birds flew away.And the stone hit the garage roof and for this reason he got some grey paper and went outside and tried to cover it up.

The Window

The Jinj boy is shooting the dangly red  Helycopter .  the cat is climing the tree and the uther cat is siting on the  car. the grass is groing in the sunshin . the truk is dlivring hard hard stons.  the runer is runing as fasst as he can to get fit.    the car is going to runover  the runer. the fiae wood is as brit as the sun.

Year 3 start their direction work!

The Year 3 children started to learn and become confident with new direction language. They played directional Simon Says and directed each other around the playground using the vocabulary: North, South, East, West, North West, South West, North East and South East!

Our school ideas

This week we

The beginnings of our topic on cities...

Year 3 have begun their topic focusing on cities. We started by looking at maps of the United Kingdom and finding Manchester. We then looked at maps of the city centre. We also started to find attractions in Manchester on a map.

The children were very enthusiatic and excited to find places they knew on the maps...

Y3

I liked maths and singing, I am looking forward to the trip around manchester.
by mohammed and caitlin

the best bits of are 3 days at school

we are doing sums.we did the sums quikly.And we did some pictuers in the lerning journel.
jamie & matthew

in year 3

We have been loning adout a vuoo from my window by katie and jessica