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Homework Heroes

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:22am

Congratulations to this Swallow for her amazing research and interpretation of a Julius Caesar fact-file presented from ‘beyond the grave’. Excellent dedication to her learning and the first of many to come it sounds like. Keep up the great work Swallows – excellent learning!

Homework

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:21am

We  have been working hard at home already this half term. We have been drawing ourselves as babies and creating our family trees.

Timeline Trivia

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:21am

Swallows spent the afternoon researching timelines and important dates form our History learning so far at The Gates. The children focused on previous learning from throughout school then adding these important periods to our own timelines in order of the events that occurred. We also had some help from Mr Simpson who assisted with some tricky Maths involving the abbreviations BC, AD and CE. Superb team-working Swallows and some great mastery with these tricky concepts!

Music

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:21am

We have been using the instruments to create different rhythms to hip hop songs. We used wooden instruments, bells and metal instruments.

Topic Homework Web

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:20am

Thanks to all of Swallows who have already started their research towards their Topic homework this term. So far this year there has been some fantastic entries, thanks to all parents for your support with this – it is very much appreciated!

Star of the Week

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:20am

Here is Owls’ first star of the week! He gets to wear the gold jumper all week so other children can follow his excellent behaviour!

Pantomime Pandemonium

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:19am

Swallows enjoyed a brilliant start to the new school term with a fantastic pantomime this morning. The version of ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ went down a real treat and the children loved every minute of it, especially the Scarecrow! Super start Swallows!

Reading Challenge winner

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:19am

Here is this week’s Reading Challenge Winner – well done and enjoy your book!

Reptiles

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:18am

We have been learning about the life cycle of a reptile today. We talked about what we already know about reptiles and learnt other features of them. We knew lots of information! Then we created a life cycle of a crocodile.

Swallows composing

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:18am

Swallows have been composing their own WW2 songs this week. A few weeks worth of work with Mrs Wardle and Mrs Williams, the children have really gone above and beyond to create some wonderful songs and lyrics using instruments. Their knowledge of this topic has shone through and the lyrics to the songs really showed a deep understanding of the topic. Well done Swallows with some super learning, keep it up!

Outdoor Maths

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:17am

Today we went outside for our maths learning. We were consolidating our knowledge on representing numbers to 100 – children had to find objects that represented 10 and 1 and use them as part of addition. Because we were so good at that, we moved on to using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols to compare numbers. What a great lesson!

Linking schools

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:16am

Swallows enjoyed a fabulous day at Bolton College with Blackrod Primary School! The children visited a sporting workshop run by the fabulous staff and students of the college and gained some potential new friends in the process. The children were thrilled to be able to sit and share a fun, energetic environment together and the results were fantastic! The children took part in games such as bench-ball, basketball,  handball, team-building activities and football.

A really enjoyable experience and one that will be memorable for years to come. Very well done with some outstanding manners Year 3!

Naughty Jingle's Ball...

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:16am

Look at what Jingle has done! I think a few Timeout A’s are in order here…

Science

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:16am

We have been learning about animals and their babies this week. We had to create a poster that shows the adult and the baby. We present our work to the rest of the class. We learnt the correct names for different animals. Did you know that a female cat is called a queen?

Rationing recipes

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:15am

Swallows spent the afternoon creating some masterpieces with their partners. The children have worked hard to research and follow examples of some basic and genuine recipes that would have used during World War 2. Great teamwork and technical ability Swallows!!

The Day the Crayons Quit

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:14am

Today we finished our letters to the crayons to try and persuade them to come back. We read our letters to the Kingfisher class who were very impressed with our writing! Great news – the crayons decided to forgive us and come back to class!!

Christmas comes around

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:13am

Well done Swallows on some really unique designs as part of our Christmas decorations. The children hung their ‘snowman hats’ on the tree this morning with pride, well done to all of you!

Rocking Wreath

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:13am

Swallows spent the afternoon preparing for Christmas in style and as part of their decorations for school, came up with a unique link with some wool wreaths. The children used teamwork, tying in with this weeks whole school target, to create their designs on tables. The outcomes look fabulous and all the children really made an effort to contribute to their table’s wreath. Very well done Swallows and we’re not even in December yet!

Revisiting rationing

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:11am

As part of their ongoing topic, Swallows sampled a few delicacies from the war that would have been easy to create and produce with very little ingredients. The children took it in turns to taste each product, then pass comment on their taste and texture. The children worked with their table groups and worked well as a team, leading well into the schools target for this week.

The products sampled were fruit cake, digestive biscuits, scones, sponge cake and dark chocolate. Fabulous learning Swallows!

Christmas charm!

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:10am

Swallows spent the afternoon creating some outstandingly unique Christmas tree decorations, ready for our hall tree. The pattern work and skill involved has led to some excellent artistry and designing. These are a credit to your workmanship Swallows, superb!

The festival of Diwali

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:09am

Swallows spent the afternoon studying the story of Rama, Sita and the festival of Diwali. Their learning led us through the path that Rama took to rescue Sita and the children recreated this Hindu festival by way of a puppet show.

Sound creation in science

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:08am

Swallows have sepnt the afternoon creating some awesome looking instruments, taking inspiration from our topic web homework’s. Lets hope they sound as good as they look when we test them for ‘spectacular sounds’ as part of the influence to help a new band! Super, collaborative learning Swallows!

Rememberance Day Poppies

Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:07am

Swallows spent the morning reflecting on how war has affected our way of living and how the lives of others lost has enabled us to have the freedoms we enjoy today. The children took part in a minutes silence as part of a school assembly and the children were able to add their poppies as part of the schools own ‘Remembrance garden’.

Maths Madness

Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 4:29pm

Today’s Maths lesson saw Swallows investigating re-grouping with numbers across 3 columns! Our learning has been focused recently on digits and so it was great to see how the children responded to the ‘base 10’ equipment.

All the children interacted extremely well as small groups to solve some tricky problems.  Well done Swallows, some excellent up-leveling of your knowledge!

 

Rememberance Poppies

Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 4:28pm

Today, Swallows have been making their poppies ready for this coming week’s Remembrance Day assembly.  They used a template an original design to create a poppies that will be shared with the rest of school. We spent today’s Big Question time thinking about why it is important to remember those who fought and died in War, particularly through our study of WW2. Some excellent art skills Swallows!

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