SUMMER TERM 2010

This term has been very busy for Year 3. The children have all really enjoyed our history topic on the Ancient Egyptians and they have completed lots of lovely pieces of work to go in the amazing topic books they have made. These include learning about mummification and making their own canopic jars, using model magic to make amulets, researching Tutankhamun using the internet and books to produce a poster and finding out why the River Nile was so important to the Egyptians. Our topic has really come to life through our drama work which has focused on Howard Carter discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb. The children took on the role of archaeologists and had to keep a journal of their experiences in the Valley of the Kings.

Another enjoyable part of our topic was Egyptian day which once again focussed on using drama to bring events from Ancient Egypt to life. The children all looked great in their Ancient Egyptian outfits and learnt a lot from the day.

We have completed two DT projects this term. The first involved the children designing and making healthy choice sandwiches. It was really fun watching the children choose their own fillings to make their sandwiches and they really enjoyed eating the final product!

The second involved using pneumatics to make moving monsters. The children did a great job designing and making their monsters and had great fun testing them out.

In literacy we have been studying the features of Greek myths. This resulted in the children all writing their own Ancient Greek Quest Myth after lots of careful planning including using PowerPoint to map their hero’s quest.

As well as all of the above, other activities have included spending an afternoon learning various cheerleading moves with the squad from Royal Holloway, our weekly swimming lessons where it has been really pleasing to see the progress made by all the children and learning about Judaism in our RE lessons.

We have had a lovely year with the children and wish them all a restful and enjoyable summer holiday.