Cedar Class Year 3

Welcome to Cedar Class!

Cedar Class is a Year 3 class with 30 children currently, most of whom have transitioned  from St Nicholas Infant School and Foundation Stage Unit. We have 17 boys and 13 girls.  We have a dedicated team of staff - Mrs Giles, (class teacher) Ms Coverdale, (teaching assistant) Mrs  McConnell, (teaching assistant) and Mrs Benny (teaching assistant).  We thrive on having fun and are very much looking forward to the year ahead!

Visit From an Author

Author Ross Montgomery visited out school for the day and   inspired us during an assembly and a workshop as part of our celebrations for World Book Day. We were introduced to characters from many of his books and plots.

 He gave us top tips with examples for becoming an author.  The 3 most important are;

1. Read lots

2. Write lots

3. Never give up

He  explained about the process of researching his subjects, writing and painstakingly rewriting his work numerous times until he was happy with each book and accepted by the publishers.

 

Within Cedar Class, the book  they most wanted to read  was 'Christmas Dinner of Souls'.

His next book to be published will be  called 'Rock Bottom' and he has already published 11 books.

Seven more books are in process of being written currently.

 

 Jackson  was one of the many children inspired that day -  "That man has really inspired me to do writing at home later!" 

 

 We are keen to email any story ideas to the author, so get writing!

The myth of Romulus and Remus

Having learnt the Roman myth of Romulus and Remus, we did some drama work, called ‘Conscience Alley,’ to further develop our thinking and reasoning.   We had to decide if we personally thought that it was right to name the city Rome after Romulus. 

Tallulah – “No, it should be called Remus after his brother!”

Cian – “Yes, because the fight was all or nothing and he also built it!”

Jessica – “No because he killed his brother!”

Herbie – “Yes, because Romulus wanted everyone to know it was his city and he had built it!”

What would you think?

First week of cricket with Nick

Brr!   It was a chilly day, but the enthusiasm was not spoilt in the least!

A warm-up game of ‘Head Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ soon got the children listening and moving with quick reactions in a bid to get the ball off the cone before their partner whenever ‘Toes’ was called!  Focus, concentration and good listening were all vitally important skills that were being developed.

Hand eye coordination was developed through catching practise from throws and bounces.  Interestingly, covering one eye made catching a ball so much harder and made us focus even more.

A game situation made us begin to work as a team, working hard to be quick to return the bat to the next member of the team or to get the ball back to the bowler to put pressure on the other side!

We eagerly look forward to the next fun-filled lesson to develop more skills and knowledge.

The Wallingford Pancake Race

We enjoyed going down to the town centre to support our Year 6’s and other members of the community at this annual, fun event to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.  Back at school, we wrote recounts   focussing on the who, what, where, when, why and how.

Our Project this Term

 

We are now confidently playing and reading notes B, A and G and  playing a variety of tunes using these notes. We can play  with control making a nice sound and can repeat rhythms accurately.   We are learning musical terminology along the way such as dynamics, pitch, tempo, pulse and more!

In RE, Cedar Class were exploring the Nativity story in preparation for the performance in  St Mary’s Church at Christmas time.  Using role play, they explored the thoughts, feelings and reactions as Angel Gabriel explained to Mary that she was going to have a baby called Jesus  who would be Christs’ son.  How would you explain it to her if you were Angel Gabriel?  How would Mary really have reacted?

  In the science topic of ‘Light’, Cedar Class have been experimenting to discover the most reflective materials. They tested different materials  with shining torches  to see how much light was reflected back onto a white piece of paper surrounding the torch. The  more light on the paper, the more reflective the material was. They also learned about the retro-reflective materials used in road signs and ‘hi vis’  safety  gear.   Keep an eye out for other retro-reflective equipment and clothing! Maybe your coat has retro-reflective strips in it so you can be seen easily in the dark and kept safe!