Year 3 Blog 2024/25

 Year 3 revised vegetable  vocabulary. We discussed markets and any that children had visited when visiting France. We then looked at a video all about a visit to the market and practised some relevant vocabulary. The children then ordered vegetables in dictionary order. 

 During their lesson, the children watched a clip about the rainforest to identify five different ways humans are damaging the rainforest. First, they identified that deforestation means cutting down the trees, this can be done for many reasons. They then debated why man would cut down trees. Some amazing ideas were discussed but they finally agreed on five: mining, growing crops, feeding cattle, chopping down trees for wood as well as making paper.   

  In our RE workshop today we learnt about the worldview of Humanism and its annual festival of World Humanism Day. Humanists are people that believe they do not need religion to help them live good and happy lives and turn to science for answers. They don't believe in any God, have a religious book or sacred place, consequently there are no set ways in which to mark special occasions or even World Humanist Day itself. There may be events like picnics, conferences, parties or even protests to mark the day but it would depend on each cultures preference.  To mark this day and as a reflection of all the festivals we have already learnt about this year, we worked in teams to design our own perfect celebration, thinking about the food, venue, activities, decorations and clothes we would want. 

 Year 3 revised vegetable activity and practised pronunciation. They then explained Jack and the beanstalk to their partners before watching a French version of the story. They then practised pronouncing the vocabulary from the story and labelled images from the story. 

This week in DT the children tried a selection of dips with tortilla chips and pitta bread. We discussed the ingredients and where in the world they are commonly eaten. We then discussed how the dips tasted, looked and what their texture was like. Children rated the dips out of 10 and we will take a vote what to make as a class at the end of term