What is a county?

Today the children recapped their learning from last week and then they completed ‘Where in the World’.

They then looked at the 4 countries of the United Kingdom and watched them magically split into smaller parts known as counties. Using a letter, the children identified the county and post code of places on the Isle of Wight and then came to the conclusion that the Isle of Wight is a county. 

The children continued to build upon their skills using an atlas and its contents page to find the relevant map. Using the map they were able to answer questions about the size of the counties, which were found in the east or west and if any were landlocked. The children are becoming very efficient using an atlas and this is great to see. 

Finally, they located different counties in the United Kingdom as well as deciding which country they were found and the compass direction. 

Some amazing work today year 3, well done. 









Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Incredible Iron Age!

Image
On Wednesday, Year 3 had a visitor from the Iron Age! Holly showed us lots of fascinating iron age activities, games and jobs. We learned how to spin and weave wool from a real sheep, how to use a rotary quern to grind corn into flour, how to make pots out of clay and how to play some fun Iron Age games. We even chose Iron Age names for ourselves and learned a little about Iron Age law and order!
Read more

Helping or harming? Safe choices for our bodies.

Image
  Helping or Harming? In PSHE this week, Year 3 were learning about how our bodies can be helped or harmed by different things, and how we can make choices about what we consume. We had some fantastic discussions about this, for example: enjoying chocolate in moderation, how many doughnuts is too many doughnuts(!), what makes water the best drink for our bodies, and why some drinks are not for children.  Year 3 were then tasked with sorting a range of different foods, drinks and ingredients into 'helping' or 'harming' for bodies. We were especially impressed to see that children understood that some items could be harmful for one person but not for another, for example, if somebody has allergies. Keep up the super sensible decision-making! 
Read more

Assessment

Image
 This week, the children carried out their assessment about volcanoes. Are all volcanoes bad for the Earth? There were some great discussions within the class.  To conclude their leaning, one of the children made a volcano and we used both coke and mentos as well as bicarbonate and vinegar to make it erupt.  What an explosive time. 
Read more