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Year 3 - Cherry
Welcome To Our Year Three Class Page - Miss Connor
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN AUTUMN 1!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
September:
Our First Class Collective Worship Together
(This half-term's school core value focus is: LOVE!)
September:
Our Rights Respecting Class Charter
(Having 'rights' is like having 'super powers'!)
September:
Fun With Play-Doh In Geography!
September:
Starting Work On Our Class Book 'Pebble In My Pocket'
In English
September:
Geography Field Work
October:
Our Interactive Zoom Session With The Author Konnie Huq!
October:
Our Class Collective Worship Focusing On The Rosary
October:
Bingo Fun In Our Maths Lessons!
October:
National Poetry Day (7th October)
Group Poems Based On Our Class Book 'Pebble In My Pocket'
October:
Drama In Our English Lesson Based On Our Class Book
'Pebble In My Pocket'
October:
Exploring Our Religion Work Through Drama
October:
We Earned Our First 'Golden Time' Class Treat!
October:
Cross-curricular Art and Geography work: landscape pictures including 'rivers/seas' using 'Pointillism', based on the work of the artist Georges Seurat.
October:
Playing fun 'police' games in our Spanish lessons!
October:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Throughout October, our learning has involved finding out about a different inspirational black person each day from the amazing book 'Young, Gifted and Black' by Jamia Wilson. We also researched and wrote about some famous black sports people. We learned about African Art and then recreated some patterns, based on what we had explored. We were also lucky enough to participate in an interactive Zoom session with the author Ifeoma Onyefulu!
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN AUTUMN 2!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
November:
Group work in English based on our new Class Book 'Arthur and the Golden Rope' by Joe Stanton.
November:
Playing a Spanish game in small groups to practise expressing how we feel!
November:
Wearing 'Green' for COP26!
November:
Peer Assessment work in English!
November:
Our 'Remembrance Day' Class Collective Worship.
November:
Our 'Remembrance Day' activities.
November:
Our Lantern Making Workshop with We Are Adventurers ready for the Beech Road Christmas Festival!
We had such good fun - thank you Paul and all the WAA Staff!
November:
Researching using the iPads in Geography!
December:
Our first 'Advent' Class Collective Worship.
December:
We were so lucky to participate in a Zoom session with the author Michael Rosen (or 'Michael Raisin' as he often calls himself!).
December:
We loved the Key Stage 2 Christmas Pantomime via Zoom! Thank you so much to the P.T.A. for such a special Christmas treat!
December:
We had lots of fun and giggles playing lots of games together on Christmas Party Day!
December:
We enjoyed making special Christmas star decorations for our 'Advent Angels' in Reception Ash (Mr Jones' Class)!
December:
We enjoyed another 'Golden Time' class treat together! A Christmas movie and sweeties!
December:
We met with our 'Advent Angel' Buddies from Reception Ash (Mr Jones' Class) in the outdoor classroom (in a socially distance manner!) and exchanged the Christmas gifts that we had made for each other! We also sang each other a song from our Christmas Performances! Year 3 Cherry loved the gingerbread 'Advent Angel' biscuits from their Reception Buddies - thank you Mr Jones and all the children in Reception Ash!
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN SPRING 1!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
January:
Our first Spanish lesson of the New Year involved studying Christmas and New Year traditions that people celebrate in Spain! We enjoyed eating 12 grapes to a video of the 12 chimes from the Clock of the Puerta del Sol in Madrid as part of this work!
January:
Welcome back Tal! We are so excited to have you back with us at school! Well done for being so brave in hospital!
January:
Our first Tin Whistle lesson with Mr Sanderson in preparation for our participation in the Irish Festival in March!
January:
We are enjoying taking it in turns to lead our weekly Prayer and Liturgy class sessions!
January:
We enjoyed participating in a Zoom session with some of the authors of 'Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black British Authors & Illustrators'. We were joined by Clare Weze, Joe Coelho and Dorcas Magbadelo for an exclusive Q&A and a draw-a-long!
February:
We enjoyed some Mindful Meditation to mark the start of Children's Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!
February:
We enjoyed preparing and performing a Class Assembly all about Children's Mental Health Awareness Week focusing on this year's theme of 'Growing Together'! We linked our learning to Article 24 from the U.N.C.R.C. (Every child has the right to the best possible health) and Article 12 from the U.N.C.R.C. (Every child has the right to express their views and feelings). We developed a 'Wellbeing Toolkit' to include the different 'tools' we might use to help us feel more relaxed, happy and content when we are faced with challenges and setbacks. We also focused on ways in which we can 'grow' emotionally (and set ourselves our own personal targets) and how we can help others to 'grow' emotionally. We ended our Class Assembly with the song 'Stronger' to highlight the importance of being resilient, in order for us all to continue to 'grow' emotionally!
February:
We enjoyed a 'Health and Wellbeing' class golden treat after all our hard work for our Class Assembly!
February:
We got a sneak preview of our next History topic, The Egyptians, which we will be studying in the Summer Term, when Mrs Law came in to work with us on an exciting art project! Thank you so much Mrs Law!
February:
Being historians and examining the evidence as part of our History Topic all about The Stone Age! We really enjoyed investigating all about Otzi the Iceman!
February:
Cross-curricular Art and History work: Stone Age Cave Creations using oil pastels!
February:
Our fitness session with MCRactive as part of our 'Goodness2Greatness' project!
February:
We thoroughly enjoyed our second workshop with Mrs Law as part of our exciting Egyptian Art Project! Thank you so much again Mrs Law!
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN SPRING 2!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
February:
We created special prayers for all the people in Ukraine and we will continue to pray for them everyday.
March:
WORLD BOOK DAY - Thursday 3rd March!
We had great fun - especially when we went to read with the children in Reception Oak!
March:
We loved taking part in the Manchester Schools Art Project
Part 1: 'Happy'!
March:
Performing our persuasive group 'Jingles' in English based on our Class Book 'One Plastic Bag' by Miranda Paul!
March:
We came to school wearing the colours of the Ukraine Flag on Wednesday 16th March to raise money for the Ukraine Appeal.
March:
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY - Thursday 17th March!
We loved our Year 3 Trip to The Irish World Heritage Centre as part of the Manchester Irish Festival 2022! We took part in singing, dancing and tin whistle workshops!
March:
Our healthy eating and smoothie making session with MCRactive as part of our 'Goodness2Greatness' Project!
March:
We earned a 'Golden Time' Class Treat in the Key Stage 2 Outdoor Learning Area!
March:
Music with Mr Sanderson: learning all about Bob Marley and playing along to some of Bob Marley's songs using our Tin Whistles!
March:
Re-using plastic containers and making musical instruments as part of our 'Women's History Month' work based on Isatou Ceesay and The Recycling Women of the Gambia! (Cross-curricular link with our English work on the book 'One Plastic Bag' by Miranda Paul.)
April:
We loved taking part in the Manchester Schools Art Project
Part 2: 'Safe'!
April:
Our fun music session with Sam Morris!
April:
Quiet reflection during Holy Week on each 'Station of the Cross' in the Chapel. Every class throughout the school prepared a different 'Station'. Year 3 Cherry focused on Station Ten: Jesus Is Crucified. We produced some powerful, thought-provoking responses to this task.
April:
We earned a 'Golden Time' Class Treat in the Computer Suite!
April:
We enjoyed creating Easter pictures celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus!
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN SUMMER 1!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
April:
Preparing for our First Holy Communion - drama work in Religion all about the different parts of the Mass!
May:
We loved our engaging and interactive Ancient Egyptian History Workshop and learned lots of new facts! Thank you 'Past Productions'!
May:
We thoroughly loved our final workshop with Mrs Law as part of our exciting Egyptian Art Project! Thank you so much once again Mrs Law!
May:
THE QUEEN'S PLATINUM JUBILEE PARTY DAY - Thursday 26th May!
What a great day we had learning all about the Queen's life! In Year 3, we focused particularly on her Coronation. We especially loved our ice-cream treat during this party day! Thank you so much to our fantastic P.T.A. for organising this treat for the whole school!
LOOK AT THE FUN WE HAD LEARNING IN SUMMER 2!
(Please click on the Slide Shows below!)
June:
The culmination of Manchester City Council's 'Happy, Safe and Free' Art Project!
June:
The first of our five squash lessons - we are so lucky!
June:
Sports Week - Quidditch!
June:
Sports Week - Games with the Nursery!
June:
Sports Week - Gymnastics!
June:
Sports Week - Netball Activities with Year 5 planned by the P.E.S.H. Council!
June:
Sports Week - Year 3&4 Sports Day!
June:
Jacek's last day at St. John's... we were all so sad to say goodbye to him.
Jacek... you will always be a part of our St. John's Family though.
June:
Our Year 3 'Stone Age' History Trip to Tatton Park!
June:
Our Rights Respecting School 'Article of the Month' work!
July:
Our Year 3 Camp on the School Field!
July:
A Class Prayer & Liturgy Session... following in the footsteps of Jesus!
July:
Our finished Egyptian 3-D Art Creations!
Thank you so much again Mrs Law!
July:
A Class Prayer & Liturgy Session in the Chapel!
July:
Our Year 3 Party Day to celebrate making our First Holy Communion this year!
