Ancient Greek Day

This term we have been learning about Ancient Greece, and have been studying myths, the Gods, the Ancient Olympics, home life at the time and what the Ancient Greeks ate and wore.
Yesterday Year 3 and 4 all finished off our Inquiry Unit by having a Greek feast- we dressed up in 'Ancient Greek' clothing and brought in some Greek food for our feast. We had olives, grapes, feta and other cheese, pita bread and Greek yoghurt, honey, baklava and 'tsoureki', a traditional Greek bread made by Sophia, as well as some Greek 'wine' and goblets provided by Harry!
A big thank you to all the parents who provided such a delicious feast!

The Uno Effect

Our school production this year was "The Uno Effect", based on Graeme Base's "Uno's Garden", about the shift in balance from forest to city, greenery to buildings. Our scenes, as Year 3, were playing games as happy children, and then building houses and other buildings. 
We had great fun making up and practicing our dances, which ended with the whole Year group doing a flash mob dance, led by Holly and Chelsea! The builders' scene was also accompanied by musicians.
We had 4 shows for parents and guests and kept performing brilliantly on stage even when we were tired. Have a look at these photos of us on and off stage- you were FANTASTIC Year 3 well done!

Multiplication Magic!

We have been learning about Multiplication (grouping) and Division (sharing) all term, and yesterday we had a Problem-solving contest.  

eg. If you and 3 friends won 48 cupcakes, would you rather have 6 each, or share them equally between you? 

The Mathematicians in Room 15's Maths group worked with a buddy to solve similar questions: the key...read the question carefully, decide on the important numbers and the operation (x or /) and then choose the strategy to use!

The result...Maths superstars, well done! 

We are also trying to beat our time for Multiplication Loopy (a bit like Multiplication dominoes in a circle)...keep those thinking caps on!

Giant Vocabulary

We have been reading Roald Dahl's "The BFG" and have been finding the BFG's vocabulary quite amusing. 
He plays with words and mixes them up, such as 'crocadowndillies' (crocodiles), 'butteryflies' (butterflies), 'antcruncher'(anteater), 'hipswitch' (straight away) and 'eats' (food). 
Room 15 have been using their 'gogglers' and "listeners" and have made up some of their own words up....ask them what mixed-up words they thought of!

Calendar Art

Our 'Cats' are now finished and ready to order as calendars, diaries or notecards. Please have a look at Room 15's artwork here, and place your orders with the office.