Year 3 blog:
Boggis and Bunce and Bean: one fat, one short, one lean.
Have you read the story of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ by Roald Dahl? The farmers in the story each have their own unique appearance and personality: Walt Boggis is a chicken farmer, who weighs the same as a young rhinoceros; Nate Bunce is a duck and goose farmer and he's approximately the size of a pot-bellied dwarf; and Frank Bean is a turkey and apple farmer who is as skinny as a pencil, as smart as a whip, and possibly the scariest man currently living! Would you want to meet these farmers? Our Year 3 children have!
They have explored their different character traits and have been able to use their in-depth knowledge as inspiration to create their own rude, horrible farmer. The children have drawn on their prior learning about characterisation from Year 2, alongside their new learning on describing a character’s actions using precise verb and adjective choices to write some fantastic character descriptions. There are lots of mean, cruel and cunning farmers out there…BEWARE!
Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary – what do these words mean to you?
Initially, our Year 3 children had not met these words before either, however, using chocolate, the children have now explored how sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks are formed. This gave them clarity over the different types of rocks, the rock cycle and also brought their learning to life! To further understand the different types of rocks, the children became ‘real’ scientists and investigated permeability and density using their observational skills by dropping different rocks in water and identifying what happened to them. By the end of the unit, our children will have a good understanding of how rocks shape the world we live in.
Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero
Previously, our Year 3 children have met different pioneers who have shaped the world we live in, including Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale, and they began this unit of work by recalling their knowledge about these amazing women and the significance they had. Having explored the characteristics of a pioneer, the children were able to compare and contrast this to another key significant figure, Walter Tull, the first black football player at Tottenham Hotspur. Using their chronology skills, the children have learnt about his early life and his resilience, despite having had a difficult upbringing, and have made judgements about why he was a pioneer.