Zebras

Welcome to Zebra Class! We currently have 26 wonderful ‘Zebras’ made up of Year 3 and 4 children. Our teacher is Mr Murray and we are helped by Melinda, our lovely Teaching Assistant.

So far this year we have studied the Romans and ‘Dragons: Fact or Fiction?’.

The children have had a great time exploring the Roman Empire, and how their invasion impacted Britain. We visited Truro Museum, where we took part in workshops, and even made our own clay Roman lamps!

We used the Romans to inspire us in our Science work too, where we were testing the properties of different materials to decide which were best to build an model aquaduct from!

In our English, our learning was based around the book: ‘Escape from Pompeii’, where our work culminated in creating newspaper articles about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. We were also lucky enough to have a Roman writing workshop with author Robin Price.

The Roman topic also afforded us myriad opportunities to develop our art skills. From making mosiacs, to building Roman shields and working with clay, we loved being able to bring the subject to life!

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Last half term saw us turn our attention to Dragons! Our English work was based around Pie Corbett’s ‘Beware of Dragons’, where we created our own fantasy islands and wrote a story about the great mythical beasts. We had a particular focus on descriptive language this half term, and it really showed in the children’s finished stories.

Alongside our work on dragons, children also researched and created information posters on the UK’s patron saints, created their own coats of arms, and painted watercolour silhouettes of dragons, creating a fantastic display to show of a range of their work. We also looked at different Ordinance Survey maps, considering a range of physical and human variables to decide where a dragon would most likely live in 4 different British localities.

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This term our topic is: ‘Misty Mountain, Winding River’, and we shall be studying the following:

In the Misty Mountain, Winding River project, we will learn about the characteristics and physical processes of rivers, including how they shape the landscape over time, their significance around the world and the impact of flooding. They will learn how to use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and a key to locate and plot geographical places and features on a map, as well as how contour lines are used to show the topography of an area. They will have the opportunity to learn about the stages of the water cycle and about mountains and their different formations, studying mountain ranges in the United Kingdom and around the world. They will also learn about habitats and how human and natural influences can have an impact on the environment.

Innovate challenge	Learn about the Lakes
Geography	Rivers; Maps; Grid references; Contour lines; Physical processes – erosion, transportation and deposition; World rivers; Aerial images; Mountains; UK mountains; World mountains; Compass points; Water cycle; Soil; Altitudinal zones; Data analysis
Maths	Multiplication & Division, Length & Perimeter, Fractions, Mass & Capacity, Decimals
D&T	Functional and Fancy Fabrics
Science	Forces & Magnets
PSHE	Online Safety, Circle Time, Gratitude Journals
English	We will be basing our English work around the story of ‘Winter’s Child’ by Angela McAllister & Grahame Baker Smith, with our end goal of writing a sequel to the story.
PE	Catching & Throwing – Real PE
Art	Vista – landscapes.
RE	Islam

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Camp:

Each year we go on a class residential for 3 days and 2 nights to a local camp and undertake a wide range of activities. Most recently we went to BF Adventure near Penryn, and enjoyed canoeing, climbing, bushcraft actvities, archery – as well as Mr Murray’s favourite – the slip and slide!