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Welcome to Class 3

Year 5 & 6

In their Design and technology lessons, Class 3 designed and baked Gingerbread Houses. Don’t they look amazing?

Congratulations to our Year 5/6 team who won tonight’s Primary School SPaG challenge hosted by Tarleton Academy 🥇Well done we are very proud of you.

Fantastic day at Rock and River today. The rumbling thunder and rain showers didn’t dampen our spirits as Class 3 challenged themselves to be the best they could at all the adventurous activities on offer. A huge thank you to the Rock and River staff who made our day with their enthusiasm and encouragement.

Today we had our Y6 Leaver’s Assembly. It was lovely to hear their memories as they shared with us some special times here as a school family. We wish them all the very best for the future.

Welcome to Class 3

Congratulations to our Year 6 children who came 1st at the Leyland St. Mary’s High School Maths Challenge. We are very proud of you!

During their Design and Technology lessons last half term, the children in Class 3 explored African Instruments. They thought about the different designs and techniques they could use before producing these amazing musical instruments.

On Wednesday Class 3 attended a Shakespeare Event at Gawthorpe Hall. Costumed presenters invited the children to experience: • piecing together a timeline of Shakespeare's life and questioning what is really known about him. • the challenge of 'blackwork' - the most fashionable needlecraft of the time. • playing 'tennis' with Shakespearean words and scripts. • learning the etiquette of the sword with the armaments of the day. These activities allowed the children an excellent foundation for our work in the Summer Term on Shakespeare and his play MacBeth.

On Thursday 16th March, for National Science Week, class 3 watched a live lesson about the properties of wool. Children followed the process of how wool is made from sheering the sheep to spinning the wool into yarn. They then looked at the uses of wool and learnt how it is used in space and how wool rope is being used to help build a new kelp forest on the east coast. Children were all amazed at the different uses of wool and how it’s not just used for woolly jumpers!

Today, Chorley Fire Service visited Class 3.

We learnt about fire safety at home including keeping doors closed over night, regularly testing fire/smoke alarms and when to charge electrical devices as well as where to put them to prevent a fire.

We then looked at road safety including wearing headphones and using mobile phones when walking along the road, wearing bright colours in the dark and crossing safely using zebra crossings.

On Wednesday, we were extremely proud of those children, who after completing their Level 2 Bikeability, took to the roads of Mawdesley on a class bike ride. On a route that covered many of the country lanes of Mawdesley such as: Salt Pit Lane, Sandy Lane, School Lane, Back Lane East, they cycled 11Km in the June sunshine. We would also like to thank The Chorley School Sports Partnership - Active Travel / Bikeability Team who looked after us and made our cycling adventure a day to remember.

Well done to our rounders team, who took part in the Local Cluster Schools Rounders Tournament. They displayed great sportsmanship and showed a huge improvement in their fielding and striking skills. We are very proud of you.

Well done to our children from Class 3, who entered the Bishop Rawstorne Primary School Maths Challenge. Although not winners on the night, they worked as a team to answer some tricky reasoning questions and took part in the mathematical relay with enthusiasm.

On Tuesday, 4 pupils from class 3 (Lemmy, Nathan, Maisy and Poppy) took part in a Spelling Bee at Tarleton High School. This didn't just involve spelling, it was also grammar, punctuation and word definitions. The team did really well and came 4th in the competition which was out of 15 schools in total. Well done!

Last week, a Victorian prison warden (from the National Justice Museum) taught us about crime and punishment during the Victorian times. We looked at what life in prison would have been like, the types of punishments criminals might have been given and the types of crimes that occurred during that time.'

In our textiles topic in art, we looked at work by the Australian artist Tammy Kanat and had a go at doing some weaving of our own to create a whole class piece of art.

We looked at the artist Cezanne and his landscapes. We then went into the woods and experimented with different mediums to draw the landscapes we could see.

Class 3 have enjoyed a fantastic three days at Winmarleigh Hall Activity Centre. They have shown courage, perseverance and cooperation whilst participating and challenging themselves on the many activities’ including Jacob’s Ladder, Buggy Building and the Giant Swing. We hope you enjoy the action shots that show how much they had. Many thanks to all the staff at PGL who have looked after us so well during our visit.

Design & Technology Class 3 started this project by investigating clothes and how they were made. Next, we looked at types of stitches including back stitch, basting stitch and straight stitch. We had to master a number of skills such as threading a needle and tying a knot. We went on to designing our bags with decorations. After making a paper prototype, we chose and measured out the fabric, pinned pieces together, marked the hems and completed the sewing and decorations. The children enjoyed and learned many skills through the process and were thrilled with their finished product.

On Thursday 4th November, to end our topic about the Ancient Egyptians, we went on a school trip to the Liverpool World Museum. We explored the different areas of the exhibition and as well as consolidating our own knowledge, learnt even more about the Ancient Egyptians. We then visited the ‘Mummy Room’ where we saw real mummies and looked at the process of mummification in more detail. We also looked at the different animals which were mummified as well as people. Everyone had a fantastic day and all of the children loved the experience... especially the gift shop at the end! J

Last week, in the late autumn sunshine Class 3 took part in Chorley Sport’s Partnership Bikeability Scheme. On Day 1 they completed Level 1 and on Day 2 took part in Level 2 maneuvers, such as passing a parked car, signaling to turn left and right and understanding primary and secondary positions when in the road. All children thoroughly the experience and learned valuable life skills.

We just can’t keep up with the fun this week. Class 3 have filled their Silver Fundraising Jar twice! The prize was a Super Soaker!

On Tuesday, in the glorious June sunshine, Class 3 visited Rock and River. It was a wonderful day of ‘Outdoor, Action and Adventure’. Our activities included Canoeing, Paddle Boarding, Rock Climbing, Low Ropes Obstacle and the Leg-Shaking Air Bag Jump. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day learning new skills and boosting their own confidence. Thank you to the staff at Rock and River who provided a stimulating environment and encouraged everyone to be the best they could.

Computing - Understanding Binary Code

Usually at this time of year we enter the Southport Flower Show - 'design a school garden competition', unfortunately due social distancing measures this event will not take place this year. However, with so many of us enjoying our gardens at home, Class 3 have taken up the challenge to design their own 'Lockdown Garden' which would bring pleasure to all age groups.