Welcome to Willow Class Webpage

Class Teacher: Miss Lee (Mrs Campbell Thurs p.m.)

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Dowling

1:1 Support: Mrs Parveen

Our Star of the Week this Week:

Our Stars of the Week is Blake, for his explanations and reasoning during our work on fractions.

Our Headteacher Value of the Week Award Winner for Respect:

Our Headteacher Value of the Week Award goes to Senul, for showing respect in his learning and conduct at all times.

Year 3 Spellings

There is no spelling test this week, due to it being assessment week in school. Spellings will resume after the Easter Holidays, with the test being on  Friday 19th April 2024.

Group 1

Group 2

English

In English we have been reading the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. We will create our own characters, and look at how to describe settings and characters effectively.

Maths

In Maths, we are looking at finding and comparing unit and non-unit fractions.
 

Foundation Subjects

 In History, our enquiry question this term is 'What did the Ancient Greeks bring to the World?' In Geography, we are asking 'What are the unique features of the United Kingdom?' In Science we are considering the question ‘What do we mean by a force?’ In R.E. we are returning to Christianity, with a focus on Jesus. In P.S.H.E. we are continuing to look at what makes us special, celebrating our similarities and differences. 

Our P.E. days for this half term are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On P.E. days, your child should come to school ready in their P.E. kit (please see the Uniform Policy on the 'Key Information' signpost, for further information on this). P.E. will be taught by Mr Neil, our Specialist Teacher, on both days.

Stone Age Drama Workshop

On Thursday 2nd November, we took part in a Stone Age drama workshop. It was lots of fun, and we were able to show off all we’d been learning about in our History lessons. We played games, made up our own Stone Age names, and created a Stone Age play!

Lights, Camel, Action!

Thank you for all of your support in our performance of 'Lights, Camel, Action!' - I'm sure you will agree, the children were amazing! We will be uploading photos of the performance, very soon.

Science - What are the main types of rocks on our Earth?

In Science we have started to look at rocks and soils. We collected soil samples from different areas of our school grounds, and used water to help separate the different layers of the soil.

Class Assembly - Monday 20th November 2023

The children took part in their Class Assembly today, sharing what we have been learning in Geography this term, about how we energise our homes and country. I am so proud of them all - they have learned their lines, rehearsed, and put on a fantastic presentation for their audience, today. They absolutely deserved to be Stars of the Week!

The Linking Network - Burnley Youth Theatre

We have had the best day, down at Burnley Youth Theatre, meeting our new friends from Stoneyholme Primary School. We played games together, did some drama activities, and even put on a show together..complete with dancing! We are really looking forward to welcoming our new friends to Lowerhouse, and to visiting them at Stoneyholme, in the Summer Term.

Class Assembly - Monday 11th March 2024

The children took part in their Class Assembly today, sharing our learning in English this half term, which has been all about the story The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. I am so proud of them all - they have all learned their lines, rehearsed, and put on a fantastic presentation for their audience, today - well done, Willow Class!

British Science Week

We had a fantastic afternoon, celebrating all things Science! We watched a Q&A with some scientists on board the RSS Sir David Attenborough, which is based in Antarctica. We then made our own water clocks - if you would like to make your own at home, the instructions are below. Finally, we watched Miss Parker interviewing a Computer Scientist who works for Microsoft!