This week, we started making our healthy snail snacks. After discussing safety issues that we would need to consider, we used utensils to safely prepare our snacks. Finally, we placed our snails into their new home with an array of healthy snacks to choose from. Using our scientific knowledge of working scientifically, we concluded that we would be observing our snails over time to discover which snack they like the most. We will keep you updated!
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Year 3 have been busy researching and designing a healthy snack for a snail. Using Chromebooks, we discovered that snails like eating juicy fruits such as apricots, kiwi, melon and strawberries, as well as vegetables including cucumber and lettuce, and some seeds. We also discovered that processed foods with sugars and salt can be extremely dangerous to snails. This supported our science learning about healthy eating as we know we should have least amounts of fats, sugars and salt in our diet. Next, we worked in groups to design a healthy snack for our snails, considering which foods are in season and which would be readily available. Next week, we will make our healthy snail snack! Here are some photos of us researching, as well as our designs. We have been busy working with our wonderful art specialist, Liz, this time focussing on collage! First, we used different pens and colour to make observational drawings of objects before starting to use materials to construct out collages. Here are some photos of our work so far! As part of our unit about skeletons and muscles, we built on our observations about similarities in human skeletons to ask questions about how we, as humans, might be different. Questions we came up with included:
We are continuing to work with Liz, one of our art specialists in school. This week, we started a new piece of work. First, we are making observational drawings of our collection of objects before starting to work with collage. Here are some of our initial drawings. This week in History, we have been discussing the question: Why were the Romans successful in conquering Britain? After researching the Roman army, we discovered that it was because they were a well-trained, well-protected, precise military machine with organised battle plans and superior armour and weaponry. In History this week, we have been discussing the question: Did the Britons resist or welcome the Romans? To unpick our question, we focused on Boudicca and explored history from different points of view: the Celts and the Romans. We discovered that while some Britons welcomed the Romans, others, including Boudicca, resisted. We considered how both Britons and Romans might have regarded Boudicca differently and suggested reasons for why that might be. Here is some of our work. In History, we have been discussing why the Romans wanted to invade Britain. After exploring Iron Age artefacts and sources from Tacitus, a Roman historian and politician, and the Roman general, Julius Caesar, we discovered that Romans wanted metal for armour and weaponry, as well as crops for food. Year 3 have been enjoying Interfaith week while exploring the question: What do people believe about God? As part of Interfaith week, we also prepared questions about Judaism before welcoming a member of the Jewish community into Year 3. We had a fascinating time listening to Leon and learnt so much! Here are some of the questions we asked. |
