The Iron Man is coming!

We have just begun our new Literacy book- The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.

We are very excited to begin reading The Iron Man. So far we have read the first chapter and can't wait to find out what happens next.We have found out that nobody knows where he came from, nobody knows how far he has walked and nobody knows how he was made. His head is shaped like a dustbin but as big as a bedroom.

Source: Cabanon Press 

Click here to watch an animated video of chapter one.

Belonging Art work.

We were inspired by the beautiful collaged illustrations in the book Belonging to create some of our own artwork. We used oil pastels to make pictures of the view from our own bedroom windows (like Tracy in the story). Before we began we looked at this colourful painting by Henri Matisse for inspiration.

Source: Henri Matisse.net

Here are some of the finished works, which were also displayed in our school Art Exhibition.
Emily

Francis

Sirous

Blessie

Daniel

Venus

Rory

Lily

Kenan

Esther

Mia

Isaac

Sol

Kiara

Nicholas

Vanessa

Maria

Sophia

Chidera

Alex

Owain

Erhun

Darcy

Our Platinum Prince!

A huge well done to Jeremiah, our Platinum Prince. Jeremiah is the first to earn his Platinum merit certificate in St Bernadette's class this year. Who will be next?

Sponsored walk.

On Friday we took part in St Anthony's annual sponsored walk for Africa. St Bernadette's completed one lap of the outer path in Dulwich park; all money raised goes to an orphanage in Zambia. Please make sure you bring in any outstanding sponsorship money as soon as possible, this is a great cause and any amount of money will be greatly appreciated.

Recycled pictures.

We were inspired by the brilliant pictures in Belonging so we decided to have a go at making our own. Each child took a photo of the view from their bedroom window and used this to make a relief collage using recycled materials. Here are some of the collages.

Blessie

Sophia

Emily

Erhun

Bella

Sol

St Bernadette's class assembly!

Our final class assembly of year three is tomorrow! Good luck St B's!

Here's a sneak preview, this is the song we have been learning.

Portugal displays!

Here are some photos of our ongoing Portugal displays, we will be adding to the display areas as we learn more about the country in our Humanities lessons over this half term. 

Mediterranean/Portuguese inspired cooking.

As part of One World Week we have been learning about some popular dishes made in Portugal.

Although Portugal is not in the Mediterranean lots of it's cuisine is influenced by Mediterranean countries like Greece, Spain and Italy. We made Mediterranean vegetable cous cous.

Here are some photos of all the action- we had to be very careful when using the knives to cut the vegetables.

Firstly we cut up the cucumber.

We cut the feta cheese into cubes.

Then we quartered some cherry tomatoes.

Then we sliced the olives.

Next we cut up the onion.

Then we mixed all the vegetables and the cheese together.

We added boiling water to the cous cous to make it swell up and soften, then mixed it with everything along with some olive oil and lemon juice- yummy!

Fun facts about Portugal!

Here are some great websites to visit if you would like to learn more about Portugal.

Visit Portugal

National Geographic

Speaking Portuguese

We have learnt how to say some Portuguese greetings.

Ola' - hello/hi

Bom Dia- good morning

Bo tarde (silent e)- good afternoon

Tchau- bye

If you'd like to learn more phrases visit:
BBC Languages

One World Week!

This week is One World Week at St Anthony's. Each class will be studying a different country; the children will visit each country to get a passport stamp and will teach each other some facts about their class' country. We are studying Portugal. Ola'!