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Today we had lots of enjoyment making our clay dinosaurs and lots of mess! We carefully sculpted and moulded our dinosaurs. Over the next few days we will be painting the dinosaurs so tonight you need to think about what colour you want your dinosaur to be.
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Today we had lots of fun making some fantastic plasticine dinosaurs. We thought about how to make the body parts and then carefully added scales and spikes to make our dinosaurs look really real. ROAR! Tomorrow we will be making clay dinosaurs to paint, varnish and take home. We are really excited about our art work this week!
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Today Miss Thomas attempted her first walking with dinosaurs animation using dinosaurs made of plasticine. It was great fun! What do you think of my animation?
Do you think plasticine animation would make a good university course?
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In topic we used plasticine to sculpt our chosen dinosaur in preparation for next week when we are making our dinosaurs using clay.
What techniques do we have to use to sculpt clay and plasticine?
Next week in Numeracy we are going Money crazy! Here are some websites to help you recognise the different coins and to find change.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/money/index.shtml
http://www.ictgames.com/moneypayer.html
http://www.oldswinford.dudley.gov.uk/Money_Resources.htm
http://www.ictgames.com/change_eXchanger_50p.html
http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/puzzlemaths/shop_game.shtml
Literacy – You had some brilliant ideas to describe the settings this week. We are going to be looking at different stories and learn how Authors describe the settings in their books. Can you bring in your favourite book to share and talk about where the story is set?
Phonics- Get reading and spelling those new green and red words. This weekend read two different books. Compare the stories. Which one do you like best and why? Can you retell the story in your own words? Talk about your favourite character, can you draw and describe them in sentences?
Numeracy –We are going money mad next week! Get ready – how many coins do you know? What does each coin look like? Get someone to test you this weekend? Can you begin to add money and find the change? When you are out and about look at how people use money and what for.
Remember to keep practicing your tables and telling the time.
On Thursday we had a fantastic time at the Public. If you have bought a cup or key ring they will be arriving soon to school. Your pictures look fantastic and we all had a fantastic day. Have a look at the photos on the Blog this weekend.
Next week, you are going to be making your own dinosaur using clay! You have researched, created mood boards and now you are ready to create. This weekend make sure you know what your dinosaur looks like and what colours you will use to paint it.
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Can you explain how we made these pictures?
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As part of our topic ‘Before Man’ we went to ‘The Public’ in West Bromwich to use their ICT resources. We used the large scale video wall to act out our own ‘mini adventures’!
Year 3 had tour of The Public and we were able to explore the facilities. We took different dinosaur models for the children to use during the day. They used a dinosaur to create a photograph of themselves with a dinosaur!
What was your favourite part of the day?
What did you learn new?
Talk Homework
Tomorrow we are going to be recounting what happened on our brilliant trip to The Public.
How were you feeling when you got to school?
What did you see when you arrived at ‘The Public’?
What was the building like?
What did you do during the day?
What was your most favourite part of the day?
Did you want to come back to school?
You are going to describe what happened on our trip to ‘The public’. You need to talk about what happened during the day and how it made you feel. Describe the whole day to someone in your family.
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Today we worked in pairs to make and say the times. We also recorded times in our books. Mr Jackson group did some excellent subtraction work too!