Hepworth Class Learning Story

Year 3 Fractions Fun!

Year 3 Fractions Fun!

Both Hokusai Class and Hepworth Class have begun learning about fractions! Year 3's new focus in mathematics is learning about different types of fractions and understanding what this looks like in pictures. This morning we completed 5 different fractions activities...

STEAM Day 2020

STEAM Day 2020

What is STEAM? STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. At Lansbury Lawrence, we have a special celebration of the subjects once a year during British Science Week, called STEAM Day. STEAM Day is very special because children have the...

Around the World.

Around the World.

Today, year 3 became intrepid geographers and completed a lot of research about the world's tallest mountains. We found out the tallest peaks in each continent and then used the Chromebooks, atlases and other non-fiction books to discover as much as we could about...

Working out!

Working out!

Today Hepworth Class explored our muscles by designing and completing their own fitness workouts! We had to choose a range exercises that worked different muscles in our bodies. After we has planned our routines, we went outside and trained our partners, helping them...

Building Muscles!

This afternoon, Hepworth class had a go a building muscles........out of cardboard and elastic! It was quite tricky, but we worked in pairs....just like muscles! The cardboard represent our bones, the elastic bands as pairs of muscles and the pins show our tendons...

It takes guts!

It takes guts!

Yesterday, year 3 went on a trip to the Science Museum. First, we looked at lots of interesting objects associated with medicine and the human body, including a real human heart! After lunch, we has a really interesting workshop about food and our digestive system. we...

Inter-galactic Coding!

Inter-galactic Coding!

Hepworth class spent this afternoon coding their own Star Wars game as part of coding week! It was tricky at first, but we soon got the hang of it and enjoyed problem solving the challenges! We talked about what coding was and decided that it was like a puzzle and it...

Reading Time.

Reading Time.

This afternoon, Hepworth class had a lovely time reading in the library. First of all, we read our own library books that we had chosen, then we listened to a story read by Ms Burren. It was nice cosying up with a good book in the library, surrounded by all the books...

The Mammoth Hunt!

The Mammoth Hunt!

Today, Hepworth class had an exciting, outdoor english lesson creating freeze-frames of our story 'The Mammoth Hunt'. We created freeze-frames of the 5 main scenes of the story and focused on how we could show the emotions the characters were feeling. It was really...

The art of P4C

Hepoworth class had a really interesting discussion in P4C today about art. First, we looked at some pictures of 'Flotsam sculptures', statues that were made from objects washed up by the sea. We decided that the two 'big ideas' the pictures made us think of were art...

An exciting move…

An exciting move…

Today was a very exciting day for all of year 3 as we moved back into our old classrooms...only they weren't old at all, they were brand, spanking new! We were so amazed as we stepped through the doors to see brand new desks with trays underneath, new cupboards,...

We dig dinos!

We dig dinos!

On Monday, Hepworth Class to a trip to the Natural History Museum, where we got the chance to be palaeontologists for the day. We had to excavate some dinosaur bones and identify what creature they had come from. We also learnt how to identify a fossil, they are dark,...

Family Science!

Family Science!

Hepworth Class had our own family science day during our exhibition this week! We had several experiments that we had done this term, set up around the classroom for our adults to try and we got a go at being the teachers! We also got the chance to show off our...

Light and Dark.

Light and Dark.

Today, Hepworth class did an exciting experiment to find out if we can see when there is no light. We had various boxes that contained different objects, some shiny, some bright, some dull. We predicted which objects would be the most difficult to see when there was a...

Mapping out!

This week, Hepworth class ventured outside during a break in the rain to have a go at mapping the KS2 play ground. We thought about the physical and human features that were in our surroundings and made sure to draw them in 2D and tried t make sure they were in the...

Legends of the Internet

Last week, Lansbury Lawrence was visited by ParentZone & Google to talk all about online safety. There were two people who helped us - Jenny and Jennie! They brought lots of energy to our afternoon and invited us to join them on a journey to Interland. We learned...

Exploring the Docklands

Exploring the Docklands

Hepworth class went on a trip to Canary Wharf and West India Quay today. We explored the old docks and quays and saw the old cranes and warehouses. We imagined what life would have been like when the area was bustling with dock workers loading and unloading ships from...

“Make Music Day” 21st June 2019 : Our School Celebration

Today we celebrated “Make Music Day” or “World Music Day” which is a celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. We had...

Give it all you’ve got!

Give it all you’ve got!

Today we sang a song in singing assembly called "Give it all you've got", which is a song about having pride in the things we do at school, working hard and having fun with our friends...Click below to watch video.