Welcome to Jacaranda Class

Class Teacher: Miss Fitch

PPA Teacher: Miss Heat

Support Staff: Mrs Reynolds

Class Email Address: jacaranda@kafed.org.uk

Class Information: 

PE days : Tuesday and Wednesday 

Book Bag days: Wednesday 

Spelling: Monday 

Happy New Year and welcome to the Spring Term in Year 3

Our topics this term are: Tudor London and London.  The children will be learning about life during Tudor times, how the Tudor dynasty was founded and will learn about some of the Tudor kings and queens.  They will look at Tudor houses and compare rich peoples' houses to poor peoples' and how their lives were very different.

During Spring 2, the children will be learning about modern day London and will find out about some famous London landmarks.  Towards the end of the term, they will get to visit one of the most famous London landmarks, Tower Bridge where they will learn about the opening mechanism of the bridge and lots of other fun facts.

History - Tudor London

The children have been learning about the Tudor dynasty, how it was founded and how it ended.  They been learning about Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada. 

They have found out about Tudor houses and the differences between rich and poor peoples' houses.

Art

The children in Year 3 have been learning about the artists Pablo Picasso and, during Art Week, Alma Thomas.  They have learnt about cubism and have created their own Picasso style portraits.

During Art Week, they learnt about the life of Alma Thomas and her influence on black women's art.  They practised one of her techniques of creating abstract art by making small, colourful dashes, almost like tiles, to create a pattern.

Below are some examples of their artwork:

Art - Andy Goldsworthy

This half-term, Year 3 have been learning about the British Sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy.  His artwork is created from natural objects outside in nature.  They are not permanent and are left for nature to change them.  The children have been inspired by his artwork and gathered their own natural items to work collaboratively and create Andy Goldsworthy style creations in the playground. 

They were extremely resilient and coped very well on a rather windy day which made things a little more challenging for them.  They came up with their own solutions and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  It was fantastic to see them eagerly pulling their parents over to see their artwork at the end of the day to see whether it was still there and whether it had already changed.

It has been lovely to see children gathering leaves and twigs at playtimes and sitting together being creative out of their own accord.

Below are some photographs of their beautiful creations.