Materials

Want to know if a material (the stuff the thing is made of) which is used to make an object (a thing) is:
hard, soft, solid, liquid, shiny, dull, transparent, opaque,floats, sinks, mixes, flammable, non flammable, magnetic, non magnetic, a conductor, an insulator or is natural or man made?

You could look at this picture for some help with words (they are usually near their opposite).

Look no further. Go here for the Active Science GlaxoSmithKline materials database.

Go here when you are confident you can handle...mission material. Be careful, you have to move quickly and know your properties of materials.

If you want a complete view of the Glaxo ActiveScience materials, go here...an impressive collection ofresources.

Data gathering

We are asking and answering questions in our maths lessons.

Which day of the week is your favourite?
What is your prediction?
Why do you think that?

We found out the most popular day in 3W.

We used a tally to collect the information. We used a class register to make sure the data was complete. We turned the tally into a frequency diagram by adding it up.

Click here for a great maths dictionary to help you understand any technical maths words.

...and the class favourite was...Friday...must be because we have chips in the canteen!

Artists Alert: Swimming Gala Programme competition

The Year 3 Swimming Gala is coming up, just after the half term break. It will be held in the 25m pool from 7:50 - 9:50 on Friday 30th October.

The P.E. department needs a poster.

The winning entry will be used as the front cover of the Programme. There are also other prizes available. The deadline for designs to be handed in (to Khun Pacharee please) is Friday 9th October...you only have 4 days to get it done.

Marbles will be given for participating in this competition.

The best part of my weekend was...

We started off the week with a very simple circle time listening activity. Taking turns to listen is really important. It's also really interesting to know what other people do at the weekend.

Here is a snapshot of the highlights of the 3W weekend:

Watching rugby
Funarium
sleeping later
Melyssa's party and meditation
my birthday party
build-a-bear
going to Sophie's house for party
G-Force
getting a Wii
water fight
watching live tennis, birthday
new website and game
playing spies with my friends
having a take away (take out)
3D Gforce
tennis
very big party with more than 20 people, doing some washing up
party, funarium, going to sleep late, waking up early
playing with friends
watching "Wacked out sports"
playing at my friends
going to a restaurant with bed chairs

Can you remember who said what?

Visitors from America

I love blogs. You might just have guessed.

Yesterday, 15 thoughtful students from Mr C's class, somewhere out there in the real world, read our post about how tall we are in hand heights. They then commented on our blog...see here.

Their class activity was to read our blog (see here for their activity) and comment. What great interaction and international learning.

I want to know more about these students. How old are they? What are their interests? Have they ever been to Thailand?

Please take the time to read their comments, and maybe you could have a look at MrC's blog.

Santi's bean...is it stopping?

Santi's bean has been growing really well...for a plant whose roots are only in water.

Look at the pictures below.

Do you think it has stopped growing? Why?

What do you think will happen next?

Basketball Heroes

Great team effort from 3W today in the interclass basketball.



Can you see any sporty kids who are:
thinkers?
communicators?
risk takers?
caring?
well balanced?