KS2 Spelling Bee!

This week some children from Key Stage 2 attended a Spelling Bee competition at Bill Quay Primary School.

Unfortunately we didn't win, but we worked hard together as a team to complete the challenges we were set and managed to come second! Well done to Bill Quay who won the Spelling Bee, and to Wardly and Lingey House who came 3rd and 4th.

We had a fantastic afternoon and would like to thank Bill Quay Primary School for inviting us and being so welcoming (and for the delicious Bee cakes)!

Rounding numbers to the nearest 10,100 & 1000

In maths we began to explore rounding numbers and what this means. How do we know when to round up or down? What digits can give us a clue? We used a number line with the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and colour co-ordinate them so we knew when to round up to the nearest 10 or down.

We then explored if we could apply this same rule to 100's and 1000's. What do you think we discovered? When should we round up or down?

St George's Day 2015!

We have had a fantastic day in school today celebrating St George's Day! The beautiful weather meant we were able to have our garden party on the Key Stage 1 Yard! A fun day was had by all!

Football Fever

A fever has been sweeping White Mere these past few weeks. Football fever! Children in KS2 have been valiantly representing our school in both girls and boys competitions.

Firstly we had the boys playoffs for the Lindisfarne League title. The boys played Wardley and St Albans last week to decide which of the three teams would be crowned champions. After a slow start to the season White Mere raced through the ranks to go joint top with the other two teams forcing the playoff situation. We won our first game against Wardley 2-0 but unfortunately we're pipped at the post by St Albans 4-1.

The boys did tremendously well and should be extremely proud of their postpition as runners up. Well done lads!

But it didn't stop there...

White Mere girls from Year 4 and year 5 competed in the 'Girls United' football tournament. Out of their 6 games played Team B managed 1 win and 1 draw and improved dramatically as the competition progressed. Team A managed to win 4 and draw 2 meaning they left the competition unbeaten! Very well done to all the girls! Come on round 2!

Red Nose Day 2015

It was cold, it was wet but year 3 and all of White Mere cheered each other through our Red Nose Day fun run. Each child in KS2 had to sprint, dress up and hula hoop to victory! All the children worked really hard to 'dress daft' and raise as much money as possible for this worthy cause! Well done White Mere!

Ancient Greek Art

We have had a very art driven couple of weeks in our creative curriculum topic. Firstly the children were given a homework task of creating terrifying Medusa masks from the Ancient Greek Myth of "Perseus And The Gorgons Head," the children worked really hard and the results were spectacular!

Later in the week and during the parent workshop the children of year 3 and year 4 decorated Ancient Greek pottery. After a very messy plaster lesson in class the children created their brilliant bowls which ended up looking fantastic.

World book day 2015 (Year 3)

Recently we celebrated world book day in our year 3 classroom. All the children dressed as their favourite literary character and we worked all day long t creating interesting openers for stories using music as a vivid inspiration. We played different styles of music and then began creating story introductions based on the ideas that the music gave us. Year 3 produced some seriously spectacular story starters!

Mr Noble even dressed up...

How light travels

In our science topic we have been learning about the properties of light and how it behaves.

Here the children took part in an experiment that allowed us to make predictions about how lights behaviour can effect its visibility when passing through different materials.

Initially the light travelled through the clear transparent water easily. As we added food colouring to the water the amount of particles in the water increased. This meant that the light had more particles to reflect off or be absorbed by. It was harder for the light to travel through the water without particle resistant and slowly but surely the water became translucent and then opaque.

Year 3 showed brilliant skills at understanding the appropriate language to use in the experiment and they continued to use them across all the tasks of the lesson. Well don year 3. A special thank you to Miss Allison for her brilliant work in the lesson.

Baby Harry's Day In School!

Mrs Hutchinson was in school today with her beautiful baby!

It was lovely to see her and baby Harry in school today! Mr Noble kept him entertained while Mrs Hutchinson catch up on the latest in school!

Gymnastic sequences

Year 3 have been learning start positions and shapes in gymnastics. They are getting really good at putting their moves into 5 sequence performances. Well done Ellis and Becci.

More Ancient Greece

As a final discovery with Durham University's outreach team, year 3 had the chance to design and create their own clay sculptures. These sculptures were used by the ancient Greeks when they had an illness or an injury. They would mould the clay or metal into the shape of their area of concern and then offer them up to the gods in the hope that they would be cured of their affliction.

Welcome to 2015!

It was our first week back at White Mere this week and after a brilliant holiday, all of year 3 are ready to get back to work. 

We began our return to school by researching our new topic, "Groovy Greeks". All of the children worked very hard over Christmas to learn as much as possible before we even came back and they produced some brilliant homework. 

We then continued by learning about key events that occurred in Ancient Greece.

Santa Claus visits White Mere (Mrs Howe gets excited)

Durham University Visit - Groovy Greeks

This week we have been lucky enough to be visited by our friends at Durham University. Paddy and John came long to show us Ancient Greek artifacts that we examined and discussed. We even got to wear real-life Greek helmets!

Merry Christmas Hayley!

Recently our good friend Hayley moved to the U.S. of A to begin an exciting new adventure with her family. So all of year 3 sent a Christmas photo wishing her good luck and a Merry Chrsitmas!