I hope you all had a wonderful and restful half term and are looking forward to the Easter Celebrations that St Cyprian’s do so well.

In Zakynthos Class this week……..

In English, the children started to look at features of holiday brochures. The researched and made notes about the local area and began to look closely at persuasive writing, how adjectives can be used to write enticing descriptions.

In Maths, the children began a new unit on fractions; to understand denominators, compare & order unit fractions, understand numerators and learnt to understand the whole.

In Geography, we started our new unit ‘Settlements’ with map work; locating our local area and beginning to use the OS legend to identify land use for the local area.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 28.02.25

Have a great weekend!

Miss Weithers

In Zakynthos Class this week….

The children completed their amazing Big Write adventure story, in computing, they investigated the weather and designed a machine that will use data from sensors to trigger a response using the App Sketchpad.  In Maths, the children continued the unit on length and perimeter; adding, subtracting lengths and learning about perimeter; identifying, measuring and calculating perimeter.

In Music, the children focused on body percussion pieces and looked at the structure and texture of music and for DT, they talked about designing a book cover for their reading record.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 14.02.25

Have a very happy and restful half term holiday!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos …

In English, the children focused on writing a short adventure extract. The children considered various features to aid their writing, such as describing their setting using expanded noun phrases, using the rule of 3, including fronted adverbials, dialogue and synonyms for said.

In Maths, the children focused on ‘Equivalent Lengths’. They used the fact that 1 m is equivalent to 100 cm. They use this to convert multiples of 100 cm into metres and metres into multiples of 100 cm. They also used the fact that 1 cm is equivalent to 10 mm and they used this to convert millimetres into centimetres and centimetres into millimetres, recapping previous knowledge of multiples of 10.

In Computing, the children developed their skills in logging data taken from online sources in a spreadsheet. The children were able to recognise what the weather is and what can affect it and understand the importance of data in weather forecasting.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 07.02.25

Have a great weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week…

In English, the children focused on the recent writing techniques through ‘slow writing’. This allowed the children the opportunity to focus on how to use the techniques to write engaging paragraphs. The children really enjoyed the creative writing sessions this week – there was some great pieces!

In Maths, Year 3 focused on the last few steps in the multiplication and division unit; dividing 2-digit numbers by a 1-digit number – flexible partitioning, dividing a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – with remainders, scaling and how many ways to solve words problems. We ended the week with the start of the new unit, measures.

In Science, the children identified liquids and gases using their properties, used the results to draw simple conclusions about the properties of liquids and gases. They also described melting and freezing processes using scientific vocabulary.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 31.01.25

Have a great weekend!

Miss Weithers

In Zakynthos Class this week…..

In English, the children focused on using the ‘Rule of 3’ to write a setting description. They considered using an appositive to describe a character and were able to write the beginning and build-up of the story. Furthermore, the children were able to add tension and detail to their story.

In Maths, the children continued the multiplication unit; Multiplying a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with exchange, linking multiplication and division, dividing a 2-digit number with no exchange. We also began to explore using flexible partitioning.

In Science, the children were able to identify different solids, liquids and gases using their properties and described melting and freezing. The children considered the conditions needed for melting and freezing and were able to describe the property changes as a material melts or freezes.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 24.01.25

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos …

In English, the children focused on using various descriptive words to write a powerful description. They applied their five senses to describe different settings considering the atmosphere and mood and used comprehension skills to answer retrieval questions. Furthermore, the children evaluated how personification is used in description. They identified examples from the text where the author gave inanimate objects human characteristics.

In Maths, the children continued the unit on multiplication and division; making connections in multiplication, problem solving and multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers without exchange.

In Geography, the children were able to describe why tropical rainforests are important and understand the threat to the Amazon. The children were able to describe how humans harm the Amazon rainforest. They also learnt about  learnt about the lives of indigenous peoples living in the Amazon rainforest and how important the  rainforest is to them and to the village.  Furthermore, the children discussed what they could do to make a positive environmental change to the Amazon rainforest.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 17.01.25

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos class….

In English we started a new text called ‘The Explorer’. The children looked at the use of powerful phases, retrieved details from the text, inferred what the character’s are like, made predictions about the character’s actions and suggested alternative words to change the impact on the reader.

In Maths, the children used their previous knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 8 in order to deepen their understanding of the 8 times-table. They made connections between the 2, 4 and 8 times-tables, they linked multiplying by 4 to doubling then doubling again, and multiplying by 8 to doubling three times. They also further developed their understanding of multiples of 10 by looking at greater multiples and explored calculations related to known facts.

In Geography, we started our topic the ‘Amazon Rainforest’. The children learnt what a biome is and some examples of biomes. They used an atlas to find the location of the Amazon rainforest and used photographs and maps to list some features of the Amazon rainforest.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 10.01.25

Have a great weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week we focused this on art and science.

In art the children learnt how to darken or lighten colours when mixing paint, they experimented with different art mediums to see the effects they have on the finish product. They finished off the week with still life drawings, which then painted using the skills learnt from the week.

In science the children learnt about the impact that humans can have on habitats and to recognise the impact of natural disasters on habitats.

Please find the home learning attached: Zakynthos Home Learning – 13.12.24

I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas!

Miss Weithers

This week…

In maths, Year 3 focused on multiples of 4 and 8, dividing by 4 and 8 and the 4 and 8 times tables.

In English, we began the week with writing an introduction for the villain we created. We then planned a story in the similar to Iron man, where our hero arrives and later defeats the villain. We chose a title and planned the main parts of the story; introducing the hero, the reactions of the people, the arrival of the villain and the final battle between the hero and the villain.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 06.12.24

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week in maths, we continued with the unit on multiplication and division. We focused on understanding the difference between sharing and grouping when dividing. We also looked at the connection between the 2 times tables and the 4 time tables.

In English, we created a hero similar to Iron Man and a villain like the Space-Bat-Angel- Dragon. We used more adventurous adjectives and adverbs to describe their appearance and their behavior. We ended the week, writing an introduction for our hero.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 29.11.24

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers