Hello from Class 3

Last term Class 3 were learning about the Romans. As part of our theme, we ventured on a hike over to Castleshaw to see where the Roman settlement used to be.

This term, our theme is Saddleworth Heritage. We have been learning where Saddleworth is and how old parts are. We considered human and physica features such as hills, valleys, rivers and Turnpike roads as well buildings, canals, roads and railways. We have looked at how settlements and the villages have expanded and changed and how transport changed, with the building of the Huddersfield Canal, the Standedge Tunnel and the railway lines . We have looked at mills around Saddleworth and the surrounding area and how these were powered.

We enjoyed a walk around Diggle, taking in examples of features we have learnt about looking at old hamlets such as Diglea, seeing examples of window tax and comparing building materials between old and new houses.

This is a photo of Class 3 when they participated in Oldham's Choral Speaking event at the Oldham Coliseum and were awarded Honours for their poems 'The Ning Nang Nong' by Spike Miligan and Mr Nobody by Anon.

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Chanting 3 times tables

Last half term Class 3 were learning about Europe. We took a different country each week, learning about France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia and the UK. We plotted geographical physical features such as rivers and mountains on maps along with the capital city from each country, producing a key  to accompany these. We also researched human features for some of the countries; such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France and La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain.

As part of our theme, we studied artists from each country. We looked at some of their styles and used these to inspire our own art work. We also enjoyed looking at some of the cultures from the countries and making or tasting some of the foods associated with them.