Broad Town Church of England Primary School

Welcome back to Class 3 everyone - and a special welcome to the new Year 4 pupils to Class 3 . 

Please see opposite the Whole Year Curriculum Plan for Class 3 , Medium Term planning and Class 3 Powerpoint. 

Year 6 had a wonderful Leavers Trip - treasure hunting and a visit to Giffords circus. They were surprised by the special 'shout out' to the Broad Town Leavers from the circus artists. A day to remember Year 6 ! 

Wow! What a fantastic residential trip we had at Braeside ! The children were a credit to themselves and our school. We enjoyed so many activities - canoeing, leap of faith , crate stacking, climbing , abseiling , camp fire and lifeline to name a few. Well done all Class 3 for showing an amazing growth mindset and giving EVERYTHING a go ! So proud of you ! 

We were fortunate to be able to visit Brinkworth Primary School for a Music workshop . We learned about Music from all over the British Isles . We learned about some new instruments many of us had never seen before including an Accordion , Harp and Concertina.  We also learned to sing a traditional sea shanty and some Morris dance steps! 

We were so lucky to enjoy a Divali workshop this month to help our understanding of the Hindu fetsival. We represented the Hindu gods through our dance and movements. We managed to learn a whole dance in one afternoon session which was amazing ! 

Fencing with Neil 

Neil came to work with Class 3 on Wednesday afternoons to teach us our first basic fencing moves and positions. 

The children learned the 'En garde' position , how to move correctly and how to score points against the opposition. 

It was an amazing opportunity and fantastic to have all the correct equipment available to us - even if the swords were plastic - health and safety!! 

In Term 1, the whole school enjoyed a day of outdoor adventure activity using our wonderful school grounds. The children experienced an inflatable obstacle course, caving , archery and bushcraft in the forest area.  It was a very wet day bu that didnt spoil the fun and excitement as you can see...... 

Last week we had a fanstastic time celebrating Broad Town School's History Week . The week was jam packed with historical fun, activities and big thinking!  Class 3's highlights of the week included making traditional Greek Biscuits with Mrs McIndoe, learning about Greek Pots , Roman Coins and the Great Fire of London and an absolutely fantastic live link up with the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The week culminated in a History parade with the class dressed as past historical characters. We had Medusa, Alexander the Great,  Julius Caesar, Isambard Kingdom Brunel , Neil Armstring and Enzo Ferrari to name just a few ! 

Thank you so much to all the children and parents who so kindly donated food items and warm clothing to the Class 3 Swindon Night Shelter hamper . Mrs Floyd delivered the hamper on the last day of term. You are all so generous! 

We have been really busy making cards, decorations and calendars ....preparing for Christmas 2022 has been such fun! 

Children in Year 6 have very much enjoyed their Bikeability training this term. We are pleased to report that all children gained their Level 1 and Level 2 awards. This is a national standard for bicycle riding which means that children can prepare for a bike journey and can ride with control.  To achieve the Level 2 award the children needed to demonstrate they could ride on roads in accordance with the Highway Code. They had to show confidence on single lane roads and at simple junctions. Congratulations to all the Year 6 Bikeability cohort November 2022! 

Class 3 really enjoyed Children in Need this year. We wore non uniform or spots , raised an incredible £13.08 from our 'Pennies on Pudsey'  and enjoyed buying a cake (or two!). Thank you all for supporting this wonderful charity!  

Class 3 enjoyed a very special visit from Wiltshire Air Ambulance this week and learned a very important skill - how to save someone's life!  The children practised how to put someone into the recovery position , how to perform CPR , what to do if someone is choking and how to use a public use defibrillator. We all learned so so much in a very short space of time and throughly enjoyed our morning with the Wiltshire Air Ambulance paramedic. 

Oh my goodness me! What a fabulous Class 3 trip we had to STEAM to learn more about life during World War Two!  We were evacuated , escaped to an air raid shelter and boarded the coal hold of a steam locomotive. A highlight was singing 'We'll Meet Again' in the pitch darkness of the air raid shelter.  What an amazing experience we all had! But ...most of all huge congratulations to every single member of Class 3 who showed our school value of respect and courtesy throughout the day. Our school was commented upon favourably by every single person we met from the bus driver to the Steam volunteers and education officers. We are so proud of you! A joy !  

Mondays are now known as Ukulele Monday! We have had so much fun learning to play a new instrument and sharing this experience with friends. We have learned to play a few pieces and are currently practising getting our fingers to play the C and F chords beautifully , switching our finger and hand positions quickly. 

We have really been focusing on Reading for Pleasure and sheer enjoyment in Class 3 this term. We have enjoyed reading 'The Lost Happy Endings' , 'Arthur and the Golden Rope' and most recently -' The Day I Fell Into A Fairrytale' . This story had us all absolutely gripped !! Every chapter seemed to end on a cliffhanger and sometimes we didn't want the school day to end so that we could read on ! 

Thank you toe Jeremy and Holly W who are keeping our lovely newly vamped reading area so beautifully tidy and a lovely place to go and enjoy a book. 

We hope to run another Book Swap next term - so keeeeep reading and keeeep swapping !!!! 

Remember Class 3 - A cover is not the book so open it up and take a look'!! 

4 boys in our class recently spent two days at Braeside Education Centre. They learnt so much new information about Space and beyond ! They thoroughly enjoyed the day , (the lunches!) and learning so much new and exciting information. The boys shared what they learnt on their return to school . Well done boys ! 

Class 3 have been working collaboratively on this amazing art work project to promote our new class motto 'Bee Positive!' . We hope you agree that we think the end result is spectacular! Well done Class 3! 

In Class 3, we considered one of our British Values - Tolerance of other Faiths and Cultures. We read a thought provoking poem by Benjamin Zephaniah and then wrote our own recipes for a happy school inspired by his work.  We hope you enjoy this selection of Class 3 poems. 

This is Benjamin Zephaniah's poem we used to inspire our own writing. 

Christmas Crafts