Over the past two weeks, Year 3 and 4 have been getting ready for their performance! We are all very excited to perform ‘Jill and Fred’s Most Hysterical Historical Adventure’. This play explores the importance of remembering the events of the past in a digital world. The main characters are taken back in time to explore different historical events and what impact they have on the modern world. Each class has their own scene along with a song that they will sing.

The children in Year 3 have really enjoyed learning the songs for the performance. We have been speaking about what good acting looks like. The children know that projecting their voices, using facial expressions and gestures are all great ways to have a ‘stage presence’.

Willow class will be singing the song ‘Fall in Love with History‘ and playing the parts of children in a digital age.

Maple class will be singing the song ‘mummified‘ and playing the parts of Ancient Egyptians.

Elm class will be singing the song ‘Gloriana‘ and playing the parts of people during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Our performance will be held on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th March during the school day. More information will follow soon so keep your eyes peeled. Regular updates will be posted to our school Twitter over at @WigmorePrimary

Year 3 had an amazing day celebrating World Book Day! Below is an outline of all the brilliant activities each class took part in:

Maple Class enjoyed a Reading Breakfast and their classroom was transformed into a book café! The children loved their book tasting sessions where they looked at various different genres to widen their reading diet. The class had lots of fun sharing their favourite stories with one another and even got the opportunity to complete some artwork with Year 5 based on the book The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas.

Elm Class took part in a fantastic range of book related activities too! To kick start their day, the children played an awesome game of Quidditch where they showed their competitive sides and their love of all things Harry Potter! The children later on shared their favourite stories from home and their favourite parts from these stories were turned into comic strips. They had a brilliant time and were so enthusiastic about each activity.

Finally, Willow Class immersed themselves in books by listening to spooky stories around a campfire! The doors in the classroom were blacked out and the torches were switched on! The children absolutely loved reading the scary tales by torchlight and even enjoyed a delicious cup of hot chocolate whilst reading. Willow Class also created their own comic strips using Purple Mash and took part in an exciting scavenger book hunt!

We have loved celebrating World Book Day in Year 3 and cannot wait for next year!

A huge thank you to the parents and carers who helped make the day extra special by creating wonderfully creative costumes.

Stone Age

During our Stone Age topic this week, we have learnt all about what early humans eat. We were lucky enough to experience being hunter gatherers on our Stone Age day, when we went out looking for items that our tribe could eat and use in camp. This week, in class, we focused on food. We had some fantastic discussions about different foods deciding if they would have been hunted or gathered. In addition to this, we thought about the positives and negatives for different foods; fruits nuts and berries provide lots of nutrients but they are only available in summer and autumn.

Next week we will learning all about Stone Age homes and how they changed through out the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods of the Stone Age. We will also be investigating what they were built with and how they were used. Finally, we will be consolidating the learning by writing a diary entry by a Stone Age human using The Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura to help us plan our day.