We've survived the first half term!

After a very busy 7 weeks, we have made it to half term with no casualties! The children have survived the rigorous routine and are now embracing their time in Year 3. In Forest School they have been baking carrot cakes using a recipe that included rationed food and baked them in the fire on a very damp day but the consensus was that they were delicious!

Rationing!

Digging for Victory was the message of the week and the children have been busy planting vegetables for the war effort! We have been learning about rationing and realising how small the amounts of food each family received. As there was a shortage many parks in towns and cities were turned into huge vegetable patches. Hopefully we can keep a watchful eye over ours during the next few months and our lovely ladies in the kitchen may be able to rustle up something delicious!

 The Anderson sleter needed a little bit of 'make do and mend' this week and the children were let loose with sandbags. They filled them up and placed them at the front of the shelter to stop the rain getting in. Fingers crossed it works!

As already mentioned, Rationing was the topic of the week! The children were able to source their own information using chrome books and found out some fascinating facts on rationing. They had some empathy for the children of the 1940's as vegetables weren't rationed but sweets were!

Fractions!

We have been very busy in maths learning all about fractions! We have been adding and taking away mixed numbers and demonstrating to each other how to act out the story.

Year 3 is continuing to delve deeper into the Evacuee topic and this week the children were lucky enough to unpack an evacuees case. From the picture can you see any similarities or differences to what we would pack today? We really enjoyed comparing our belongings to those of an evacuee even remarking that suitcases today have wheels which makes it much easier for children to manage.