Autumn 2 - Journey Over Europe

Week 2: 

To launch our topic ‘Journey Over Europe’, we have used atlases to locate different countries and their capital cities. As scientists, we have used our outdoor learning space to find different living things and made careful observational drawings. In maths, we have explored different 2D shapes and learnt their names according to the number of sides they have. We have also introduced the concept of perimeter as the distance around the outside of a 2D shape.

Week 1: 

This week, our adventure took flight! We launched our exciting trailblazer, ‘Unlocking the Wonders of the World,’ by taking a virtual flight to explore the Seven Wonders across the globe. As geographers, we have applied our Year 3 learning of lines of longitude and latitude to locate each wonder on the map. As readers, we became fact-finders, using our retrieval skills to uncover fascinating white hat facts about The Colosseum, The Great Wall of China, and the Taj Mahal. To wrap up our travels, we composed postcards to Lisa Francis from our chosen Wonder of the World — packed with expanded noun phrases and imaginative details to bring each destination to life! What an incredible journey of discovery it’s been!