Year Three Blog

Some very lucky Year Three children have been asked to take part in a very special project. They have been learning all about the Romans and the children have been set the challenge of researching and writing their very own non-fiction book about the Romans. With the help of Ms Wray and Miss Etchells, they will be using lot’s of exciting technology, like digital photography and iphoto.

Watch this space to see how they are doing!

Here is a picture of the inside of the Colluseum in Rome.  Gladiators, slaves would fight here or Christians would be eaten by lions!  Of course now it is in ruins.

Before starting a fight the Gladiators would say to the Emperor “We who are about to die salute you”.  Then they would fight to the death.  At the and of the fight, the Emperor would put his thumbs up if the Gladitor should live.  But he could only do once to each person, the second time he had to die, he can only save them once.

Here are some fantastic sites to look at all about Romans…

 The Birmingham Museum and art Gallery. is an exciting site that gives you the chance to look at a time line and discover what big events happened when the Romans were in Britain; there is also a super game for you to dress a Roman soldier.

The BBC Schools Website has some fab facts and some clever quizes. Take a look.

You wouldn’t want to be a Roman Gladiator! This a scary site that let’s you explore what life as a Roman Gladiator was like.

Innovations Learning  is a great site that let’s you look at photos of amazing Roman artefacts!

Boudicca was the Celtic chieftain of the Iceni Tribe. The Icenis lived in what is now Norfolk.

The Iceni fought the Romans and, at first, were succesful. However, Boudicca and her army were finally beaten. Read here about her story and see if you can answer the questions about what you have learned.

What an exciting term! We are at the end of our Chorlton Big Question. So  when would you like to live in Chorlton?

Can you tell us when and why?

Miss Etchells

Today Chorlton Park’s huge choir went on a long but fun walk to a care home in Walley Range where they sang carols. The choir is made up of children from years 2 to 6, and currently has nearly 70 members. The choir did a fantastic job today, singing beautifully despite technical faults!

Well done to Maeve too – not only a great singer, but a talented photographer!

What a fantastic morning we had! Each classroom became an Edwardian Beech Road. We sold bread, newsletters, cakes, cards and created a display of our customers models. Everyone worked very hard… IWe were very impressed by the sales skills Year Three have! Well done Year Three!

This half term we are thinking about when we would like to live in Chorlton. We have started our unit by looking at Chorlton today, we walked down Beech Road and looked at the facilities there.

Do you recognise these shops?

Do you think they have always looked this way?

Next we are going to look back at Chorlton in the past, both 100 years ago and 500 years ago.

When would you like to live in Chorlton?

This is our new big question. What do you like about living in Chorlton? Where do you like to go? What do you like to do? Why not write a comment.

Ms Jacklin