Poetry, Please!

Please Mrs Butler, by Alan Ahlberg, is one of my favourite poetry books. All the poems are about daily life at school, something which we can all relate to!  It was written quite a few years ago and although I have read it many times, I still enjoy it. 

I love the poems in this book, especially some of the funny ones which are absolutely hilarious! Some of the poems rhyme, but some of them don't and are still very enjoyable. 

Do you know any poetry books, Year 3? What are they like?  

Do you have any favourite poems?

Miss Lewis recommends ...

The Tunnel by Anthony Browne is one of my favourite children's books. I think it is a very intriguing and interesting book. It tells the story of a brother and sister who argue all the time. When their mother sends them out to play together and they discover a tunnel, their relationship changes forever. The sister is too scared to enter the tunnel so the brother decides to go through and finds himself in a magical forest. When her brother doesn't return she follows him into the tunnel and finds him turned into stone.

The illustrations in this book are lovely, especially once the children are in the magical forest. He makes the forest look so enchanted and captures the readers imagination. Year 3 if you have not read this book, I recommend you do. I know you will all appreciate the beautiful illustrations. If you have already read this book see if you can answer some of the questions below:

How did the brother know she would come? Why did he turn to stone? Why did Jack go through the tunnel if his sister was scared?

Little Miss Greedy

Write a character profile of Adese. 

Remember to think about why she is never satisfied, why she is greedy and what she tries to convince people to do.

High or low

Put the operations signs (+ or - or x or ÷) between the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 to make the highest possible number and the lowest possible number. 

Challenge 

Try with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

The Hill Mead Literary Review

One of my favourite books is Dirty Beasts, a collection of rhymes and poems about mischievous and mysterious animals by the famous children's author Roald Dahl.

I remember reading Dirty Beasts when I was at school and the book still makes me laugh out loud. From crocky-wock the crocodile, to the clever pig who hatches a plan to save his bacon. The characters in the stories are both hilarious and ridiculous.

As with all Roald Dahl's books, it is wonderfully illustrated by Quentin Blake. I would definitely choose this book to read aloud in assembly.

What book would you like to have read out in assembly? Have you written your review yet? 

Remember the best reviews will be posted on our blog every month.

Face off

What do you think of the traditional Nigerian clothes we tried on in class?

Flashman beware

Anti-bullying week happens every year and is when children and young people, schools, parents and carers come together with one aim: to stop bullying for all. 

At Hill Mead we will be running a competition about anti-bullying. All year groups have been asked to come up with a song, rap or drama that highlights the issues involved in bullying. We have been asked to think about children who are new to the school and how learning and understanding all about them might help stop bullying.

Now blog what you would like to perform in a small group of three or four children. 

Remember to include the details of your performance. 

Ijó wa ni dun

Yesterday we listened very carefully to four different Nigerian songs.

What was your favourite song and why? 

How many people do you think are playing in your favourite song and what musical instruments are they playing?

Where might you hear this music and what is it about?

Word play

Try to finish the word search about Nigeria. Then blog what you think the words mean.

Under a black cloud

Why was the sky unhappy with the Oba and his people?

What do you think the sky will do?

Festival fun!

Take a look at this photograph of a festival in a Nigerian village. 

What do you think is being celebrated? 

What sounds do you think you would hear around you if you were there? 

How do you think the villagers prepared for the festival?

Nuts about numbers

Can you answer Kemi's question?

Challenge 

How tall will Kemi's plant tree be after 120 hours?

Sounds from the village

Blogger of the month - October

Smokey's sleep over

Dance the day away

See all the pix from our trip to the Royal Opera House.

Up in the sky

Have a look at the front cover of the book we will be reading this term.

What do you think the story will be about?