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Nigerian nibbles

Can you remember what these Nigerian dishes are called?

Which would you like to try the most and how do you think it would taste? Can you think of adjectives to describe the taste, texture and smell?

What would the recipes be?

Weighty matters

What would you use to weigh the food and what would be the unit of measurement?

Estimate the weight of each food item, then order the items from the lightest to the heaviest?

Artists in Residence: Part 2

Well done to another Year 3 student who has had her painting printed and permanently displayed at school. Again, the school office has been busy fielding calls from curators at Tate Britain and even MOMA in NYC!

Murky maths

Academic excellence

Searching for supper

What ingredients did we find in Brixton market that could be used in Nigerian cooking?
What else could you cook with these ingredients?

Devour these words

Find all the words about the book we are reading Why the Sky is Far Away. Then use the internet and a dictionary to find and blog the meaning for each word.

Your recommendation

Now we have finished reading the book in class, write a review of Why the Sky is Far Away. 

Remember to include: 

1. The title of the book and the name of the author.

2. A description of what the story is about, including who the main characters are.

3. Why you like the book, remember to give examples of what you particularly liked.

4. Why you would recommend the book to a friend.

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?