Class 3 Gedney Drove End 

We created an A to Z of words that made us think about something we’ve learned about the Victorians, and used them for inspiration to write our blog posts. Some links are more obvious than others, but all of our posts are original, interesting and the result of our hard work! Enjoy 🙂

The London Underground in Victorian Times

Steam locomotives were used on the Underground for the first few years until electric trains were introduced. Steam locomotives were unpopular as they produced a great deal of smoke and noxious fumes which filled the tunnels making the experience unpleasant for passengers.
Victorian roads had become very congested with horse and early motor traffic so it was decided that an underground railway would help reduce pressure on the road system.
There are some notable facts about the Underground – or ‘Tube’ as it would later be called;
The first tube train ran on 9th January 1863.
The Inner Circle took 21 years to complete from 1863 to 1884.
Underground stations and tunnels were used for storage, shelter and as factories during the First and Second World Wars.
Resources were transported around the Underground system to points across London.
The first electric train ran in 1890.
Passengers were at first scared to travel on the Underground.

I am a big fan of the tube line and want to see the transport museum in London, which i think is going to be a good day out.

It’s World Book Day and we’ve been sharing and celebrating some of our favourite book characters. Can you guess who we are?

Which is your favourite?

Congratulations, Ethan, on your excellent work when using the bar model in maths this week!

As part of our topic, Class 3 designed, made and taste-tested space-themed chocolate treats. Can you tell by our expressions how yummy they were?

A huge well done to Ethan, who showed courage this week when attempting something he found difficult. We’re so proud of you!

Congratulation to Ethan, our Writer of the Week!

As part of our Frozen Kingdom topic, we took part in a thrilling adventure at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead.

When we arrived, we were given our ski boots and skis for our first activity. Heavy and tight, clumpy and painful, the boots were essential kit. Next, we chose a helmet and listened to our instructors. 

Skiing was fun but hard: the triangle position and walking in the skis made our legs tired and, if you angled the skis in the wrong way, you might even end up going backwards! Lewie and Jack R were naturals, but everyone did well with this new sport.

After lunch, we put on different boots because it was time to try snowboarding! The instructor showed us how to strap into the boards and slow ourselves down once we started moving. We all had a try and- apart from a few people landing on their bottoms- we picked it up quite quickly. It wasn’t long before we were riding the boards down a slope and even doing some tricks! Jack P, Callum M, Finley and Max made it look easy by mastering it straight away but Elisha, Amber, Jake and Matthew soon followed in their tracks. It was great fun!

Our final activity was sledging. This was the noisiest and busiest activity!

Everyone had a try, and it was certainly hilarious to watch! Foam snowmen were set up at the bottom of the slope for target practice and Jacob C, Jack P, Finley and Charlie took them down on their first go. Jacob R floated down the slope like a snow king; Ethan high-fived passers-by; Jack A was attacked by a gang of inflatable doughnuts and Lani span (and screamed) all the way down! Miss West was particularly amused with Johnny’s emergency exit over the barrier… Callum H tried a bobsleigh technique with Max and Callum M, ending up in a tangle of limbs against the barrier. Luckily, the only injury was aching tummies from laughing so hard!

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We all enjoyed our day at the Snow Centre, and were disappointed when it was time to leave! We tried to decide which activity was our favourite- but we had a huge amount of fun with all of them!

Ryan said, “Sledging was my favourite because we got to knock down snowmen.”

“My favorite was skiing,” said Ellie. “Even though it was challenging, I’d like to do it again.”

Chris enjoyed the sledging most. He said, “On most of my runs, I fell down and it was funny for other people to watch!”

Hi, my name is Ethan. I’m going to tell you about my year 4 homework and my time in class 3 so far.

Miss West gives out homework assignments on a Friday, normally in the afternoon. We normally get three pieces of homework – spellings, maths and English. I don’t really like homework, but my Mum makes me do it. She will normally help me if I get stuck. I don’t like it as some bits are hard and others really hard. I find maths the hardest as the adding and fractions are quite confusing, confusing as the shapes are weird. Some fractions look like a radiation sign. We hand our homework in on the following Friday and do our spellings in that day too.

We go swimming once a fortnight, on a Monday. Normally the whole school goes, but at the moment only classes 2 and 3 go. When we go swimming, a Cropley coach always picks us up and takes us to Spalding where the pool is. The lady at the swimming pool who teaches us is half mad, half nice and she shouts a lot. The best bit about swimming is the coach ride there and back.

My best friends are Lewie, Jack R, Jack A and Harrison. All these friends are in my class except Harrison who is in class 2 but I see him at play time.

I joined class 3 in September. I kind of like class 3. I like Miss West but I don’t like her angry face as when someone does something wrong, I think (whoever that is), they’re busted. I’m glad it’s not me. You get posh pens in class 3. I love that a lot.

Our next school trip is to a snow centre on 24th November 2015. We will go at 7.30 in the morning, so it will be an early start. I think it’s going to be a great trip. We are going to do skiing, snowboarding and sledging. I’m looking forward to all of it. It sounds AWESOME.

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you found it interesting.

In English, we’ve learned a new Alan Peat sentence called BOYS, which stands for BUT, OR, YET and SO. We have to remember to use a comma too!

Grimstone was annoying Jelly, so Jelly threw his sweets everywhere. (Johnny)

Mr Lightspeed was surprised to see Sennapod, yet his startled face was hidden by a phoney smile. (Jack P)

Buffy was being naughty, so I rode her more. (Amber)

Jelly was enormous, but that did not stop him from popping sweets into his mouth. (Jacob R)

I couldn’t stand not going on a train, so I rode one. (Ethan)

Jelly was annoying Grimstone, yet he wouldn’t show it. (Finley)