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Safer Internet Day!

For Internet Safety Day, Year 3 explored how to use technology responsibly, with a particular focus on understanding what is appropriate and inappropriate to use AI for. The children took part in thoughtful discussions about staying safe online, making sensible choices, and recognising when to ask an adult for help.

We also watched a BBC Live Lesson, which helped the children learn more about how AI works and how it can be used safely. Afterwards, the class began thinking about how they might design their own simple chatbot, considering what helpful and safe responses it should give.

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Wellbeing Week/ Wythnos lles

This week, Year 3 have been taking part in a range of activities to support and celebrate Wellbeing Week. The children have enjoyed creating their own clay hearts, carefully shaping and decorating them to represent kindness, calmness, and the things that make them feel happy.

They also made “wellbeing clouds,” each filled with positive words and phrases about themselves. This activity encouraged the children to think about their strengths, celebrate what makes them unique, and share uplifting messages with their classmates.

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Physical Literacy

We have been developing the children’s physical literacy through a range of parachute games that encourage movement, coordination, and teamwork. The children have been running, jumping, stretching, and working together to create waves, lift the parachute high, and quickly swap places underneath it. They have been practising balance and spatial awareness while moving in sync with their peers, listening carefully to instructions, and cooperating to keep the parachute moving smoothly. These sessions have been energetic, inclusive, and highly engaging, giving the children plenty of opportunities to build confidence, strengthen their gross motor skills, and enjoy being active through playful, imaginative activities.

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Our trip to the Judge's Lodgings

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We enjoyed our trip to The Judge’s Lodging in Presteigne. We tested and made beds for comfort, explored private apartments, and even pumped water in the Victorian kitchen. We dived into the ‘upstairs, downstairs’ lifestyle by discovering traditional games and toys scattered throughout the house. We experienced the vast, echoing courtroom and we stood in the very spot where historic trials—such as that of local duck thief William Morgan once took place.

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Science workshop

Aderyn Du, Cnoc Y coed and Jac Y Do were lucky to have a scientist come into school to complete some science lessons, based on magnets, light and sound. She is a training scientist from Montana in the USA, who is currently studying in Boston. We had lots of fun testing if objects were magnetic and drawing shadows.

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A visit from our Client

Children in Year 2 and 3 have a new mantle of the expert commission. Julia Llewellyn Roberts from Knighton Museum has asked the children to become a team of historians. Their commission is to create an exhibition that brings to life the experiences of Knighton’s residents in Victorian times.

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Year 2 and 3 Step Back Into Victorian Knighton!

To launch our Mantle of the Expert learning, the children set off on a local walk around Knighton, looking closely at different buildings and discovering how they were used in the past. They were fascinated to learn how familiar places have changed over time and enjoyed imagining what the town might have looked like during the Victorian era.

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Forest School!

We have had a great start to our forest school sessions, Week 1 we looked at using the Bowsaw and Axe, and this week we challenged ourselves to make a fire with very wet wood!! We succeeded….and enjoyed some delicious S’Mores!