Entries by Ashley Ward

End of Summer 1

We have reached the end of the Summer 1 half term! Our topic this half term was Natural Disasters, where the children have explored a range of natural disasters including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes. They have used map skills and learned lots about the Earth’s structure. Our written tasks have been explanation texts […]

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Half-way point

Dear All, Friday marked the half-way point in this half term! I’m sure many of you will join me in finding great joy the nearer we get to the summer daylight hours. Last week was Writing Week so the children were given the opportunity to show off their writing skills in the form of a […]

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Friday Update

Hello all Thank you for reading our blog! This half term has started fantastically! There has been lots going on inside the school and we are in full momentum for the coming weeks. This half term, our topic is Tudor Britain. So far, we have explored the Tudor monarchs and the timeline of events through […]

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End of Week 2

Hello all, We have had a busy week in Year 3 this week! In Maths, we started the week with some more column method work before moving on to estimating and rounding, which is reflected in the homework for this week. In our Learning Across the Curriculum lessons, we have been looking at stone age […]

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School Fundraiser

Below is a message from our student council, please have a read! “Hi, we are the student council from Oliver Goldsmith Primary School. We have a great school but it is in a very busy part of London and the traffic is all around us. We want to add lots of green space to our […]

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First Week Back

Hello all! It has been a fast-paced first week back, making a great start to the new half term. In maths this week, we have been covering addition and subtraction using the column method. We have also introduced our new topic which is Through the Ages. We have talked about what history is and dived […]

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Week 4 Update

Hello All, Today, we were lucky enough to have Rock Steady deliver workshops for us all. It was great seeing all of the future drummers, singers, keyboard players and guitarists from Year 3 enjoying themselves! Since the return, we have been very busy and making leaps of progress across the curriculum. In topic, we have […]

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First Week Back

Hello all! Well done for getting through a warm and wonderful first week back! It has been great to see everyone again along with some new additions to our classes. We hope everyone settled in well and feels pleased to be back. This week, we have been using our time to get to know the […]

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