Project due Friday 15th January!

Stone Age Projects

After Christmas we will be learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Your task for over the holidays is to produce a project relating to the Stone Age. It can take any form you want! Here are some examples of projects completed by another Year 3 class in another school.

A model of Stonge Henge, made from cardboard, clay and felt.

A model of a Stone Age man made from felt and clay.

A poster depicting a timeline from the Stone Age.

A poster containing lots of facts about the Stone Age.

A cake depicting Stone Henge!

You will have four weeks to complete this project. It will be due in school on Friday 15th January.

If you need any resources such as card, paper or clay, please ask your teacher.

We are really looking forward to seeing them!

Due Friday 18th December 2015

Non-Chronological Reports

This week we have been writing non-chronological reports about dragons. Your homework task this week is to write a non-chronological report about an Ancient Greek mythical creature. Choose from;

• Pegasus
• Minotaur
• Medusa
• Hydra
• Cyclops.

You must use your imagination when writing about these creatures so feel free to make up the information in your report. Remember to include information about;

• where they lived
• what they ate
• their likes and dislikes.

Non-Chronological Reports

This week we have learning about the features of non-chronological reports. Next week we will be writing reports about dragons. In the final week of our unit you will be writing a non-chronological report about a dinosaur.

Your task this week is to find out information about a dinosaur of your choice. You must gather information that you can include in your report, such as;

• where they lived
• when they lived
• what they ate
• what they looked like

You may find these websites useful;
http://www.kidsdinos.com/

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/dinosaurs/

http://www.kids-dinosaurs.com/

You must write your information onto the planning grid given to you by your teacher. Please let your teacher know if you don't have one. Everyone must bring this to school on Friday 11th December.