Gülşen Oral
Year 3 class teacher
Anadolu University, Primary Education
The most asked question in the bread project: "So does yeast breathe?"
Year 3
In Year 3 science joins the timetable and projects grow. Children design experiments, take notes and present their findings to the class and their families.
Age 8–916 pupilsTwo teachers1 places left this year
Year 3 is when projects run longest at Ada. In the autumn term the class worked for ten weeks on "Why does bread rise?": they sowed wheat, visited a mill, watched yeast under a magnifier and baked their own bread in the school kitchen.
The first science notebooks are kept: prediction, observation, result. In spring simple circuits are built around light and electricity.
In literacy, paragraph writing and short research texts come to the fore; every child gives a five-minute talk to the class once a term.
A day in this class
- Welcome
The week's question on the project board.
- Morning circle
Questions left from yesterday.
- Turkish and maths
Two teachers, two groups when needed.
- Garden break
- Project time
Research, experiments, making.
- Lunch
At the same table as teachers.
- Science or workshop
Science notebook, kitchen, wood.
- English
- Home time
Study hour until 17:00 for those who want it.
The class teachers
Kaan Tekin
Year 3 co-teacher, garden
Uludağ University, Science Education
I run the garden, but the real gardeners are the children.
