Last week 3R had an interesting and thought provoking debate. We decided to discuss whether children should be allowed to watch TV or play computer games on a school night. As you can see below the boys had many valid arguments both for and against:

For	Against
Treat/reward for good behaviour	Health issues: Stops you exercising, give you a headache
You can learn from documentaries nature, history	Stops you focusing on other things such as homework
You can use the Internet for research	Games can be addictive
Internet can teach you skills for future jobs	Lose the art of communication- talking to parents, siblings, friends, playing with pets
Educational games eg maths games (learning x tables)	Spend your time doing something more creative eg building lego, drawing
Useful information on the blog/school website that we need to read	Spend your time doing something more creative eg building lego, drawing
Teaches children to take responsibility-limit own use	Can stop you sleeping

The debate was conducted to get the boys used to speaking in large groups in readiness for their ESB examination which will take place next year.

In Maths we have been focusing on subtraction using the column method. We have looked at borrowing or exchanging when subtracting if we need to. We have also continued to develop our understanding of word problems.

In History the boys have labelled and designed Roman Villas and we are looking forward to our trip on Thursday to the Verulamium.

We have continued to read the next chapter from The Butterfly Lion; we have explored the themes and answered questions relating to the text.

In Science the boys have looked at how climate can affect what we can grow in this country and how we import a lot of fruit and vegetables we eat on a daily basis.

All the boys performed brilliantly in their Harvest Hope production last Friday; it was a super end to week!