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Today we started our new topic which is the Stone Age to Iron Age in Britain. We created a timeline out of a toilet roll to show how incredibly long the period of prehistory (before written records) lasted. The Palaeolithic Stone Age period was by far the longest period we looked at. If each sheet…

Today, we started our new unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We were posed the questions ‘Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?’ We had to use our deduction skills by looking at various clues to work out the reasons.

Our class novel is called ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz.  Today, we read a chapter where the main character is asked to become a spy. We discussed all the pros and cons that he would face making his decision. We then took part in a ‘conscience alley’. The children had to whisper reasons for…

We have been learning about how sedimentary rocks are formed. Today with Mrs Dowson in science we made food models to show the different layers found in sedimentary rocks. We really enjoyed tasting our creations at the end!

We are starting to learn about multiplication in maths and today we made arrays using different classroom objects to show the links between multiplication and repeated addition. It was good fun and we did lots of learning too! 
 

Today, we met up with our buddies and gave them a gift we had made and a Christmas card. We played together and then watch the pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. What a lovely morning it was! 
 

Everyone in school came together this afternoon for our end of term awards and carol service, led by Year 6 and our staff music group.

Happy Christmas from everyone in Year 3. Have a great holiday everyone!

We had a great time at our Christmas party. We played lots of games and had treats too.

Our finished boxes are all ready for our Christmas biscuits! Here are some of the finished products.

In DT, we have been practising cutting, scoring, folding and using templates. We’ve also investigated Christmas colour schemes and tried different fonts. Today we were able to use all these skills to make our Christmas packages for some tasty Christmas biscuits. We all had to really focus to make…

This morning, Year 4 cooked their own Welsh Rarebit as part of their Design and Technology topic. They chopped the bread into festive shapes, grated the cheese, mixed the ingredients and spread it onto their bread. After a few minutes under the grill, it was ready for tasting. Yum!