19 Jun

Pneumatics

This afternoon, we were trying to work out how the pneumatics worked in a moving toy that Mr Manning showed us.

16 Jun

Dorrington Woods compared with a rainforest

This morning, we walked around Dorrington Wood so that we could compare it to the rainforests we will be learning about this half term. 
 

We looked around for things we didn’t think we’d see in a rainforest.

 

14 Jun

Composing

This afternoon, we went out into the playground to do some composing.

 

26 May

Fractions of amounts

We were finding fractions of amounts out on the playground this week. 
 

10 May

Tints and shades

Today, we were learning how to create tints and shades for our painting work. We then used them to recreate a painting by Georgia O’Keefe.

 

24 Apr

Observational leaf drawing

This afternoon, Year 3 were practising their observational drawing skills. We were sketching leaves with as much detail as possible.

 

20 Apr

Crown Green Bowling

This afternoon, Year 3 went crown green bowling with Coach Dan.

 

28 Mar

Snozzcumber packaging

Today, Year 3 were designing packaging for the snozzcumber from BFG to make them more appealing.

 

17 Mar

Reflection investigation

Which materials reflect light the best? Year 3 investigated this today. We found  that shinier materials and white materials were better at reflecting light and that black was very bad for reflection.

 

6 Mar

Book day in Year 3

Today was Scotforth’s book day which was based around the story The Day the Crayons Quit. We wrote a letter to the beige crayon to cheer it up and we made some animations using Scratch.

 

3 Mar

DT 3D nets

Today, we have been learning about 3D nets as part of our DT work on packaging. 
 

3 Feb

Are all metals magnetic?

This week we have been investigating whether all metals are magnetic.