21 Feb

Dodgeball Tournament with Coach Scott

Today Coach Scott came in to run a dodgeball tournament with us for the whole afternoon. We LOVE dodgeball so we were really excited! He was very pleased with how our skills developed from the beginning to the end of the afternoon. We were all proud of our progress whether or not we won. It was a…

2 Feb

Year 3 Magnetic materials

We have been investigating which materials are magnetic and which materials are non-magnetic. 
We found out that materials that are magnetic are made from metal BUT not all metals are magnetic. 

17 Jan

Ancient Egypt visits Year 3!

What a morning of fun and learning we have had today with Professor Tuesday! We learnt all about the importance of the River Nile, the different kingdoms of Ancient Egypt, the different roles and jobs people had, how mummies were made and finally the importance of artefacts in history. Wow! Have a…

21 Dec

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas from Year 3!

20 Dec

Graffiti Art Calendars in Year 3

In art we have been learning about put graffiti art so we used these skills to create our calendars for 2024. We hope you like them!

 

15 Dec

Making Christmas Packaging in DT

In DT we have been developing our cutting, folding and fixing skills in order to make packaging for our Christmas biscuits. We also learnt about different colour schemes to develop a style for our ‘brand’ and used these colours to decorate our boxes. 
 

14 Dec

Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party

Today was the Year 3&4 Christmas party and we had a great time. We played some old favourites like musical statues and pass the parcel.  We also played some new games like Hoops. “You can’t eat Johnny Smartie” was a favourite again!

 

7 Dec

Christmas Dodgeball Party Y3

Today Coach Wilcock came in for our Dodgeball Christmas Party.  We played Christmas Tree Dodgeball, Hide the Present, Christmas Bauble and Santa’s Elves.  We listened to Christmas music as we played! We had lots of fun and learned how to play with good tactics and team…

5 Dec

Making arrays to show multiplication Y3

In maths we are learning about multiplication and today we used objects in the classroom to make arrays (rectangular diagrams) to show multiplication. We wrote down the linked multiplication facts on our whiteboards. We were very creative with the objects we found!

 

24 Nov

Edible rocks!

This afternoon Mrs Dowson has been teaching the children about different types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.  They used edible items to make the different types of rocks and  then drew real examples of each type.  They had lots of fun learning some quite tricky concepts and…

24 Nov

Pied Piper of Hamelin (by Robert Browning)

We have been reading the story and the poem of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.  Last week we learnt some of the first verse off by heart.  We hope you enjoy it!

 

23 Nov

Exploring packaging in D.T.

Today we started investigating different types of packaging for our new D.T. topic. We opened up lots of cardboard boxes to see how they were made. It was amazing that usually it was only one piece of cardboard used to make an entire box.  We then drew the different nets and looked at the…