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We have had lots of fun learning to play crown green bowls with Coach Dan. At the start of the afternoon we struggled to roll the bowls onto the target but by the end we had improved so much. We played lots of mini tournaments that focused on our technique and distance.

Today, we set up some tests to answer our enquiry - which material is best for an umbrella?

We tested the strength, flexibility, stretchiness and, most importantly, if it was waterproof.

Year 3 were delighted to welcome both Jana’s mum and Maha’s mum into their class today. The mums gave us a presentation about the 5 Pillars of Islam - the rules which are central to the Muslim faith. Jana and Maha were also very happy to share their faith. The rest of the class then had the…

In English we are reading the wonderful book, ‘The Street Beneath My Feet’ by Charlotte Guillain and writing our own explanation text about what can be found underground.  We have learnt about insects, burrowing animals, different types of rocks and mineral, the sewers (yuck!) and beautiful rock…

Today we were practicing our number bonds to 5 and 10. We had lots of fun whilst doing this. 

Coach Lauren came to school to do some cricket coaching today. We had a lovely time in the sunshine and she was amazed at how hard we could hit the ball!

In DT, we are learning about the power of air (pneumatics). Soon we will be designing and making our own moving toy so we were investigating how best to create movement. We tried using syringes, tubing and balloons. There were different methods and now we need to think about the best method for…

Today we were lucky enough to have a taster cricket session. We practiced our batting skills as well as our fielding skills. 
 

Yesterday Y3 took advantage of the good weather and took our maths lesson outside. We estimated and measured the capacity and volume of various containers. By accurately measuring the capacity of the cup we used to fill the other containers; we were able to work out the actual capacity of larger…

In science today we made careful observational drawings of plants, flowers and trees. We also took close up photographs. We were amazed at how much there was to see in our school gardens. We also realised how much we often don’t notice because we don’t look very closely!

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

As part of our experience day for our English unit, Mrs Walsh brought her camper van to school so we could spend some time looking in it and comparing it to an old fashioned caravan. Gran, in our story, lived in a 1970’s caravan and it was called Gran-a-van. We were amazed at how much could be…