Last tennis session with Coach Reagan
What a day of sports we have had! This afternoon was our last tennis session with Coach Reagan and we practised rallies! It was quite tricky to control the ball but we managed some mini-rallies and definitely improved by the end of the lesson. We had made a card for Reagan and he was really…
Christmas Dodgeball with Year 3
Today Coach Scott came into school and we had a fantastic session playing Christmas dodgeball. We played Christmas Tree Freeze, Catch the Bauble and finally Rudolph Rescue. We all loved it!
Investigating packaging (Year 3 2024)
Today our classroom was very busy (and a little bit messy!) as we investigating packaging by carefully pulling apart cardboard packages we brought from home! We were amazed that they were made from just ONE piece of card. We looked at the tabs that were needed so that the packaging could be glued…
Preparing to make sandwiches in Y3
In DT have been practising the skills that we need to make sandwiches. Today we practised spreading margarine and ate a slice of bread, butter and honey that we made ourselves! We also used the bridge hold and the fork hold when we were cutting vegetables with sharp knives. We even used the…
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Poem by Year 3
As part of our new English topic, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, we have learn the beginning of Robert Browning's poem. We hope you enjoy it!
Rat attack in Year 3!
We have started our new story - The Pied Piper of Hamelin - and today we thought about what activities the townsfolk would be doing before the rats came and then how things would have changed when they arrived. We really got into character!
Tasting bread and fillings in Y3
We are preparing to make our own sandwiches and today we have been tasting some different breads and fillings that we might use. We have used lots of different adjectives to describe the taste, the smell, the appearance, and the texture of the fillings.lots of us tried new flavours!
Favourite sandwich choices in Year 3
Our new DT topic is all about sandwiches! We are going to be designing and making our own sandwiches but today we were finding out about the history of the sandwich and also surveying which sandwiches we enjoy as a class.
Atlas Experts in Y3
We are learning all about the continents and oceans of the world, and starting to recognise some of the countries in each continent. Today we looked at some countries on the Equator, on the Arctic Circle and on the Antarctic Circle. We used atlases and found out that there are NO countries on the…
Playground games from the past recreated!
In PE, we have been learning some playground games from the past. Today we played Queenie where we had to throw a ball over our head and the others had to catch and hide it behind their backs. We were very good at hiding the ball!
Making our graffiti tags (aka becoming Banksy!)
We have been learning about Banksy, the famous, but anonymous, graffiti artist. We found out that often he uses a stencil to spray paint his images at night. He also has a tag or signature which he sometimes adds to his artwork. Today we designed and cut out tags for our own initials. We used…
Making 100 (How many ways?!)
We have been busy learning about ones, tens and hundreds. Today we made 100 using as many different ways as possible. We had to show that 100 was 10 groups of 10. Look how creative we were in the pictures below! Next we’re looking at 1,000…