Year 3: Blog items
Date: 30th Jun 2021 @ 8:15pm
This week we have started looking at Non-Chronological reports in Reading into Writing. We have been reading a variety of texts to highlight the features so that we can analyse what we need to include in our own success criteria. We have read about lots of interesting facts - we now know that they need to be factual and give information. Our Reports will be about our Geography topic Mountains and Volcanoes so we have been doing lots of reading and learning about different mountains around the world too so we have a great background knowledge for when we draft our reports.
Date: 29th Jun 2021 @ 3:52pm
We had a brilliant sports afternoon in Year 3, with lots of races including the egg and spoon race, hurdles and an obstacle course. It was lots of fun, we all got very hot and we also contributed to our Road To Tokyo goals because of all the activity we did!
Date: 29th Jun 2021 @ 8:14am
This half term we have been learning all about Animals including humans. This was revision from the January Lockdown. We have learned about food chains and which animals are consumers and producers, the types of skeletons animals have including endo and exo skeletons, vertebrates and invertebrates. We most recently talked about our own human skeletons and understood that we have a skeleton for movement, protection and support.
Date: 22nd Jun 2021 @ 7:13pm
For RSE week, we have been learning about different families and who is important to us. We talked about people who love us or who we love, being included in our family unit. We also talked about peer pressure and social pressure and how we can say no!
We also focused on the PANTS rules for our bodies and how we can say no to any touch that makes us feel uncomfortable. We know lots of different people who we can talk to if we are unhappy and listed our trusted adults.
Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 8:01am
We started practising our Design Technology skills of sewing, by learning how to thread a needle, knot the end and then we learned how to do a running stitch and a back stitch! For some of us, this was very tricky and for lots of us, we had never ever done this before! It was great to see to much team work, concentration and resilience being shown by the year 3 pupils as well as patience for when the thread was tangled and they needed a little more help.
Now Press Play - The Water Cycle
Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 7:53am
Today we went on an adventure in Ethipoia using the Now Press Play Headsets. We learned about the Water Cycle and how a water droplet from a lake or the sea evaporates to become water Vapour, which condenses to form heavy clouds and then precipitates to form rain on mountains/hills so that the water can rejoin the streams and rivers. It was a great adventure where we had to save the village from being in drought because a mean farmer had made a damn. We listened and acted out the story well!
Date: 15th Jun 2021 @ 4:29pm
We have been creating our own musical rhythms and accompaniments for tunes using Music Lab on the Chromebooks. We have been looking at keeping the pulse and beat and using different long and short notes to create the rhythms. We changed the pitch and created texture in the melodies by adding layers of sound. Some people used different types of instruments and created synth effects, strings or glockenspiel sounds.
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 4:31pm
For Geography this half term we are learning about Mountains and Volcanoes around the world! To start off our topic we had a minature volcanic eruption on the playground and thought about how difficult it might be to live near an active volcano! We then started learning about mountain ranges around the world including the Alps, Rockies, Andes and Himalayas and located them on Google Earth.
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 4:27pm
This week we started our Cricket Skills by throwing and catching the ball. We started to learn about the grip needed for cricket and how to hold the bat correctly. We had great fun and will continue to practise these skills every week so we can have a bowler, fielders and batters!
Shell Structures for Design Technology
Date: 19th May 2021 @ 4:36pm
For our Design Technology day we created our own Shell Structures, after looking at the nets of many different existing product packagings.
Our design brief was to create a lunch box suitable for a Year 3 pupil to take out to a picnic that could carry food. Although we had to create our models in card and paper, we discussed how it would be better for them to be made in plastic so they would be more durable but less eco friendly as plastic pollution is a big problem for the planet.
We discussed how the existing products we had looked at were made from recycleable materials and we used recycled card in our final designs. We found the recycle symbols on most of our existing products.
We completed our designs, made our prototypes and refined our ideas before creating our final product in card. We also learned how to strengthen and stiffen materials using laminating, tubes and corrugation. We had to cut and glue carefully once we had put our bold designs onto our structures. It was very fiddly and tricky but we showed resilience.
Year Three are enjoying their lessons from the Royal Ballet School!
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 9:24pm
Although Boundary Primary School have been part of the Royal Ballet Scheme for some time, last week was the first face to face lesson for Year Three after lots of virtual lessons. The children learnt a great deal from their teachers, 'Sarah and Rob' and are really looking forward to their next lesson. We also have a number of children in Years Four, Five and Six who are participating in the Royal Ballet scheme and they too are enjoying face to face lessons after months of lessons on Zoom.
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 3:28pm
Last week we learned about Piet Mondrian and Andy Warhol who are famous artists from History. We understood that they created different types of prints, so we took inspiration from this to create our own. We designed our printing blocks, and used primary and secondary colours to create simple and then repeating patterns. It was very tricky to carve our design using straight lines into the lino block, but we persevered (with help)! We loved our final designs and thought that the lines stood out really clearly!
Mental Health Awareness Week - Nature
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 8:25am
This week we got out into Nature and took notice of the world around us! We listened to the birds, smelled the grass and touched the grass whilst also noticing the wonder of nature. This was to help calm us down and give us som strategies to help improve our mental health. We also understood the 5 important things we can keep doing to help ourselves feel more resilient: Connecting with others, staying active, keeping learning, taking notice and giving of our time.
Date: 10th May 2021 @ 4:19pm
Today we enjoyed learning about Anthony Horowitz's reading experiences and then had 10 minutes in class reading our own books! It was relaxing but we also practised our reading skills!
RE - Learning about Christianity
Date: 10th May 2021 @ 4:08pm
We have been learning about Christianity in RE this half term and the old and new testament. We have learnt about the story Noah and his Ark, we have also thought about people in our lives who we look up to and should follow. We had to work as a team for this task to match the words and their definitions.
Turning Negatives to Positives!
Date: 5th May 2021 @ 7:14pm
We have been busy over the past few weeks thinking about Healthy lifestyles. During DT day, we learned about making a healthy tortilla pin wheel using different ingredients; we learned about eating food in moderation and having lots of fruit and vegetables for the vitamins and minerals they give our bodies!
We also talked about having a healthy balance of work and play for our mental health, doing exercise and some mindfulness, having positive self-talk and resilience. We talked about turning the negatives into positives and how we can make sure that we appreciate and know what we are good at. For example
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 4:35pm
Today we practised using the Samba instruments to create rhythms and played them together. We needed to keep the tempo the same and listen to each other to perform well. We then swapped instruments and played a different beat. Although the dynamics of the room were loud, the beat and tempo were consistent and we worked well as a team.
Fabulous Food - Tortilla Pin Wheels
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 4:12pm
Today we learnt about healthy eating and having a balanced diet in moderation. We created our own Vegetarian Tortilla Pinwheels which could be used for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony party. First we looked at lots of different images and designs to find out what the pinwheels needed to be like - their shape, colour and ingredients. Then we taste tested the ingredients to find out which we liked and disliked. We designed our pinwheels and thought about how we need a variety of foods to be healthy from a range of food groups. Then we carefully and hygienically prepared the ingredients in the kitchen before we constructed our pinwheels. Finally we evaluated them to see if they were tasty and if we had been successful!
Recording the Results of our Plant Investigation
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 4:11pm
This week we looked closely at our plants and discovered what they actually need to grow. We put one in the cupboard so it had no light, one in the fridge so it had a low temperature and one plant didn't give any water to. It was clear to see that the plant that suffered most had had no water. We discovered that it was most important to give plants water because the plants can survive for a while without heat or light.
We also observed how seeds germinated with just water and warm in the cups - the mustard seeds and broad beans started to sprout and grow!
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 8:24am
This week we remembered Captain Sir Tom Moore and how much he fundraised for the NHS by completing 100 laps of his garden. He was inspirational and embodied the British Values and fighting spirit throughout the Covid Pandemic. We completed our own Challenge 100, by doing 100 of anything.
In Forest school some people collected 100 flowers or pinecones, did 100 star jumps, built their own tower and completed 100 leaps! Some people even made 100 sparks!
Date: 20th Apr 2021 @ 8:35pm
In PE we are focusing on our under and over arm throwing skills before we do some rounders games! We have also been practising our gymnastic skills - rolls, travels, balances and jumps with control. Everyday we have also been trying to contribute to the Road to Tokyo and complete the Boundary Mile at break and lunch time to make sure we are keeping fit and active. We're working as a team to make sure we get to the Olympics!
Date: 20th Apr 2021 @ 3:07pm
Today we had no pen day at school!
For Maths, we cut our whole piece of paper into different fractions, including
