Year 3: Blog items
Date: 10th Mar 2022 @ 9:25am
In Year 3 we have begun our new Design Technology unit of sewing! We have been looking at different pillows and which stiches they have used to attatched them. Today we focussed on how to thread a needle and how to complete back stich.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 4:39pm
For World Book Day we all came dressed up as our favourite book charcter. We had all sorts of charcters from a dinosaur to Harry Potter, Alice to Willy Wonka and goldilocks to Mary Poppins! We had great fun guessing each teacher's faviroute childhood book and enjoyed our World Book Day quizz which tested our knowledge of different books. We also thought about our chracter through a piece of writign and created charcter discriptions on who we were dressed up as.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 7:55am
In science we have been investigating how we see and investigating light. We started with a cardboard box and considered what it would be like inside the box. We pierced hole in the box to see if we could see anything and concluded that darkness is the absence of light. We shone torches in the holes in the box to see if we could see any of the objects in the box. We found out that light travels in a straight line so therefore we could only see the objects directly under the torch.
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 4:37pm
Today marks 100 days since the start of Year 3! To celebrate we did a range of Mathematic activities including a race to 100, rolling a dice and using addition to get the closest to 100 and even tested our number bonds to 100. We also enjoyed thinkign about all the different ways we could reach 100.
We also took part in a 100 day drawing activity, we throught about how we could include the numebr 100 into our drawings and used our skills of line, colour and shape to create imagninative pieces!
Year 3 Wow- Super Shadow Shows!
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 1:57pm
In Year 3 our Wow introduced our science topic of 'Light'. We made shadow puppets and used torches to act out Fairy Tales. We used different films to change the colour of the light and looked at how the distance of the light changed the size of the shadow.
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 5:43pm
In Year 3 we have been looking at money in Maths. We have looked at how to identlfy conions, how to add and subtract them and also hwo to compare them. Sonme children have been exploring a wide range of problem solving questions as well as testing their reasoning skills!
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 5:37pm
This half term we have been focusisng on using our imagination to compose and perform pieces using insturments and our voice. We have enjoyed listening to a wide rang of pieces and discussing what we think about each piece and if we can find key musical elements such as pitch, pulse, tome, tempo and the dynamics.
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 4:15pm
In Science today we started learning about the human skeleton. We moved around the room in a carousel, looking at a variety of xrays, building skeletons, labelling and sketching skeletons. We finished off the lesson singing a song about bones.
We loved this lesson and we learnt the name of many bones!
Year 3 Our Final Forest School Fun!
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 3:56pm
Today we enjoyed our final forest school session and what fun it was. We worked really hard to make a fire, which was difficukt because it was quite damp outiside. We also used a potoato peeler to peel and sharpen a stick. We used this stick to hold a marshmallow that we toasted and turned into a smore.
It was delicious! We had a great three weeks and we can't wait until next time.
Date: 19th Jan 2022 @ 11:58am
For No Pen Day, we put our pens down and picked up our language! In Reading into Writing we focused on the book Julian is a Mermaid and linked it to LGBTQ+. We hot seated Nana and Julian to ask questions around their thoughts, feelings and actions in the story. We then each took a section of the story to role play and add dialogue to.
In Maths we focused on our timetables and completed a loop card game around the room. We really had to ensure we were using our listening skills and calculating mentally. We then completed a tarsia in groups linking to the timetables.
We had a great day and we enjoyed using our communication skills and letting our pens have a rest!
Year 3 Forest School Fun Strikes again!
Date: 13th Jan 2022 @ 4:06pm
This week we started with the parachute and we loved making a dome to protect us from the wind. We then went splashing around in the mud and made our very own bow and arrows. We spoke about how to use tools safely and carved the wood to create arrows. We cannot wait for next week!
Date: 13th Jan 2022 @ 9:08am
In PE, we tested our fitness levels by completing circuit training. We first of all warmed up and discussed the changes that happen to our bodies and why this is so important!
During the circuit, we all noticed we got much warmer, our faces got red and we started to sweat. Most people found the plank the hardest and we decided we needed to work on developing our core strength.
Date: 11th Jan 2022 @ 9:28am
This half term we are focussing on Health Related Fitness. We started our session with games of never ending tig and spoke about why we do a warm up and the importance of them. We then took part in a curcuit which included star jumps, planing, side jumps, step ups and sprinting. We really enjoyed our session and some children took what they had learnt on to the playground !
Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 3:34pm
In French, Year 3 have been learning about colours. We learnt to sing a French song and had a game of bingo. We wrote the words in French and had to listen to the words spoken in French to match them up.
Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 3:29pm
For our WOW we made salt dough and created our own Stone Age jewellery. We scored lines and dots into the salt dough to create patterns. After cooking them for a very long 3 hours, we were able to paint them and turn them into necklaces.
Date: 6th Jan 2022 @ 4:01pm
This week we started our Forest School sessions! We had lots of fun exploring the outside area and espically jumping in puddles! These experiences teach us important skill such as team work and hands on skills of cutting!
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time!
Date: 16th Dec 2021 @ 4:29pm
Today we were so excited to have our class christmas parties! We played corners and musical statues and danced away! We even had a special visit from Santa Claus who gave us a christmas present !
Date: 16th Dec 2021 @ 4:14pm
In Art we have been perfecting our pointillism skills. We used inspiration from George Seurat and planned our own poiltillism piece. We sketched out the design and thought carefully about our choice of colours, ensuring they complemented each other and set the correct mood desired for our piece. We focussed on line, coloour and texture in our final piece.
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 10:19am
In Science, we used the outdoors and went on a Now Press Play adventure! Our goal was to travel in time to find suitable rocks to build a palace, all while fighting off the evil fire breathers! Afterwards, we participate in a quiz to check our understanding and we ALL scored full marks!!
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 10:17am
On Monday, we were lucky enough to have an amazing Christmas dinner! We came in to school wearing our christmas jumpers and feeling very festive.
At lunch time we pulled our crackers, wore our party hats and enjoyed a festive feast!
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:53pm
After learning all about rocks and fossils, we studied a very important scientist- Mary Anning. We learnt all about her life growing up and the fantastic discoveries she made. We went on a hunt around the classroom to find out facts about Mary Anning, in order to answer our trivia questiosn. Today, Mary Anning is still known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever existed!
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:46pm
In music, we have been learning how to play E, D and C notes. We have put them together to play along with a variety of tunes. We have also looked a different musical representations such as minims and crotchets. Today, we used our knowledge to compose our own piece of music with 2 bars of 4. We trialled different improvisations and next week we will transcribe our composition and start rehearsals.
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:43pm
In geography this week we explored what human and physical features are. Using our team work skills we sorted pictures and annotated then to identify features. We look at famous landmarks across the UK and identified whether they were were formed from human or physical features and compared them.
Walking the plank with Dan Worsley!
Date: 25th Nov 2021 @ 3:43pm
Year Three were lucky enough to have a visit and workshop from author Dan Worsley ! They enjoyed listening to his fantastic story telling and working with him to create a feirce pirate character.
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 1:02pm
On Friday children across the school put on their spots and stripes in aid raising money for Children in Need. The children enjoyed fundraising actiivtiies such as a P.E lesson with Joe Wickes and had a fantastic surpirse when all the teahcers got up and did a hand jive in assembly!
