Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Practise makes perfect in PE
The children in Year 3 have been practising their ball skills this half term with the help of Coach Olly from the Newcastle United Foundation. The children have been learning 3 key areas: agility, balance and coordination. They have learned how to pass the ball...
🎼🎷Our Local Heroes! 🎤🎸
Today, we had a special visit from Gateshead Music Service, where we celebrated some local heroes through music. We learnt about some exceptional individuals such as Earl Grey, Grace Darling, Thomas Hepburn, Joseph Swan, William Armstrong and their achievements. We...
Remarkable Role Play
The children in Year 3 are reading and using the story ‘The Twits’ this half term during their English lessons. This week we read a chapter called ‘Four Sticky Little Boys.’ The children thought about what the boys might think, feel and say when getting stuck up the...
Amazing Art
Year 3 have been learning about Indian art this half term. The children have been exploring the technique of block printing. They used a pencil to carefully carve a shape out of polystyrene. They then painted and printed their picture. The children are very proud of...
Fantastic French
The children in Year 3 have been practising greetings and questions in their French lessons. They can now have a short conversation with each other by saying hello, asking and answering how they are, asking and what their names are and goodbye. The children were then...
#Take10ToRead – World Mental Health Day
Reading can help you relax, boost your mood and escape elsewhere! On Tuesday 10th October, children across the school took part in #Take10ToRead, a national campaign to promote the wellbeing benefits of reading. KS2 joined a zoom call with author Susie Dent of...
Blue Cross
The children in Year 3 enjoyed a visit from the Blue Cross charity. We found out all about the work they do to support people and animals. They gave us information on the five animal welfare needs so we can ensure our own pets are well looked after.
Stone Age
The children in year 3 have been learning about the Stone Age during their history lessons. This week the children were exploring artefacts and evidence of the lives of people during the Stone Age. The children looked at cave paintings and discussed how it might...
National Fitness Day
Everyone in school did a great job at getting involved in National Fitness Day! The children were able to complete some fitness in their classrooms to get their bodies moving and allow their minds to be refocused. It’s lovely to see children enjoying some physical...
Marvellous Maths
In year 3 we have been focusing on developing our skills when learning about the place value of a number. The children have been using different manipulative to makes numbers with hundreds, tens and ones in them. The children have then used these skills to partition...
Music Madness
Year 3 have enjoyed their first couple of music lessons. They have been introduced to the instrument the ukulele where they have started to explore how to hold the instrument correctly in order to play it. Their other lesson has focused on Jazz music in which they are...
A Day of Cricket!
Yesterday some children from years 3 and 4 took part in Countdown Cricket organised by the Gateshead school sports partnership. There were many schools taking part at Gateshead Fell’s Cricket Club and the children did us proud. Although we didn’t get the win we...