Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Athletics Festival 2023
We had a great time on Friday at the Gateshead Athletics Festival. 49 schools from across Gateshead came to compete at the stadium. There were events such as sprint, hurdles, relay races and long jump. It was a very long day but the children competing persevered and...
The Hobbit Production
We have been so lucky today to have the treat of M&M production company coming into school this morning to give us a fantastic performance of The Hobbit. Thank you so much to the parent group for making this happen! After the show, Years 4 & 5 got to...
Hancock Museum
Year 3 had a great time at the Hancock Museum today. They learned lots about the Romans and got the chance to do lots of activities about them. They loved being able to interact with all of the different exhibits in the museum!
Sports day
Children from years 1 to 6 have had a very hot but enjoyable sports day. Every child took part in all the races and it was lovely to see some great sportsmanship from everyone cheering on their houses. Congratulations to Sage who won this mornings sports day for years...
Magnet mania!
Year 3 have been testing magnetic materials. They gathered objects that they thought would and wouldn’t be magnetic and tested them to see if their predictions were right. They organised all of the objects into a venn diagram based on whether they were or weren’t...
Friction investigation
Year 3 have been investigating how different materials have different amounts of friction. They set up a test ramp and used different materials as surfaces to roll a car and measured the distance that it travelled to see which material produced the most friction. They...
Push and pull
Year 3 have been investigating push and pull forces in science! They went around school and the yard and found different objects that they could pull and push and talked about how much force they had to use to do this.
Fraction Frenzy
The children have been smashing their understanding of fractions this week! They have been adding and subtracting fractions earlier this week and today they have started to look at finding fractions of a set of objects. We started by using some concrete resources so...
The Roman Empire
We have started looking at our new Romans topic and have been looking at the spread of the Roman Empire. Today we were looking at the different countries that were part of the Roman Empire and used atlases to locate these countries and label them. We really enjoyed...
Solar Physicist Visit
Today, Key Stage 2 welcomed solar physicist, Dr Tim Duckenfield to school to tell us all about his work and answer questions we had sent him. All of the swirls and bright spots are explosions! All the different ways we can look at the sun. Tim studies the movement of...
Phenomenal Performance by Year 3
On Wednesday, Year 3 visited The Sage to perform a dance routine they have been working on as part of their PE lessons. They have been working hard with Rachael from CDC dance to learn the routine each week. When this group of superstars hit that stage, they delivered...
The Easter Story
Year 3 have been learning about the events of the Easter story, from Jesus' entry into Jerusalem to his death and resurrection. In our lesson today, we have been looking at impressions of the crucifixion by different artists. We used the question prompts to explore...