Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Let’s Walk to School
This afternoon Years 1 to 5 took part in a special “Be cool getting to school assembly.” Don and Gillian from Living Streets came into school and did a quick survey to see how we currently get to school. We discussed all the positive reasons to either walk, cycle or...
DT Superstars
Year 3 have been working very hard in DT. They learned all about the inventor of the telephone in their science lesson and experimented with making their own cup phones. They used string, wool and wire to test which would be the best for their phones. They have also...
Birtley Heritage
We had a visit from Birtley Heritage as part of our history topic. They told us all about the Birtley Belgians and shared lots of photos from the past. We learned lots of interesting facts!
Branching Databases
In computing we have been using questions with yes or no answers to group collections of objects. We learned how to arrange objects in a tree structure called a branching database. To begin with, we were given pictures of different dinosaurs. We needed to think of one...
Do you like fruit?
In our French lessons in Year 3, we have been finding out how we say the names of different fruits in French. We have gone on to learn how we can use 'J’aime' to say 'I like' and 'Je n’aime pas' for I do not like.
Light and shadows
As part of their new science topic, light and shadows, year three went outside to trace their shadows while we had some sun! They loved using the chalk to draw around themselves in different positions and then did some experimenting with how opaque, transparent and...
Happy World Book Day!
It was wonderful to see so many children dressed up for World Book Day last week. We celebrated by dressing up as our favourite book characters and bringing in our favourite books. In our special World Book Day assembly, we unveiled 400 new books that The World of...
We are Solar Physicists!
As part of our STEM week, we had a visit from Mel at NuSTEM to talk all about the role of a solar physicist.We learned that 'solar' means to do with the sun and about what elements we can find in our sun. We looked at the light spectrum and discovered that only some...
Stem Superstars
Year 3 have been structural engineers this week. The used a loan box from NuStem to build bridges. We then tested the bridges with a 100g weight. Three of the groups managed to build a bridge that held the weight. I’m sure you’ll agree that the bridge designs are...
Creative Costumes!
Look at Year 3 in their world book day costumes! Don’t they look fantastic? Thank you to parents and carers for the huge efforts.
Online Safety Session
This morning, we offered parents and carers a face-to-face online safety information session. We discussed the results of a recent KS2 internet use survey and how to keep our children as safe as possible when online.We directed parents and carers to our 'Digital...
Thank you Morrisons!
We had a wonderful surprise this week from our local supermarket Morrison in Birtley. To help us celebrate World Book Day, they kindly donated some amazing stories for our school which we will share amongst classes. Thank you to Morrisons for supporting our community...