Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Fossil making
Year 3 have been learning all about how fossils are formed. They enjoyed making their own fossils using clay, plaster of paris and mini dinosaurs. The children are very proud of their creations and can’t wait to take them home.
Palaeontologists in the making
The children in Year 3 have been learning about fossils. They used paintbrushes to remove the sand from the dinosaur bones. They then matched it to the correct dinosaur. The children loved looking at some real fossils provided by NuStem. Some wonderful work was...
Safer Internet Day!
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.This year, Safer Internet Day celebrated with the theme ‘Want to Talk About it?’ to encourage and inspire national...
Marvellous Measuring!
The children in Year 3 have been working hard in their maths lessons to measure using mm, cm and m. They enjoyed measuring some objects in the school environment thinking carefully about which unit of measure they would use. The children were excellent at making sure...
We are pedologists!
Year 3 have enjoyed being pedologists today. A pedologist is a scientist who studies soil. The pupils had a walk around the school grounds to locate where they could find soil in their locality - we discussed what soil is, how it is formed and why it is important. The...
Dividing with exchanging
Year 3 have been working very hard in maths to divide. Today, they used base 10 apparatus to support their understanding of dividing when exchanges are needed. This followed on from their learning yesterday when the division questions did not require an exchange. I...
Exploring tints and shades
The children in Year 3 have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh in art. They are working towards creating a painting in the style of his very famous sunflower paintings. Today, they focussed on how to create different shades of yellow by adding black and white. They...
Christingles
Year 3 have been learning about why Christians make Christingles at Christmas time and then made their own. The orange represents the world. The red ribbon represents the love of God and Jesus’ blood on the cross. The sweet items on cocktail sticks represent God’s...
Christmas Crackers
The children in Years 3 and 4 had an absolute blast today at their Christmas party. They danced, sang, played games and ate party food until they dropped! All children (and staff) were in excellent festive spirits and whole-heartedly enjoyed the celebrations with...
Christmas Choir in the Community!
Children from years 3-6 have had the opportunity to be part of the school choir. The pupils have shown real commitment by dedicating one lunch time a week to practise songs in their own time. Each Wednesday, the children have shown up full of smiles and raring to go....
Marvellous Magic!
Last week, the Rotary Club kindly gifted us a visit from a magician. As you can see from the pictures, the children (and staff) had a great time. A huge thank you to the Rotary Club of Birtley for this wonderful gift!
Animation
Year 3 have been thoroughly enjoying learning about animation. They recently used imotion on the ipads to record their own simple animation in pairs. We watched them together and thought about how they could be improved and what we liked best.