Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party!
Year 3 and 4 have had a fabulous Christmas party this afternoon. We’ve played musical statues, corners and pass the parcel and enjoyed our afternoon tea.
Year 3 English – The Tunnel
We have been thinking about how authors use descriptions of a character’s body language and actions to show their emotions. We call this “show don’t tell”. For example instead of writing, “Rose was scared,” we might say, “A shiver ran down Rose’s spine and a bead of...
Whoops a Daisy Angel
We hope you enjoyed watching all of our Year 1, 2 and 3 children performing and singing like absolute stars. We are incredibly proud of everyone as the show was simply amazing!
The Christmas Story
In Year 3 RE lessons, we have enjoyed exploring different parts of the Nativity story. We found out that journey that Mary and Joseph had to take from Nazareth to Bethlehem was 120km long. We explored the angel's visit to the shepherds and how they were the first to...
Exploring Vocabulary
In our English lessons, we have been exploring the picture book, 'The Tunnel,' by Anthony Browne. In the story, the older brother crawled into a tunnel that he and his sister discovered on some wasteland. His sister didn't want to go into the tunnel with her brother...
Volcanoes
Year 3 are really enjoying our Geography topic on volcanoes. Today, we learnt about how mountains are formed. We then used the atlases to plot mountain ranges around the world. We discovered that they are usually found on or near to tectonic plate boundaries and...
Year 3 Rock Stars!
In Science, Year 3 have been learning the names, properties and uses of different kinds of rocks. Today we used our senses to carry out various challenges to reinforce our understanding. Here we are, playing our final, favourite game: Rock Stars. For this we had to...
Year 3 – Health and Movement
Can people with longer legs jump further? In Science, Year 3 have been learning about bones, muscles and how our body moves. We posed the question, "Can people with longer legs jump further?" and planned an investigation to find the answer. We made predictions before...
Super Spreadsheets!
Year 3 have been learning how to use spreadsheets this half term. We have learnt to populate tables and turn these into graphs. Here we are creating pictures using cell addresses and adding images to cells.
Year 3 MFL – French
In Year 3, the children have really enjoyed our first French lessons. So far, we have learnt greetings, how to ask someone how they are feeling and how to answer. This week we have learnt how to ask someone’s name and how to respond.
Similarities and Differences.
In PSHE, we have been exploring ways we are similar to others and ways that we are different. We carried out a range of activities to help us recognise our similarities and differences including, 'Human Bingo,' and looking at images of others and noticing what makes...
Ball Skills
Year 3 have been working really hard in PE lessons this half term to develop our throwing and catching skills. Today, we put our skills to good use when playing Bench Ball.