This week Year 3 have been learning about the ring of fire. In groups of four, we each had a different area/ section of a map, on which we used co-ordinates to plot volcanoes that have erupted in the last few hundred years. Once each member had completed their individual Read more…
This week year 3 have been learning about the layers of the Earth. After finding out the names for last weeks homework, today we found out more information about each layer, including temperatures, sizes and what they were made up of. We then used our knowledge to help us to Read more…
This week we have been learning about how a volcano erupts and how it forms a cone shape. We began by learning about tectonic plates and how they move. We then learnt new vocabulary with actions for the parts of a volcano and created a chant to help us learn Read more…
This week has been Art week at St Luke’s. Year 3 have been learning about the Artist Georgia O’Keefe and looking at her style and techniques to create a piece of Art in the same style. At the beginning of the week the classroom was set up with numerous Read more…
Year 3 have had a fantastic afternoon at their Christmas party. We played lots of games, danced, sang and ate party food. All the Year 3 staff wish the children and their families a fantastic Christmas 😀🎅
This week St Luke’s is taking part in ‘Hour of code’. Year 3 began their lesson by looking at some of the vocabulary involved in coding such as output and algorithms, which they had to match the correct definitions. They then moved on to using coding to make various sea Read more…
This week, Year 3 Birch’s elf on the shelf left a note telling them to meet him in Kayden’s garden at 2pm and to take Year 5 with them. When we arrived, we saw lots of elves with messages for us. They had wrapped and hidden some of their favourite Read more…
This week we have be learning what primary colours are and how to make secondary colours. First, we created a colour wheel making our own secondary colours by mixing . We then used our knowledge of colours and took inspiration from Andy Warhol, to create a piece of art split Read more…
Year 3 have been re-writing the story of ‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’ including a setting description of the chocolate room. This week the children will be writing a setting description independently, however, the room they will be writing about is a chocolate park. To help our imagination and vocabulary, we Read more…
Year 3 have been learning about how different faiths view and celebrate their God. As part of this, we have been looking at the Muslim faith. Today we discussed Shahada and looked at how it is displayed on things such as wall hangings, plates and pendants in Arabic calligraphy. We Read more…