Science
Science Rocks!
In science today, Year 3 planned and carried out experiments to test the permeability of various types of rock.
Art & Design
Volcanoes
This week we have been having lots of fun and creating lots of mess making volcanoes ready for us to carry out explosion experiments next week.
English
Firework poetry
This week we have written our own firework poems. We began the week in the immersive room watching a firework display and gathering vocabulary, we then looked at good examples of firework poetry highlighting the key features. We then wrote a poem in groups focussing on onomatopoeia before writing a Read more…
Art & Design
Sukkot
This half-term in R.E, we have been looking at the topic of Harvest. We learnt all about how and why Christians celebrate Harvest and then looked how it is celebrated in other faiths. We looked in paticular at the Jewish festival of Sukkot and built our own Sukkahs.
Mathematics
Maths Addition and Subtraction
We have been working really hard on addition and subtraction of 1-digit from and to 3-digit numbers. Today we used Base 10 to help support our understanding of exchange and re-grouping. Tomorrow we will be using this knowledge to help us understand column method addition and subtraction.
Science
Queen’s Park
In our science lessons we are looking at seed dispersal. We took a trip to Queen’s Park to see what seeds we could find. We had lots of fun doing so!
History
Stone Age poo
This week we dissected the organic remains of Stone Age people to find out more about their diets.
Art & Design
A fantastic start to Year 3 Birch
Year 3 have had a fantastic start to the school year. We have worked hard in English and Maths and been archaeoligists and cave men in topic.