Art & Design
Clarice Cliffe ‘Circle Tree’ plate
We used a paper plate to recreate our own designs of Clarice Cliffs ‘Circle Tree’ plate, we used bright colours to paint circles and finishing by using black paint and a straw to blow a tree design.
History
Greek Artefacts
We have spent our Topic lesson this afternoon exploring the Greek Artefacts topic box that we have rented from Touchstones Museum. We have had some brilliant discussions about what the artefacts were, what they were used for and what materials they were made from.
Outdoor learning
Forest School
As part of outdoor classroom day and mental health awareness week we took part in a forest school taster session with Miss Steele and Mr Tompkins. We took part in lots of different activities: we went on the hunt for ‘something special’ we were shown how to make a campfire Read more
Drama
Perseus and Medusa
This half term our topic is ‘Gods and Mortals’, and in our lessons we are learning about Ancient Greece. For our topic lesson today we were lucky enough to watch a show performed by The Hobgoblin Theatre Company called Perseus and Medusa. It is one of the many Greek myths Read more
Art & Design
Red Nose Day – Year 3 Birch
Today we celebrated Red Nose Day by coming into school in our own clothes and doing crazy things to our hair! This afternoon we have watched funny videos and completed some mindfulness colouring!
Music
It’s Panto Time!
This year we weren’t able to go to a Pantomime, so the pantomime came to us! We have had a really fun afternoon watching the lockdown Panto, joining in with the songs, booing the baddies and shouting “it’s behind you!”
History
Recreating Stonehenge
In today’s History lesson we learnt about Stonehenge. We talked about the history of the monument and the names of the different parts of it. We then tried to create the different parts using biscuits to represent the stones. We made the outer circle, the bluestones and the horseshoe. Read more
Whole School
Christmas Movie Night
We had lots of fun last night at our Year 3 Christmas movie night. We watched the film Nativity, drank hot chocolate and marshmallows and ate popcorn. The countdown to Christmas has started!
Christian Values
Children In Need 2020
This week, the whole school have been helping to raise money for Children In Need. Each class have been completing the ‘Act Your Age’ challenge in their PE lessons with our PE coach Mr Tomkins, and today came to school in their pyjamas. Mr Tomkins is amazed at how well Read more
History
Archaeologists
This afternoon in Topic we learnt about the role of an archaeologist. We looked at the process they undertake which taught us new vocabulary like excavate. We then took on the role of an archaeologist and excavated various artefacts.