Year 3 Birch
Christmas Jumper and Dinner Day!
Today we celebrated Xmas jumper day and enjoyed a delicious Xmas dinner. We had lots of fun!
Religious Education
The Bible
Year 3 looked at what makes The Holy Bible so special and how it is divided up into different chapters, verses, books and arranged into two testaments. We explored big questions which included; what do Christian’s get out of reading the holy book? What do people find helpful about reading Read more…
French
French day
Today we have been celebrating learning about France and the French language. We enjoyed some French food, explored French landmarks, learnt a traditional French dance and recreated a pointillism piece of art work. here are some pictures of our fantastic day.
History
Biscuit-henge
As part of our History topic, we have been learning about the famous monument Stonehenge. We thought about why it would have been so hard to build all those years ago and what it could have been used for. We then worked in teams to build our own Stonehenge and Read more…
Art & Design
Texture pictures-Frottage
We created different textures on paper by using a Frottage rubbing technique based on the art work created by artist Max Ernst. We used different colours and a variety of coloured paper to create the rubbings around the classroom, collecting as many different textures as we could. We then tore Read more…
Drama
Climate change assembly
Today year 3 had a fantastic treat. We were able to watch a production all about climate change. here are some pictures of the performance
Christian Values
Prayers
Today we looked at how different religions pray and worship God. We discussed that prayer is how religious people talk to their God and why prayer is an important activity. We explored a range of artefacts from Hindus, Judaism, Muslim and Christians and looked at where they came from and how Read more…
Christian Values
R.E- Seeing is believing- or is it?
In R.E this week discussed things that we can’t see but believe in. We blew up a balloon and blew some bubbles and asked if we cannot see air, how do we know it’s there? We then discussed how we exercise trust and faith in our everyday lives. We talked Read more…
Science
Scientific Diagrams!
In Science this week, we have explored scientific diagrams. We looked at the differences between diagrams and illustrations and what the rules were for drawing a good scientific diagram. We then went outside and found a leaf to draw and label and practise our newly learnt scientific skills! The children Read more…
History
First week in year 3 Birch
We have had a fantastic first week back in Year 3 Birch! We have been learning all about ‘The Stone Age’ in our history topic, we planned a fair test and learnt all about variables in science, wrote some prayers for our prayer jars and created some art work in Read more…