This half term we have been learning all about plants in Science. This afternoon we went up to Kaden’s garden to do planting of our own! We planted tomato plants that were very kindly donated by one of our parents, into the large planting bed using a range of gardening Read more…
Year 3 have really enjoyed watching the science show this morning on light and sound. It was fantastic to see how much they have remembered since learning about light in year 2 and sound at the beginning of the year. A scientist came into school and we did lots of Read more…
Over the half term our class have been developing our Athletic skills. Today we focused on Javelin skills. The children mastered the ‘pull throw’ technique and then practised it with the soft javelin. They looked for the signal to throw them and then again when it was safe to collect. Read more…
Birch have been busy celebrating the Coronation today. We have had lots of fun learning about different Monarchs and their reigns. We have made crowns and a beautiful class collage to show our support to the new King.
In Science, have been learning all about plants this half term. In todays lesson, we looked at the parts and functions of a flowering plant. We used a tulip to observe each of the parts, taking it apart bit by bit, labelling each one. We found the sepals, ovule, ovary, style, Read more…
We had a great time in our forest school lesson this week. We used team work and good communication skills to build dens to shelter us from the storm (Mr Tomkins and his water guns). We used a variety of materials including tarpaulin , ropes and natural resources to build Read more…
Today we have looked at different types of relationships that we have in our life and discussed how we have different relationships with different people. We then drew some green leaves onto our tree template and wrote 5 things that can make a relationship positive. Next, we drew branches and Read more…
In todays lesson we explored what does the crucifying of Jesus mean to us? We looked at the story of Pilate condemning Jesus and Jesus being crucified. We reflected on Jesus’ sacrifice and thought about the sacrifices we have made in our lives. We then re created the story of Read more…
For British Science Week we investigated air resistance to link to our topic of Forces and the theme Connections. We looked at what the purpose of a parachute was and how the force of air resistance slows it down. We used a range of different materials to see which material Read more…
This half term we are looking at 3D Art and sculpture as part of our Art topic. In this lesson we used cardboard to construct a sculpture and thought carefully about what 2D and 3D shapes would fit together no how to ensure they could stand up. We used out Read more…