English
Year 3 Birch – social reading
Children loved choosing a book with their friend and reading it together, discussing different themes.
Art & Design
Year 3 Birch – Ancient Greek pottery mood boards
We had lots of fun collecting ideas and patterns from the Ancient Greek pottery we have researched. We put these ideas onto a mood board in our art books, thinking about colour patterns and mythical creatures. They look really effective!
Music
Year 3 Birch – Ukulele
The children always enjoy our ukulele sessions! They have been learning simple chords to SpongeBob SquarePants theme tune, three little birds by Bob Marley and Get Back by the Beetles.
History
Year 3 Birch – Manchester Museum Trip
Our trip to Manchester Museum was FANTASTIC! We absolutely loved looking round the museum and making our own exhibition in our workshop. The lady was brilliant and kept us all engaged with the taxidermy animals and made sure we were treating them with respect.
Computing
Year 3 Birch – Branching Databases
Children enjoyed playing “Guess Who” with the database pictures they collated. We then used a program where they could create their own branching database, based around their interests. They did really well with this and could think about appropriate questions to create the database.
Mathematics
Year 3 Birch – Roman Numeral Clock
Children used our display to figure out where each Roman numeral should go on our clock, ready to use them on Monday in our “Time” topic.
Computing
Year 3 Birch Micro:bit
We used the laptops to create code for our micro:bit. We had loads of fun creating our initials, patterns and noises to flash up on the micro:bit.
Learning for Life
Year 3 Birch – Internal organs
In our SCARF lessons, we have been looking at ways to keep ourselves healthy. We looked at our internal organs and what they do for us! We matched the picture to the correct name and then matched the job of each organ together. We really enjoyed doing this, especially the Read more…
Physical Education
Year 3 Birch – Hockey in P.E.
We really loved our hockey lesson yesterday, despite the rain!
Science
Year 3 Birch – Non-contact forces
We had lots of fun exploring magnets today! We were able to make them move without them touching!
