This afternoon Year 3 had the SCARF workshop focusing on the body and the 5 ways to well being. We learnt about the human body and their names and how our brain sends messages. Harold the giraffe spoke about each of the 5 ways of well-being and how we can Read more…
We had a fantastic day at Beeston Castle! The children learnt lots of interesting facts about the Stone Age and explored the castle, the round house and caves.
We had lots of fun today taking part in the Great Science Share! Children completed the ‘shaving foam rain cloud’ experiment. In the experiment the shaving foam represented a cloud, the water represented the atmosphere and the food colouring represented the rain. the children found when water vapour rises into Read more…
In this lesson, we explored Ancient Egyptian art and identified colours, patterns and shapes that were used. We looked closely at different surfaces and created our own using a variety of materials and used coffee to stain the paper. We then had a go at drawing some of the shapes Read more…
In this D.T unit we having been learning all about Information design and why it is important for us to have signage, posters and written communication in public places. We created an electric poster based on the Ancient Romans. In this lesson, we used our designs and assembled our poster together Read more…
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…
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…