This week we shared our library time with the Robins. It was lovely watching all the year 3’s reading and sharing books with them.
A visit from Year 5
As part of their English, Year 5 had written their own Greek Myths. They very kindly shared them with Year 3.
Golf
Today as part of sports week, we took part in golf!
Great Athlete
We had a fantastic Monday afternoon! We met Luke Delahunty and heard all about his journey to the Invictus Games. We also took part in very fun, fast paced circuits.
Money, money money!
In our modern world we now don’t often use physical money when shopping. In order for year 3 to get experience in using money we turned our classroom in to a shop. The woodpeckers had to make the amounts that they needed to buy various food items. We also added amounts together and worked out how much change we would need.
It's Celery Time!
In science this week, year 3 have been looking at the stems of plants and how water and nutrients are transported around using the xylem and the phloem. We placed celery into pots containing red water. After a few days we were able to see the xylem as they had been dyed red.
Miss Dore also discovered that a lot of her class love to eat celery!
Eruption Day!
After many weeks of hard work, eruption day finally arrived in Year 3!
Science Week
This week we have been celebrating Science Week. On Monday we had a visit from an inflatable planetarium. It was very exciting to go inside and learn all about our solar system.
Volcanoes - Stage 2
This week we were covering our volcanoes in paper mache.
Forces and Friction
We have been looking at forces in science. This week we used force meters to measure the force of friction on a shoe over different surfaces.
World Book Day
Year 3 took full advantage of the sun and read outside. It was lovely watching the children read out loud to each other and share their favourite books. They also had a go at matching the staff to their favourite books - it was quite tricky!
Stage 1
The time to build our volcanoes has finally arrived!
We started off by sticking the milk bottles to the cardboard. Then we scrunched up paper and stuck it around the milk bottle to give our volcanoes their shape.
Finding the right rock for the job.
Today Woodpeckers were tasked with finding the best rest to make a monument out of. They had four rocks to test: sandstone, chalk, marble and slate. They tested the hardness of the rocks by carrying out a scratch test and then checked the permeability of the rocks.
They decided that marble was the best rock to use when building a monument.
Marvellous Mud!
As part of our science and geography we have been looking at the different types of soil. We went out into the ditch and collected some soil to determine which kind we have at school.
Amazing Ammonites.
Year 3 have been exploring ammonites in art. We have looked carefully at light and dark, different colours and their patterns. This week we made some clay ammonites which we are going to use for printing.
Ready to Rock!
Woodpecker Class have kicked off the new term by diving head first into their new topic on volcanoes and rocks.
This week we explored lots of different rocks and used our powers of observation to find out if they were sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
Bell Beaker Pots
We have been exploring bell beaker pots and the Beaker Folk in our Bronze Age history lessons. Last week we all designed a pot in the style of bell beakers and this week our designs came to life.
Cooking
Over the past few weeks we have been looking at healthy foods and food groups in science. We then combined this with our D&T and made ratatouille. Everyone followed the recipe and chopped vegetables, mixed and poured. It was great fun and Miss Dore was very impressed with everyone’s chopping skills.
ROAR!!
This week KS2 took part in ROAR - a day promoted through the Lions and 8 Billion Ideas. The children were split into groups which had to think of a problem (big or small) to solve. Each team had to to create a marketing poster about their invention, a prototype and present it all to their peers. At the end of the day 4 teams were selected to present their ideas to the whole of KS2.
The teachers were very impressed with all the ideas from the day - every team came up with a different problem and solution! It was also lovely to watch the children become entrepreneurs for the day.
Stone Age Monuments
This week we have been looking at Stone Age monuments. We looked at a range of monuments including henges, identified their features and had a go at designing our own. We then went outside and built our henges using natural materials.
