Maple & Elm – Year 3

Science rocks!

Year three have enjoyed their science investigations learning about rocks. They have closely examined the physical characteristics of rocks and planned and carried out tests. The children have tested different types of rocks for hardness, water permeability, density and durability. They made sure the experiments were fair and recorded their results in a table. Keep … Read more

Luscious Lunch!

In design & technology, Year 3 have been researching and designing a luscious lunch! After investigating healthy packed lunch choices, they considered and made the packaging for a dessert bar and planned toppings for a salad. They enjoyed chopping, mixing, slicing and grating to create colourful pasta salad and tasty rocky road bar. They couldn’t … Read more

Let your spirit fly!

Year 3 have loved their unusual music lessons this term. We have learnt the song ‘Let your spirit fly’ and we performed it outdoors. Check us out in action below. Thank you to our Year 3 camera man who did a good job with some help from Miss Swinburne. It was tricky filming everyone in … Read more

Year 3 Celtic Harmony Trip

Year 3 really enjoyed their trip to Celtic Harmony on Monday. The children were transported back to the Stone Age and took part in lots of guided activities. After a brief introduction which included a demonstration of fire lighting, the children went off to build Stone Age shelters and forage for food. They then had … Read more

Do you know how to wash a woolly mammoth? Year 3 do!

Year 3 Maple and Elm classes have been learning how to write instructions. After reading ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’ by Michelle Robinson & Kate Hindley the children investigated ‘bossy’ imperative verbs like ‘scour’ and ‘scrub’. Children imagined the resources they would need to wash a woolly mammoth and described how they would be … Read more

Year 3 Information for Parents

As we are unable to offer a Parents’ Information Evening at this time due to Covid 19 restrictions, we have put together some information which we hope will be useful for parents of our new Year 3 children. We have really enjoyed getting to know the children this week and are impressed at how well … Read more

Year 3 Home Learning Summer Week 11

And so we reach the penultimate week of the school year and the end of term approaches. We hope you had a great week and continue to choose the activities that suit you. Remember that if you were at school at the moment our work would be broken up with Sports day, transition day and … Read more