Year 3 travelled back in time on Monday to visit Celtic Harmony camp where they experienced life in the prehistoric period from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Inside the Chieftain’s roundhouse, our guide Weylin showed us how to start a fire without using matches. Then they had the opportunity to learn many prehistoric … Read more
Year 3 have been very hard at work this term in design and technology. At the beginning of the term, the children used technology to research and learn about lots of different types of salad. They then tasted and evaluated different salad ingredients, before interviewing someone in their family about their favourite ingredients. After planning … Read more
Elm and Maple class have been learning all about life in the Stone Age. We discovered that Stone Age people were very clever and made lots of tools out of stone and wood. In our Art lessons, we have been studying 3D modelling using a range of media, including clay and papier maché. We decided … Read more
Year 3 have been enjoying their Science lessons this term learning about the Skeleton. We have learnt some scientific names for human bones and then compared these to animal bones. We really enjoyed observing some wriggly worms, which have hydrostatic skeletons. We watched them carefully and wrote down what we noticed about the way they … Read more
Please find below a PowerPoint outlining some information for parents of children who are new to Year 3.
Year 3 had a fantastic Friday learning all about Ancient Egypt in an immersive experience day. They all came dressed to impress, making it hard to take the register! Who was Cleopatra and who was Nefertiti? They started the day by becoming slaves! They had many jobs to carry out including creating canopic jars for … Read more
In D&T this term, Year 3 have been studying things that use air to make them work. We learnt that these are called ‘pneumatic systems’. We designed our own monsters using air to make different parts of our monsters move. We are very proud of our amazing monsters.
Year 3 have been learning about Ancient Egypt this term. We discovered that many Ancient Egyptians lived close to the River Nile as it was very important to them. As well as providing water and a means of transport, the land around the Nile was fertile and good for farming. Away from the Nile, there … Read more
Year 3 have been learning about light as part of Science this term. They began by working in teams to sort objects which are sources of light from those which are not. They discussed that darkness is the absence of light. Then they used their sense of touch to identify the items in the feely … Read more
