Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
Hello from Mrs Leavesley, Mr Jones, Miss Cartwright, Mrs Turner, Mrs Jeavons and Miss Leavesley.
We are looking forward to a brilliant term finding out about different exciting topics and having lots of fun along the way!
P.E
We will continue with our swimming lessons and develop skills in Athletics, Cricket and Dance.
Homework
Reading: Every child will be encouraged to read up to 3 times a week. (Books changed as required)
Spellings: A set of spellings will be sent home each week on a Friday and tested the following Friday.
Maths: My Maths weekly activity (tasks set each Wednesday)
Additional resources and links to websites can be found at the bottom of this page.
Newsletter and Dates
Shadow Experiment- Science
Today, Year 3 have been investigating shadows. Throughout different times in the day, we have measured the length and size of our shadows and found out that our shadows constantly change and move due to the sun's position changing in the sky. A fun, science day had by all!
Shadow Puppet Plays
To end our topic all about light, we have been creating our very own shadow puppet plays. We used our knowledge about how to make a shadow larger or smaller and how to make it darker or lighter to improve our performances. We were very impressed with the finished results.
Torches- DT
For our DT project in Spring Term, we have been learning about how torches are made. We learnt all about the different parts of a torch and why they are so useful. We were then given a design brief for a child who wanted a torch and carefully designed a torch that fitted their criteria. We then worked in teams to build the torch by building the circuit, the casing and then decorating it to fit our designs. The children worked extremely hard and were very proud of their final designs.
World Book Day
We have had a fantastic World Book Day today, we have decorated our classroom door, shared our favourite stories and characters and some of us designed our own book front covers. Everyone's costumes looked fantastic, thank you so much for helping with this! Take a look at the photos below.
Egyptian Day!
Today, Mr Hatch, from 'A Taste of History', delivered a brilliant, informative and fun Egyptian day! We looked at fascinating artefacts and found out lots about Ancient Egypt in an interactive way. A huge thank you to all parents and families who provided costumes for the children - they looked wonderful!
Writing Hook - Mummification
For our new unit of writing, we will be learning all about explanation texts. In today's writing lesson we learnt all about the process of mummification by mummifying a doll. Have a look at some of the steps involved.
Plant Dissection
We are really enjoying our plants science topic this half term. In yesterday's lesson, we dissected plants looking at the different parts.
Visit to Himley Road Methodist Church - A Christmas Journey
We visited Himley Road Methodist Church to hear all about the Christmas story. We journeyed back in time to discover what it was like for Mary when she was visited by an angel, how the shepherds felt when they were surprised by an angel and why the wise men chose the gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. We also learnt about why the birth of Jesus was such a significant event. Whilst we were there, we also enjoyed completing different crafts all about the Christmas story. We all had a wonderful time learning about the meaning behind Christmas time.
Christmas Biscuits
This term in DT, we have been designing our own Christmas Biscuits. Firstly, we investigated biscuits by looking at and tasting a variety of biscuits to decide what made them appealing. We then adapted a basic recipe by thinking of a number of design ideas with different flavoured doughs and with different decorations. After this we designed our final biscuits and created a budget for our design. Today we made our final designs. The pupils worked hard in the kitchen to make the dough, shape, cut out and bake their biscuits. They then decorated their biscuits using their design. The children were so sensible and made sure that their biscuits looked fantastic. I think you would agree that we have a class of star bakers!
Open the Door
Stone Age Cave Art
Our art topic this half term has been all about Stone Age cave art. We have been learning all about drawings, marks and sculptures found in caves dating back over 40,000 years ago. We have been learning lots of new skills including cross hatching and colour mixing to make earthy colours. Today, we worked in groups to create our own Stone Age cave drawings. We used textured paper and a variety of drawing tools to create our images. We even attached paper under our tables to replicate what it would have been like to draw in the caves years ago.
Kingswood Trip - exploring life in the Stone Age
Maths- 3 Digit Numbers
In maths this week, we have looked at partitioning numbers, counting in hundreds and representing three digit numbers. Today, we used hundreds, tens and ones equipment to represent three digit numbers. Here are some photos of us working hard!
Stone Age Jewellery
We have had a brilliant time so far in Year 3. This term, we are learning all about the Stone Age. We discovered that people from the Stone Age made jewellery out of teeth. Using clay, we created our own teeth necklaces.
Stone Age Games
As part of our English, we are writing instructions for cleaning a Pre-historic Animal. As our Writing hook, we played a Stone Age throwing game involving: a mammoth tail, three wooden bowls and a stone.
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