On Tuesday we braved the weather to visit the local park to explore forces. The children explored how to make objects move or stop using a push or pull force. They also explored what happened when the force was increased or decreased. Lots of learning but lots of fun. Well Read more…
Well what a wet and soggy day we had but we also had so much fun and learnt lots of things about the stone age. We found out about the use of fire in the stone age and how they would have made fires using flint, sticks and dried grass. Read more…
This half term in art we have been learning all about mosaics. The children studied how the Romans made mosaics before planning and designing their own. We think they look fantastic. Well done Year 3.
You may remember that we held a sponsored sports day event where the children could raise money for Springhill Hospice. We raised £1134 for Springhill Hospice so as an extra treat ‘Springy the Frog’ came to visit this morning to say thank you. Well done to everyone!
Today we explored how we change the direction of light using the reflection off a mirror. we also explored symmetry using mirror reflection. Lots of wows today as the children explored mirrors and reflection.
This morning we went to Heywood library. All the children are now members of the library and have taken out some books to read for pleasure in their own time. We completed lots of book activities from making bookmarks to completing book scavenger hunts. Excellent behaviour Year 3. Enjoy reading Read more…
Wow, what a day we have had! Today we had a visit from Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe who taught us all about Roman life and the invasion of Britain and the celts. All the children looked fabulous in their costumes and got so much enjoyment and knowledge out Read more…
Today we had an extra PE session where we were shown the art of Frisbee throwing. Great fun.
What a busy day we have had designing and making our sling shot cars. The children have been busy measuring, gluing, sawing, designing body work and assembly today to create a car that is powered by an elastic band sling shot. Here are the finished cars. Well done year 3.
Year 3 celebrated the coronation of King Charles with a range of activities across the day. We used our ICT lesson on desktop publishing to create a party invite. We produced some pixel art work to along with creating some fact files about our new king.
Today we dressed in red, white and blue and were even joined by a few prince and princesses to celebrate the coronation of King Charles 111. We all enjoyed our party lunch and the activities in class across the day. Keep an eye out for further class posts. Thank you Read more…
This week we have been learning all about flowers and the function of each part. We dissected some lilies to identify parts such as the stigma, style, anther and filament.
In today’s lesson we have been learning about how water is transported around plants. We looked closely at some sticks of celery to see if we could identify the xylem (tubes that transport water around). We then set up an investigation where we are going to observe what happens over Read more…
This week we have been looking at data handling in maths, where we have been recording and interpreting data. What better way to learn about pictograms and bar charts than with smarties and skittles.
Today in science we have been learning all about the needs of plants. We made some grass heads and are going to look after them over the coming weeks by giving them water, light and the right temperature. We also then planned an investigation to find out what would happen Read more…