Today we have been exploring the permeability of soil in order to help farmer Joe work out how often to water his field. We planned out our experiment, discussed fair testing, made predictions and discussed and concluded our results.
In science, we have been learning all about soil. Today the children looked at the different layers of soil and found out about what is in each layer. We made some dirt puddings to show the different layers.
This week in art we have been learning all about prehistoric cave paintings and how the people of the stone age made their own paint. We went out into the environmental area to look for natural things that we could create paint from. We explored how rubbing then left a Read more…
This week in history we have been finding out about how humans survived in the early stone age. The children explored “Stone Age Poo” to draw conclusions about what people ate as part of their diet and what this told us about their lifestyle. We created some graphs to show Read more…
This week in science we have been exploring how fossils are made over millions of years. First we read a short text to find out about fossils and we answered some questions. We then sequenced the steps in order for a fossil to form. We also observed some real fossils Read more…
Today in our place value work we have been exploring what happens to different digits when we add or subtract a ten, one or a hundred. Crossing over a boundary is still a bit tricky but the children have made great progress against this objective. Well done Year 3.
Today our lesson involved investigating how we can group rocks. We explored things such as density, permeability, hardness and erosion in rocks such as Granite, Sandstone, Slate, Limestone, Marble and Basalt. Some great observations Year 3, well done.
This term in PE one of our sports is cricket and we have been lucky enough to receive some coaching. Today was our first lesson and we focussed on holding the bat correctly, footwork and hitting with accuracy. The children thoroughly enjoyed the lesson.
This week in maths we have been learning about the place value of digits in numbers up to 1000.Today we started to look at how we can partition numbers in lots of different ways and not just into straight sets of hundreds, tens and ones. Lots of great practical work Read more…
This term we are learning all about the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. To kick start our unit of work we had to explore the idea of just how long ago this period of history was. What better way to do this than with a roll of toilet Read more…
Over the next few weeks we will be studying the text “How to wash a woolly mammoth” by Michelle Robinson. Before we start the text, we like to offer the children some experience days to put the text into context (after all, how many of us have ever seen a Read more…
This half term in science we are learning about rocks and soils. This week, the children have been learning about the 3 types of rocks (sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous) and trying to group rocks into these categories by looking at them closely and following a key by observing their properties. Read more…
This week in maths we have been learning about shapes and measures. In this lesson, we were looking at the properties of 3D shapes in terms of edges, faces and vertices and what better way to do this than by building the shapes using cubes, straws and marshmallows. Great learning Read more…
Today Year 3 went to Heywood library to take part in a range of activities and join the library. The children enjoyed looking at the wide selection of books on offer to borrow along with sharing stories, making book marks and completing a scavenger hunt. Most importantly though, they all Read more…
This half term we have been designing and making our slingshot cars, purely powered by an elastic band. First we had to research the design of cars and the mechanisms. We looked carefully at the chassis and how to strengthen this. Here are some pictures from the design and making Read more…