Blog by Tag: Year 3

As part of multi-cultural week, in Year 3 we have been learning about batik making. Batiks use wax and dye on fabric to create beautiful patterns and shapes. It is made across the world but particularly linked to Indonesia, Java, China, and some African countries. We were inspired by the work we…

Our wonderful TA Mrs Winder is an expert in cheerleading and today taught us some moves and lifts.  We had a great time practising in groups. It needed good teamwork and focus.  She also told us all about the history of cheerleading in the USA.  Thank you Mrs Winder! We loved…

Jambo! Today we had a wonderful visitor - Peter - who is a wildlife photographer. He lives in Kenya and told us all about some of the animals that he has encountered there. He has zebras outside his house who eat his grass every day so he doesn’t need a lawnmower!  He told us about the mountain…

It was lovely to have Isabella's mum come into school today to teach us some Chinese words and tell us the story behind the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac.  We found out that all the children in the class were either born in the year of the rooster or the year of the monkey.  We then had a go at…

We had a fantastic day today, visiting Williamson Park. We visited the Butterfly House where we learned about the life cycle of butterflies and also different habitats. It was a chance to experience the conditions in a rainforest, which is our current geography topic.  We also handled some of the…

Today we had a great time trying out crown green bowling with Coach Dan. It was lovely and sunny and we really enjoyed trying a different sport. It wasn’t always easy to hit the target but we showed great perseverance and determination (even in the heat!).

What an exciting day we have had in Year 3! We have been investigating pneumatics and planning our moving toys and today was the day when we got very busy making (and very busy making a mess in the classroom!). We all had to work really hard and show lots of perseverance as things didn’t always go…

Year 3 were delighted to welcome both Jana’s mum and Maha’s mum into their class today. The mums gave us a presentation about the 5 Pillars of Islam - the rules which are central to the Muslim faith. Jana and Maha were also very happy to share their faith. The rest of the class then had the…

In English we are reading the wonderful book, ‘The Street Beneath My Feet’ by Charlotte Guillain and writing our own explanation text about what can be found underground.  We have learnt about insects, burrowing animals, different types of rocks and mineral, the sewers (yuck!) and beautiful rock…

Coach Lauren came to school to do some cricket coaching today. We had a lovely time in the sunshine and she was amazed at how hard we could hit the ball!

In DT, we are learning about the power of air (pneumatics). Soon we will be designing and making our own moving toy so we were investigating how best to create movement. We tried using syringes, tubing and balloons. There were different methods and now we need to think about the best method for…

Yesterday Y3 took advantage of the good weather and took our maths lesson outside. We estimated and measured the capacity and volume of various containers. By accurately measuring the capacity of the cup we used to fill the other containers; we were able to work out the actual capacity of larger…