Blog Category: Year 3

As part of National share a story month, Year 3 were lucky to have an an online zoom session with the author Rashmi Sirdeshpande.  Rashmi zoomed into the classroom from her writing office at home surrounded by books she has written or loves to read!  She spoke to us about what it means to be a…

In RE, we learnt about the fruit of the spirits that help us become better people. We reflected on when we have shown the fruits in our lives and how they have helped us. We worked in groups, choosing a fruit together and making a presentation on how we can use this fruit to become a better…

In RE, we learnt about the Pentecost and discussed needing help. We spoke about times we have helped people when they have needed it and times when we have needed help. The apostles went out to tell everyone they met about Jesus and his teaching so we took turns being one the apostles in the…

In Maths, we have started learning about the months of the year. We learnt how many days there are in a year and what a leap year is. We played a game with some calendars to find out about the months of the year and how the days change every year, answering different questions to test our…

In Music this week, we got out the glockenspiels and learnt the song we have been focusing on in our lessons. We had to learn what notes to play as well as the pace needed to play them. We did a good job for our first time! 

In RE this week, we learnt about the Ascension and the importance of this event. We discussed why it was a sad and a happy time. We thought about different questions the disciples would want to ask Jesus. We discussed the promises that Jesus made and drew a picture of him with these promises.…

We learnt about Stonehenge and Skara Brae. We did our own research on the laptops and learnt how these places have taught us about life in the Stone Age and why they are so important. We have been so interested in this topic, lots of us have even gone home to research even more facts to share…

We continued learning the Spanish fruits today; we played games and sang songs to help us remember them. Mrs Nadin asked us 'Te gusta las fresas?' and 'Es bueno para la salud?'  We read a Spanish rhyme, 'A la una' that helped us to revisit los numeros 1-10.   

Our Spanish estrella de la semana…

This week in PSHE we looked at the qualities of a good friend, what makes a good friendship and how we can solve conflict to find a solution everyone is happy with.  We discussed how working together can result in a win-win situation for all involved.  We revisited the 'solve it together'…

We have been learning the names of different foods in Spanish and today we concentrated on the fruits.  We used flashcards to learn the names of Spanish fruits and practiced the pronunciation of each one; peras - pears, fresas - strawberries, naranjas - oranges, platanos - bananas, ciruelas -…

In our Topic lesson this week,  we looked at some cave paintings together and discussed what we thought they were trying to tell us. We analysed some in our groups in our own caves, under the tables and used post it notes to write ideas down such as who we think drew it and what the artist…

In our Topic lesson, Dr Hill visited our classroom to teach us all about the Stone Age. He took us on a journey through the different times within the Stone Age. We learnt how humans have evolved and the different tools used. We were able to ask him questions we had in addition to listening to…