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  • 22/04/22

    BREAD!

    At the end of last term, year 3 had a brilliant morning making bread. To make the bread, we had to combine flour, yeast and water. When we had combined these, we had to knead the dough to give the bread more structure. It was very messy!
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  • 18/03/22

    YEAR 3'S TRIP TO THE STEM CENTRE

    We were so excited about taking the Year 3’s on their 1st school trip post lockdowns, and we were not disappointed.
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  • 01/02/22

    SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON YEAR 3 SCIENCE!

    In science the children have started investigating light. The children have learnt about light sources and that darkness is the absence of light.  
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  • 21/01/22

    COLLAGES

    We have begun Spring Term in Year 3 by completing some work on collages. We had to use different materials such as tissue paper, crepe paper, card and plain paper to create an image. It was important to take our time in creating the collages as we had to use fairly small pieces of each material to m...
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  • 01/12/21

    Escape from Pompeii

    Year 3 have spent a week learning about newspaper reports and using the novel ‘Escape from Pompeii’ to write a report on a volcanic eruption.
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  • 10/11/21

    ART IN YEAR 3

    Year 3 have just finished their first artist study of the year.
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  • 20/10/21

    HISTORY, MATHS AND ROBIN HOOD!

    The children in Year 3 have enjoyed their work in maths and English over the last few weeks
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  • 27/09/21

    YEAR 3 ARE READY FOR THE YEAR AHEAD!

    Year 3 have had a brilliant start to the year! We have spent the first two weeks back at school looking at what makes a good learner and what makes a good teacher. It has been wonderful being back to working in tables and this has had a hugely positive impact in the first two weeks.
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  • 19/07/21

    THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

    This week to finish off our history unit of work on the Ancient Egyptians, we have been creating mod roc masks.
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  • 09/06/21

    MEASUREMENT AND SHAPE!

    Recently in maths, we have been looking at measurement and shape.
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  • 05/05/21

    BOTANY!

    This term in science we have started looking at plants. We started by looking at the different parts of plants like the roots, stem, leaves and petals.
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  • 19/03/21

    TORCHES, SINGING AND GREEK GODS!

    The Year 3 blog has been written by some children, we hope you enjoy it :)
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  • 04/03/21

    CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

    This term, we have been studying Charlie and The Chocolate Factory in English as part of our novel study as you learnt a little bit about in our last blog.
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  • 12/02/21

    WRITING AND EXPLORING!

    This term in year 3, we have been completing our novel study of ‘Charlie and The Chocolate Factory’. We have been analysing the text in great detail. We have explored the different themes in the book such as poverty vs wealth, characters thoughts and feelings based on their personal expe...
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  • 29/01/21

    CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

    Year 3 have been up to a lot of things after Christmas. We have been looking at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Mr Willy Wonka is about to open the gates of his factory to 5 lucky children.
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  • 18/12/20

    PREHISTORIC BRITAIN!

    Year 3 have had a very exciting term in history looking at Prehistoric Britain. It has been interesting to see how different life was in the Prehistoric period.
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  • 25/11/20

    year 3 art!

    This term in art we have been learning all about sketching, shading and colour.
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  • 14/10/20

    RAPS. DYNAMICS AND TEMPO!

    Last week, we had our block of music teaching from Mrs Frost. We had a number of lessons over the week where we learnt all about Rap Music. We were introduced to new terminology this year which is specifically involved in Rap Music such as: dynamics (the volume), tempo (the speed) and pitch (high...
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  • 16/09/20

    CATS AND CAVE PAINTINGS!

    Year 3 have made a terrific start to the year and have been working extremely hard on their place value of 3 digit numbers and their understanding number in more depth.
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  • 12/02/20

    WATER COLOURS AND SKETCHES

    This term, in year 3, we have been looking at the work of Frances Hatch. Frances’ work focusses on sketching and watercolour painting and specifically looks at the world outdoors. As part of her work, she has produced many sketches and watercolour paintings of penguins in polar landscapes.
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