SPRING TERM
Science
Our science topic thi half term is 'Forces and Magnets'. We have been conducting lots of different scientific investigations. Here are some pictures of us conducting a fair test investigation to test the friction caused by different surfaces.
Art
In Art we have been developing our drawing skills. We have learnt how to shade accurately and how to identify shapes in objects to help us sketch them onto paper.
We looked at the work of famous botanists and used them as inspiration to draw our own botanical drawings. We looked closely at flowers and drew what we could see.
Music
We have been how music is created by the people of the Baka Tribe from Cameroon. Please watch us perform their song 'Boomalena' which translates to 'my heart is happy'.
World Book Day 2025
Design and Technology
In DT we have been learning about to design and construct a castle using a variety of 3D shapes. We have all made our own 3D net structures and then applied the skills to build castle walls. We then added a façade using cardboard. We added other 3D shapes to our castle walls to build complex castle structures. Miss Bowers, Mrs Moore and Mrs Clinch have been so impressed with our hard work during this unit. Stay tuned for our final structures!
Religion
Our new Religion unit is 'Listening and Sharing'. We will be thinking about what happens at Mass and why.
We used drama and role-play to demonstrate what happens at church when people gather together for Mass and what happens during the introductory rite.
Prehistoric Art
In Art we have been learning how prehistoric people created art work. We started the unit by looking at cave paintings and noticed that a lot of the art work displayed outlines of animals. We then had a go at drawing outlines of animals in our sketchbooks. We then thought about how prehistoric people would have added colour to their art work as they wouldn't have had access to paints and felt tips! We discovered they would have used natural resources such as charcoal, plants, berries and animal fat. We experimented using natural resources. We created a final piece using all the techniques we had learnt.
AUTUMN TERM
Feel Good Friday
We thoroughly enjoyed Feel Good Friday. We were visited by Ruby who started our day with some mindfulness meditation. She then taught us how to make Christmas origami stars, which we used to decorate our classroom. During the day, we also took part in a dance work shop that was absolutely brilliant!
Times Tables
We are working very hard on learning our times tables. We are currently learning our 3 times tables. Listen to us singing one of our favourite songs to help us learn!
Music
During our music lessons we have been composing music. We've been learning about musical notes, beats and rests. This week, Mrs Reynolds showed us the notes for a very popular Christmas song and we had to try and figure out the tune. We then learnt how to play the tune on the glockenspiels.
Can you guess what song we are playing ?
Religion - Baptism
In Religion, Year 3 have been learning about Baptism. We acted out the ceremony in our chaplaincy room. We had a priest, parents and two Godparents. The children enjoyed playing the parts and remembered all of the key aspects and symbols of the sacrament.
Science - Light and Shadows
Year 3 have had a great afternoon investigating shadows. First we created sculptures from tin foil. Next, we used torches to change their size and shape.
Science - Light and Reflection
Today we were Investigating which materials are best at reflecting light. We found that light, shiny materials reflected light well compared to dark, coloured materials.
Celebration of the Word
To end our ‘Homes and Families’ unit in Religion, two of our children planned and prepared a beautiful Celebration of the Word session which focussed on The Holy Family and how they set a good example.
Science - Do all objects make a shadow?
Today we investigated if all materials and objects can make a shadow. We found that opaque materials made the darkest shadows and translucent materials did not make a shadow.
Place Value
In Maths, we have been using our partitioning skills to partition 3 digit numbers. We used base 10, counters and pictures to help us represent different numbers.
Religion - Homes and Families
In Religion, we have been thinking about how God wants us to act at home and towards our families. We looked at the famous painting 'Christ in the Carpenter's shop'. We examined what the Holy Family were doing in the painting and discussed how they were setting a good example.
