Class of 2013

To end an exciting week in Willow Class, we had a visit from a parent; Mrs Duffy, who is a Criminology lecture at a local University. She came in to talk to children about her job and discussed Crime Scene Investigation; in particular fingerprints. Children then printed their fingerprint on a…

Yesterday Year 3 went out into the community to pick up litter. All the children and volunteers worked hard to tidy up our local area. Thank you to all our parent volunteers who came along to help. We collected an enormous 53kg of rubbish! Well done.

This week we have been learning about the environment through a PSHE scheme called ‘Go-Givers’. We talked about how we affect the environment with our day to day lives. Over the next few weeks we will be learning more about how we can have a positive impact on the…

Last week Year 3 went on a brilliant trip to the Maritime Museum in Liverpool. We had a workshop in the morning where children acted out a Titanic story about a bear called Polar, well done to Tillie and Joshua for their starring roles! We then got the opportunity to walk around the…

In Year 3 we have been doing some Indoor Athletics. Today we practised throwing with accuracy, as you can see from the pictures it took lots of concentration and patience!

Year 3 have thoroughly enjoyed this half terms Titanic topic, the highlights have been the ‘Boat Challenge’ and the fantastic homework the children have produced. In the ‘Boat Challenge’ children worked really well in teams to create floating Titanic boats.

I have been amazed at the…

In Year 3 we have been learning about Judaism. At the start of the week we had a visit from Jeremy and he taught us all about the story of Moses and how Moses can be considered a leader. On Friday we looked at a range of Jewish items such as Mezuzahs, Seder Plates, Kippahs and…

In Year 3 we have been learning about what soil is made from. We went to the garden area in school, took some samples, then investigated what we could see. We found lots of wonderful things like; leaves, rocks, worms and rotten plants. We then created our own Soil Cocktails in our Science…

In Year 3 we have been learning about the works of Mary Anning; a famous palaeontologist from the 19^th Century. We have been looking at the fossils she discovered in the Dorset coast and have attempted to rebuild them using Playdough!

Today in Year 3 we have been making animations on Purple Mash. We have been making animations of how different rock types are formed, using what we have learnt in Science. We have been animating the process of how igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are formed.

Yr3 had a great Stone Age workshop on Wednesday! We thoroughly enjoyed learning lots of new facts and we are now looking forward to Stone Age Day on Monday! Don’t forget your soap and biscuits!

This week in Year 3 we have taken inspiration from the Stone Age and created our own Stone Age paintings. We looked at different examples of cave paintings from around the world and used these ideas to create our own!