Year 3 have been really busy this week designing, making and tasting their very own pizza. The children worked safely when using the knives to cut their toppings and grated the cheese carefully. Year 3 also got the chance to work with their family members to complete different weaving tasks during their fantastic finish.
This week in Literacy, we have started our new text type, which is newspaper reports. We have linked our knowledge of volcanoes from geography in order to begin to write a report based on the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. We enjoyed spending one of the lessons reading different newspaper reports and identifying the different features. We ended the week by designing and making a cake for Comic Relief. We thought carefully about the design and worked together as a class to 'ice' and decorate our fake cake.
Year 3 have been Romans over the last few weeks. Together we made different items that were used in Roman Britain. We made, ink, clay pots, wax tablets, mosaics and a brooch. We also were archaeologists and discovered some old Roman artefacts by excavating.
Year 3 have been working hard to build their Roman houses over the past few weeks. They have had to make different 3D shapes, link them together to form their house shape and have started to add in key features and decorations. Pear and Cherry class have also worked collaboratively to design a garden of dreams. Each member of the group had to share what they wanted within the garden and together plan out where everything would go.
We have been identifying different types of rocks and testing their properties during our Science lessons over the past few weeks. Within our literacy lessons we have looked at the book 'The secret of Blackrock'. In the book, the main character, Erin, falls overboard and discovers what the secret of Blackrock is. We had lots of fun acting how Erin would have felt when she fell.
In Science this week, we have been using magnets to investigate whether items in the classroom magnetic or not. We planned, made and evaluated our own pneumatic toys during our DT day. We have also been on two terrific trips - to see Peter Pan at the Panto and sing carols in the church.
Year 3 have been busy showcasing our learning about a particular author and book to our parents over the last few weeks. Cherry Class shared their special talents and creative jam flavours which were inspired by the main character of Chrissie Sains's book 'An Alien in the Jam Factory'. Pear class sang one of Tom Fletcher's songs from his book 'The Creakers' and also presented some predictions on what would happen next. Year 3 have also been great geographers during our local walk, where we had to find human and physical features. They have also enjoyed music lessons this half-term and have been singing enthusiastically and adding in actions too.
It has been a very busy week in Year 3! We started the week by reflecting on the importance of Remembrance Day and we each created our own poppy. We have also been thinking kindness and how we can show this to others. We wrote a kindness note to someone special and watched an interesting online lesson on respect.
This week we have been learning about 'The most famous women in NASA': Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. Within Literacy, we learnt all about Katherine Johnson and wrote a biography about her life and achievements. We also drew and painted a portrait of her. We created a fact file about Dorothy Vaughan and a piece of artwork by Mary Jackson.
In History, Year 3 have been learning all about the mysteries of Stonehenge. There are lots of reasons that archaeologists think it might have been built, such as: a healing place or an ancient calendar. Why not ask us what we think it was used for. We even built our own replicas of Stonehenge out of items found around the classroom.
Year 3 have had a fantastic start to the Year. We have been busy thinking about our emotions and how we can share these with others around us. We enjoyed creating a piece of art inspired by Picasso where we thought carefully about how colours represent different emotions.
In preparation for our Art workshop this week, Year 3 have been exploring Lourdes Villagomez. We discovered what inspired her work and what impact she has had on other artists. The children created double page spreads using bold colours and information about the artist as their inspiration. Key an eye out on our social media page on X (twitter)to see our final art piece next week.
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