Year 3 have had a busy and exciting start to the final half-term! Our maths topic has been all about angles, and we had lots of fun exploring and identifying acute, obtuse, and right angles. In science, we have continued to learn about plants by deconstructing some flowers and naming the different parts. In DT, we started our new topic all about structures. We will be focussing on castle structures so we learnt all about the features of castles before designing our own. In geography, we are learning about our local area and worked together to identify features of Stevenage using maps. We also celebrated the start of the football World Cup on Thursday by taking part in a range of fun football activities!

Over the last two weeks, year 3 have been learning how to say 10 common musical instruments in French. In history, we have been using a range of primary and secondary sources to find out what childhood was like during the Tudor and Victorian periods. Continuing our art topic of sculptures, we worked in pairs to create free-standing sculptures inspired by playgrounds. In maths, we have started a new topic looking at fractions. So far, we have counted and ordered tenths and looked at the relationship between division and fractions. 

In Year 3 we have started a new maths topic of time. So far, we have looked at AM and PM times, telling the time to the minute, and we have explored both a 12-hour and 24-hour clock. In Literacy, we continued our newspaper report topic by planning and writing a report about zoo animals that visited Roebuck. We ended our DT topic this week with a brilliant Fantastic Finish. Thank you so much to everyone who came and helped us to finish our cushions, they look amazing! 

Over the past 2 weeks, Year 3 have been working together to create an inclusive garden in small groups. We listened carefully to each other and planned out what we would include. We have also finished our art topic by creating our very own flowers. We thought carefully about the different shapes, patterns and textures. In Literacy, we have been looking at, and writing our own haiku poems.

In Literacy, we have been looking at the book 'the secrets of black rock'. In this book, the main character, Erin, falls overboard. We worked in pairs to recreate the moment and thought carefully about what Erin might have been thinking as she landed in the water.  In Art, we have been developing our drawing skills. This week we have focused on the skill of shading. We followed the 4 golden rules to shade in a picture successfully. 

In DT, Year 3 have been making pneumatic mechanisms for their toys this week. We had to carefully pierce a hole in the box and then problem solve how to get our balloon securely onto the tube so that no air would escape. We loved watching the balloon inflate and move the lid. We can't wait to decorate them and let them come to life.

In maths, we have been working really hard on solving division and multiplication problems. We used practical resources to show and explain our answers.