Year 3 really enjoyed learning about the artist Ken Done during our Arts Day. We learnt all about the artist, recreated some of his famous paintings and responded to his artwork. We then used different materials to create our own fish based on Ken Done's artwork and stuck them onto a big underwater canvas.
This week in Year 3, we have been investigating how water travels through a plant. We planned and set up an experiment which we will continue to observe over the next week. We can't wait to share our findings with you! During literacy, we have been looking at our new book 'The Wolves in the walls' and pretended to be scared, just like the main character Lucy. We brought in our teddies from home to comfort us and make us think how we would feel and react if we were her.
Year 3 have been busy this week designing and creating a cushion. They thought carefully about the different sewing techniques they wanted to use while designing. When creating their cushions, the children could apply their sewing skills from last year and develop the skill of cross stitch and applique. All the cushions are fantastic, and the children can't wait to bring them home!
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.
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