This week in Year 3, we have been investigating and identifying different types of soil in Science. In art, we have been exploring natural paints and used these to create pictures of animals that would have been painted on the cave walls during the Stone Age. We had fun creating different 'I can hear with my little ear' poems during National Poetry Day. 

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. 

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!

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 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.

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.