Our young scientists in Y3 have been investigating how much fat various liquids and foods contain. They pressed each item against plain paper and once it had dried looked for translucent stains when the paper was held up to the light.

They discovered, like many predicted that foods like cake and margarine left greasy stains due to the fat content.  The children did really well working together and made sure they conducted fair tests.

Y3 have enjoyed exploring both 2D and  3D shape this week. The children have identified the number of faces, edges and vertices in 3D shapes and have also produced their own 3D shapes from a variety of nets. Meanwhile, the children showed excellent oracy skills as they asked questions to guess the shape in the bag!

This week Year 3 have been learning to read the time on analogue and digital clocks.  Time can be a tricky concept so it is important to practice each day when you are around a clock.  However,  if your lucky enough to have your own analogue watch you could practice as often as you like.

Our Y3 mini-archaeologists enjoyed a very interesting and fun Stone-Bronze Age event today!

We learned about the chronology of Prehistory and analysed an exciting range of ancient artefacts. Y3 constructed a skeleton and investigated what we could deduce from the bones. Our young historians also used clay to mould some creative Bronze Age pottery. Thank you to Paddy from Durham University for leading a brilliant day!

Y3 had a wonderful morning at the library where everyone chose a new book and listened to a fantastic story. We are so lucky to have such a fantastic library on our doorstep; while the children are already looking forward to going back!

After reading scripture, Year 3 have been working in drama groups to freeze frame how we should live out the gospel values in our school community. They explored sharing, friendship, conflict resolution, turn-taking and did a great job together!

Well done to our lovely Y3 children who have shown a lot of courage in not only moving to a new class, but also a new Key Stage in the juniors. They have settled in to their new class really well and are all enjoying their learning with their friends.

Y3 today enjoyed orienteering around South Marine Park by using their mapwork skills.  They navigated around the park in teams to find letters and numbers which helped them to solve a variety of puzzles. During the course, they also embarked on several problem solving activities, where they had to use communication and teamwork skills. The children were all fantastic and really embraced the challenges in a wonderful event!

Our young botanists in Y3 have been eagerly dissecting the different parts of a flower. The children have been investigating the functions of the petals, stamen, carpel and sepals. They discovered that tulips, roses and alstroemerias had more petals than sepals. As we move through Spring, I’m sure they’ll be identifying all of beautiful flowers growing in our local area!