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Year 3

Mrs Bainbridge, Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Fahy, Mrs Smeatham and Miss Young teach in Year 3

Children in Year 3 are in Lower Key Stage Two.  Find out what has been happening in our class. 

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The River Tyne

The River Tyne

We have been learning about the River Tyne. We have drawn maps, identified settlements along the river and looked at the uses of the river. We have published our work in the form of a double page spread.

Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week

It is so important to look after our own mental health. This week, we have completed a Mood Booster and learnt a line dance, meditated and had a go at some yoga. This all helped us feel happy on the inside!

Bird Workshop

Bird Workshop

Today we had a visit from Miss Bell who told us all about birds. We became bird experts, identifying their features, colours and their song. We even got the chance to use binoculars to help spot any birds in the school field.

Stone Age Stew

Stone Age Stew

Last week, as part of our Technology work, we made Stone Age stew! We learnt how to chop the vegetables carefully with a knife. Some of them were a bit tough. Once it had cooked in the slow cooker we finally got a taste!

Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Our PE lesson today was all about asymmetry. We create asymmetrical balances on our own and then with partners. We also created short gymnastic sequences. To be excellent gymnasts, we hold our balances for 4 seconds and extend our fingers and toes. “Gymnastics makes…

3D Shapes

3D Shapes

Today we looked at 3D shapes. We counted their faces, edges and vertices. Then we tried to make a 3D shape with playdough. It was easy to make the curved faces but it was tricky to get the flat faces. Eventually, we had a playdough shape that we could describe.

Stone Age Day at the Rising Sun Country Park

Stone Age Day at the Rising Sun Country Park

What a fantastic day we have had! We have spent the day in the Stone Age! This morning, we threshed corn to get the seeds. Then we tried our hand at minnowing to separate the chaff and finally we grinded the seeds to make flour. We realised this was all hard work to…

Anti-bullying Week 2022

Anti-bullying Week 2022

We started the week off in Year Three with Odd Sock Day. It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique! We also read a book called ‘Mud Boy.’ It is a story about a boy who is bullied at…

Gymnastics

Gymnastics

This week we started our unit of gymnastics in our PE sessions. We learnt how to make symmetrical balances. Some were with partners and some were different levels. When we work we try to be excellent gymnasts and show control and extension.

Plant investigation

Plant investigation

We have been learning all about plants. We know that plants need certain things to survive and thrive and we also found out that plants are called producers because they make their own food. We investigated what would happen if we put a Basil plant on the window sill,…