Year 3 had a lovely time with the ducklings this week. We practised our skills as scientists and artists by making observational sketches. Looking closely at their markings, their webbed feet and eyes. This led to a great discussion about adaptations in animals. A really fun afternoon with some great work produced.
TTRS and Numbots!
Mathletics Results
As we begin our Summer Term, Year 3 led the Resurrection Liturgy for the whole school and families today. They did a wonderful job in spreading the Good News, that God loves you and Jesus is always with us. The led us in prayer, meditation and joyful song.
Remember your mission? Create a poster telling people about the wonderful news, and stick it in a window to share with the world.
We have our Year 3 Easter Resurrection Liturgy the first Wednesday back. Here are the three songs you will need to learn off by heart. Sing-a-long to give you more confidence.
Year 3 really enjoyed a daily dose of Science this week, during British Science Week! As we’re learning about skeletons and muscles, we combined out daily Sponsored Lenten Walk with a warm-up to some investigations.
We wanted to see if taller people have longer bones, so as well as measuring height, we measured leg length, fingertips to wrists and head circumference!
Another investigation, we explored was seeing if regular exercise or activity impacted on muscle strength. You will have to ask our resident scientists if you want to know more about our results!
Our Super Science Ambassadors kick started this year’s British Science Week by leading a whole school assembly. We began with learning a little about our Science saint – At. Albert the Great, and read a prayer that previous ambassadors wrote. They shared the theme, which is ‘Adapt and Change’ and links to our own lives that we can make with science. They launched the Poster competition and all week have been running ‘The Gadget Shop’ which will continue this week, or until all stock is sold! Prices range from 50p to £2. Itemised lists with prices are posted around the school.
To enter the competition cosider the following…
Creativity in approach – Innovative angle on the content or creative interpretation of the theme – don’t be afraid to think outside the box
Content – Clear, accurate and informative about a STEM topic
Effective communication – presented and communicated in an engaging way
RULES
Entrants can be teams or individuals
Entries must be one page of A4 or A3 paper only Work must be original and created by the student(s) – please do not use any templates
Include your name, age and Year group
Please hand in to Mrs Byrne before Tuesday 25th March
Entries will be uploaded to the British Science Week Website to enter the national competition. See www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/poster-competition
During our World Book Week in Year 3, we enjoyed spending extra time with books! Our class librarians helped lead an assembly and also read to the Year 2 class. We welcomed the Year 6 librarians reading to us. We read and wrote about Paddington as part of Our Whole Class Reads. The children were delighted that our Mystery Reader was Jodie, who read…Paddington at the Zoo. Of course Thursday was our favourite day, when we all got to dress as a Word or a book character…didn’t they look brilliant! The day ended with us trying to be just like MC Grammar, and write our own book inspired raps – which were amazing!
Year 3 have been very busy working on their writing skills. Having read ‘The Sheep-pig’ by Dick King-Smith we set about writing a persuasive argument as to why Farmer Hogget should train Babe the pig, to become a Sheep-pig. They have done a brilliant job, lots of persuasive techniques and thoughtful word choices have made some brilliant pieces of work .If you were Farmer Hoggett, would you be convinced?
Year 3 were our Nativity Super Stars! We joined the stars of the Celestial Choir as they guided our Nativity characters to Bethlehem singing some not-so-traditional, up-beat songs with a ‘showbiz’ feel. They were all ‘Fab-u-lous’!
It was a wonderful celebration of what Christmas really means and how we can all let our light shine to reflect Jesus. Our gift to our parents. Merry Christmas Everyone!
On the 11th November, our Celebration of the Word was in honour of Remembrance Day. We used it as an opportunity to explore the importance of Poppies. The children used watercolours to recreate their version of this beautiful flower. Some wonderful results…
