In year 3 we have been learning about different types of fossils. We created booklets explaining the process of fossilisation, then used clay to make our own trace fossils.
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Types of Rock
We have been learning about the different types of rock. To better understand how they are formed we used ground chocolate to create the different rock types. Sedimentary by applying pressure. Metamorphic, by applying heat and pressure and finally igneous, by melting the chocolate and allowing it to solidify. After making the chocolate rock we… Continue Reading
Neolithic Pottery
Continuing with our Stone Age topic, we learnt about how pottery was made during the Neolithic period of the Stone Age. We designed our own pots then sculpted our own pots, with fantastic results. Continue Reading
We are archaeologists!
Last week in year 3 we discovered some Stone Age artefacts in our forest school. We conducted an archaeological dig and recovered several interesting objects. We examined them carefully in order to understand their purpose. Continue Reading
Year 3 Final Week Home Learning
Hi Year 3, I can’t believe we are here at the final week of! For your final week, we have decided to focus on remembering, reflecting and looking to the future so your learning this week is a grid of activities doing just that. Please choose the ones that you think you will enjoy and… Continue Reading
Year 3 Home Learning Summer 2 Week 6
Hello Year 3, I hope you all feel relaxed following your week of well-being activities, I know I am! Here is your new home learning for this week. Literacy This weeks talk4writing booklet is focused on the unicorn. As usual I would recommend one activity from the booklet daily. Y3-Unicorn-F Maths This week we will… Continue Reading
Year 3 Home Learning Summer Term 2 Week 5
Hello Year 3, I hope you are all happy and staying busy while learning at home. I have missed having you all in class and really enjoy seeing your work on Seesaw. This week your home learning is a little different as across the school we are focusing on Well-being. In these challenging times it… Continue Reading
Year 3 Home Leanring Summer Tern 2 Week 4
Hello Year 3. Thank you for all of the fantastic videos of your aqueducts and work. I was very impressed with you creativity and ingenuity when making your models. This week would have been our School Sports Day. Instead of not having it we are going to have a Stay at Home Sports Day. Information… Continue Reading
Year 3 Home Learning Summer 2 Week 3
Hello Year 3! Here is this weeks home learning activities. Thank you for continuing to upload you work to seesaw. Last week I used seesaw to upload an example of the aqueduct building activity. Over the next few weeks I will be assigning other tasks through Seesaw linked to methods for division and multiplication. The… Continue Reading
Summer Tern 2 Week 2 Home learning
Hello Year 3. I hope you are all happy, healthy and ready for your new home learning activities. Literacy For literacy this week you should be continuing with the Talk4Writing activity booklet you received last week. I would recommend completing one activity each day. If you have finished the booklet I have also attached some… Continue Reading
