Blog Author: Mrs Summerson

Year 3’s class Saint is St Mary. We started with a celebration for our Lady of the Rosary on the 7th of October by wearing blue and having an afternoon of devotion to St Mary.

We continued to pray the Rosary through October and end the month with a better knowledge of the mysteries of the Holy…

Year 3 have been learning all about soil horizons, rocks and the various properties within different types of soil. Children took spades and sieves to see what was in the soil. They saw the different layers and found some interesting creatures within the humus as well as plenty of decaying leaves…

Well done to Ella, Ivy and Belle for showing wonderful sports values in gymnastics

Year 3 went into Egremont today to identify the human and physical features. They found lots more human than physical features and decided that they expected that because it was a town. 
Whilst looking for these features, they did a good litter pick. They brought back 2 bags full. Well done Year…

Looking fabulous in yellow, Year 3 marked World Mental Health Day by giving money to support the charity. They danced, coloured in mindfully and celebrated how wonderful they are by writing about their own qualities and attributes. 
Children learnt about mental health and what it means to look…

Year 3 were looking fantastic wearing blue to celebrate Our Lady of the Rosary on Monday 4th of October. We learnt how to pray the Rosary, learnt about the four Mysteries - Luminous, Sorrowful, Joyous and Glorious. We created our own tissue beads and designed stained glass windows. A busy day

Year 3 mixed flour, glue and paint to give a thick texture to their paint. Then they studied Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry night” and painted in his style. 
 

Mollie and Jaxon won the poster competition to create a poster that encouraged people to look after all of God’s Creations. We heard and reflected on St. Francis’ Canticle of the sun. We used this to help us to create posters that promote co-creators instead of de-creators. There was lots of great…

Year 3 have been learning about different types of rocks, metamorphic,sedimentary and igneous. They have sorted different rocks into these groups, studied them and drawn them. Great observations Year 3

Ivy was leading Prayer and Liturgy in Year 3, she did a great job reading a new prayer with the rest of the class. Well done

After hearing some very thoughtful manifestos, we narrowed down our Year 3 candidates with a vote. Children placed their ballot papers in a sealed box to elect 2 School Councillors from our class. 
A massive congratulations to Paige-Louise and Ivy who won the vote and will represent Year 3 as…

Year 3 have been using their map reading skills and knowledge of the compass to move around the playground using cardinal and inter-cardinal points.