Blog Author: Mrs Summerson

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. 
 

Year 3 enjoyed their day at Lowther Castle. Great fun at the fort. 
 

Year 3 were excellent role models today as they represented our school in a rounders competition at St. Benedict’s School. They worked so well as a team and had a wonderful day. Well done everyone!

Year 3 have been studying OS maps, looking at our local area and learning to find features using coordinates and symbols. They have discovered human and physical features of our local area and considered the difference between them. 
 

Year 3 have been studying shapes, both 2D and 3D,. They have been learning the names and properties of the 3D shapes. They built their own 3D shapes with cubes, counting faces, vertices and edges.

Year 3 have been using plaster of Paris and glue to make a 3D relief sculpture. They have used parleying to scratch patterns into the plaster, then gave them a metallic look with paint. The second sculpture was using objects in the plaster to create a sculpture. It was messy but fun. We were very…

Year 3 have been thinking about growing up, babies and parents. They played a matching game to match the baby animals to their parents. They discussed what all babies need from their parents, whether they are animals or humans. The children reflected on their own growth journey and how they still…

Year 3 children dressed in blue, learnt about the Visitation, made miraculous medals, created prayer books and said the Rosary. We had a great day.