Year 3

We have been reading a graphic text in English lessons for the last two weeks. The characters in the text created animals using sticks, mud, pebbles, leaves nuts and stones. We wrote descriptions about fantastical animals that we would like to create. We illustrated them in the style of Dave…

Year 3 had a great time on design and technology day, making garden flowers and planters from re-cycled bottles. This linked nicely to our science topic on plants. The children enjoyed painting and bending the plastic bottles to make garden decorations and flower planters hung with ribbon. 
 

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Year 3 enjoyed practising their ball skills with Mr Green. They were passing, stopping and controlling the ball. 
 

Year 3 have really enjoyed developing their cricket skills on Friday. 

Year 3 wear green for nature on Friday, they look fantastic. Well done everyone.

Year 3 outdoor art!!
 

On Friday, we all enjoyed making Cheerio bird feeders. Hope they got home unnibbled!

Year 3 learnt all about Ascension Day and did some wonderful illustrations.

We discussed that a healthy mind is a happy mind. We shared our happy thoughts with each other and sent them to parents too. They help to create our happiest thoughts.

We found the beautiful bluebell woods of Muncaster Castle to be such a natural wonder. We analysed it, sketched out the main lines to gain perspective and then couldn’t wait to paint it. We did a great job of using perspective, colour washes and painting techniques to create…

Year 3 enjoyed music and wanted to express themselves with dance. As it was Mental Health Awareness Week, we found that this helps to give us a happy mind. 

Year 3 were investigating which material was best for curtains and tested which material was good at blocking out light. They tried a variety of materials and most children discovered that dark polyester was most effective. They measured the strength and size of the shadow created and considered…