Year 3 Science Week
As part of British Science week, Year 3 have had a great time exploring making helicopters. We had amazing fun experimenting and adapting designs, trying out varying numbers of propellers and different propeller lengths. This inspired lots of lovely discussions about air resistance and…
Year 3 World Book Day
We are having a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day in Year 3! We have enjoyed listening to everyone talking about their favourite authors and explaining who they are dressed up as today. Miss Root from The Demon Dentist is absolutely thrilled to be in class today instead of Mrs Robson and…
Year 3 Prayer & Liturgy
Today we had a wonderful ‘Prayer & Liturgy’ that was led by Lillia, Freya and Lacey. We have been learning about Jewish festivals and have focused on The Passover. They sympathetically planned around this independently and it was really engaging. Added to this we enjoyed listening to…
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt & Games!
Wow! We’ve had such fun this afternoon outside with a ‘Times Tables’ treasure hunt. Hopefully we managed to work out the clues before they flew away! We enjoyed some edible treasure and a story to warm up. In class we also enjoyed playing board games to encourage a quick recall of our…
Year 3 Computing
Today Year 3 enjoyed using Microsoft PowerPoint to create a presentation on ‘The History of Maps’. We learnt to insert slides, alter the background design, insert slide transitions and use custom animations to create different visual effects.
Year 3 Library Visit
Year 3 had a lovely trip to Egremont Library today, despite a rainy walk there. We enjoyed browsing, discussing together and choosing books to borrow. Then we had a great time reading our new books and showing our friends. Please remember to return these books to the library, along with any that…
Y3 Gymnastics
Year 3 have been working really hard in our gymnastics sessions. We have been learning to create sequences and to do backwards rolls. We have been trying hard to keep our bodies stretched and in nice strong lines.
Year 3 First Aid Show & Tell
Year 3 enjoyed a fanstastic first aid demonstration from Sophia who has started a club run by St. John’s Ambulance in Whitehaven. Sophia could explain what she was doing and we all loved listening to her. Well done.
Year 3 Belize Photos
Today we were so excited to look at some photographs of the RAF plane Josh travelled to Belize on. We compared it to the planes that we might use to go on holidays; we thought about the simailarities and differences. In Computing we carried on finishing our fact files in Microsoft Word. A big…
Year 3 Computing
Before Christmas Year 3 had a visit from Josh who is a former pupil of St. Bridget’s. He talked to us about his job in the Army and that he would be going to work in Belize. Today in Computing we decided to use the Internet to research the country to find out where it is in the world. We made…
Year 3 Mile a Day Challenge
Year 3 have started the New Year with a target of improving our Mile a Day. We are committed to improving our individual PB’s and encouraging each other to complete it. We have worked out that 20 laps of the junior playground are equivalent to a mile. We are working on pacing ourselves to…
Year 3 Christmas Jumper Day
Today we had a great day in our Christmas jumpers raising money for Save The Children. We are definitely all feeling in the Christmas spirit now!