Blog by Tag: Year 3

Year 3 had great fun learning how to fire a bow and arrow today. They were great shots and had fun adding up their scores on their target.

Year 3 have been practicing their painting techniques and learning about how Vincent Van Gogh used impasto paint, line and blue shades to create “A Starry Night”.

They used flour to thicken their paint and then painted in the style of Van Gogh. 

Year 3 were spotting human and physical features on the huge OS maps. They looked at the key to learn many new map symbols. They found lots of local areas and pointed to them using co-ordinates.

Year 3 learnt all about how to use a democratic election to select this year’s School Council. They read or listened to candidate’s manifestos (which were excellent) and voted for their class voices. Congratulations to Albie and Autumn who were elected as Year 3…

Year 3 were writing codes for their mice to help them to locate the cheese. They did it really well, giving code directions and then created their own routes and commands to their own maze. Well done Year 3.

A big thank you to the members of the Crab Fair committee who took the time to come into school to talk to us about the Crab Fair. We learned all about the exciting events happening over the weekend — including the gurning competition!

We even had the chance to practise our ugliest faces…

We had a fantastic time at our first after-school running club this week!

We started with a fun game of Follow the Leader as a warm-up, practicing a variety of movements to engage lots of different muscles. The children then learned how pumping their arms can help them run faster, and we put…

Year 3 developed long and short passing in their netball lesson on Thursday.

KS2 enjoyed a brilliant day at Walby Farm Park for their end‑of‑term trip. They had loads of fun in the play barn, zooming down tall slides and challenging themselves. They explored the fort, climbed and played together with lots of laughter.

In the animal barn, they petted goats, sheep, and…

Year 3 have been studying the Jewish religion, in particular the festival of Pesach. During RE they learnt about the beliefs and traditions that are followed in Judaism. Basil, a practicing Jew, came in to talk to the children about his religion and shared some Jewish objects with the children to…

Year 3 have really enjoyed their end of Year trip, despite the rain. 
 

Year 3 enjoyed playing football and having fun with Owen, the coach, whilst being bananas in a game of tag.