Year 3
Year 3
Thank you for viewing our class page. Here you will find information and photographs of what we have been learning in school.
Please remember to come to school organised making sure you bring your reading record signed by a parent or guardian daily. You will also need to bring a water bottle to school every day. Remember to name all of your belongings.
Our PE days will be Wednesdays and Fridays. Our uniform on these will be a red or white polo top/PE t-shirt as well as black or grey joggers/shorts and trainers. On Monday afternoons we will be swimming please bring your swimming costume, a towel and goggles. Remember earrings will need to be removed for PE and swimming.
Homework will be given on a Thursday and is to be returned by the following Tuesday. Spellings will be given on a Friday to learn by the following Friday. Reading and times tables should be completed daily.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
Together we will continue to believe, achieve and succeed!
Our Learning
Santa Dash
🎄 Key Stage 2 had a fantastic time at Berwick Academy yesterday. They took part in the ‘Race to the North Pole’ challenge. They had to design, build, test and make changes to get their sleigh to reach the North Pole. 🎄
In maths we are learning to use arrays. We made our own arrays in class,
We interviewed Mrs Dickson to ask questions about the nutrition in our school lunches
Author James Nicol showed us his latest book ‘Cloud Thief’ he then delivered a writing workshop.
In Design and Technology we produced some delicious seasonal vegetable tarts.
Children in Need
Lowry Dance Workshop
Remembrance Day
Chance to Shine Cricket
In our computing lesson we learnt about the importance of creating secure passwords. We then created password generators to help us create strong passwords.
The circus is in town... Class 3 were introduced to their new class text this week ‘Leon and the Place Between’ They enjoyed using their senses to explore different parts of the circus. They tasted and smelled candy floss and popcorn. They heard the sounds of the circus and explored circus activities.
🧚 Key Stage 2 had some special visitors this week they introduced us to the book ‘Faedom.’ They were sent on behalf of the author of the book. They even left us some activities do to. 🧚♀️
Taekwondo
To celebrate our learning of Hindu Dharma so far, we learnt about the festival of Diwali. We listened to the story, danced to Hindu Dharma prayer music and created some fabulous Rangoli patterns.
In science we created actions to remind us what different nutrients do for our bodies
Nutrition Video 2
Nutrition Video 3
In our music lessons with Ms Ord we are learning to sing in a round. We can sing ‘Have you seen the ghost of Tom?’ In three parts.
In science we read food labels to find out nutritional values of different foods
In computing we made a human network map to show the journey of a file
We are Heritage Heroes
Our Heritage Hero Projects
We took part in a virtual author event through Seven Stories. We met author Simon Stephenson and we learnt about his new book, ‘The Snowman Code’.
As part of our Design and Technology work we used atlas’ to locate where different foods grow around the world and the type of climate they need to grow.
Lowry and the Sea at the Granary Gallery
Berwick Barracks Visit
Science Club from Newcastle Life Centre- We learnt lots about skeletons
Linda Bankier from Northumberland Archives delivered a fantastic historical workshop. We were able to look at the our town in the 1930s and 1950s and see how it has changed over time. We were able to see images of the town and understand how Lowry would have seen it.
Our Field to Fork visit at the Hirsel
We walked around school to find the devices that make up our school network
Multiskills with Regan
Lowry Trail
Cricket
In history we created a timeline to show how long ago the Stone Age was.
In science we sorted food into the correct food groups.
We had an art gallery today. We looked at different images by L S Lowry and made observations.
Our first music lesson in Class 3
Our Aspirations
A New Term
