The theme of Art this term in Year 3 is Cave Art, linking to their topic of Stone Age to Iron Age. This week’s Art lesson involved extracting colour from different fruits and vegetables. The children had blackberries, strawberries, beetroot, mint, purple cabbage and turmeric to explore. The classroom, as you can imagine, smelt amazing. … Continue reading
This term Year 3 have been learning about Rocks and Soils as part of our Science topic. We have looked at how the different types of rocks are made, examples of these rocks and have started to investigate how permeable and durable they are. To try and help the children remember how sedimentary rocks are … Continue reading
A small group of Year 3 children have been thoroughly enjoying their morning swim at Christ Church School this week and Mr Wick and Mrs Crockford have been singing their praises. This group of children have had a mini intensive course to help perfect and strengthen their swimming techniques, as well as boosting their confidence … Continue reading
This term in Year 3 we are exploring ‘All About Me’ and today we looked at emotions that we feel. We discussed the names of different emotions and thought really carefully about what those emotions may look like and feel like, this was much trickier than we first thought. The children talked in a safe … Continue reading
After the complete downpour this morning, Year 3 headed on to the playground to gather clues about their new book. The children looked very closely and came up with some great suggestions about what the book might be about. Discovering the giant footprints, lots of children thought it might be about the Gruffalo, Big Foot … Continue reading
Dear Parent/Carer, Welcome to Year 3! We hope that you have had a lovely, enjoyable summer! A warm welcome to Key Stage 2. We have been busy planning a range of topics to engage the children in their learning and will provide them with a homework grid, to choose from over this first term. We … Continue reading
On Saturday we met at the school to adorn our Charivari costumes and made our way to The Stade to begin the parade. It was a great day with lovely weather and everyone had a really good time. A very big thank you to all the adults and parents that helped on the day, it … Continue reading
In PSHE today Year 3 were learning all about our value of the term – perseverance. We thought about times in our lives where we have simply given up and how this made us feel. We then talked about times in our lives where we have already shown perseverance. It was then time for some … Continue reading
Yesterday we travelled to the Amazon Rainforest with Ian from KIC theatre. We had to concentrate on displaying our emotions through our face and body movements. We started off packing up our bags, losing our passports and then finding them before heading on to the plane. Once we arrived we had to show how different … Continue reading
This week Year 3 were invited to join in the Striking and Fielding Festival at Hythe Cricket Ground. We split up into three teams and took part in lots of different striking and fielding activities before playing a few games of Quick Cricket against other local schools. The children all had a lot of fun … Continue reading
Last week we had a chance to explore our sense of taste in Science. In…
Today Year 2 worked in groups to act out and retell the Christian creation story,…
The theme of Art this term in Year 3 is Cave Art, linking to their…
This term Year 3 have been learning about Rocks and Soils as part of our…
