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  • 15/07/18

    Bonjour from year 3!

    Year 3 were busy on French day. They created their own French passports and recorded information about themselves in French. They then enjoyed a French breakfast of croissant and brioche, learned about Paris, created a model of the Eiffel Tower, wrote a postcard to people at home describing the...
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  • 15/07/18

    Science Day

    Year 3 had a great time on science day. They learned about the important work botanists do investigating plants and how this information is then used in many different ways. They then become botanists themselves; dissecting a flower head to identify its different parts,  conducting an...
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  • 29/06/18

    Rounders

    The children in year 3 have been making the most of the sunshine and have been outside developing their ball control, batting and catching techniques. They have used these skills to play some excellent games of rounders. Well done to everyone who has shown their team player skills too.
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  • 29/06/18

    Quentin Blake Watercolours

    Year 3 have been working really hard in art, reproducing Quentin Blake's illustrations from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They have traced images to recreate Blake's 'light box' technique and then used watercolours very effectively to complete their pictures. Next they will draw...
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  • 12/06/18

    Chocolate!

    What a 'choc' full of fun day year 3 had at Cadbury World. The children learned all about the origin of chocolate in the Aztec jungle, were told the Cadbury story in a very interactive way and discovered how chocolate is manufactured -  including quality control as you can see in the pi...
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  • 25/05/18

    Superheroes Shadow Puppet Theatre

    To round off our Superheroes topic, year 3 have ben combining their learning for a grand finale. Using their understanding of light from science, their brilliant writing skills from English and their creativity in DT; they wrote scripts, created puppets and performed confidently to their class mates...
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  • 06/05/18

    Year 3 Monsters

    Things got pretty scary in year 3 when the children designed their own moving monsters. They learned about how pnuematic systems use compressed air to make things move. They then applied this understanding by housing a pneumatic system inside their monsters. The moving monster was then able to blow...
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  • 13/04/18

    RE Day

    Year 3 had a real treat when Mrs Fretwell lead our RE day on Judaism. The children learned the story of Esther which gave them an understanding of fasting, celebration, courage and standing up for what you believe in. To be really involved in the story the children made shakers to drown out Haman...
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  • 06/03/18

    The coming of the Iron Man

    A surprise visitor in year 3 began our Wow day at the start of our work on ‘The Coming of the Iron Man’. Our metallic guest challenged each class to create an Iron Man whose body parts wouldn’t fall off. At the end of the day the year group came together again to present our creati...
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  • 30/01/18

    Roman Wow Day

    We started our topic 'What have the Romans done for us?' with a great Roman Day. In their Roman helmets, the children learned about the Roman Empire, the invasion of Britain, Roman warfare, were galley slaves, played Roman games and were spectatores at a gladiator fight (well done Miss Janes...
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