Year Three Residential Visit to Burwell House

Many of the children in Year Three thoroughly enjoyed their three days at Burwell House. The children enjoyed learning how to map read, use a compass, make 'smelly cocktails', create a natural sculpture using a range of materials and taking part in some blindfolded activities. As well as all the fun activities, the children enjoyed lots of delicious food and developed their teamwork / communication skills.

Fitzwilliam / Sedgewick Museum Visit

Year Three enjoyed their trip to Cambridge to visit the Fitzwilliam and Sedgwick Museums as part of our work on Ancient Egypt in history and Rocks and Soils in science.

At the Fitzwilliam Museum, children were fascinated by the Ancient Egyptian artefacts, particularly the mummy cases. They enjoyed travelling back in time with an expert from the museum and many children asked interesting questions, showing their level of engagement.

At the Sedgwick Museum, children took part in a range of fun activities and especially enjoyed visiting the room full of crystals and seeing the huge dinosaur at the Museum's entrance!

The Year Three teachers were impressed with the behaviour and manners displayed by the children and were pleased to see how much the children benefitted from the learning experience.

Tinsel and Tea Towels

What a performance!

A huge well done to the children in Year Three for their
Nativity performance of Tinsel and Tea Towels. The children worked extremely hard and
should be incredibly proud of themselves. There was a collection for the British Legion and
the children raised £141.17. Well done Year Three!

Making Photograph Frames

As part of our Design and Technology topic, the children designed and made a photograph frame. They had to bring in a photograph of their choice and design a frame that fitted the photo. There was lots of problem solving and perseverance, particularly creating a stand to make the frame stand up by itself!  The children were really proud of themselves with their finished photograph frames and wear eager to take them home!

Year Three History and Science Trip to Cambridge

Year Three had two fascinating days in Cambridge. At the Fitzwilliam Museum we found out all about the art of mummification and viewed the extensive collection of Egyptian artefacts.

It was hard to believe that the objects we were looking at were over 3000 years old! 

After lunch, we visited the Sedgwick Museum where the rocks we saw are much, much older! Some date back as far as 165 million years. 

The children had opportunities to record their findings in their sketch books and the museum teachers commented on how well they listened, shared their knowledge of the subject and represented their school.

Team Building in Year Three

The children enjoyed half a day of team building activities with Pat Forster from the Hunts School Sports Partnership. The children spent their session learning to work together as team. They built on their listening and communication skills, worked with new people and took turns to be ‘group managers’. Year Three teachers noticed an improvement in children’s perseverance and determination to succeed. The highlights of the session for the children were the ‘photo finish’ challenge and the ‘Robot eye mask game’.

Year Three 'Do the Christmas Rock'

A big well done to all the children in Year Three for their fantastic performance of ‘Do the Christmas Rock’.  The children worked extremely hard learning lines, dance routines, songs and musical accompaniments. The children performed to over 600 children and adults and raised £100.12 for The British Legion. Well done, Year Three!