June's Learning

 We’ve had another month full of exciting learning in Year 3!

 

In English, we’ve been learning how to write explanation texts and we have written all about how to use Accelerated Reader. We explained about logging onto the computer, we told them all about the sunflower and we even told them about the house points you get if you gain a certificate. We typed up our edited version ready for next years’ Year 3’s. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Maths, we have been learning about different shapes and their properties. Our learning journey for this work led us to designing a cuboid graffiti wall and completing a shape treasure hunt. It was fun!

 

    

 

 

Science has seen us learning all about plants. We have investigated whether plants need leaves, we’ve studied the parts of a flower and painted them in watercolour and we have drawn fruit seeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furthermore, our other work this month has included making fabulous Medusa clay plaques, finding out the correct scientific names for our body parts and designing beautiful photo frames.

 

 

 

 

 

Excitingly, we met with our new Year 4 teachers. We spent a morning trying to impress them with everything we have learnt in Year 3. We’ve learnt so much already but we’ve still a month to see what else we can squeeze in.

 

Finally, we’ve been practising our athletic skills in preparation for Sport’s Day. We can’t wait!

 

 

 

May's Learning

 May has certainly been a busy month! Let's see what we've been up to in Year Three...

First, the school celebrated the King's Coronation in style. We wore red, white and blue and took part in some activities to learn about and celebrate our new King. 

Then, we had an exciting trip to Cambridge to visit two museums. At the Fitzwilliam museum, we revised and learned more about the Ancient Egyptians! We were in awe when we learned how old some of the artefacts were. The giant sarcophagus lid which was found in Rameses III's tomb was particularly mind-boggling. 

The artwork and hieroglyphics on the coffins were fascinating, even though we didn't understand much of it (we're good at reading hieroglyphics now, but not THAT good!).

We also visited the University Museum of Zoology, where we showed off how much we remembered about animals bodies, food chains and digestive systems. We also learned lots more about skeletons and bones. We were lucky enough to hold an elephant femur, a turtle skull and see plenty of incredible creatures!

In Science, we've been learning all about light and shadow. We began by investigating different materials and identifying which ones are opaque, translucent and transparent. Then, we used the knowledge we had gained to create our very own shadow puppets! 

Crosshall Junior School also dedicated a whole week to maths! We created maze artwork, learned how to solve sudokus and learned about finances and budgeting. Some of us also challenged ourselves to take part in the St Neots Maths Trail. Phew!

Finally, many Year Three pupils went on their very first residential trip to Burwell House. Children who stayed at school and children at Burwell took part in many exciting activities, including natural art, the infamous Burwell Fox challenge and team building games. What an experience! Photos to come.

April's Learning

We have only been back two weeks after the Easter holidays, but we have been very busy learning lots of new things!

In maths, we have been adding fractions, taking away fractions and finding fractions of amounts.

In English, we have been reading Greek myths, writing Greek mythical creature descriptions, mapping out Greek myths and drawing pictures using descriptions.  We are looking forward to writing our own Greek myths! 

In science, we have started learning about Light and Shadows. To start our science topic, we had to look into different shoe boxes to work out what was inside; however, there was no light in the box! When we lifted the flap on the side and let some light in we found out what was in the box. 

In computing, we have started to use Scratch and learn about programming. 

                                         

In art, we have been learning to draw self-portraits and we will be creating an oil pastel portrait of Medusa later this term. 

In history, we are learning about Ancient Greece.  For the Sparky Start to our topic, we had our own version of the Greek Olympics! It was really great fun. 

March's Learning

We have had another fun-filled, busy month in Year Three!

In English, we were learning about fairy tales and we wrote our own version of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. At the end of our topic, we invited someone from our family in to hear our fairly tale and edit part of it together. 

In maths, we continued with our learning about fractions; our learning journey finished with using fractions to design a pizza topping.  

We then started learning about mass and capacity; our learning journey finished with a Crack the Code challenge and a treasure hunt in the playground. 

In science, we wrote a letter to Framer Bloom to give him some advice about the suitable soil to use to grow his crops. We then found out more about different soils, how fossils are formed and even made our own fossil.

We had a Science Day where a visiting scientist came in.  We had an environmental science lesson where we found out about why we shouldn't throw plastic into the ocean.  We also had a bridge challenge: we needed to work in groups and design and make a bridge that would hold a weight (we had a budget which we needed to stick to too!).

In history, we found out more about mummification and we wrote our names in hieroglyphics. Our topic ended with a history / D.T. workshop where we created different sized pyramids.

We also did some independent research and created a class fact book all about Ancient Egypt. Click here to see an example of one. 

In art, we continued to find out about different patterns and we designed a printing block to create a print for the front of our best book. 

In D.T., we were finding out about the 5 food groups and we designed and made a healthy cous cous snack. It was delicious! 

In P.S.H.C.E, we were learning about different risks and how we can keep ourselves safe. 

In French, we were learning about different fruits. 

In music, we carried on learning our class song and learning how to play the glockenspiel to accompany  the song. 

In indoor and outdoor P.E., we were creating an Egyptian Dance routine, developing our throwing and catching skills and some classes started to go swimming.