Year 3 – Amber and Vermilion
Jul 04 2025
This week in year 3 we were learning about volume and capacity in Maths, with all these skills to make our own ideal mocktails using these maths skills, they had to be very precise so it tasted the best! In Science we explored the parts of a flower and even dissected one and put the …
Jun 20 2025
Our week has been very focused on Art and Pottery. We have been working hard on our portraits ready for you to take a look at and perhaps buy at our Open Day. On Wednesday and Thursday everyone had the opportunity to make a Roman Face Pot with Mrs Booy. She is taking them to …
Jun 13 2025
This week has been a really creative one, practising our skills ready to make our Roman face pots next week and our portraits. So we have made coil pots out of plasticine and practised sketching from drawings. In RE we continued our creative theme by making each day of the Creation story in paper and …
May 23 2025
In our final week before the half term break we have been working hard. In English we finished our narrative writing based on the dream giver by writing a story the dream we would choose to have. It was a lovely chance to use our imaginations- our dreams ranged from sports and dance related themes …
May 16 2025
Magnets: in Science we investigated materials that are magnetic and are not magnetic. We tested a whole array of metals and were surprised that only metals with iron or nickel are magnetic. Everyone worked hard as a team making sure everyone got a hands-on chance to test all the materials. Minutes: in Maths we worked …
May 09 2025
Our week started with our trip to Verulamium Park and Museum. We really immersed ourselves in Roman life; we entered Verulamium via the gate and were wowed by the mosaic floor at the hypocaust. Once we were in the museum we explored the Roman exhibits, drawing artefacts and finding out fascinating facts. Finally, we dressed …
May 03 2025
We have had a wonderful week of learning, helped by the wonderful weather and our exciting new Opal playground. We continued to write about the mesmerising, magical and mysterious dream giver. We worked with thesauruses to develop our vocabulary and then used these powerful words to create impressive pieces of writing describing the dreams he …
Apr 25 2025
We hope you had a restful Easter Holiday, it has been lovely welcoming you all back after the break ready for another exciting term in Year 3. We have lots to look forward to: our school trip and Sports Day to name just two special events. In English the children started a new learning sequence …
Apr 04 2025
We have been very busy in our final week before the Easter holidays. We finished our Magic Box poems and performed them to each other. This also helped us with our PSHE topic about feelings and strategies to help us with processing grief; whether that be from moving house to the death of a pet …
Mar 28 2025
First of all, well done everyone who brought in their volcano posters they look great! We started the week by exploring the poem ‘Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. Then we used a thesaurus to develop our vocabulary and planned our own poem using the same structure as the ‘Magic Box’ poem. Next week we will …
