Term 2

We are continuing our learning on Mexico in term 2.  We will be focusing on the physical features of the country, researching a Mexican city, looking at the climate and analysing weather charts as well as learning some Spanish greeting and using our literacy skills to write a Non-chronological report. 




Our new science topic is Light and Shadows.  

Black History Week

                                   

During Black History week we focused on Poetry.  Our class poet was Valerie Bloom.  We researched facts about her life, watched some of her performances and learned one of her poems - 'Granny is...'




Some children in year 3 used ideas from Valerie Bloom's 'Granny is...' poem and created their own poems. 

Science - Forces and Magnets

We have been looking at different forces and their properties.  We carried out an experiment to see how a car would travel over different surfaces.  Take a look at our experiment below.

Welcome to year 3

In Term 1, year 3 have been learning about Mexico.

During our 'wow' day we dressed up as tourists, sampled different traditional Mexican food, wrote to a Mexican pen pal and learned some Spanish phrases.

The children completed a taste test grid, giving their views on the foods they liked and disliked and gave reasons.  They also described some of the foods.

Here we are dressed as explorers ready for the warm climate of Mexico.

Slimbridge Wetland Centre

In term 4, years 3 and 4 went on an amazing trip to Slimbridge Wetland Centre as part of our science topic - Animals including Humans.

During our visit to the Flamingo hut we found out an interesting fact about where flamingos get their pink colour from.  

Tropical house

Can you spot the black-winged Stilt in the picture below?

We saw some beautiful swans and Hawaiian geese.

Across the lake we saw an amazingly crafted Beaver dam.  We learned all about the adapt and survive in their wetland habitat.

Later David gave us a talk about the South American Otters. There was a mum and her two daughters. We also talked about how otters adapt their habitat in comparison to the beaver.

Here is a Trumpeter swan was talking to its mate. It made a very loud noise like a trumpet.

Sketching nature in our school grounds

As part of our Art topic we have been developing our sketching skills.  On Friday we decided to go outside and sketch some real life objects.