Year 3 Art - Discovering What I Can Do With Charcoal
In Art, Year 3 has been learning about Chiaroscuro, an Italian word meaning 'light-dark' and we looked at three pictures including Leonardo da Vinci's 'Saint John the Baptist'. They looked at how Cave people created pictures using burnt wood then created their own pictures with charcoal using light and dark marks.
Year 3 History - Identifying Artifacts From The Stone Age.
In this week's History lesson Year 3 became archaeologists. They looked at pictures of different artifacts that were found buried in a Stone Age grave and gathered information answering the questions, What is it? What is it made from? What was it used for?
Year 3 Science - How Our Muscles Work
In Science Year 3 have been learning about the different muscles in our bodies. They looked at whether the heart, stomach, small intestines and biceps moved voluntarily or involuntarily. They made a model of an arm to show how the muscles contract and relax.
Year 3 Computing - Making Our Own Computer Program
In computing Year 3 have been using 2code to make their own computer program. We realised we could use the repeat button rather than writing the same code multiple times. We managed to make the turtle draw a square when the button was pressed.
Year 3 Music - Keeping To The Beat Of Four
In music Year 3 have been learning to keep to the beat of four. The children worked in a circle passing a cup on the first beat and then clapping three more beats to make four, repeating the pattern and keeping in time with each other.
Year 3 Science - Recognising The Bones In Our Bodies
In today's Science lesson Year 3 have been learning how to recognise the main bones in their body. They also collected data by measuring each bone and ordering them from shortest to longest.
Year 3 Art - Using Charcoal
In Art, Year 3 have been discovering the different things they can do with charcoal through gestural mark making.
Year 3 History - Recognising The Chronology And Significance Of Prehistory
Year 3 have been looking at ordering events from history on a timeline. They worked in groups to lay out a timeline and then discussed between themselves what events they knew had happened and placed them on the line using post it notes. They thought of events such as the Coronation of King Charles, World War 1 and 2, The Great Fire of London and Florence Nightingale.
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Year 3 PSHE - Planning A Healthy Meal
In PSHE, Year 3 received an email from Derek the Penguin. He wanted their advice about making healthy food for his friend's birthday party. In groups the children talked about the different food groups and then designed their own healthy menus.
Year 3 P.E. - Gymnastic Shapes
Year 3 have been practicing different shapes in gymnastics and worked with a partner to create a short 'point' and 'patch' balance routine.
Year 3 English - Aesop's Fables - Asking Questions
This week Year 3 have started their new topic in English all about Aesop's Fables. Today's fable was The Tortoise and the Hare. They took turns to hot seat at the front of the class as one of the characters whilst the rest of the class asked them questions.
Year 3 DT Tasting Our Broth
This term Year 3 have been learning about making a broth. They looked at the different ingredients they would need and where it came from. How to prepare the vegetables and finally they got to make and taste their own broth.
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