Year 3 use data handling software
Class 3 loved using data handling software to calculate how much it would cost to buy a robot!!
Year 3 get creative with pneumatics
Class 3 engineers have designed and made robots which use pneumatics to move it’s parts. WOW! What creativity we have seen!
Celebrating Year 3’s future engineers!
Celebrating our home learners and future engineers. Look at our robotic hands designed to solve challenges!
Southwold Superstars!
Two home and two school learners are recognised from each class every week for their amazing effort in learning. Home learners receive their certificates through the post. We can’t wait to find out who are our Superstars today!
Year 3 Home Learners create robots
Look at these fabulous robots created by our amazing Year 3 home learners, using anything they could find around the house – they have been so resourceful
Year 3 share ‘The Iron Man’
Year 3 staff were so proud of their class today…those children at home and at school. What a wonderful shared reading session with 100% engagement, listening to, discussing and answering questions about the book, ‘The Iron Man’!
Year 3 work with authors and storytellers
Our Class 3 children have celebrated words and stories, unlocking wonderful words with storyteller Sophie Snell and author Jonathan Emmett.
Year 3 Maths and navigation skills
Lots of fun and skills used this morning in maths; grid referencing, compass directions, degree turns and navigation.
Year 3’s glockenspiels ensemble
Year 3 loved accompanying the Egyptian audio music with a whole class glockenspiel ensemble! Well done Class 3, it sounded beautiful!
Year 3 dye like the Ancient Egyptians!
Class 3 have used natural materials such as beetroot, spinach and turmeric to dye material just like the Ancient Egyptians.
Next week we are going to use the fabric to make a purse.
Year 3 create an Egyptian frieze
Class 3 have learned how the Ancient Egyptians created friezes to tell a story. The children have designed and made their own printing blocks, to create our own class frieze (keep a look out for the finished piece!).
Year 3’s shadufs
Class 3 designed, made and evaluated their own shaduf to collect water from the River Nile to feed their crops. What amazing results!
Year 3 – Big Arts
Class 3 have enjoyed learning about Batik during Big Arts Week. We created Egyptian-themed Batik coasters.
Year 3 work with dictionaries
Class 3 have been expanding their vocabulary! We have been using our dictionary skills.
Year 3 hook day – Ancient Egypt
As an introduction to their new project about Ancient Egypt, Year 3 enjoyed making clay cartouches and inscribing them with hieroglyphics!
Year 3 celebrate World Book Week
Year 3 loved their comfy read slot today and delved into books with so much ease and focus, in book character costume or in pyjamas!
Year 3 visit Think Tank, Birmingham
Class 3 enjoyed a fantastic day at Think Tank Science Museum in Birmingham. We loved looking around the exhibits to support our learning at school and we took part in a coding workshop.
Year 3 investigate inside a tree
What’s inside a tree?
Class 3 had a lovely walk to Wollaton park and explored inside a tree. We were amazed to find it still alive and growing. To celebrate we made grass trumpets.
Year 3 invent robots!
Year 3 inventors continued their robot designs, “upgrading” them after evaluation. The classroom is going to be filled with automatons!
Year 3 build dens at Forest Schools
Year 3 had a lovely time den building in their Forest School session this week. We were given a tarp and some rope and had to design and build them all ourselves.
We came up with lots of different designs using various things we found in the playground.
We successfully built dens that would house 5 people and none of us got wet!
Year 3 visit the Bauhaus exhibition
Class 3 visited Nottingham Contemporary to see the Bauhaus exhibition today. We then had a ‘Metal Party’ and transformed ourselves into robots with special powers!
Year 3 recreate Ancient Egyptian art
Year 3 have been amazing us with their painting skills. We have recreated Ancient Egyptian wall friezes and made a huge sarcophagus. Aren’t they great?
Year 3 make Egyptian pouches
Year 3 designed and made their own Ancient Egyptian Pouch from fabric they had dyed from natural materials such as beetroot and spices. They also learned how to sew on gems and sequins correctly. Aren’t they beautiful!
Year 3 tie dye
Class 3 used natural materials, such as spinach, blueberries and beetroot, to dye fabric. We are going to use this fabric to make Egyptian purses and pouches!
Year 3 and the worms!
Class 3 made mini compost bins to learn about how soil is formed. Observe the worms working their magic!!
Year 3 pond dipping
Class 3 had a fantastic afternoon pond dipping. They found tadpoles, dragonfly larvae and water snails! Just wait until the pond is fully complete with pond dipping stations!
Year 3 – 50 things to do before we’re 11¾
Year 3 enjoyed a lovely afternoon at Wollaton Park investigating what’s inside a tree and making grass trumpets!
Year 3 investigate Roman life
Year 3 are learning so many interesting facts about the Romans… Did you know soldiers had to stay in the army for 25 years?! Did you know they had to walk 20 Roman miles in 5 hours with 7 bags on their backs?! They had so much learning to share and were very proud of their work. Keep your enthusiasm for your project going!
Year 3 explore Wroxeter Roman City
Class 3 had a fantastic day out at Wroxeter Roman City. We looked inside a replica town house and then learned more about the daily life of Romans from the 2000 year old ruins of the bath house.