Blog by Tag: Year 3

Year 3 had a wonderful day at Norton Priory learning how archaeologists find out about the past.

We also learnt some Stone Age skills such as how to make fire and cook woolly mammoths (or marshmallows in our case) around an open fire. 

Year 3 have been using pentatonic scales to compose melodies.

Year 3 have been learning all about The Bible.

The Bible is made up of 73 books and is written by many different  authors.

It is a history book, law book and includes poetry and stories as well.

In ICT we have been using Scratch to create a computer game with a Stone Age theme.

Now where did I leave that mammoth I was going to have for tea?

In literacy we have been weighing up the pros and cons of living in The Stone Age.

In Design and Technology we have been learning that food tastes best in season.

What could be better than an Autumnal Apple Crumble?

Congratulations to our Readers of the Week.

One for you. One for me. Year 3 learn to share in maths. 

Year 3 discuss the art of winning and how tactics play a huge part of this. 

Whilst studying about the Stone Age, Year 3 have being looking for clues as to what the period's most famous monument, Stonehenge, may have been used for.

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…