Year 3

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their first Gaelic football PE lesson. We learned new skills involved in the game and had great fun playing 'cross the river'.

Children from Year 3 led a beautiful class worship based on our current worship theme, Discipleship. The children took inspiration from the Scripture -Jesus sends out the disciples Matthew 28:18-20. As a response to the Scripture they asked their friends to each place a candle in a circle around the Scripture and cross to symbolise the job that the disciples had to spread the message and light of Christ all around the world. They also included one of our favourite hymns, Chil

In their Outdoor Adventurous Activities PE unit, Year 3 have been working on their team building skills. Today, we focused on the importance of clear communication between a team. We were challenged to each take turns to be a leader and give clear instructions to our team to help them to spell out a mystery word. We had to adapt our instructions when they were misunderstood or unclear to help our team to be successful. This also meant our team mates had to listen carefully to

Year 3 explored how shadows change during their science investigation! They experimented with different angles of a light source to see how it affected the length of shadows. The children made predictions, tested their ideas, and observed how moving the light higher or lower changed what they saw. There were lots of great discussions and thoughtful observations as they worked like real scientists!

Children from Y3 planned and lead a beautiful class worship today. The children used the theme, ‘Discipleship’ to select their scripture from John’s gospel-‘By this shall all mankind know you are my disciples’ The worship leaders asked us to think about how we can proudly show our discipleship and asked us to design a badge for a disciple to wear during their response. We were asked to proudly display our badges on our uniform and explain the significance of the symbols we c

Year 3 have loved their RISE project ‘Brain Buddies’ sessions with Jenny. On Thursday, they completed their final session, recapping on their previous learning and how they can implement some of the strategies we have discovered during the course of the lessons. We all received certificates for completing the course. A big thank you to Jenny and RISE!

Year 3 have started their new focus text in their English lesson, Mal Peet's 'Cloud Tea Monkeys'. Today we became royal tea tasting apprentices and used our sense to help us describe the different flavours and aromas of a variety of different teas. We tried to use vivid and descriptive language to make the teas sound appealing to the Royal Tea Taster.

Year 3 completed their prehistoric art work today. Inspired by Stone Age man, children used natural paints and materials to create the texture of a stone surface then used charcoal to depict different animals as we know this was something that was often used in art work from that time.

Year 3 loved their PE lesson today where we learned some line dancing! Yeehaw!

Year 3 and 4 Book Club celebrated the end of their novel today with a fantastic party! They enjoyed a range of snacks inspired by their text, The Extincts by Veronica Cossanteli, and shared their thoughts on the exciting conclusion. The children also had great fun playing ‘Hunt the Basilisk’, bringing the story to life through play and teamwork! Book Club have thoroughly enjoyed this text this half term and would definitely recommend it to their friends.

To continue with our Networks unit in Computing, today Year 3 looked at packet data. We linked back to our understanding of how the internet works from our previous lesson and focused in more detail on how files are sent through networks. We then designed our own ‘files’ and broke them down into packet data. Each packet had its own instructions to help the user assemble the file. We also learned about what happens when packet data is incomplete or the instructions don’t work

Thank you to Mrs Mooney and the Faith in Action team for our wonderful Stations of the Cross reflection day. It was lovely to see all of the children spending time at the different prayer stations as they followed Jesus’ journey to the cross They were incredibly reflective, prayerful and peaceful throughout—such a special and meaningful experience for everyone.

Year 3 learned about the beliefs of Stone Age man in their History lesson this week. We looked at Long barrows and burial rituals as well as the significance of Stonehenge and the wy they worshipped nature. We made our own models of Stonehenge which were probably considerably easier to make than the real thing!

Year 3 led a beautiful Celebration of the Word asking others to reflect on their journey through Lent and the sacrifice Jesus made in the desert. We represented our Lenten promises in a crown of thorns to remind us that through our sacrifices, we are journeying with Jesus to his death and resurrection.

To continue their Pre-historic Art topic, today Year 3 looked at how Stone Age man would have created their colour in their art work. We used natural materials to mimic the colour palettes used and create our own paints that we will use in our final piece of work.

We have enjoyed exploring light in our Science lesson. We investigated how light helps us to see and discovered more about different light sources through hands-on activities. The class showed great curiosity and enthusiasm as they explored and shared ideas.

For World Book Day this year, we invited all pupils to take part in a special competition inspired by The Places You’ll Go . Children were challenged to take a photograph of themselves reading in the most unusual place they could think of! We had the most amazing and imaginative entries which made it very difficult for author, Naomi Barley to choose a winner! Fantastic reading everyone!

Year 3 have started their prehistoric paintings unit in their art lessons, which links nicely to our Stone Age topic in History. We have looked at how Stone Age people used artwork to tell us what their lives were like and depict the things that were important to them. We thought about how we could represent what life was like in Britain in 2026 for people 5000 years in the future and how we could show the wildlife that was native to our country. We used charcoal which would

Year 3 have been working hard in their DT lessons and we have completed our cushion designs. We used cross and running stitch to appliqué patches to our designs and stitch the parts together. We are thrilled with the results!

Today, Year 3 became archaeologists to help us use our inference skills to find out more about our new English text, ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christine Bait. We used the clues we found in our archaeological digs to help us work out where and when the book was set and predict what might happen. We can’t wait to find out more about the city of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius.