YEAR 3 BLOG

As part of our curriculum in Year 3, we are learning about the different cultures which make up the population of Preston.

We were very lucky to get to spend some time with Nital who offered to teach us some traditional Bollywood dances.  The children loved participating and performed some…

What an amazing week that we have had in Year 3!  The children have settled into their new routines wonderfully.

In Year 3, we are putting a huge focus on ensuring that we are developing our skills of reading and our times tables.  Your child should have come home with their Boom Reader login…

For English and Pastoral this term, 3 Sacrament went to visit Ridgeway Farm. We looked at where our food comes from, the uses of animals and habitats of animals on a farm. We really enjoyed going on the farm walk, feeding the animals and exploring the orchard. 

In DT this term, 3 Sacrament have been learning different techniques to cut vegetables. After we had chopped all our vegetables and herbs, we put them all in a soup maker. One batch of soup was smooth and the other was more chunky. Most of of us thought it was delicious! 

Year 3 wrote some fabulous alternative endings to the story Escape from Pompeii. Halima and Kai very bravely read theirs to the whole class then every child shared their story with a friend (or family member !) in Year 1 Blessed.

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In History, we are looking at Roman Britain. For our stunning started, 3 Sacrament visited the Roman Museum in Ribchester. We got to explore different Romans artefacts, try on Roman armour and look at a Roman fort. After that, we went on a Ribchester Museum Trail and answered questions from the…

Children enjoyed dressing up as book characters and engaging in lots of book related activities during World Book Day.

As our stunning start in History, £ Blessed visited the Roman museum in Ribchester. They examined Roman artefacts and explored the on site Roman ruins.

Year 3 enjoyed a stunning start to the new book that they are studying after half term - can you guess what it will be about?

This half term in computing the children have been learning about animation. They have made a storyboard, background and characters. Today we made our animations using the iPads. 

In Science, we are learning about rocks. This week we have been learning about the rock cycle, the three different types of rocks and how they are formed. Mrs Chauhan used chocolate to model each stage. We then categorised different rocks into the three types looking at their appearance and…

In Music, we learnt about the notes crotchets and quavers. We took it in turns to make up our own patterns and asked our group to read the notes and clap the rhythm.