Year 3 | St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

Linking in with our science topic, in our first outdoor learning session we used items that we found outside like twigs and leaves to create animal skeletons. The children were very creative and enjoyed identifying the bones. Some children helped Mrs Brown fill our planter with new compost and planted some bulbs, there was a game of 'The Floor is Lava', broomsticks and a funeral for a worm.

Y3 Outdoor Learning 1

Geography - Locating the UK

We reminded ourselves of the 7 continents that make up the Earth. We then identified where we lived on a map. Using atlases, we located the countries that make up the UK and their capital cities.

Y3 Geography - Locating the UK

Computing - Networks

We have been learning about Computer Systems and Networks in our Computing lessons. We made a human network that included desktop computers, a switch, server and a wireless access point.

Y3 Computing - Networks

Bulb Project - Planting

As part of 'The Bulb Project' by the Museum of Wales, Year 3 have planted some daffodil and crocus bulbs. This investigation involves planting, observing and keeping weather records in order to study the effects of climate change.

Y3 Bulb Project - Planting Day

Investigating Femurs

Year 3 have been learning about how the human skeleton works. As part of this, we wanted to find out if children with longer femurs could jump further.

Y3 Science Investigating Femurs

History - Steam engines

In History, we have been learning all about the Victorian era and the changes that took place during the Industrial Revolution. We learned all about steam engines from a very special visitor..

Y3 Steam engines

Autumn walk

We spent some of the afternoon outside looking at the changes as we move into Autumn. The children were very creative!

Y3 Autumn walk

Science - Skeletons

We have been learning about the different parts of the skeleton and their functions. We went outside and labelled the different parts on our partners outline.

Y3 Skeletons

Macaroni!

In our English lessons, we have been reading the Old Lady Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle. As part of this, our grammar focus has been on inverted commas. Using macaroni, the children identified where the missing inverted commas should go on speech taken from the story. As a challenge, some children had a go at writing their own direct speech and added the inverted commas.

Y3 Macaroni Inverted Commas

Arrays

We have been working on our times table facts using arrays. The children used counters to create arrays for their multiplication facts. This was building on their prior knowledge of 2, 5, 10 times tables and beginning to focus on their 3, 4 and 8 times tables as the focus for Year 3.

Y3 Maths Arrays

Year 3: 2023 - 2024

Roman Shields!

As part of our learning about the Romans, over the half term the children were given the challenge of creating their own Roman shield. They are incredible! Each child had the opportunity to present their Roman shield and discuss why they chose that design. We took our learning outside and had a go at being Roman soldiers. Take a look!

Y3 Roman shield project

Ribchester Roman Museum trip

Year 3 had an extraordinary trip to Ribchester Roman Museum! The day was filled with incredible experiences and learning opportunities.

- The children tried on authentic Roman armour

- We explored and examined fascinating Roman shields

- We delved into the history by looking at ancient Roman ruins

It was a fantastic day and the children had a wonderful time stepping back in history and imagining life in Roman times.

Y3 Ribchester 2024

Author: Liz Flanagan

We had a brilliant opportunity of a zoom call with author Liz Flanagan. Liz is a children's author best known for her Wildsmith series. This provided the children with a great insight into what being an author is like, where she gets her inspiration from and how to become an author. The children got lots from this and had a go at creating their own setting and characters similar to the ones in Liz's books.

Y3 Liz Flanagan talk

Maths: Perimeter

In Maths, we have just introduced perimeter. We have been using multi link cubes to help us understand the meaning of perimeter before we have a go at measuring and calculating the perimeter ourselves.

Y3 Perimeter

Art: Collage

Year 3 have been looking at collages inspired by Henri Matisse. The children used the technique 'Painting with Scissors' to focus on an aspect of a piece of artwork to create their own collage.

Y3 Collage

World Book Day 2024

Y3 World Book Day 2024

Stone Age Cave Art

As part of our History topic, Stone Age to Iron Age, Year 3 had a go at creating their own piece of Stone Age art. The children looked at some examples of Stone Age cave art and had a go at trying to create some of the art using chalk and anything they could find outside!

Y3 Stone Age Cave Art

Fun in the snow

It's not often we get snow in Blackpool so we tried our best to make the most of it!

Y3 Fun in the snow

Bailey's Book Club!

We have loved being able to read to Mr Vincent and Bailey this half term and we can't wait for more books and bubbles!

Year 3 Reading with Bailey

Matilda the Musical workshop

Year 3 really enjoyed their Matilda workshop. This was a fantastic opportunity and they had a brilliant time learning about the West End and all things musical theatre. During the workshop, they used different techniques to create a fantastic short musical piece to the songs from Matilda the Musical.

Year 3 Matilda workshop

Year 3's Science topic this half term is Rocks. So far, we have used hand lenses to observe and compare different rocks and categorise them into igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks. We then used starbursts to model the Rock Cycle to show help us understand how each type of rock is formed. It was a little bit sticky!

Year 3 Observing rocks

You can see from the children's faces how much they enjoyed their Christmas lunch! The children made their own crowns and placemats, how good do they look?! We thank the kitchen staff for a super Christmas lunch and the Year 6 children for their help. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2024!

Y3 Christmas Lunch 2023

Our little elves enjoyed the Elf Run in support of Trinity Hospice and Brian House. Thank you for all of your kind donations and support!

Y3 Elf run 2023

We had lots of fun making our Christmas cards and we hope you love them as much as we do! We hope they will be ones that can you can treasure!

Y3 Christmas cards

In Science this half term, we have been learning about healthy eating and what it means to have a balanced diet. We have looked at the different food groups and discussed why they are important for our body. We then went on to look at the food labels on Miss Paul's shopping!

Y3 Healthy eating

Year 3 enjoyed their first Forest School session of the year (it was lovely weather for it!). On the theme of Halloween the children made some wands and broomsticks... while some decided to get muddy. Take a look.

Y3 Forest School 1

What an amazing collection of work Year 3 have presented to each other! It was lovely to see such a high level of creativity and commitment from the children. The Victorian Sponge was clearly a popular choice (all the cakes looked amazing!), along with some very creative skeletons! We even had a model Victorian house! Well done to all the children for completing their projects.

Autumn 1 Mini Projects Y3

In Art this half term, we are learning about William Morris and using his designs as inspiration for our own printed pieces. This week we have had a practise at using the technique. We carved the polystyrene tiles to create an impression, then used a roller to paint our tile and had a go at printing them onto card to create a repeating pattern.

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As part of our Science topic, Animals including Humans, we have been learning about the human skeleton and its importance. We have labelled the different parts and identified their different functions and have learnt how the bicep and tricep muscles relax and contract to help us move our arms. We even made a model to help us understand. Take a look!

Y3 Skeletons and Muscles

In our Maths lessons we have been looking at the place value of numbers up to 1000. We have used lots of different ways of representing these numbers and had lots of fun doing so!

Y3 maths

Year 3: 2022 - 2023

Summer Term

Summer's Mini-Projects

Check out this term's amazing pieces of work for the Summer Term's mini-projects. Children have clearly worked hard on their pieces of work, with Roman swords and shields be a rather popular choice. It was also lovely to see some many family members turn up to view all of the children's work.

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Ribchester Roman Museum

Well, what a day we have had! The children were incredibly excited and inquisitive at the museum as our highly knowledgeable curator talked about the Romans, Ribchester and showcased some of the weapons and armour used by the Romans. Check out the images below to get a taste of some of the things Year 3 got up to!

Ribchester 2023

Sports Day 2023 - A Year 3 perspective

Sponsored Fitness Circuit: Stuart Robinson

The whole school got to take part in a fitness challenged led by Stuart which was then followed up with an assembly and well-being, proactivity and sports. Stuart even shared some clips of wheelchair rugby.

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Spring Term

Art: Henri Matisse inspired collages

Check out our Henri Matisse inspired collages! We have learnt about how to make different shapes from paper, using Henri Matisse's method of work. Can you find any of the shapes in some of the pieces of work:

- geometric shapes - positive shapes

- negative shapes - natural shapes

- stylised shapes

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Spring 2: Mini-Projects

Check out some of the amazing creations from this half term's Mini-Projects homework. The children were keen to show off their pieces: 'Easter in a Box', an Easter wreath, Stone Age inspired cookies, collages on a theme and even some French labelling activities.

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Sing it, Hosanna!

Here is a recording of Sing it, Hosanna from our Palm Sunday Assembly to start of the events of Holy Week,

Flower Bed: Forest School

A huge thank you to the boys who volunteered to work with Grandad Dave to build this raised flower beg for outside Year 3. Cutting, measuring, sawing, hammering and using power tools. Great Job boys!

Seeds have been sowed and now we wait.

Yr3_FlowerBed

Photograph Frames

We hope you enjoy the photograph frames the children have brought home. They have taken a lot of care to measure, cut, construct and paint their photograph frames.

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Art: Collages

Our first collage attempts! Year 3 were challenged to create an animal collage using off-cuts of paper. They had to think about shape, size, colour, over-lapping and layering pieces of paper without drawing the shapes they wanted. Check out our pieces below.

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STOP THE PRESS!!!

Check out Year 3's magazine covers from our Digital Media unit in Computing. The children have applied all their skills from this unit to create these amazing and eye-catching covers.

Skills applied: editing templates (placeholders and colour), inserting texts and images, editing text (font, size, orientation and colour) and editing images (size, orientation and cropping).

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Non-Fiction: Discussion

One of our English units this half-term has been based on discussions. In class we have learnt about the features of a discussion text, identified points for and against a discussion point, as well as using supporting statements and logical connective phrases and words to develop reasons. We have discussed:

- Should children be allowed to set their own bedtime?

- Is it better to be an adult or a child?

- Should children have to wear a uniform for school?