--- title: "Year 3 - Science - Planning An Investigation" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-06-15-year-3-science-planning-an-investigation" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 3 - Science - Planning An Investigation ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/5f518574-e11f-44f7-81e4-635b5f047873.jpg) 15 June 2026 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/5f518574-e11f-44f7-81e4-635b5f047873.jpg) Year 3 have been busy working like real scientists this week! The children are currently planning an exciting investigation to find out if there is a link between our hand span and our grip strength. They have been discussing how to make it a fair test, predicting what might happen, and deciding how to measure their results accurately. We cannot wait to get hands-on with the testing phase next week and see if our predictions match the data. Stay tuned for the results! [Year 3](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-06-11_09_39_23.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-06-11-year-5-pe) Previous ### [Year 5 PE ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-06-11-year-5-pe) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-06-16_13_21_54.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-06-16-reception-literacy-tricky-word-challenge) Next ### [Reception- Literacy- Tricky Word Challenge](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-06-16-reception-literacy-tricky-word-challenge) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)