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3 Dec

Year 3 Art - Drawing By Torchlight

In their art lesson Year 3 continued their work on using charcoal. Today they drew a still life of toys lit by torches, creating atmospheric drawings with a strong narrative content.

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26 Nov

Year 3 - Art - Using Charcoal

In Art, Year 3 have continued looking at the different ways they can use charcoal. They drew around their hands using light and dark lines then used their fingers to smudge the charcoal to form a shadow. After smudging the charcoal they drew a picture of an animal using the charcoal on their fingers.

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24 Nov

Should I Keep My Child Off School?

Lots of bugs and germs are spreading, and we know you want to do what is best for your child. Please see the NHS guidance below on keeping your child off school. If you are keeping your child at home, please contact the school office as soon as you can.

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21 Nov

Lunch time

At Lunchtime  today, the children didn't let the cold bother them! We all had lots of fun, there were snowmen of all different shapes and sizes! Children made snow angels and had a really enjoyable time running around in the snow. Then we all  had to get  a snowball and try and hit Mrs Meagher with it. 

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20 Nov

Year 3 R.E. - Discussing And Interpreting Bible Stories

In R.E. Year 3 have been discussing different bible stories. Today they looked at different artists pictures of 'Jonah and the Whale ' and talked about the story and identified that Christians should believe in God even when it's not clear.

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19 Nov

Year 3 Art - Discovering What I Can Do With Charcoal

In Art, Year 3 has been learning about Chiaroscuro, an Italian word meaning 'light-dark' and we looked at three pictures including Leonardo da Vinci's 'Saint John the Baptist'. They looked at how Cave people created pictures using burnt wood then created their own pictures with charcoal using light and dark marks.

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18 Nov

Year 3 History - Identifying Artifacts From The Stone Age.

In this week's History lesson Year 3 became archaeologists. They looked at pictures of different artifacts that were found buried in a Stone Age grave and gathered information answering the questions, What is it? What is it made from? What was it used for?

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18 Nov

Year 3 Science - How Our Muscles Work

In Science Year 3 have been learning about the different muscles in our bodies. They looked at whether the heart, stomach, small intestines and biceps moved voluntarily or involuntarily. They made a model of an arm to show how the muscles contract and relax.

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14 Nov

Year 3 Computing - Making Our Own Computer Program

In computing Year 3 have been using 2code to make their own computer program. We realised we could use the repeat button rather than writing the same code multiple times. We managed to make the turtle draw a square when the button was pressed.

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12 Nov

Year 3 Music - Keeping To The Beat Of Four

In music Year 3 have been learning to keep to the beat of four. The children worked in a circle passing a cup on the first beat and then clapping three more beats to make four, repeating the pattern and keeping in time with each other.

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11 Nov

Year 3 Science - Recognising The Bones In Our Bodies

In today's Science lesson Year 3 have been learning how to recognise the main bones in their body. They also collected data by measuring each bone and ordering them from shortest to longest.

Image of Year 3 Art - Using Charcoal
5 Nov

Year 3 Art - Using Charcoal

In Art, Year 3 have been discovering the different things they can do with charcoal through gestural mark making.