Happy Diwali 🕯🥳 🕯🥳🕯
Year three have been learning from our Hindu class members all about the festival of Diwali. We also thought about the concept of light in the darkness and what it means to us. Look at our beautiful rangoli patterns.
🦖🦖🦖Pneumatic Dinosaurs🦖🦖🦖
This afternoon, Year 3 designed and made dinosaur heads with pneumatic mechanisms to move the jaws! We spent a long time yesterday exploring different ways of using the power of air to make things move. After experimenting with different options,…
Think Tank Trip
We had an amazing day at Think Tank. We explored the different galleries and had the best time interacting with all things scientific! We also had a special Dinosaur Discovery workshop where we learned about fossils and how they are…
Textured weaving
We have been learning all about texture in our art lessons. After producing rubbings of textures we found outside and recreating them on salt dough tiles, we have moved on to exploring textiles. By weaving strips of different materials, we…
Concert at KES
All of Key Stage 2 had a special treat this afternoon: we were invited to attend a concert given by pupils at KES in the Ruddock Hall. We heard Emmy playing Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata on the viola, followed by Rebecca…
Salt dough texture work
In our art lessons this term, we are learning about texture. Last week, we explored many different textures on the school field and made rubbings of what we found: Today, we used a range of modelling tools to transfer some…
Dinosaur Dig!
To launch our new topic, Footprints from the Past, Year 3 became palaeontologists for the afternoon. We used brushes to carefully remove sand and we discussed our findings with our colleagues. What do you think our of discoveries? Are they…
DT project: earthquake-proof structures
This morning, we learned about what makes a building strong enough to resist an earthquake. We experimented with various shapes and tested our first models before improving them.
Coronation Celebrations
We have had fun celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. We made crowns and enjoyed a picnic lunch on the field. After lunch, we played all sorts of fun games with Miss Meah and Miss Hale.