Class 3C Teachers: Mrs Conyard

Learning Support Assistants
Mrs Hawthorne

Class 3GC Teacher: Mrs Pease & Mr Curtis

Learning Support Assistant:
Mrs Hawthorne
Mrs King
Mrs Collins

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The Latest News from Year 3

Great work Year 3

Year 3 have completed lots of home learning activities: building bridges, looking at parts of a plant, designing air raid shelters and making posters about exercise and sun safety.

Well done everyone!

VE Day Celebrations

The Ascension

The Mysterious Tunnel

The children were given an image of a mysterious tunnel and asked to write a description or an adventure story.

Here are some for you to enjoy.

Matchbox Challenge

Shay completed the matchbox challenge on the home learning web what a lot of things he managed to fit inside the matchbox!

Things year 3 had never done until lockdown

Mrs Pease had never had a picnic on her front lawn before,

Mrs Conyard had never said Thank you to the bin men before,

Mr Curtis had never missed playing cricket so much,

Emilia had never been annoyed by her brother so much,

Belladona had never stood and clapped for the NHS on her doorstep before,

Louis had never had never exercised with Joe Wickes before,

Kai had never had so many movie nights,

Shay had never learned Spanish before,

Alex had never helped his dad paint the garden fence,

Rui had never hoovered the house before,

Archie had never made spaghetti pasta before.

Stations of the Cross

Children were asked this week to research the Stations of the Cross and to present their work in any way they liked! We have had some amazing work sent in! Thank you.

Great Greeks

To celebrate Greek myths and legends the children have completed work which included designing a Greek vase, researching the Greek flag and writing stories about mythical creatures.

Have a look at some great Greek photographs.

A Recycled Pet

During Science week Class 3GC have been recycling waste to make themselves a pet. They have made a wonderful selection.

Pounds and Pence

We have been adding and taking away with money and converting pence into pounds and pounds into pence. Today we wrote our own till receipts. We worked out how much our bill was using a calculator, we then worked out the change from £5.00.

Investigating Magnetic Force

Collage Creations

3GC have been busy making collages, some still need a little more work but enjoy what they have created so far!

South Pole Expedition

3C have been on an expedition to the South Pole. They had to pack and secure their bags to their sledge, man haul their sledges across mountains, icy lakes, glaciers and crevices before reaching the South Pole!

Surviving the cold

Class 3C performed an experiment to see if a layer of fat could really keep out the cold. They timed how long their hands could stay in the icy water before it was too cold and uncomfortable compared to wearing a blubber glove. The children had amazing fun and were very scientific in their thoughts, thinking about how animals survive in the Antarctic.

Epic Expedition

3c have been learning about Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton and the race to the South Pole.

For their design and technology they designed and made their own sledges to help them understand their science topic of Forces. By choosing materials that would cause less friction they also learned how to transport their belongings for their expedition. It was awesome!

Enjoying Science Outside

Year 3 enjoyed the nature area. They were testing their sledges on different surfaces - nature area, playground and grass for friction. They also fed the birds with cheerios, bread/honey and bird seed.

Friction

Class 3C have been investigating friction in their science lessons.

Chocolate creations

Class 3C designed their own chocolate boxes and designed and made their own chocolate sweets. Looks like they enjoyed themselves.

Investigating the taste of chocolate

Class 3C have been having a truly delicious time investigating the taste of chocolate. Looks like really hard work!

Year 3 enjoying their workshop with the Port of London Authority

Stick Skeletons

3C are learning about the body and built stick skeletons in the nature area. They are amazing!

Model Dinosaurs

Class 3C have been having a great time making model dinosaurs. Take a look at the fantastic creations.

Perimeters

Class 3C have been outside measuring the perimeter of different parts of the playground. Ask your child to explain how they did it.

Soil Investigation

Class 3C have been investigating soil and painting the layers in rocks.

Nest Building

Class 3C have been having a wonderful time in the Nature Area building nests to protect eggs, just like the dinosaurs did!

Rocks

Class 3C have been grouping rocks according to their characteristics. We chose which groups to sort them into.

News from 2018 - 2019

Our Amazing Iron Man Poetry Display

World Book Day

On World book day the children had an amazing day full of book based learning and fun. Here are some photographs of the children making some fantastic book based artwork!

Volcanic Eruptions!

In February we learnt about 'Our Awesome World' and designed and then constructed model volcanoes so we could conduct experiments on achieving the most powerful eruptions!

Perfect Pizzas!

In January 3G had a fantastic morning learning about all things 'Pizza' all thanks to Pizza Express in Southend.

Some of us even enjoyed the tasting session afterwards!

Karma Kids

Class 3FC have been having a wonderful time learning new techniques to become calm and focused. We think Mrs Fisher has mastered the moves too!