As part of our work on bridges, in Creative Home Learning we made bridges. Look at our pictures of the bridges we made.

Bridge that Gap!

In Y3 we have been learning about the different kind of bridges there are in the world. Some bridges are made from metal, wood, stone, brick or concrete. Bridges can cross rivers, canyons, ravines, fields, lakes or ponds. Trains, vehicles, people and water can travel over bridges. 

We found that stone bridges usually had an arch shape but metal bridges often had triangle shapes. Suspension bridges have strong metal ropes to hang the road from. 

We have made bridges out of construction equipment. Our bridges needed to span a gap wider than a ruler and carry a heavy book on them. Look at how well we did.

World book day was exciting, we all dressed as our favourite characters. After lunch we each were able to chose a free book. Lots of us choose a selection of short stories by Michael Morpurgo. This is because Mrs Gee read The Butterfly Lion, written by Michael Morpurgo to us and we loved it.

For Remembrance Day this year we had a visit from Mount Tabor Church. They led us in some activities to help us reflect about those who have given their lives in war. 

Our Learning Challenge question was 'What makes the Earth Angry'. Amongst other things we learnt about Volcanoes. All three classes made their own volcanoes out of Art-Roc. Using vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and red food colouring we made our volcanoes erupt. It was great fun. Look at our photos and video of the errupting volcanoes.

Year 3 are learning about Rocks and Soils. For their Creative Home Learning task they were asked to make a display of rocks.

We were really pleased with the work they produced. The children enjoyed sharing their work with each other.

We used eggs to represent our teeth. Each egg was left in a different liquid and we looked to see how the egg shell changed.

The brushing your teeth song

Brush your teeth, brush your teeth,

Give them all a treat!

Brush up and down and all around,

To keep them nice and neat.

In the morning and at night,

Brush them twice a day.

Brush up and down and all around,

Keep fillings well away.

Brush your teeth, brush your teeth,

Give them all a treat.

Brush up and down and all around,

To keep them nice and neat.

We decorated eggs and brought them into school.

Art Week 2014

We have been looking at the work of the famous New York artist Andy Warhol. He was well-known for his Pop Art which made art from everyday, popular things. In Year 3 we have used different media to create pictures in the style of Warhol. Our work includes printing from styrofoam tiles, pencil crayon drawings of cans, re-colouring the same photo in different ways and using the Paint programme in ICT to create repeated patterns.

In Literacy we wrote reports about Art Week. We also wrote instructions about how to make a print picture in the style of Andy Warhol.

Examples of work reporting on World Book Day.

In the morning we all came in a costume, I was an Umpa Lumpa. When we got into the classroom all of our class did a Big Write on famous authors. After that we each got a pound voucher to spend in the hall. When we got to the hall there was a table full of amazingly, cool and funny books.

 Y3  AW

After my dinner it was class time but five minutes later it was assembly time and we all went to assembly. When we got there almost everyone was dressed up in the school! Mr Glisson was telling us how well we were dressed and I was impressed too! Then he picked out the judges who were Mr Fenn, Mr Stevens and Miss Wood. This year, there was one pupil picked from each class. There were lots of children picked and eventually all the classes had a winner!

Y3 LB

When It was World Book Day nearly everyone was dressed up as one of their favourite book characters. We wrote our own story called 'Mr Twit's revenge'. In the hall there was a book shop with different kinds of books in it.  We were given a voucher so we could keep one of the books.

Y3  LG