Pointillism

Pointillism

This half term in art Year 3 are studying the work of Georges Seurat, particularly his technique of pointillism. Today, we used felt tips to start creating artwork of the Eiffel Tower using lots of tiny dots to mimic Georges’ technique.
Pneumatic Devices

Pneumatic Devices

This half term in DT Year 3 have been looking at pneumatic systems that use air pressure to make something more. We started by constructing various investigations using straws, syringes and balloons before designing a toy car for 7-9 year olds that included a...
World Book Week in Year 3

World Book Week in Year 3

This week Year 3 have enjoyed celebrating World Book Week. We started off our week by walking to Dunston Library to have a look around before choosing a book to bring back to school and read. We were able to look at how the library was organised and learnt about the...
Telling the Time

Telling the Time

This half term in maths we have been looking at telling the time. We started off by recapping ‘o’ clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to, before moving on to telling the time to 5 minutes and then more precisely to the minute. To help us practice at...
Year 3’s Trip to the Gurdwara

Year 3’s Trip to the Gurdwara

Today we had a fantastic time visiting the Gurdwara in Newcastle. After washing our hands and taking off our shoes, we were invited upstairs to explore the classrooms, the Guru Granth Sahib’s bedroom and one of the halls used for weddings. We then came downstairs to...