World Book Week in Year 3

World Book Week in Year 3

This week we have been celebrating World Book Week in school. On Tuesday, we visited Dunston library where we looked at how the books were organised and then had the opportunity to choose a book to take back to school with us. Today, we came to school dressed as a...
Forest School Toffee Apples

Forest School Toffee Apples

This morning, Year 3 have enjoyed making toffee apples on the campfire in forest school. We started off by using a bill hook and a mallet to cut a piece of wood into smaller pieces to start the fire. Then we used wooden sticks to toast slices of apple until they were...
The Iron Man

The Iron Man

This half term in English, Year 3 are reading the novel ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. At the beginning of the week, we read the first chapter and explored the description of the Iron Man. In the coming weeks, we are going to use the text to write a set of instructions...
Classifying Different Rocks

Classifying Different Rocks

This half term in Science Year 3 are investigating rocks. We started off the topic by looking at six different types of rock. We used a table of properties to help us identify different metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous rocks. We identified limestone, granite,...