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...
Over the last two weeks in Music, the children in Year 3 have used Boom Whackers. Stuart explained to the children that when their coloured Boom Whacker appeared on the board during each song, they had to tap theirs on their hand to each beat. Some of the songs they...
Year 3 enjoyed an informative discussion with Lilian, who was a child during World War II. Lilian told the children all about her memories of the War. Lilian was 10 years old when war broke out. She remembers the Prime Minister announcing the start of the war and the...
Over the last couple of week's during Music, Year 3 have been recognising different notes and how many beats each note have. We have learnt that there are 4 beats in each bar. The children have clapped the rhythm of each note as some children held up the note cards at...
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...
In geography, Year 3 have been learning about the different climate zones around the world and the weather conditions found here. Having studied life in a tropical climate zone and a temperate climate zone, the children were challenged to research the weather...