Exploring Light and Shadow in Year 3!

This term, our Year 3 children are embarking on an exciting new learning adventure as we dive into the fascinating world of light and shadow!

Through a series of hands-on science lessons, pupils will be exploring how light behaves, how shadows are formed, and why the position of a light source can change the size and shape of a shadow. These lessons are full of curiosity, discovery, and opportunities for our budding scientists to ask questions, make predictions, and carry out their very own experiments.

One of the highlights of the term will be creating our own shadow puppets! Children will use their new knowledge of opaque, translucent, and transparent materials to design and build puppets that cast clear and interesting shadows. This creative project will allow them to combine science and art in a fun and imaginative way.

As always, we encourage you to talk to your child about what they’re learning in class. Ask them about the experiments they’ve tried or what surprised them most about how shadows behave—you might be amazed at what they can explain!

We’re looking forward to a bright term full of discovery, creativity, and of course… a few shadows!

Stay tuned for updates and photos of our fantastic learning journey.

We hope your excited for the performances just before easter!

In addition to this, we’re also reading The Boy Who Grew Dragons, adding another layer to our dragon-themed term. It’s clear that this term is all about exploring these mythical dragons and we’re thrilled to see the children’s’ imaginations soar! 

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue our dragon adventures in the classroom! 

This term, Year 3 students have been exploring the fascinating world of Amazing Animals. Each class focused on a different continent, learning about the unique animals that call these places home. As part of their homework, the children were tasked with completing a project that explored their continent and the animals found there.

The results have been truly impressive! Students showcased their creativity with 3D models of continents and animals, recreations of artworks, and detailed model habitats. This week, the children had the opportunity to walk around and admire each other's hard work, and it was incredible to see how much effort and imagination went into every project.

Well done, Year 3! Your creativity and enthusiasm have shone through, and we are all so proud of your achievements.

Over the past few weeks, Year 3 children have been learning to write instructions in our English lessons. We started off by teaching them what can go wrong when instructions are not clear enough; by using the wrong instructions and ending up with messy jam sandwiches! This showed them the importance of following clear and organised instructions, to then get a proper sandwich. The next task was to get the children to write instructions on how to make the felt bookmarks they recently created in Design Technology. 

Please check the Year 3 padlet page for your child's current spellings and encourage them to practise them at home.

What an amazing start the year 3 children have made. You have exceeded our expectations!  Well done to you all for such outstanding pieces of work!

Beyond books, the children have begun the academic year immersing themselves in the world of Amazing Animals. During writing lessons, Peter Rabbit brought joy and creativity to their stories, while guided reading sessions with Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile provided plenty of laughs and learning opportunities. In science, they eagerly examined the topic of animals, including humans, reinforcing their connections with the natural world.

It has been heartening to see the children settling in so well, embracing their learning journey with heaps of enthusiasm. Here's to an exciting year ahead filled with discovery and joy in our classrooms!