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11 February 2025

Safer Internet Day 2025 Year 3

Year 3 took a deep dive into the digital world as they celebrated Safer Internet Day. Through live lessons, engaging videos and vibrant discussions, they are now more equipped with the essential skills to spot scams and phishing attempts.

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9 February 2025

Year 3 - City vs town vs village

In Geography, Year 3 have been discovering the unique characteristics that set a city, town and a village apart. To solidify their learning, they engaged in a fun paired activity, sorting statements to help them understand these vital differences. 

 

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9 February 2025

Year 3 - Exploring soils

Exciting time for Year 3 as they dive into the world of soils. They rolled up their sleeves and got hands-on with sandy, chalky, peat and clay soil. From feeling the textures to discovering their unique properties, they are getting to grips with the ground beneath our feet. Who knew soil could be…

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5 February 2025

Year 3 - Children's Mental Health Week

Year 3 enjoy a virtual assembly focusing on mental health and were inspired to think of ways to keep their minds healthy. Following that they participated in a thoughtful art lesson where they explored their feelings. Discussions around what makes them feel angry, frustrated and happy led to some…

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30 January 2025

Robot Pets Experience Day

Year 3 kicked off their new English unit with an experience day dedicated to robot pets. They drew their intepretation of a robot dog, igniting creativity and curiosity in preparation for crafting their explanation texts about how they work.

 

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22 January 2025

PJ day to start independent writing planning

Latest reward unlocked on our Passport to Privilege which meant it was PD day as we started planning for our latest independent write. We embraced our comfy vibes to start to craft our own magical story.

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16 January 2025

Year's Rock Tastic Adventure

Year 3 have had a fantastic time exploring the world of rocks. They ventured around the school grounds, eager to uncover some treasures. Their excitement peaked when they stumbled upon what they thought was a marble bench only to discover it was plastic!

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11 January 2025

Learning about rocks

Year 3 have been rock solid this week, delving into the mesmersing world of geology. They've been exploring the properties of different rocks through hands-on experiments, testing their hardness, buoyancy (floating and sinking!) and even their reaction to acid.

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15 December 2024

Spanish and Music in Year 3

Year 3 enjoy Wednesday afternoons with their Spanish and Music lessons. They have loved starting to play the recorders and learn how to say the colours and numbers in Spanish.

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7 December 2024

Year 3 WW2 Visitor

Year 3 enjoyed learning more about World War 2 with a hands on workshop to discover what life was like during the year by different artefacts.

 

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1 December 2024

Working practically in Maths

This week, Year 3 has been working incredibly hard in Maths, focusing on their addition and subtraction skills. They've been exploring different techniques and using digital tools to help them find answers, especially when it comes to exchanging! It’s fantastic to see their enthusiasm as they…

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22 November 2024

All Zones are Okay

Year 3 enjoyed some more work around the Zones of Regulation to help understand that all Zones are Okay. Even though all feelings are okay, not all actions are and they need to think about their behaviour. For example it's OK to feel overwhelmed in the Yellow Zone, but it's hurtful to say mean…

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