Blog Author: Nicola Littler

Year 3 visited our lovely Victory Garden. We read the messages we had written to the soldiers, we laid our beautiful class wreath near the cenotaph and took a minute reflection time to think about those that lost their lives during WW2.

Year 3 imagined they were soldiers during D-Day, landing on one of the 5 beaches of Normandy! They went on to write a diary entry as a soldier and used their senses to write ideas of what they may have seen, tasted, smelt, heard and felt. Great work Year 3. 

Year 3 enjoyed listening to World War sounds and songs. We practised a short song, Run Rabbit, Run. A great, fun lesson for us all. 

In Year 3 our remembrance week focus is D Day, we have enjoyed learning about it over the past two days.  Year 3 have been very inquisitive and intrigued about the Battle of Normandy.  So far we have read about D Day and answered questions, ordered and described the events of D Day, discussed the…

Year 3 have enjoyed finding out about the different types of artillery and aviation used during D Day.  They used their artistic skills to draw one of the aircrafts using during the great battle. 

Lots of fun was had in a Jigsaw lesson, children were working together to create an animal and noise, the class had to cooperate with each other and listen for one animal stopping and starting again.

We have been learning about forces in science, we carried out a fair test using ramps and different surfaces.  We found out that different surfaces affect the toy cars movement due to friction.

As part of Black History Month, today we have been learning about Muhammad Ali.  It was really interesting finding out about his life, especially when he was growing up, he was segregated. He was not allowed to go to school, restaurants or public places where white people went.

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Our focus in geography has been physical features of the UK. We worked in pairs and used the iPads to find information about different mountains around the UK.  These included Ben Nevis, Mount Snowdon and Scafell Pike.  

This week in English, Year 3 have been really enthusiastic learning about biographies and reading about the lives of different famous people! Over the next couple of weeks we will be writing our own biography about a chosen person. 

Year 3 found it really interesting learning about Black History Month.  Some brilliant conversations took place.  During Jigsaw later in the day, we listened to a story with the title 'All Born Free' and Year 3 children related this to our Black History discussions from this…

Year 3 are enjoying gymnastics lessons in PE with Mrs Burton and Shares.