Blog Author: Nicola Littler

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.

Year 3 have started to learn about forces in Science.  We started by looking at pushing and pulling and had a go at freeze framing actions, the rest of the class had to guess the action and force being used.  Then we looked at how things move and played forces bingo.  Who knew a game of forces…

Year 3 were challenged to using maps to name and locate cities of the UK.

Year 3 enjoyed spending some time with the famous Poppy!

Year 3 used quickprint to draw their fossils then used paint to print their brilliant fossils.

Year 3 have enjoyed creating a research page about Eric Gill and Christa Rijneveld who are both printing artists. They then used art pencils to draw fossils, they perfected their drawings ready to create a print next lesson. 

In today’s Jigsaw lesson, Year 3 worked in pairs to mime different feelings. The rest of the class had to guess the feeling being mimed. Lots of laughs and fun were had during this activity!

Year 3 enjoyed their visit from Healthy Minds UK today. They enjoyed using the augmented reality and tablets to find out about the impact humans have on the environment.