NSPCC Number Day Year 3

By Catherine Dodds10th May 2021

Year 3 had lots of fun day taking part in Number Day. We have been learning about the Stone Age in history so our maths investigations were Stone Age themed. The activities included:

Biscuit Stonehenge – we recreated the famous Neolithic structure by measuring a scaled diagram and carefully constructing each ‘stone’ using appropriately sized biscuits.

Archaeologist dig- we donned our hard hats and got to work on carefully digging for Stone Age artifacts, fossils and bones. We recorded our findings on a grid map, made records of the grid references of the find and predicted what each object might have been.

Comparing Stone Age animal’s heights –  we worked together to analyse data on a graph. Using the data, we ordered the animals by height and answered questions about the data.

 

Stone Age number system- we looked at pictures of Stone Age drawings found in La Pileta cave in Spain and investigated how they may have been used to represent numbers. We then created our own prehistoric number symbols.

Coding with Scratch- we used Scratch (a block-based visual programming language) to design, create and code our own maths quiz games.

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Remembrance Day

20th November 2020K Millican

In the lead up to Remembrance Day, the children in Year 3 learnt the poem; ‘The Inquisitive Mind of a Child-by Anon’.

We videoed ourselves in front of a green screen and added remembrance day images on the app afterwards. We created silhouette art using oil pastels and card collage. At 11 am we were very respectful during the two minutes silence.

Y3 – excellent start to the school year

1st October 2019K Millican

Year 3 have made an excellent start to the school year.

We have been learning about fables in English: performing and writing our own version of The Hare and the Tortoise.

In maths, we have been securing our knowledge of number and have moved on to different methods for addition and subtraction.

We have been learning the French language and we are getting really good at greeting each other as well as asking and responding to questions in French.

In Geography, we have been studying our local area and creating maps of the human and physical features.

In science, we are currently learning about animals and humans; looking at nutrition and the importance of a healthy diet.

We are letting our creative juices flow in art by using a range of techniques and materials to reproduce Van Gogh’s famous ‘Starry Night’ painting.

We are enjoying invasion games in PE and competing against our friends, particularly dodgeball.

In music, we are learning to play the penny whistle, which we love.

Miss Dodds is very proud of the amazing work we have produced in all of her lessons.