Year 3 have had a fantastic half term! We have been working extremely hard in all subjects and have made great progress. In English, the children have learnt about the importance of sentence structure and discovered what helps us to make a great sentence. We have also learnt how to write a narrative in the third person and how to use different pronouns to avoid repetition. In our reading lessons, the children have been learning about the importance of inference and how they can find clues and evidence within a text to support their thoughts and opinions.                     

In maths the children have been learning about measure (particularly focusing on length), they are now able to accurately measure using a ruler and are able to convert measurements from mm to cm and even metres. They have also learnt about fractions and how to identify the numerator and denominator. The children have created their own fraction walls to support their learning of equivalent fractions.

In science the children have learnt about forces and magnets and have taken part in lots of practical experiments. They are able to distinguish between a contact and a non-contact force and give examples of these in everyday life. The children have loved working scientifically to test theories and prove facts.

In history, we have been learning about The Stone age, when it happened, how long it lasted and the different stages and what occurred in each session. The children took a particular interest in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic era when Woolley mammoths were alive and when Britain was still joined to Europe. We went to the Shropshire Hills discovery centre, where there is a designated exhibition about the Stone age, including a life size model of a Woolley mammoth. The children took part in activities and experienced life in the Stone age.  In geography we have learnt about the four countries that make up the UK, their capital cities and also about the difference between counties, countries and regions.

The children loved taking part in the CUSP Design Technology festival, the focus was food and nutrition. We learnt how to make beans on toast from scratch-using yoghurt in our soda bread and the beans were made using haricot beans.