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 sentences. They have written some fantastic, first person narratives and have used expanded noun phrase, precise adjectives and adverbs to add detailed descriptions to their writing. In our reading lessons, the children have been learning about authorial intent and how important it is, to help the reader build up a picture in their heads of what they are reading.        

In maths the children have been learning about time, shape and statistics. The children are now able to read an analogue and digital clock and can tell the time to the nearest hour and minute. They are able to confidently describe both 2D and 3D shapes and list their properties. The children have learnt how to draw and interpret both pictograms and bar charts and they have really enjoyed coming up with their own questions for each other. 

In science the children have learnt about plants. They have particularly enjoyed this area and are now able to name the individual parts of a flowering plant. They have practically dissected a plant to find the individual parts and have completed an experiment using carnations and food dye to enable them to see how water is transported around a plant.                                

In history, we have begun learning about the Romans and their empire. The children have discovered how the reign of the Romans has influenced may aspects of modern-day life in the U.K, like the invention of toilets, drains and aqueducts. We are very lucky to have an amazing set of Roman artefacts to accompany our topic and the children have loved the hands-on experience of getting up close and personal with the objects (especially the life size replica of a Roman shield). 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.

In Art, the children have been exploring painting. They have learnt techniques to create negative spaces using paint and they have explored the contrast between foreground and background. The children also loved their D.T lessons this half term with the focus being on food and nutrition. They made roasted stuffed peppers and noodle salad and their favourite part was the food tasting at the end!

We went on our class trip to Wyre Forest and the children’s behaviour was amazing! We spent an action-packed day, following the Gruffalo Trail, playing hide and seek in the woods, looking for animal tracks, identifying different species of trees and of course playing on the natural park and a picnic in the woods.