This week, we have been learning about the Jewish festival of Shabbat, a special time for rest and reflection that begins every Friday evening and lasts until Saturday night. We explored how Jewish people prepare for Shabbat, including lighting candles, saying blessings, and enjoying a festive meal with family. We’ve discovered that it’s a meaningful way for Jewish people to honour tradition, recharge, and celebrate together, making it an important part of their weekly routine. There are more photos in our photo album for you to see.

During maths this week, children explored fractions by creating a fraction wall. This hands-on activity helped them see how different fractions can be equivalent, making it easier to understand and compare fractions. We have put more photos in the photo album.

As part of our PSHE learning, we have been looking at how we can be responsible in our local area, so we joined a community litter pick in Hanley Park. We enthusiastically help clean up the park and hope we have encouraged others to use the bins to keep our community tidy. See more pictures in our photo album.

On Friday, the children in 3A created rivers with natural materials and discovered how rivers work. We used soil, twigs, stones, and leaves to build a small river model. We learnt how water flows and shapes the land. There are more photos in the photo album.

On Wednesday 12th February, Year 3 took part in the Stepping Out Pedestrian training. The training included class work, practical training and an observed walk around Shelton. The children were presented with a certificate, with the essential skills and knowledge that is needed to become a safe, independent pedestrian. There are more photos in our photo album.

Exploring Roman Chester at the Grosvenor Museum

Our visit to the Grosvenor Museum in Chester was a fascinating journey back in time to the days of the Roman Era. We explored ancient artifacts, tombstones, and weapons, gaining an insight into how soldiers and civilians lived nearly 2,000 years ago. The highlight of the day was marching through Chester as Roman soldiers, experiencing what it was like to be part of a legion. More photos are in the album to the right.

To introduce our new history topic, this half term, children explored different Roman artefacts, put back puzzle pieces of ancient Roman pictures and tried on clothing similar to what Roman people would have worn. See more pictures in the photo album.

During science this half term, we looked at recognising and making healthy food choices. Children used the RAG rating scale (red, amber, green) to order foods based on their fat and sugar content. Then they created a graph that showed the amounts of sugar found in different snacks, talking about which would be the best food choice and why. More photos in the photo album.

During DT week, children made money boxes. They began by building different nets, to help them decide on their 3D shape, before creating it using CAD (Computer Aided Design). They added pictures and colours to their designs, to make them appealing to kids! Once they had their design, they used techniques learnt in the lessons, to strengthen and build their money boxes. Not forgetting the most important part, the hole to drop money into. There are more photos in the photo album.

Today in history, the children have been thinking about how the Early Britons made shelters. The children were given the opportunity to use a range of materials to create their very own campsites. See the photo album for more pictures.

In history this week, the children have had the opportunity to experience a Stone Age meal. We tried fish, porridge, berries, honey and bread, before discovering how Stone Age people would have hunted and gathered their foods.  See the photo album for more photos. 

During science, we have dissected flowers and identified the different parts of a flower. The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about what plants do and what they need. Take a look in the photo album to see more photos of our learning.

Summer 1 – DT

3C made moving pictures based on previous learning. Some children chose to make an erupting volcano, while others made pictures relating to the Iron Man story. Everyone was able to use levers and pulleys to bring their pictures to life 

Summer 2 – Science

The children had a special visit from the explorerdome, which helped with their understanding of light and shadows. They were able to create shadows and understand that shadows are the absence of light and also explain how light always travels in a straight line (picture attached)

Summer 2 – Song birds

Year 3 took part in the city music song birds performance on 24th June. Over the last few weeks, children have worked hard to learn the lyrics and actions to many different summer songs, including let’s go fly a kite!

During our history lesson this week, 3C recreated the mummification process. One child, per group, role played as a dead Pharaoh, while everyone else prepared the mummy. By the end of the lesson, our Pharaohs were ready for their journey to the afterlife.

To introduce our history topic this half term, children took part in an Ancient Egyptian workshop. In the morning, they became archaeologists, digging for Ancient Egyptian artefacts, dressed up in Ancient Egyptian clothing and headdress, before watching the mummification process of a ‘dead’ Pharaoh. In the afternoon, children used reed pens and ink to complete a portrait, then decoded hieroglyphics. To finish of the day, children went hunting with bow and arrows, some even taking down hippos and crocodiles!