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. Every was able to use levers and pulleys to bring their pictures to life (pictures attached)

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!