To celebrate World Book Day and the theme of bedtime stories, we enjoyed coming to school in our pyjamas! We also enjoyed sharing our favourite books and characters.

Over the last two weeks, Year 3 have been diving into the world of collaboration, discovering that two, four, or even thirty heads are often better than one. This teamwork was in full swing during our Reading Rounders carousel, where the children practised “thinking out loud” to explore our class novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Using the ‘Reasoning Line’ in Maths, they worked in groups of four to tackle complex two-step word problems.

The classroom  erupted with energy during our Volcano presentations, which required turn-taking and shared research to showcase their geographical knowledge.

Finally, the children put their heads together in partnerships to navigate the map of Europe, successfully locating capital cities through joint effort. It’s been a fantastic fortnight of listening, sharing, and succeeding as one big team!

Lots of us have worked very hard at home and have created an amazing volcano! Some of us worked independently and some of us with our parents, siblings and other family members. We used our knowledge of volcanoes from our Geography lessons to label the different parts.

How fantastic they are!

We thoroughly enjoyed designing and making our very own pair of mittens! Just like a designer, we looked at different examples of mitten designs and their features before designing our own. We showed lots of resilience when using the running stitch to attach the two pieces of felt together. We also created our own design to make them more personal which we carefully sewed on. Threading the needle (for some of us multiple times) proved to be quite tricky but they children persevered and it was lovely to see so many support and encourage one another.

Hopefully the weather will continue to warm up so there won’t be a need to wear them but they’ll be perfect for next winter!

How amazing our creations are!

3BC used their storytelling skills with a hands-on investigation of light to deliver an the epic tale of Lemminkainen. The children worked in collaborative teams to build their own shadow puppet theaters. The “secret ingredients” to their success were their mastery of opaque, translucent, and transparent materials. They carefully chose opaque cardstock to create the bold, dark silhouettes of the characters, used translucent fabrics to create the misty, magical atmosphere, and transparent layers to let the light shine through clearly. What a show!

To help us understand the terms: transparent, translucent and opaque we enjoyed searching for objects around the classroom.

Some materials surprised us when we held them up to the light and we discovered that it was translucent rather than opaque.

What a spectacular day we had in Year 3 on Tuesday! The classroom was transformed into a land of ancient legends as we welcomed the brilliant storyteller, Matthew Bellwood, for a special workshop all about the epic hero, Lemminkäinen.

The children didn’t just listen to the story—they lived it! We kicked off the morning by learning traditional songs. The room was filled with rhythmic chanting and singing as we used our voices to set the scene of the snowy North. It was the perfect way to get into character! Matthew then led the children in acting out the key moments of Lemminkäinen’s journey. The highlight of the afternoon was definitely our shadow puppet theater. Using light, screens, and carefully cut-out silhouettes, the children re-told the story of Lemminkäinen. The children worked in small groups to narrate their scenes, showing fantastic teamwork and creative flair.

We enjoyed making our Christingle this afternoon ready for the Christingle service tomorrow…

We thoroughly enjoyed our music lesson today where Adam from Front Row Music introduced us to playing the ukulele.  

We began by learning the different parts of the ukulele: head, neck, body, sound hole and strings.  

With a little bit of practise, we played in time together, getting to know the four strings. We then played different chords. 

We definitely have some budding musicians in 3BC! 

What a fantastic day we had at Murton Park! As soon as we arrived, we were transported back in time to The Stone Age. We spent the day in role, wearing our tunics in the village. ‘Raven’ was our tribe leader for the day and we began by being given our jobs to complete.

Raven was very impressed with what we already knew about life during the Stone and Bronze Ages!

Throughout the day, we worked collaboratively to complete the tasks which included: grinding wheat, making ‘Bell Beaker’ pottery, hunting and weaving.

We enjoyed listening to a story around the fire in the roundhouse to end the wonderful day.