In geography, we looked at what makes a good settlement. We compared different settlements according to how much access they had to fuel, food and water supplies. We used maps to locate places and see how people travel between settlements. We then made our own maps to represent our own town or city.

This week we have been visited by Mr Hunton who came to teach us about Eco fish and how important it is to recycle.

We looked at different items made out of recycled materials, why recycling is important and what we can do to help.

Some of us then made our own Eco fish.

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This week Y3 enjoyed a drama workshop with One Day Create all about Volcanoes and Earthquakes!
We explored the key aspects of the physical geography of volcanoes and earthquakes and examined current natural disasters and significant historical incidents though quizzes and being intrigued by Hattie’s descriptions of different earthquakes and volcanoes around the world. We acted out and discussed what life would be like if natural disaster occurred in our area and expressed our ideas and feelings through voice, movement, role play and drama!

This week Y3 looked at the different layers of the Earth. We model made our own Earth to show all of the layers. We then compared the layers of the Earth to a peach. We looked at the inside of a peach and imagined the peach’s stone was the Earth’s core, the surrounding soft bit of the peach is like the Earth’s mantle filled with magna and finally the skin is like the Earth’s crust. We then labelled all of the layers of the Earth it was super interesting!

Y3 have amazed us with their marvellous map skills this half term. We have been looking at the UK focusing on cities, rivers that flow in to our surrounding seas and mountains. We have had lots of fun finding out how to use maps and follow travel lines using a compass to get from one part of the U.K. to another.