Y3 have been learning about the different types of volcanoes and how active volcanoes erupt. We learnt about how the earth builds up pressure which affects the Earth’s crust, so that magma can sometimes erupt through it. We then took our learning outside and created our own class volcano to watch how when pressure builds it causes an eruption.
Y3 enjoyed taste testing lots of different breads and fillings they could use to be adventurous when designing their own sandwich! We evaluated the smell, texture, appearance and most importantly the taste of different ingredients.
Year 3 had so much fun at Beamish! We enjoyed visiting the new 1950’s Front Street where we explored Norman Cornish’s house. Inside of Norman Cornish’s house, we did some observational sketching of what we could see. We also explored the history of the 1900’s village and pit village- some of us even got the chance to go down the coalmine and experience how it would have been for children to work in the cold, dark and damp conditions. To finish the day, we visited the Victorian school and discussed the differences in school life compared to ours today. We even had a try at using the metal hoops and sticks in the school playground- it was super tricky!
Y3 have began learning First Aid life skills.
This week we discussed how the most important thing about being a Little Rescuer is making sure that you stay safe and look after yourself. If you get hurt, you can’t help anyone else. In groups, we created a RED DANGER CIRCLE and wrote items that could be dangerous on a piece of paper and placed them inside. Somebody lay inside the circle and we imagined different scenarios that could have happened. We had to assess the situation and ensure we kept ourselves safe before responding. We now know that whenever we help someone we have to first STOP and check that it is safe for us.
Y3 had so much for today looking at the different layers of the Earth. We created our own Earth to show all of the layers. We created the inner core then covered it with the Earths outer core, mantle then finally the Earth’s crust. 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.
This year Hadrian’s Wall is celebrating its 1900th anniversary. Years 1 to 6 took part in online workshops delivered by Tyne and Wear Museums as part of their ‘Virtual Hadrian’s Wall Day’.
We are working on a very exciting project in school. We have all been learning about Hadrian’s Wall and every child has made their own ‘fact brick’. We look forward to sharing the finished project with you soon!
Here are some pictures of our bricks. Can you guess what we are building?
Y3 enjoyed a walk up to the top of Cleadon Hills as part of our current Geography Topic. We looked at what local landmarks we could see from the very top – we were able to see as far as Penshaw monument! In the distance we could also spy the Northern Spire Bridge, the pier and lots of our coastline including Souter lighthouse! We noticed that the higher we walked the windier it was but the sights were very clear.
The children from reception to year 6 love lunchtime club. Have a look at our photos and see what we have been up to this half term.
Year 3 have been enjoying our ICT topic ‘Branching Databases’. We have been learning about yes and no questions and we began arranging objects in a tree structure to determine which groups the objects belonged to. We are looking forward to creating our own branching database in the upcoming weeks!
Year 3 have been enjoying their new science topic ‘Animals Including Humans’. This week we have been learning about animals diets and what they eat in order to survive. We learnt that animals can be put into 3 different groups based on the types of food they eat. Some animals are called Carnivores because they only eat meat. Other animals are called Herbivores and they only eat plants. Animals that eat both meat and plants are called Omnivores. We created a venn diagram of herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. In groups, we sorted different animals into the 3 groups based on the food they eat. We thoroughly enjoyed our science lesson and we are looking forward to our next science lesson where we will be learning about the different skeleton types!
