Announcement: Year 3 will be taking part in Christmas Advent activities at St Lawrences’ Church next week. 3B are going Tuesday afternoon, 3W on Thursday and 3P on Friday. Please let us know if your child has an appointment that day or are unable to take part for any reason.
Thanks,
Year-3
Looking for good books as Christmas presents for children?
Books for Topics have put together a list of recommended books to give to primary school aged children this year.
Our Key Stage 2 pupils took part in the national Times Table Rock Stars ‘England Rocks’ competition last week. Amazingly, we came 16th out of 4000 schools across the whole country!
Especially well done to Y6F who came 53rd out of 29,000 classes, closely followed by Y5F who came 79th.
We are super proud of all our pupils who took part, showing how amazing they are at their multiplication facts. A fantastic achievement!
Well done to all of the children who took part in our Odd Socks Competition 2022.
A special well done to our winners.
Check out the photos of some of our winners!
Today we have celebrated Odd Socks Day.
Odd Socks Day provides an opportunity to have fun, be yourself, and spread awareness of the core values Anti-Bullying Week promotes.
We all joined Andy and the Odd Socks for a dance and a sing along.
Check out some of our Odd Socks photos!
Year 3 really enjoyed learning about black history last week! We know that all people should be treated equally but sadly, this isn’t always the case, and many groups of people around the world still suffer as a result of discrimination.
Thankfully, there are some amazing people who have done incredible things to fight for equality. Last week we focused on one of these people, Rosa Parks.
We started the week by learning her story, we came across lots of tricky vocabulary such as segregation and civil rights so we created a glossary.
We then looked at Rosa Park’s most important life events and ordered them in chronological order. We began to think about which was the most important event. When Rosa bravely refused to give up her seat on the bus, this was a small act that caused big changes. We decided this was her most important life event because this started this bus boycott that put an end to the segregation on buses.
To end the week we used drama to act out Rosa’s courage and bravery. We stepped inside the shoes of those involved in the bus incident and discussed how different people would have reacted when Rosa stood up for her rights. We compared this to how it would be different if this happened today.
A special visitor called Rachel visited Year 3 to transport us back to what life was like in the Stone Age times. We learned how to light a fire using flint and a fire steel, just like they would have thousands of years ago. Back then, the hunter gathers had to source their own food, we handled lots of different tools and thought about how they would have been used. After that we made ancient bannock bread and cooked it over our open fire. It was delicious!
A hunter gather had to move around as the seasons changed to ensure they had food to eat, so our final task was to work in teams to create our own nomadic shelter. We had so much fun!
Year 3 had a special French visitor. We practised our greetings to welcome Julien to Harton Primary School and introduced ourselves to him. Julien told us all about French culture and we were very jealous that they have two hours for their lunch! We then ordered our crepe with our choice of delicious toppings. They were scrumptious!
In year 3, we have been learning all about the Stone Age. We imagined that we had been transported back millions of years to this time. We couldn’t go to the shops, so we had to think like hunter-gathers in order to survive! We explored our school grounds to look out for any assets that could help us.
Y3 became rock detectives this week! We have been testing the permeability of different rocks.
We learnt about completing a comparative test where we changed the rocks and compared how much water absorbed or ran off different types of rock. We then recorded our results in a table and thought about which rock would be most suitable for Ug to create a new pair of shorts!
