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Weston Park Museum
The class have had a brilliant day on their trip to Weston Park Museum. During the trip, we got to embalm a body, make a shabti and even meet some Egyptian mummies!
Our masks!
We have created our own Egyptian masks. Mr Bailey has even put them on display outside of his office!
Egyptian masks
In topic, we have been designing and creating our very own masks. It’s been messy!
The pyramids at sunset
Ancient Egypt
Shadows investigation
In science, we have been learning all about light and dark. On Monday, we investigated how a shadow is is created. 
Gladiators!
Today, we had a visit from some gladiators. We interviewed them and asked them about what a typical day was like in the life of a gladiator.
Roman coins
Today, we have been creating our own Roman coins using clay.
Division
In maths, we have started dividing a two digit number by a one digit number. We have used base 10 and place value counters to help solve division questions.
Roman mosaics
We have started our brand new topic, ‘What the Romans did for us’. We have been creating our own Roman mosaics for the front cover of our topic books.
Volcanoes
Come and take a look at the volcanoes we have made. We have also written newspaper articles about a recent eruption.
3 times table
In maths we have started looking at multiplication and division. Today we have been proving maths questions using cubes.
Volcano art
In topic, we have started looking at what causes a natural distaster. Take a look at some of our art work.
Halloween Fun in Y3
Having great Halloween fun on our last day of term. Lots of scary looking children in our class today!
Remembrance Day
On Tuesdays with Mrs Atkinson we have been creating poppies to decorate our garden ready for Remembrance Day. Please come and take a look at all of our hard work.
A first listen to some of our soundtracks
Our original soundtracks
We have been using garage band to create original soundtracks for our games!
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes in Spanish!
In year 3, we have started learning Spanish. Take a listen to us singing heads, shoulders, knees and toes. You’ll be impressed!
Our sound tv shows
Want to learn about sound? Watch these!
Science investigation
Today we have conducted a science investigation looking at how sound is made. Take a look at our pictures below.
Character descriptions
In literacy, we have been creating our very own game characters. Come in and take a read of our amazing character descriptions!
PEN LICENCE ALERT!
The first pen licences of the year have been handed out! Well done!
Sharing our writing
This week, we have written character descriptions. Some of us shared our work with the class.
8 bit Mario
In Topic, we have been looking at how game characters have developed over time. We tried to sketch our very own 8 bit Mario, take a look below!
Our new classroom!
Welcome to the Year 3 blog. Here is a sneak peak at our brand new classroom, I wonder who the first person will be to sit and enjoy a book in our reading corner?
We’re learning Spanish!
We have been learning head, shoulders, knees and toes in Spanish. Take a look at the video to see how good we have got!
USA
In class, we have started our brand new topic ‘USA’. We have created group topic books and will be showing why our state is the best!
2D shapes
Angles in shapes
In maths we have been learning about shape. Yesterday, some children went outside to draw 2D shapes and identified angles in these shapes.
Our sketches
Caphouse fun!
A day down the pit!
Capacity
In class we have started looking at capacity. Today we have had a capacity investigation looking at how much water was in each container using ml and l.
Yorkshire
This week we have started our new topic “Yorkshire”. We have been using our map work skills to locate different counties across England using the 8 compass points.
What did the Romans do for us?
As we are coming to the end of our Roman topic, we have created a small game on Tiny Tap to show off our learning. Enjoy!
Gladiator diary
In literacy, we have been writing diary entries and today we have been editing and improving our work.
Take a listen to some of our poems
Kennings poem
This week we have been looking at poetry and have even become poets ourselves. We have written a poem about a Roman solider looking at wow words and when to use an and a correctly.
Roman soldier instructions
Have you ever wondered how to be a Roman soldier? If you have, come and read our amazing instructions to find out more.
Our new topic books
Come and take a look at our brand new topic books. We have carefully created our own Roman mosaics and looked at where they found and created in Roman times.
Y3 Retelling of a Roman myth
Class 3 were very successful in their retelling of the Roman myth, Romulus and Remus. They used a storyboard and actions to help them to remember the details. Well done!