Welcome to Year 3!

Recent photographs of fun in Year 3!

We were lucky enough to have a visit from Rise Theatre to help us celebrate Green Week. The children had a fabulous time joining in with the performance and learning all about their role as a guardian of God's planet.  We all dressed in green for the day and completed activities that made us think about how our world is changing and the role each of us play in taking care of it. The children used natural materials to create pictures of some of their most favourite places that God has created. 

Our first topic in Science is all about plants. The children have been describing the functions of the different parts of a flowering plant and investigating how water travels through the plant. In order to do this, we used a red dye in the water and observed how it changed the colour of the white lilies. The children have also been busy planning their own experiment to explore the requirements of plants for life and growth. 

As part of our Stone Age topic, we have been learning about Stonehenge. Year 3 enjoyed mixing paints to create a sunset background before adding in part of the stone circle.

There are many theories about why Stonehenge was built, but one enduring hypothesis is that it was used by ancient astronomers as a solar calendar. This is because its entrance faces the rising sun on the day of the summer solstice.