Author: Richard Bolus

Have you ever watched people playing in the park or walking down the street? They move in all sorts of interesting ways—running, jumping, stretching, and sitting. Artists love to capture these movements in their drawings, often with some simple sketches. When artists draw people, they don’t start with tiny details like fingers or faces. Instead, they use simple shapes and

Year 3 have enjoyed learning all about capacity and volume. They have been learning to measure in ml and litres, reading scales and working out increments. They have also been comparing capacity and volume and playing games that involve equivalent measurements.

Let’s Get Wacky for a Good Cause! Have you ever wanted an excuse to turn your hair into a rainbow, a bird’s nest, or even a gravity-defying masterpiece? Well, today was our chance! Crazy Hair Day was the perfect excuse to unleash our inner hair artist—all while raising money for Comic Relief. Comic Relief is all about using laughter and

Staying Safe Online: As part of our Safer Internet Day this year, we took part in a live lesson online to learn all about how to keep ourselves safe online. We covered a range of topics including how important it is to keep personal details private and be wary of anyone pretending to be someone they’re not.  We were encouraged to

As part of our Science work this week our task was to investigate soils from our local environment, then to make comparisons and to identify features of different soil types. We discovered that soils are made from tiny pieces of eroded rock, air and organic matter and to understand that soil is one of the world’s most important natural resources

Recently, as part of our new topic, Rocks,Relics and Rumbles, Year 3 embarked on a fantastic investigation into the fascinating world of rocks using hand lenses. We examined various samples and learned about the three different types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Using our hand lenses, we observed the unique textures and patterns of each rock. We also explored whether they

Year 3 have been tinkering with a coding program called Scratch this week and exploring its functions and features. We were able to make our sprite move across the screen, add backgrounds and sounds. We will be using loops and progressing to making our own games using our coding skills.

What an incredible day our Year 3 children had at Ryton Pools Country Park! They delved into the Stone Age, engaging in hands-on experiences that brought history to life. The highlight was learning to make fire by striking flint, with each spark igniting their enthusiasm and getting to toast mushrooms! (marshmallows)They were really tasty! The children also had the chance

Year 3 have been History Detectives this week. We looked at some Archeological evidence from the Bronze Age, particularly focusing on the Amesbury Archer who was a Bronze Age Man whose remains were recovered in 2002 near Stonehenge. In groups the children had to work through the evidence and answer questions to consider what the burial site tells us about

Year 3 have been busy this week with our first art project! This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork.