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
Author: Richard Bolus
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.
We had a great time visiting the Lunt Roman Fort in Baginton. The children learned lots of new facts about the Romans and how and why the Fort was built. We marched like soldiers of the Roman Legion and experienced battle drills and combat techniques. Rufus our guide was brilliant and was very knowledgeable! He showed us how to withdraw
In Year 3 we have been making 3-D shapes. We had great fun building our shapes such as cubes, square based pyramids and triangular prisms. We constructed our shapes using art straws, plasticine and multilink cubes. Which ones do you recognise?