Volcaannnnnooooooooooooooo!

In Year 3, we finally got to erupt the model volcano.  We put baking soda into the neck of the volcano and then added a mixture of vinegar, red food colouring and washing up liquid.  We were a bit disappointed because it didn't erupt as much as we anticipated! Take a look at the pictures of 3F erupting their volcano.  

Bones, Bones, Bones!

HALLOWEEN FEVER HITS JB!

In Year 3 we started our new topic, Stone Age and Bones.  We had a delivery of bones frozen in ice that we had to try and break free.  We also looked at x-rays of bones and tried to put together a skeleton. It felt very apt to be starting these topics on Halloween... hopefully it didn't give anyone a fright!

3E and 3F are subtraction superstars!

This week we have been developing and honing our subtraction skills.  Working on whiteboards on Monday enabled the children to work quickly through lots of different calculations.  

You could quiz us at home, we're so fast at mental calculations now!

Year 3 Enjoying Flotsam!

Our new book this term is Flotsam by Alan Weisner.  So far we have enjoyed asking questions about this unusual picture book and creating soundscapes.

Last week we used the props that we made for homework to act out our own versions of the story.

Designing a London Landmark

As part of our topic on London we learnt about landmarks in London, such as The London Eye and Buckingham Palace and the materials used to build them.

 We then designed our own building and constructed a model out of various materials including paper, wooden lolly sticks and aluminium foil. Which model do you like best? Why? What kind of building would you design to fit in with the London skyline?

We're going on a Bug Hunt!

In Science we have been learning about habitats. Do you know what a habitat is?

First of all we thought about what wild animals live locally to us. We thought of foxes, hedgehogs, pigeons, magpies, rats and slugs.

Next we went outside to look at what different habitats we could find around school and thought about what animals might live in them.

After that we headed off on our Bug Hunt. We used pooters to suck up small creatures to take a closer look at. Look at what we found!

Later on we did a mini investigation to see which habitat the creatures we found liked the best. We put some dry black paper and some damp black paper into a tray and put our creatures in. We scrunched the paper so the creatures could get underneath. Which habitat do you think they preferred?

Finally we released all the creatures back to their natural habitats.