Willow Class had a wonderful week celebrating both their hard work and their positive attitude, starting with a special reward, the Golden ticket for attendance. They took a class vote to select their reward for this; the children practised the British Value of democracy by choosing their prize from a list of options and selecting extra playtime. They had their extra play in the Valley, where the children spent time playing, laughing, sharing books and enjoying the well-deserved recognition of their efforts.

 

This week in Science Week, the children had a fantastic time exploring, experimenting, and discovering new things together. They investigated magnets by testing a variety of classroom objects to find out which ones were magnetic, making predictions and sharing their ideas as they explored. The children also created their own tin‑foil boats, carefully shaping and designing them before testing whether they would float—and then adding coins to see how many their boats could hold before sinking! It was a hands‑on, curiosity‑filled week, and the children loved every moment of learning through investigation. Finally, we did an experiment based on how much weight paper could hold!

 

 

 

Holi

We celebrated the festival of Holi in school this week. We started with an assembly on Monday, where we learnt a Holi song, and looked at how different people celebrate. We also designed a Holi t-shirt, based on the tradition of throwing coloured paint on family and friends!

World Book Day

What an amazing world book day we had in year 3! We had some fantastic costumes, and Paddington bear, and 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid characters as teachers! The day was filled with lots of ERIC (Everyone Reading In Class), and the children designed their own book cover based on their costume!

This week we have been learning about the Romans invading Britain in our From Stone To Rome topic. We re-enacted the invasion with toy soldiers and a map of Europe in the Iron Age. The Romans travelled with boats and through France, first with Emperor Caesar failing twice and then finally the success of Emperor Claudius in 43AD.  

 

In Maths, we had a visitor from the Money Charity teach us all about financial literacy. We discussed the difference between ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ and looked at how much they cost. We also looked at case studies showing different ways people receive income, such as student loans, salaries and state pensions.  

 

Finally, in science we have been looking at magnets, exploring which objects are magnetic and whether a magnet’s size affects its magnetic force and strength.  

 

What an exciting final week of Spring 1 in year 3! 

 We had young interpreters and parent volunteers to come and read to us in other languages for our ‘Tales from Every Corner’ event.  

We learnt about Hillforts when focusing on the Iron Age in history and even reenacted a Hillfort invasion!  

Lastly, It was Safer Internet Day this week, and in school we were focusing on AI. We decided if scenarios were ‘okay’ or ‘not okay’ by standing on different sides of the room.  

 

In History, the children attempted to build Stone Henge with Sarsens as shortbreads and custard creams as bluestones! The children showed respect when working together as a team. 

 

In Science, we did an experiment about friction, rolling cars on different surfaces to see if they had high or low friction. We found that the wood ramp had the lowest friction, and the carpet had the highest.  

Well done to Charlie in Willow, this week’s multiplication master!

 

Year 3 had a visitor from the Stone Age come and visit us to answer our questions that we came up with about the Stone Age! Some examples of questions we came up with were:

What animals do you hunt to eat?

Who do you live with?

What weapons or tools do you make from Stone?