Year 3
Awesome Assembly
What a year it has been! In case you didn't know what year 3 have been studying this year, Doctor Whos Matthew, Eyad and Maleeka, took to the Tardis to visit all of the places, times and topics that year 3 have studied this year. From Rainforests to Volcanoes, from Stone Age to Sheldon (via Ancient Greece), the children expertly expressed their learning and showed all of the school what knowledgeable superstars they are. It was an especially impressive performance considering the fact that they have had such a short time to practise and a number of the stars were away on the day requiring other children to step in and say their lines. The children managed like professionals and Mrs Humphries, Mr Mac and Miss Khan were so proud of the effort they have all put in. A lovely end to the year's learning. Well done year 3!
It's A Puzzle Would You Believe?
On Thursday, June 6th, Year 3 embarked on an epic quest to solve the mysterious, majestic maze that meandered around Puzzlewood near to the Forest of Dean. As the name suggests, Puzzlewood is a Puzzle inside a wood and it cannot be confirmed or denied whether Mr Mac and Mrs Humphries got us lost on one or two occasions. However, after witnessing first hand the stunning beauty of this temperate rainforest and traipsing through the muddy paths on the forest floor beneath the thick canopy, we emerged (like the emergent layer) into the clear open space... Only to realise that we were actually on the far side of the forest and we needed to bravely venture back in to the gloomy,
chilly understorey once more. Like intrepid explorers we discovered the way to the exit and freedom. Thankfully, we had made it and we wearily climbed on to the coach for the long journey home. There may even have been one or two children who dozed off on the journey. It was a fantastic day and everybody had a brilliant time and behaved impeccably, there were even some members of the public who told Mr Mac how lovely we were. Many thanks to Mrs Wells, Miss Khan, Mr Kaiser and Mr Humphries who came along to help on the trip
Puzzlewood Trip June 6th 2024
Good morning 3 Simmonds and 3 Newman!
Websites
Coding website
continue your coding at home. remember that the log in code is txchyc
https://studio.code.org/users/sign_in
Touch Typing Website
https://www.typingclub.com/sportal/program-3.game
Skara Brae information
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/skara-brae/
Internet safety, interland game
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland
Stone Age Websites
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/stone-age
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Stone-Age/353814
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/timeline.html
Times Tables website
Telling the Time Game
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Maths practise.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Brush up your English skills.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
Welcome to Year 3
Here is where you will find all of the information and pictures about everything that is going on in year 3.
Mrs Humphries and Mr Mac
Here are some weblinks to help you out
Coding
https://studio.code.org/sections/VSBCSY
Typing club
Coding your own game
https://studio.code.org/flappy/1
Stone Age VR experience
It was virtually time for the Stone Age in year 3 this week as on Monday we were transported to a VR world of discovery. Magically, we were whisked back to around 30,000 BC and the time of Stone Age man. We saw the cave paintings and constructions from the time and even some of the tools they used. We even got to visit Stonehenge without the four hour drive down the A303 in Wiltshire. As well as the VR experience, we also got hands on with some Stone Age crafts, turning fleece into wool to use to weave into material ready to make fancy outfits. It was a fantastic experience that really brought the Stone Age to Sheldon.
Year 3 were fortunate enough to be visited by the nurses and staff from Nuffield Health to talk to us about the importance of hand hygiene. This is especially relevant at the moment with so many bugs flying around so we got to find out just how good we are at washing our hands. With some magic lotion, we covered our hands before putting them in to a lightbox where all of the lotion glowed white. After washing them, we could see which bits of our hands we had missed. We are glad to report that most of the children did a brilliant job of washing the lotion off… the staff also had a go but we cannot possibly tell you whether the staff were as good at washing their hands as the children!!! Many thanks to the staff from Nuffield especially Mrs Maclean who is also the wife of one of the staff, can you guess who?
Cave Paintings
Ugga bug oo oo, ugh, wugg ooohah booogoo bugba.
And for those of you who don't speak Stone Age language, the children had a great time creating their own cave paintings to start our exciting Stone Age topic. We looked at examples of cave paintings from around the world and then used chalk to create our own works of art in the style of cave paintings. The children learnt why the caves were painted and how the Stone Age people used these paintings to communicate in a time when there was no written or spoken language.
Erupting Volcanoes!
Our Volcano topic finished outside in the freezing cold with some fantastic volcanoes ready to erupt. After filling with vinegar and orange powder paint, we added the baking soda and watched the lava ooze down the slopes.
Volcanoes Nearing Eruption
After a lot of hard work and messy hands, the volcanoes are finished and ready to blow their tops in explosive eruptions and dynamic lava flows. The finished papier mâché creations look brilliant and show all the features of composite volcanoes. They are just waiting to be filled with vinegar and baking soda so that they can ooze with thick flowing lava. Check back later in the week to see the results.
Volcano Eruption Experiment
This week, we continued our volcano studies by working out how volcanoes erupt. Using different liquids and reactive agents, we carried out an experiment to find out which would give us the best explosion for when we erupt our own volcanoes later this term. Despite the impressive display from coke and Mentos, the clear winner was baking soda and vinegar which blew the film cannister all the way to the ceiling.