St Adrian's Catholic Primary School
To learn, to love, to live
On Wednesday, we went to the Cathedral. We developed our map reading skills by using grid references to help us locate key objects in the Cathedral. Our favourite part of the day was making the clay tiles. We were inspired by the beauty of the Cathedral.
In Year 3 this week, we participated in a science workshop centered around the exploration of various materials. Throughout the session, we rotated among four stations, each offering unique experiments and investigations.
At the initial station, our task involved predicting the hardness of different materials by testing them against a wood block.
Next, we conducted a chemical reaction aimed at generating carbon dioxide.
In another station we explored chromatography.
In the final station we examined the density contrast between oil and water by creating lava lamps.
This week, we’ve been fully immersed in science experiments aligned with our current learning focus: light and dark. Our journey began with exploring various materials and examining their reflective properties under different conditions. We also learned about how shadows are formed. Then, we created animal shadows with our hands. We concluded the week by planting sunflower seeds in preparation for our next science unit.
We celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite characters from beloved books. Throughout the day, we engaged in group reading activities and shared our favourite stories with one another.
On birthdays we encourage children to donate a book to our class library. As a token of our appreciation they get to wear a non- school uniform on their birthday. Our class wish list can be found on Amazon. Year Three wish-listhttps://amzn.eu/bXpVAyq
In English, we were inspired by the book ‘A River’ by Marc Martin to create our own version of the story. We used descriptive language to describe the journey of the river. Here are some photos of our English display.
Maths
In maths, we explored the perimeter of various shapes. Here are a few snapshots from our lesson.
This week has been bustling with activities centered around children’s mental health and Safer Internet Day. To kick off our week, we delved into the theme ‘My voice matters’ in class, exploring ways to use our voice to share what matters to us. We took part in a dance and yoga session to help us focus on our physical well being.
For Safer Internet Day, we immersed ourselves in various activities aimed at enhancing our online safety awareness.
We marked Number Day with a series of engaging activities, including number investigations, times table games, and challenging number games that tested addition and subtraction skills.
This week, we have been working on our new PE unit, badminton. We have been familiarising ourselves with the shuttle, developing our overhead throwing skills, tracking, and catching the shuttle. Here are some photos from our lesson.
We’ve had an absolutely fantastic week returning to school, and we’re eager to share the exciting things happening in our English lessons!
We are currently reading ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys,’ a book that has cross-curricular links to our science lessons. We have been enjoying familiarising ourselves with the text. Here are some photos of us role-playing parts of the story.
Last day of Autumn Term!
We have had wonderful day which started off with an assembly saying goodbye to Mrs Ruffell and Mrs McSweeney.
After playtime we played a few games and then we opened our KrisKringle gifts. We had fun guessing who the gift was from.
Thank you for the generous gifts. Wishing you a restful Christmas break!
