Year 3 – St Peter – St Adrian's Catholic Primary School

Year 3: History/ Open Evening

We spent an incredible day exploring life in the 16th century, focusing on the catastrophic event of the Great Fire of London. We learnt how the fire spread, examined maps to track its path, and used our archaeological skills to dig up and analyse artefacts, which provided us with valuable insights into what happened.

Throughout the day, we participated in a variety of engaging activities, such as candle making, sewing, creating our own ink, making perfume, and experimenting with herbs to craft medicine, among many others. A huge thank you to all the volunteers, your assistance was invaluable, and the day would not have been possible without you!

On Wednesday, we also hosted an open day to celebrate our achievements over the past year. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our work.

Year 3: First Holy Communion Celebrations

On Wednesday, we celebrated a significant milestone by participating in our First Holy Communion and mass. During the mass, we were reminded of the importance of receiving Communion, as we read prayers and sang hymns. Dressed in our finest attire, we marked this special occasion. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the parents for the delicious spread that was generously provided.

Year 3: English

In English, we are reading the book ‘The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish’. To deepen our understanding and develop our writing skills, we explored the characters through role play and wrote about how the characters were feeling. Here are some photos of the character being hot – seated.

Numeracy Day!

In Year 3, we celebrated Numeracy Day with a series of fun and educational activities. We created our own songs and raps, focusing on times tables and important maths keywords we have learned so far. After spending time perfecting our lyrics, we performed our creations on stage, showcasing our musical and mathematical skills.

Year 3: Mary Queen of All Saints

Across the school, we celebrated the crowning of Mary. In Year 3 we created artwork to represent Mary, Queen of All Saints.

Year 3: Geography Week

At the beginning of the week, we celebrated Earth day, reflecting on the things we’re grateful for on our planet. We also created pledges to protect it.

We began our new geography topic, which explores Europe and North America. We have linked this to our English work, where we have been developing our speeches about plastic consumption and how we can preserve our planet. We used our geography skills to analyse data to find out which country had the highest plastic usage.

Year 3: School trip to the Cathedral!

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.

Magnificent Materials

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.

Science Week!

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.

World Book Day!

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