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17.07.25

Reward trip

As the children have worked very hard and demonstrated excellent behaviours in year 3 they have been rewarded with a trip to the local park. The children had a great time, letting off steam by playing ball games and climbing the equipment. They enjoyed cooling down with an ice pop.

04.07.25

Sports day

The children have had a fantastic time at Lower Key stage 2 sports day. Congratulations to the green team who scored the most points. Well done and thank you to the school's sports organising committee who set up, supervised and counted all the points.

30.06.25

Little Loco's Big Day out

Here is the link to watch year 3 children participate in the reading of the story 'Little Loco's Big Day out' as part of the Darlington and Stockton 200 railway celebrations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHN91dJ-S1g&list=PLfKaw1Dh0yTZn4dkLeGvbdrMZtzHOQ9P6&index=2

23.06.25

Dogs trust visit

Suzie, from Dogs trust, came to visit year 3 and4 to explain what the charity does and how we as pet owners can look after our pets safely.

06.06.25

STEM Workshop

This afternoon we participated in an online science workshop delivered by the STEMazing team called Marvellous Magnetism. The children carried out practical experiments using magnets. Their response was that experiment was "magic". They made a paperclip stand up without touching anything.

06.06.06

Ladies bike race

We were very fortunate to be able to go and watch the ladies bike race that came through the village. The children enjoyed cheering on the cyclists and the emergency responders who were participating.

05.06.25

Quidditch

Today, a member of the Go Well team came to teach the class how to play Quidditch. They were split into teams and the object of the game was to get the golden ball through a hoop. They even had broomsticks!

04.06.25

Lights, camera, action!

The year 3 children were luckily enough to be chosen to be filmed reading 'Little Loco's big day', which has been written to celebrate Darlington and Stockton railway's 200th anniversary. Not only did the children read lines from the book but they also got to act out scenes in period costumes.

12.05.25

Hinduism

We have been exploring the concept of reincarnation as part of our Hinduism unit. The children have learnt that they need to do go deeds to achieve positive karma and know what to avoid for negative karma. One of our activities was to play a game of snakes and ladders, where landing on a ladder meant something positive and landing on a snake meant something negative.

08.05.25

VE Day

In year 3 have been learning about why we celebrate VE Day. We have been learning the song 'I'll remember', composed by Simon Haw MBE and performed this on VE DAY. The children have also created some fantastic artwork.

28.04.25

Kapla workshop

The children in 3S were very lucky to be chosen to start building at the Kapla workshop. Split into 2 teams, we had to build structures, following guidance, using wooden bricks. The children were very impressed with their work, especially as we had a few wobbles! Thank you to all the parents who came in and helped.

08.04.25

Easter service

In year 3 the children have been learning about the Easter story. They have created an art triptych of the emotions felt on each of the three key days. Selected children then presented their work and explained their colour choices at the Easter service.

31.03.25

Music

Over the past 6 weeks the children have been participating in music lessons delivered by Apollo Arts. The children have played boom whackers to very popular music including Taylor Swift. They have been learning about body percussion and have created their own body percussion music.

06.03.25

World Book Day

We have had a wide range of literary characters, including some Harry Potters, railway children and characters from Roald Dahl, come into school today. A great effort was made by everyone including Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge.

14.2.25

Science-Which material is most suitable for curtains?

Today the children have been investigating which materials are opaque, translucent or transparent. They have tested a range of materials including felt, foil and clingfilm to see which would make a suitable pair of curtains for a child's room.

27.1.25

Dragon ball

Today, Nicola from the Go Well team came in to teach the children how to play dragon ball. The children were taught the rules of the game, equipment needed and then had a mini tournament. Children developed skills such as throwing, passing and team work. The children really enjoyed the activity.

17.1.25

Playscripts

In English, the children have been learning about playscripts and how they are written. The children have highlighted the features of written playscripts. They used this knowledge and have written their own scripts in groups about the tale of 'The enormous turnip' and then acted out their scripts.

8.1.25

Today we had a talk from Darlington railways about the dangers people can face. The children listened to a short interactive presentation and participated in a quiz. The children were very engaged and had some great ideas on how to keep safe.

19.12.24

Volcanoes

Over the past week, the children have made volcanoes out of paper mache and painted them. Today, we have created our very own eruptions. The children were very excited to see their volcano bubble and erupt.

18.12.24

Design and Technology

As part of our Design and Technology project we have been exploring how confectionery packaging is made. The children have tested which material would be the most suitable to use and then designed their own packaging. They will test whether it is suitable to hold sweets in.

12.12.24

Christmas Party

We have had a fantastic time at our Christmas Party. We had lots of singing, dancing and party games.

06.12.24

Christmas performance

The children have all worked hard learning their words, songs and dances for their 'Around The World Performance'. We are very proud of how the children have learnt traditional Christmas carols in different languages and how to sign.

13.11.24

Geography- Where in the world?

In 3S we have been developing our map skills by finding the location of famous volcanoes. The children have enjoyed developing their new skills.

18.10.24

Art- Stone Age drawings

Over the past few weeks we have been exploring Stone Age cave art. The children have recreated images found in caves using natural materials such as charcoal and recreated the 'Cueva de las manos'. Together we have created a large piece of art work demonstrating all the skills we have learnt.

11.10.24

Science

We have been examining how fossils were made as part of our rocks topic. The children brought in fossils they had found for others to examine. Then they created a worksheet explaining the fossil formation process.

4.10.24

Science

We have been exploring the different types of rocks-Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic. We looked at how each one occurs using chocolate!

24.09.24

Stone Age workshop

Please see the attached leaflet about our fantastic Stone Age workshop we participated in at school.

Stone Age workshop

16.09.24

RE- Our creations

In year 3 we have been exploring God's creations and how he created the world in just 7 days. The children have made their own creations and then discussed how they wanted others to treat their creations. Ideas included keeping it in a high place, not letting younger siblings see it and being careful when touching it.

Hello and welcome to our new year 3 children and their families. We are looking forward to a very exciting and enjoyable year ahead. This page will be regularly updated to keep you informed of what have been doing in class.

05.07.24

Science- Magnets

Today we have been investigating what is magnetic in the classroom. In pairs, the children have had a magnet and tested different materials including their own property to see which were magnetic.

04.07.24

Sports day

The children have had a fantastic afternoon participating in the Lower Key stage 2 sports day. Activities included howler throwing, running relays and mini obstacle courses. The children demonstrated excellent behaviours and showed great sportsmanship.

24.06.24

School trip

We have had a fantastic day at Hartlepool Historic Quay and Seaton Carew beach. The children explored the old naval ship 'The Trincomalee', visited the dockside museum and participated in a handling workshop. We then had our lunch on Seaton Carew beach. The children had a fantastic time building sandcastles and paddling in the sea. A great day was had by all.

Year 3 school trip

Hartlepool Historic Quay and Seaton Carew

17.06.24

STEMazing

This week we were fortunate to have Sophie from STEMazing come into class to deliver STEM workshops. Firstly, we tested different shape columns to see which would hold the most books. Then we created different shaped paper spinners to test aerodynamics. We made some cannons to test energy movement and finally we made our own mini wind turbines to explore green energy. The children were very engaged in all activities and had a fantastic time.

12.06.24

Poetry performance

After reading chapter 2 of 'James and the giant peach', 3S created their own rhyming poems and then performed them to the rest of the class.

22.05.24

Pickleball

Meg, from the Go-Well team, came into school to teach the children how to play pickleball. They had great fun practising balancing the ball on the pickleball racket, hitting the ball with both sides of the racket and then playing 'Battleships' with a partner.

13.05.24

RE-Hinduism

This week we have been exploring Karma. Hindus believe that people build up good karma and bad karma based on their actions and that they need to take responsibility for their actions. We played a game of snakes and ladders where the ladder was to write actions that would bring good karma and the snakes was to write inconsiderate actions that would bring bad karma.

10.05.07

Science- Plants

We have been investigating how plants absorb water through their roots and travel up to the petals by transportation. We set up an experiment using flowers, celery, water and food dye. We made it a fair test by using the same amount of water for each plant, same amount of food dye and same sized beakers for each pair. Over several days we observed what was happening and noted down the results. The white leaves of the petal had pink stripes on them and when we sliced the celery horizontally we could see the dark holes where the dyed water had been transported up the stem.

07.05.24

Pizza time

Today the children have created their own pizzas and sampled them. They have learnt the skills of spreading, grating, cutting using the claw grip and cutting using the bridge technique.

25.04.24

Design and Technology

Today we have been sampling a variety of pizzas as part of DT. The children compared basic, mid-range and luxury brands. There were many different flavours to try including Nduja and ventricina pizza which was voted class favourite, even though it was very spicy!

21.04.21

Music

This week was our last session of drumming, ran by the fantastic Apollo arts music group. The children have learnt about African djembe drums and their uses. We have also be learning how to read drumming music and we have written our own compositions to perform. The children have enjoyed this workshop immensely.

27.03.24

Easter service

Today was the whole school Easter service. We listened to Kenning poems from year 4, years 1 and 2 sang the 'Easter time' song and years 5 and 6 read out their own prayers. In year 3 we presented our Easter artwork, explaining the emotions that were felt in Holy week. The children spoke confidently and they have had such positive feedback regarding their artwork.

20.03.24

Easter

Over the past few weeks the children have been learning about key events of the Easter story. The children have created some fantastic artwork showing, using colours, the emotions felt by Mary, Jesus' mum. They have also written a letter recounting the key events and how it made Mary feel.

07.03.24

World Book Day

As part of World Book Day, children in 3S participated in a variety of activities. We started the day reading our class text, 'Charlotte's Web' and answering some questions on vocabulary. Then we read some of 'Stan Stinky' our pleasure reading class book. We looked at Winnie the Pooh characters and compared ourselves tp them, exploring emotions and characteristics. Finally, the children have created a class joke book.

20.02.24

Levers and linkages

In year 3 we have been examining how levers and linkages work. We have looked at examples from children's pop up books and then tried to make our own levers and linkages. The children listened carefully to instructions and were able to create some fantastic templates, which was "amazing to some children!

27.02.24

As part of World book day, author Toby Glover came into school to discuss the books he has written. He spoke about his early life, where he got his ideas from and how books are made. He read a couple of his books to year 3, the children were very engaged and enjoyed participating in this. He also answered the children's questions.

16.02.24

In Maths we have been learning how to measure using rulers and metre rulers and converting these measurements into millimetres, centimetres and metres. We compared heights and feet length of the children to see if the tallest children had the biggest feet. Answer- Not everyone who was tall had the biggest feet.

02.02.24

Which material makes the best curtains?

Today we have been investigating which materials are opaque, translucent and transparent. The children shone torches through the material and observed whether light can pass through. From our results we decided which material would be most suitable for curtains.

29.01.24

Playscripts

In English, we have been focusing on playscripts. We have looked at examples of playscripts from traditional tales such as Hansel and Gretel and identified the playscript features. The children have written their own playscript based on the story of 'The enormous turnip' and acted them out.

12.01.24

Reflective materials

In Science, we have been examining why we need reflective materials and investigating which materials are reflective.

14.12.23

Party

The children have had a fantastic time at the Christmas party. There were lots of games and sweets!

8.12.23

Christmas performance

What a fantastic nativity Lower Key stage 2 performed this week. They have all worked incredibly hard, learning all the songs and their lines. They did amazingly well. The teachers are very proud of them. Here are a few photos of the children in their costumes. Thank you to all the parents/carers who provided/made them.

21.11.23

Geography- Where are the famous volcanoes?

This half term we have been learning about volcanoes, such as how they are formed and learning key vocabulary such as crater and fumarole. This week, we have developed our map skills to help us find where the famous volcanoes are in the world.

27.10.23

Music- Stone Age style

We have been exploring beats and rhythms in music this half term. The children have learnt how to write their own music using musical annotation and perform their master piece.

13.10.23

Cave Art

In year 3 we have been examining how the Stone Age people made cave paintings. We have looked at natural materials they could have used such as petals and charcoal. The children have experimented with different textures to see which felt most like a cave surface. We have looked at photos of cave paintings and replicated some of the images with both pencil and charcoal. Finally, we combined all our ideas into a very impressive class display.

6.10.23

World animal day

As part of World animal day 3S have been examining fossils and how they were made. Thank you to all those who kindly brought in fossils, it was lovely to see the children engaged with the actual items.

27.03.22

Can people with longer femur's jump further?

Today we have had great fun testing whether having a longer femur means you can jump further. Our results showed us that it isn't necessarily true. Mrs Davidson cannot jump the furthest in the class, it all depends on whether you are a good jumper.