Year 3 News
Mrs E. Blenkinsop
Hi, I am Mrs Blenkinsop. Over the summer break I got married.
Welcome to Year 3, where we love to create amazing memories and learn lots of new things. Outside of school, I will often be found on my big, comfy sofa reading a book, walking my dog Duke, or at the gym. Moving into KS2 can be quite nerve-racking, so I am here to make that big jump with you. Let’s smash it!
- 16/05/25
16/05/2025
This week, in Dance, we have continued to learn new dances for our summer production and combined these dances with other classes. In Art, we have completed our portrait key piece using the tinting and toning techniques to create skin colour. In Maths, we have been learning about money and how to ad...Read Full Story - 09/05/25
09/05/2025
This week, we celebrated VE day with some Lindy Hop dancing on the playground. Our favourite dance moves were the chicken and the itch. We learned about what it would have been like to live during World War 2 with rationing going on. Some people would have to grow their own vegetables if they could...Read Full Story - 02/05/25
02/05/2025
This week, in RE, we have been learning about the special clothes the muslin women wear (Hijab). In Art, we were learning how to do portraits of our faces, using the techniques we learned last week. In French, we continued to learn new names of fruits orange – orange, kiwi – Le kiw...Read Full Story - 25/04/25
25/04/2025
This week, in PE, we started to learn a dance for our Annie production. We all took part and did our best! We started deciding what roles we each would have. The Year 3’s are going to be the orphans. In Geography, we were learning about countries in Europe and their capital cities. For example...Read Full Story - 04/04/25
04/04/2025
This week, in PE we played rounders. We were put into two teams: batters and fielders. The batters each took two turns hitting the ball, if they were successful, we had to run around the fielders and try and get all the way round. We did have some successful full laps. In Forest School, we went outs...Read Full Story - 28/03/25
28/03/2025
This week, in Jigsaw, we were asking, ‘What are drugs?’ and ‘What is safe and unsafe?’ We completed our Key Piece where we had to explain how our choices can affect our mental and physical health. In DT, we have completed another Key Piece. We evaluated how we made our fruity...Read Full Story - 21/03/25
21/03/2025
This week, in DT we made homemade chips. We had to chop up the potatoes, trying to keep them to same size for even cooking. Then we added some olive oil and salt with the potatoes in a bowl and mixed before putting them in the ovens. In Geography, we asked, “What is it like to live near a volc...Read Full Story - 14/03/25
14/03/2025
This week, in DT we made popcorn. To make this, we used sunflower oil because it doesn’t have a strong taste. We grated lemons and limes to use the zest to make a seasoning to add to the popcorn. When we added the kernels to the oil, we could hear the corn popping. We also tried the popcorn wi...Read Full Story - 07/03/25
07/03/2025
This week, in Geography we asked, ‘How are volcanoes formed?’ We learned about two types of volcano formations: constructive and destructive. Destructive volcanoes form when tectonic plates move towards each other forcing molten rock from below the crust upwards to create an eruption. Wh...Read Full Story - 28/02/25
28/02/2025
This week, in Science, we were asking. “What do plants need to survive?” Examples of what they need are: light, oxygen and water. We started an investigation to test how light effects the growth of watercress. We planted the seeds in test tubes with cotton wool with opaque, transparent o...Read Full Story - 14/02/25
14/02/2025
This week, we went to Magna. We had a chance to explore the different pavilions: air, water and fire. The water pavilion had pools of water and water shooters. We also could weigh how much water was in our bodies and we learned about waterpower, using a piece of equipment which you had to turn to ge...Read Full Story - 07/02/25
07/02/2025
This week, in Forest School, we learned how to make shelters. We used the same knots we had learned when making our Christmas Tree decorations. We worked in groups and had to choose from different materials, such as sticks and leaves. In Science, we learned about what makes a balanced breakfast. Tog...Read Full Story