Year 3 have made a wonderful start to their new Science topic all about Plants. The lesson was full of curiosity, discussion, and hands-on thinking as the children explored how plants grow and survive.

To begin, we revisited what we had already learned in Key Stage 1. The children impressed us with how much they remembered, confidently explaining that plants need water, sunlight, nutrients, carbon dioxide (CO₂), and space to grow. It was fantastic to see them building on their prior knowledge and making connections to their new learning.

We then introduced the process of photosynthesis, helping the children understand how plants make their own food. They learned that plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create the energy they need to grow. This sparked lots of great questions and showed how engaged the class were in discovering more about the natural world.

The highlight of the lesson was planning our very own scientific investigation. The children worked together to design an experiment where we will change the type of liquid given to a plant and measure how it affects its growth over time. They carefully thought about how to make the test fair and discussed what they expected might happen.

After lots of discussion, the class made a prediction that the plant given water will grow the best, showing a clear understanding of what plants need to survive.

We are very excited to carry out our experiment and observe what happens over the coming weeks.