Year 3: Blog items
Date: 24th Apr 2025 @ 12:56pm
What a fabulous day we had at Forest School today! Our Year 3 pupils were buzzing with excitement as they discovered some amazing things in nature. Did you know that you can actually eat every part of a dandelion? From the leaves in salads to the flowers in tea, these cheerful yellow flowers are more than just a weed!
The children began their adventure by exploring the forest school area. They got really creative and built dens using sticks and leaves—what a brilliant team effort! Over at the mud kitchen, they set up a quirky little café, selling ice cream and whipping up delicious pizza. Yum!
The pupils also took care of our plants, watering flowers and fruit bushes, helping them grow big and strong. They even added extra water to our pond, so it would flow into the second pond. Along the way, we spotted tiny tadpoles swimming about and even a couple of cheeky small frogs!
Finally, the children got their hands dirty digging in the ditch. Guess what they found? Shapes that looked just like dinosaur footprints! How exciting is that? We can't wait for our next forest adventure!
Date: 24th Apr 2025 @ 9:07am
Today, we had an exciting art lesson inspired by the story 'The Dot'! We all started by drawing our self-portraits within a circle, using our best sketching skills. It was so much fun to see everyone’s creative ideas come to life! Then came the best part: painting with watercolours in different shades of yellow. We learned to mix white with yellow and even a bit of gold to create fantastic tones. The classroom lit up with all the bright yellows! I can’t wait to see the masterpieces put on display in school for everyone to admire. Well done, Year 3!
Year 3- Super shell structures!
Date: 10th Apr 2025 @ 9:07am
Our DT focus this half term has been evaluating, designing and making shell structures. We created our final product of an easter gift box and included fastening of bows or velcro. This meant that our gift boxes could be reused and we spoke about how the cardboard material that is was made from was recyclable. The children really enjoyed using CAD on the computers to create their final design.
Date: 8th Apr 2025 @ 8:13pm
Today, we celebrated our No Pen Morning by having a fantastic oracy lesson! We focused on the importance of listening and joining in when we're having discussions. We even recapped our amazing strategies like agreeing, building on someone else’s ideas, and challenging answers respectfully. We also shared the different roles we can take, like being the instigator who starts the conversation, the prober who asks questions, and the summariser who wraps it all up nicely. One of our fun activities was figuring out which objects were the odd one out and spotting similarities and differences—lots of great discussions were had! In Maths, we learned about volume and capacity. We measured different containers to see how much they could hold, ordering them from least to most. We discovered that some looked different but held the same amount of water, so we poured from one to the other! We even tackled some tricky capacity statements, working out intervals and volumes of jugs. What a brilliant day!
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 9:16am
In our dance lesson today, we explored how light plays a huge role in creating reflections and shadows. Have you ever noticed how shadows change shape when we move? It’s almost like they’re dancing with us! We started by pretending to be a warm, beams of light, as we travelled in straight lines around the hall. Then, we switched gears and partnered up do be eachothers' shadow where we had to copy the movements. Remember, light can transform everything around us, and dancing helps us understand these amazing science concepts. Let's keep experimenting with our movements!
Year 3 and Year 4 - Police Horses
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 9:11am
Recently, we had a fantastic day meeting some very important members of our community—the police horses and officers from Lancashire Constabulary! It was so exciting to see these magnificent horses up close. The officers explained that police horses can be seen at big events, making sure everyone is happy and safe. They even showed us how the horses received their training! We learned that these brave animals and their human partners work together to protect us. What an incredible experience it was!
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 9:09am
On Wednesday a range of children across school performed in our music concert. We had choir, peripatetic drummers, samba, Shakespeare, peripatetic guitars and School Alive. All the children were wonderful, and should be very proud of their hard work!
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 10:30am
Today we held our second Spelling Bee of the school year. 4 children were chosen from each group to represent their house and were given 3 spellings each. They have been learning these words over the last few weeks and we could all tell. The children did brilliantly and did themselves (and their house) proud. We are already looking forward to the final Spelling Bee in the Summer term.
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 5:05pm
In our exciting science topic about light, we’ve been discovering all about shadows! Can you believe that different objects can cast different shadows? We’ve talked about opaque objects, like a solid book, which block light completely. Then, there are transparent things, like windows, that let light pass right through without any shadow at all! And don’t forget translucent objects, like rulers, which create softer shadows. It’s amazing how our world works! So, next time you see a shadow, think about what kind of object is making it. We looked at our shadows outside and discussed that shadows will be longer during the morning and evening as the light source (the sun) is closer to the object.
Year 3 – Primary Futures – Sky Explorers Exciting Jobs in Aviation!
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 10:12am
What an exciting day we had at school! We learnt all about amazing jobs in aviation. First, we met an aeronautical engineer who shared fascinating details about how planes are built. I never knew that they had to think about aerodynamics! Then, we met a police aircraft pilot who wowed us with pictures of the views from the aircraft (most impressingly, Buckingham Palace) and how each day is extremely different. He even mentioned that he'll be watching The Grand National next week as he'll be in an aircraft above. Everyone was on the edge of their seats! Finally, we listened to a lovely woman who is a research fellow. She told us how she investigates new technology to make flying safer. What a brilliant morning it was, and it made us think about what we want to be when we grow up!
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 9:33am
As part of Red Nose Day, the children in Year 3 came dressed with one item of red! The children wore red to raise money for charity, and thought about how we could be more considerate to those in need.
Year 3 - Science and Geography Day!
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 8:57pm
What an exciting day we've had today at Boundary - when Science and Geography come together...
We started off the day by looking at what extinct and endangered meant and then explored a range of animals that are now on the endangered list.
Then utter excitement erupted within our children as TeachRex came into school and we got to meet Thomas, the gorilla. We were told a story about Thomas and how his life has been effected by the hands of humans - poaching! Back in the classroon, we looked at the reasons why they were endangered and looked at the conservation efforts that are being done to save them. We then made a fact file about these animals, including their habitat, threats, conservation status and located where these animals live on a world map. Finally, the afternoon was spent creating videos on a greenscreen, where the children got bananas thrown at them by some very cheeky gorillas.
Date: 18th Mar 2025 @ 8:17am
Today we had Together Time were parents/carers were invited in to spend some time working with the children in class. In this lesson, we looked at our computing skills. We used the stop motion software to retell the story of The Tortoise and The Hare, which is a fable we have been learning about in Reading into Writing. The children created a storyboard first to plan out their animation. We then added the characters and backgrounds, and started creating our story frame by frame. The children used the skill of onion skinning to ensure the characters moved smoothly.
Date: 12th Mar 2025 @ 8:35am
In PSHE, we looked at how each one of us are different. We then looked at how we need to value and respect the differences between us all. We looked at some topic cards and had a class discussion about how we would act in different situations and how people would be feeling. We used our oracy skills to agree, build and challenge. The children looked at instigating the conversation and taking ownership of them moving the conversation on between themselves.
Date: 11th Mar 2025 @ 1:22pm
In Design Technology, Year Three have been learning all about Shell Structures. This week we used CAD software to practice making nets more appealing for our user. The children looked at changing the colour and adding images and drawings. We also looked at adding in text and changing the colour and the font. The children will use these skills when making their final product.
Year 3- Stop motion animation!
Date: 11th Mar 2025 @ 1:12pm
In this lesson, Year 3 looked at learning how to use the computers to create stop motion animation. Last week we created flipbooks looking at changing one thing per frame to make a smooth animation. This week we applied this to the animation software and used a white board to create simple animations using a stickman.
Date: 6th Mar 2025 @ 2:28pm
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, the children were invited to come in dressed up as a book character. We had a range of creative costumes from Harry Potter to an Ancient Egyptian! The children enjoyed going up into the library and reading a book, we also completed a book review and spoke about who we were dressed up as.
Year 3- Developing our key skills
Date: 3rd Mar 2025 @ 4:44pm
As part of our DT learning, the children have been looking at how the 3-D shell structures can be deconstructed into nets. Today we looked at developing our key skills of understanding and exploring nets. The children looked at making a range of different nets and also thought about which 3-D shape matched to which net.
Year 3 - Improvising and composing!
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 9:17am
In Year 3, we have been looking at composing and improvising skills. The children used the Glockenspiels to accompany the track “You’re a shining star”. Firstly, the children used the notes G, A, B , C, D to improvise with the music. When then uses a 4/4 score paper to compose our own piece along with the backing track.
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 8:53am
In Year 3, we have started our new Science topic of Light. In this lesson we looked at our key questions 'What is light?'. We looked at placing objects in a box and thinking about if we could see the objects inside. Slowly, we added more light and saw that we could see. From this we then looked at what produces light and what doesn't. We then looked at identifying, classifying and grouping light sources into natural and human made sources.
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 7:24pm
Today was safer internet day at school. In Year Three we watched a live lesson by the BBC that spoke about being careful for online scams. They taught us a helpful acronym to ensure we say safe and think twice before we click any pop ups. We then looked at different websites and links and thought about if they were reliable or not and how to protect ourselves.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 4:52pm
To celebrate the 100th day at school, we listened to the story, 'How many jelly beans' in assembly. In class we followed on from our learning of length and perimeter. The children looked at estimating the length of objects in comparison to jelly beans. Then, we used jelly beans as a unit of measurement to see how long different objects are. We then compared the different lengths.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 9:19am
Last Monday some of our KS2 children wowed audiences in The Winter Gardens for Schools Alive. The children have worked incredibly hard since September to create a piece called ‘We are all in this together!’. They should be very proud of all they achieved, well done!
Year 3- Developing our health and fitness!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 1:01pm
In Pe, the children have been learning about exercise, health and fitness. The children have been looking at developing their muscle strength and working on developing our growth mindset and resilience. This week the children enjoyed completing a circuit that included star jumps, step ups, cone weaving, high knees, long jump and wall squats.
Year 3- Comparing climate zones!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:28am
Over this half term, the children have been learning about 5 different climate zones. We have been looking at how they are similar and different. We also looked at temperature levels, precipitation and weather in each climate. The children did a research task using online sources to study different locations across the world. We then presented our research to the rest of the class and filled in a comparisons grid and discussed which location we would like to live in and why.
