Year 3 - Miss Taggart
Welcome to Year 3!
PE is on a Monday and the children can wear their PE kit all day.
Water bottles should be brought into school every day.
Reading books and diaries should be brought into school every day. Books will be changed weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please sign your child’s diary when you have listened to them read and aim to read at least 3 times a week.
Please return homework on Thursday. Spellings will be tested on Friday and new spellings given out weekly.
Dates for your Diary
- Thursday 20th November - Parent Consultations
- Tuesday 25th November - Dance session (pm)
- Thursday 3rd December - Parent Workshop (am)
- Thursday 11th December - KS2 Christmas Concert
- Tuesday 16th December - Pyjama Day
- Friday 19th December- School closes at 1pm for Christmas holidays.
Autumn 1
Our Broomhouse Farm Trip
We had a fantastic trip to Broom House Farm this autumn. We explored the farm, looked for signs of autumn and picked apples in the orchard. After lunch we were very brave and went on the forest adventure, which included a zip line, toboggans and walking the plank! It was a really fantastic trip and we look forward to returning in spring and learning how the farm has changed with the seasons.
DT: Pneumatic Systems
In DT, we learned all about pneumatic systems. Inspired by the story The Fox and the Star (which we read in English) we created a toy fox. The children created a fox that used a pneumatic system to open and close the mouth. We were really impressed by how inventive the children were with both the design and devlopment of the foxes. Well done Year 3!
Science: Food Groups
In science we learned about the different food groups, as part of our animals unit. During the lesson we looked at food labels on packaging. We discussed the design of the food lables, what information we could learn from them and whether we liked the design or not. We then looked more closely at the labels and the nutritional information they displayed. Next, we designed our own healthy pizza wrap , using our knowledge of the food groups and aiming to get a healthy balance of the different groups. We then created our pizzas, cooked them and, best of all, sampled our creations!
