Year 3

Well done to 2 pupils who won class 8’s Trackit point prize for Autumn.

They have both had a fantastic term and have made their teachers very proud.

Today in maths we were feeling festive. 

We used our maths skills to crack the codes for Christmas jokes and words. 

Some of us practiced our 2 and 5 times tables colouring mosaics to reveal the Christmas pictures. 

Class 8 have enjoyed making and eating Christmas cookies.

This week in maths, we have been consolidating our eight times tables. Some of us were consolidating, our two times tables.

We coloured in mosaics using coded numbers to reveal the patterns.

Today in English, we looked at subordinate, conjunctions and clauses. We matched up the main causes with the subordinate clause.

Next, we identified the subordinate conjunction and manipulated the sentences, so the subordinating clause was at start. Because we had changed the sentences around,…

A brilliant show from the Rocksteady Rockstars! Our 5 bands played amazing songs and it was great to see some of our pupils in their first ever live performance. I cannot wait to see what you do next term! Well done to you all for your hard work and dedication to getting better. 

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This week we looked at how fossils are formed. We matched up pictures of dinosaurs and fossils that have been found.

We used our observation and oracy skills to give reasons why we thought the fossils matched the pictures. 

Class 7 enjoyed their session on the Ice.

They showed good listening skills and developed their techniques over the two weeks.

Today we went to the Yorkshire coal mining museum to learn more about our science topic on rocks. 

We learnt about how coal was made as well as mudstone, sandstone, limestone and ironstone and what life was like for miners years ago. 

We also learnt that children the same age as us worked…

Over the last few weeks some of construction club have been completing a Christmas advent calendar 1000 piece jigsaw.

They did very well and have completed it earlier than expected.

Well done.

Today we went on a rock hunt in our local area. We looked for different natural and man-made rocks and their uses. 

We discussed why uses of types of rocks may have changed over time looking at things like industry, new inventions and cost.

Today we kicked off anti-bullying week with a workshop led by a special guest - Twinkle. 

We looked at the different types of bullying and how we might feel if we were bullied using drama to convey our emotions. 

We then acted out different scenarios to show how we could deal with bullying…