In maths this week, year 3 have been measuring the mass and volume of different items. They are able to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure mass (kg/g and capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit. They really enjoyed using scales...
In Science, year 3 have continued learning about light sources. They carried out a reflection experiment to find out which surface was most reflective. They tested foil, cling film and parchment paper. They observed what happened when they held a torch up to the different...
In history, year 3 debated whether or not the Benin bronzes should be returned to Nigeria. The children developed arguments for keeping the bronzes in Britain and returning them to Benin. The children chose one argument to share with their groups. They focused on their...
Year 3 had an amazing trip at the British Museum. They gained more knowledge about the Ancient Kingdom of Benin. They explored the Museum and identified some elaborately decorated Benin Bronzes. They were ecstatic when they spotted Benin Bronzes, ivory carvings of Queen Idia, and...
This week in maths, year 3 have been using their knowledge of place value to represent three digit numbers in different ways. One way was to use a Gattegno chart. The children partitioned the number into ones, tens and hundreds. For example, the number 342...
Year 3 have been enjoying reading the book, ‘The Legend of Spud Murphy’. Two new vocabulary words they have been practising using are boredom and adventure. They have been enjoying their partner reading sessions. Partners take it in turn to read each page and summarise...
This week in science, year 3 has been learning about the human skeleton. We used a pattern seeking enquiry to investigate if height was related to bone length. ...
In maths, year 3 have been learning about 3 digit numbers. They started the week using concrete resources to represent different 3 digit numbers. They then moved on to using pictorial representations of 3 digit numbers to work out place value to the hundreds in...
Year 3 had a wonderful start to the week as they went to Woodberry Wetlands. They enjoyed learning how to read maps and discovered Hackney’s oldest oak tree. [gallery ids="6543,6544"]...
This week in year 3’s PSHE lessons, they have been discussing different feelings we may experience and how we show these feelings to other people. In pairs, the children mimed different feelings to the rest of the class. Following this, they discussed the importance of...