Year 3: Blog items
Y3 - Geography Posters, by Miss Khan
Date: 28th Mar 2023 @ 4:59pm
This half term in Geography, we have been learning all about the climate, flora and fauna in each biome.
Today in small groups, we made posters of our chosen biome, ready to add facts to tomorrow.
Just look at how creative we got :-)
Y3 - Shell Structures, by Miss Khan
Date: 17th Mar 2023 @ 4:05pm
This week, year 3 have been designing, making and evaluating 'Shell Structures' as part of our DT project for this half term.
We had to cut out and assemble our chosen nets, use craft knives and glue guns to create our structure.
We also made a gorgeous oragami sunflower to put inside our structures :-)
Thank you to everyone that brought cardboard in so that we could all join in!
Y3 with Freddie Fit, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Mar 2023 @ 1:23pm
Today, Y3 had the pleasure of a double session with Freddie Fit!
We did a range of physical activities and learnt lots about how to keep our bodies healthy.
Have a look at what we got up to!
Y3 - World Book Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 4:02pm
Today it was World Book Day, so we got to dress up as characters from our favourite books!
We did lots of fun activities including bookmark-making, book bingo, a whole-school parade and many more!
Plus we had lots of opportunities to share our favourite books and read for pleasure.
Enjoy the photos of us in our outfits :-)
Y3 - Flower Art, by Miss Khan
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 4:56pm
Today in Art, we focused on the key word tone to show the deepness of colours that we used.
We created mirror images of real flower pictures, before challenging ourselves to draw our own.
Year 3 love using watercolour paints!
Y3 - Leaf Art, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 4:03pm
Our Art topic for this half term is all about 'Plants'.
Today, we looked at botany, the scientific study of plants and drew different kinds of leaves.
Have a look at some of our wonderful artwork!
Y3 - Panto in a Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 3:47pm
Today, we had the wonderful opportunity to watch the Aladin Panto in a Day!
Year 3 absolutely loved it, it was so funny and we loved getting involved.
Thank you to Mrs Toft and all the team for organising this for us.
Y3 - RE Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 4:32pm
On Friday 6th January, we took part in RE day and absolutely loved it!
Our topic was Christianity, so we learnt all about Christian faith, churces, music and Rosa Parks.
Have a look at some of the work we produced :-)
Y3 Christmas Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 4:58pm
Year 3 had the BEST time at our Christmas party today!
We played lots of fun party games, watched films, did some colouring activities and ate as much party food as we possibly could!
Thank you to all the adults that provided the food & drink, we really appreciate the support and it made the day even more exciting.
Have a look through the pictures to see what we got up to :-)
Y3 Library Trip, by Miss Khan
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 12:52pm
This morning, year 3 took a trip to our local library. We loved seeing all the books on offer and exploring different authors.
We even went on a scavenger hunt, searching for popular junior book covers that had been hidden just for us!
A big thank you to Mrs Toft for organising this trip for us :-)
Y3 Science - Sedimentary Sandwiches, by Miss Khan
Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 4:44pm
In Science, we have been learning all about different rock types.
To help us understand how sedimentary rocks are formed, we layered food items on top of each other, to represent the sediments that form a sedimentary rock!
Did you know it takes hundreds of years for this process to occur?!
Y3 Decorating & Cooking Pizzas!, by Miss Khan
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 4:21pm
Today, our dough had risen beautifully so year 3 were able to roll, decorate and cook their pizzas!
We used rolling pins, a range of ingredients and discussed kitchen safety whilst in our fantastic food tech room. Just look at how much fun we had!
Have you tasted our pizzas this evening? We hope they taste as yummy as they look!
Y3 Making Pizza Dough, by Miss Khan
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 8:15am
This term in Design & Technology, our topic is 'Cooking and Nutrition'. We are learning all about pizza!
We have researched pizza, designed our own and even got to try samples of yummy pizza.
Yesterday, we started to make our pizza dough and got our hands messy mixing the ingredients together - we loved it!
Y3 Trip to the cinema, by Miss Khan
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 12:54pm
Today, we took a trip to Stretford Public Hall to watch Clifford the Big Red Dog on a big screen!
All the children behaved beautifully, a true representation of our Moss Park school values.
Thank you to Mrs Nunwick for booking this exciting adventure for us!
Y3 Geography: Maps & Globes, by Miss Khan
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 12:39pm
Today, year 3 were working on our knowledge of addresses, using maps and globes to help us locate different areas of the world!
We used Google Earth and the Maps app to find our school, and explored the local area.
We added the 7 continents to our paper mache globes and labelled with our key words: the equator, lines of longitude and lines of latitude :)
Y3 Headteacher's Half Term Holiday Homework Exhibition, by Miss Khan
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 4:01pm
Over the October half term, Mrs Nunwick challenged us to research and learn all about hidden figures as part of Black History month.
Take a look at all the amazing work we produced to showcase our learning!
Y3 Investigating Rocks, by Miss Khan
Date: 31st Oct 2022 @ 1:04pm
We have LOVED being back to school after a well-deserved half term break!
We began our new Science topic today, starting with an investigation into different types of rock.
Our three main topic words from today were igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Y3 Money Sense Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 17th Oct 2022 @ 12:58pm
This morning, we started open week off with an exploration into how businesses make profit!
We looked at budgeting, our wants vs needs and how to grow your own profitable business.
Well done to everyone that participated, we can't wait to present you with your certificates from the team at Natwest for all your hard work.
Y3 with Freddie Fit, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 5:35pm
Today, we were lucky enough to have an amazing session with the only and only Freddie Fit!
We loved getting stuck into lots of games and team-building activities. Thank you for our session!
Y3 Water Colour Experimentation, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Oct 2022 @ 3:53pm
Today we were using watercolour paints to experiment with different colours!
We are preparing to create a piece of artwork inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup'.
Y3 - National Poetry Day Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 3:09pm
Today we had the opportunity to participate in a wonderful poetry workshop with a guest speaker.
We wrote poems about our favourite animals, using metaphors and similes.
Which one is your favourite? :)
Year 3 Plant Drawing - Science, by Miss Khan
Date: 4th Oct 2022 @ 5:14pm
Year 3 have been learning all about plants in this half term's Science topic.
Today, we went into one of our wonderful outdoor learning spaces to draw pictures of the plants we could see and label their features :)
Science, by Miss Jones
Date: 27th Sep 2022 @ 9:43am
We have been learning all about plants. We explored plants around our school and identified and classified the according to their features. We then investigated water transportation and how water travels around a plant. We learnt about the importance of the roots and the stem.
Year 3 Number and Place Value, by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 8:08am
We have been learning all about Place Value!
Year 3 History, by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 8:02am
We began the year by recapping the word chronology, we made a timeline of our life and then we looked at a timeline of World History. We talked about AD and BC and then had a go at ordering the different perdiods. As in introduction to primary and secondary sources, we have been looking at how we can find out information about The Stonehenge, we created a silhouette painting using watercolours. We also had a go at making our own cave paintings using the media of charcoal.