Year 3 Willow Blog

Hieroglyphs

Today we have learnt about the Egyptian writing. They used a system of pictures or symbols called hieroglyphs. They were very detailed and archaeologists have worked out the letter that each image represents. We had a go at writing the Egyptian alphabet and then our...

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PSHE – Relationships

PSHE – Relationships

Today we have started our new topic in PSHE - relationships. We shared what we believe makes a healthy relationships and then we looked at a list of jobs. Using democracy we voted on whether we thought the job was a male job or a female job. We then discussed how the...

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Enrichment day

Enrichment day

What an amazing day we have had in Willow class. Today we learnt how to sew. We initially practised a running stitch on larger material and then we designed a badge which was personal to us. Afterwards we spent the rest of the day transferring our design and sewing....

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Growing crops in Egypt

Growing crops in Egypt

Y3 have been investigating the best conditions for seeds and plant to germinate and grow in. We have tested the red land and black land that lie on either side of the River Nile. The black land gets flooded each year in September and gets covered in nutrient rich...

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Science Week 2024 – Time

Science Week 2024 – Time

Today as part of Science week we have conducted an experiment. We were identifying if the temperature of the water affects the speed of how an item dissolves. We first gathered all our equipment together and then conducted the experiment. We used skittles, hot water,...

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World Book Day 2024

World Book Day 2024

Good Morning Today we are participating in World Book Day. We have all come dressed as our favourite characters. Can you find your favourite character among us?

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Y3 Balti Day!

Y3 Balti Day!

Vegetable and Chickpea Balti Our design and technology task this term was to cook a healthy meal. We chose a Balti because it links with our topic of ‘Birmingham and Beyond’. During the morning, we discussed the ingredients and recipe, agreed on the hygiene and safety...

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Who is your leader?

Who is your leader?

Today in RE we discussed who we follow and what makes them a good leader. We made links with the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) who to Muslims is a person who heard the word of Allah and shared it with the whole community. He was a leader of religion, but he also made...

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Hockey Skills

Hockey Skills

On Friday we began our new learning in PE - Hockey. We learnt how to hold the hockey stick correctly and even extended our learning to manoeuvring the ball through a series of markers. It was great fun and a little tricky. We persevered and became more successful. We...

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Adding Length

Adding Length

This week we have been understanding length. We have been using Cusinnaire rods to add 2 and 3 lengths. We checked our adding by actually measuring the Cusinnaire rods. It really helped us with our learning.

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Birmingham Library

Birmingham Library

Over the past few weeks we have been studying the architectural features of the Birmingham library. We have explored shading and printing and this week we have combined all our skills to produce our own artwork of Birmingham Library. We are all very impressed and...

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Length

This week we have begun our new Maths unit which is length. We had great fun familiarising ourselves with a variety of measuring tools including, tape measures, metre rules, and trundle wheels. Our week began outdoors and has ended measuring millimetres in the...

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