Today in Clover class we had our WOW day. Next half term, year 3 will focus on becoming Religiously Literate. We had a great time looking at lots of objects from different religions. We learnt about Islam, Christianity, Judaism , Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism. We are really excited about next term! Here are some pictures from today:

On Tuesday, Birch class (and the rest of Year 4), took part in a Blue Planet Live Lesson on the BBC along with dozens of other schools and hundreds of other children across the country. We learned that the Earth is made up of 70% water. We learned about some of the issues affecting our oceans and the animals that live in them like over-fishing, plastic pollution and climate change. We also learned that there are many things that we can do to help protect the oceans, especially plastic pollution. We learned about the 3 Rs of plastic: reduce, reuse and recycle.

Birch class enjoyed the lesson and learning about ways that we can help our oceans. We would highly recommend other classes and year groups also watch the lesson while it is still available on the BBC website.

Saba says, "It was a very interesting lesson."

Faris says, "I learned some new things."

Natalija says, "It was fantastic to learn about ways we can help our planet."

Nathan says, "I would have liked it more if it had featured more sea creatures."

Tuesday 19th March 2019

Mother's day fridge Magnets!

This half term in Science, we have been learning about magnets and forces. We have been looking at different types of magnets and their strengths. This week, Clover class made some Mother's day magnets. We used all our knowledge about magnets to make a fridge magnet out of paper. We had to make sure the strength of the magnet was enough to hold up the weight of the paper.

Clover Class

Wednesday 6th March 2019

We Are Designers!

This term year 3 are designers. We are designing our very own picture frames to hold a picture of ourselves. Last week, we used pipe cleaners to investigate different structures. We wanted to discover which structures would be the most stable and strong. We found that triangular prisms were much stronger than cylinders and cuboids. We also found that we had to reinforce our structures to make them sturdy. We will use this knowledge to help us design and build a picture frame that is strong and stable.

Millie said, “The lesson was interesting and it gave us lots of information of how to improve our work.”

“We got to learn new things,” commented Aiela

Aqsa stated, “When we used pipe cleaners, they made it very stable.”

“We found out different ways to make it [the structure] stable,” thought Laaibah.

“I learnt that a triangular prism is stable,” Haadi said.

Wednesday 30th January 2019

Influential British People!

In History, Year 3 have been learning about influential British people. We have found out about: William Wilberforce, Elizabeth Fry, Lord Shaftesbury and Florence Nightingale. All of these people have one thing in common and that is that they have all made a huge difference to the lives of people in Britain and beyond.

William Wilberforce helped to abolish slavery, whilst Elizabeth Fry helped to improve conditions in prisons. Lord Shaftesbury's legacy was that he fought for the rights of children and was one of the key individuals responsible for bringing about reform of Britain’s factories, improving working conditions and limiting the length of the workday. Most recently, we have been learning about Florence Nightingale, who helped to improve the conditions of hospitals.

We have really enjoyed finding out about these incredible and heroic people. They have inspired us and we thank them for their immense impact on all our lives.

Clover Class.

Thursday 17th January 2019

Mighty Myths!

This term we have started a new topic in English about Ancient Greek myths. We have had a lot of fun so far.

We started by reading the myth of Medusa, Odysseus and Theseus and the Minotaur. We then acted out each myth with great enthusiasm. It was really interesting thinking about how the characters move and feel inside. Here are some of our pictures:

Friday 7th December 2018

our Church trip

The children in Birch class have been learning to become religiously literate this half term and this is a topic that we have been thoroughly enjoying.

A few weeks ago, we made a trip to the Raglan Road Christian Church. We were greeted warmly by the Church Elder and with some squash and a biscuit!

We learned all about the Church and the different programmes they have each week for the people that attend, including, toddler groups, a food bank and movie night! We also learned about the baptism pool that they have under their stage.

It was a good experience and a chance to learn all about a different type of church.

Thursday 29th November 2018

Descriptive Delights!

In English, we have been focusing on the Secret Life of Pets. After watching the film, we have been developing our descriptive language. We have described the character's appearance and personality.

This helped us to then create our own imaginative pets. Once we had designed our creature, we used all the descriptive language we had developed to write a paragraph about our pet's appearance and personality.

Below, you can see a great descriptive paragraph about Snowball by Aashish and a brilliant illustration of one of our imaginative pets, Flyper, by Amaya!

Wednesday 14th November 2018

Exciting Times in Hawthorn!

Since coming back from half term, we have been introduced to new, fascinating subjects in English, Learning for Life and Science. We are all so excited that we wanted to share what we are learning with everyone.

This term, we are learning about rocks in Science. We are excited about our new topic because we think rocks are interesting and wonderful. We think rocks ROCK!

In Learning for Life, we are exploring the Earth and volcanoes. We were 'wow'd' by watching a volcano erupt and look forward to investigating more about volcanoes. It would be amazing if we could make our own erupting volcanoes.

As part of our English work, we watched parts of The Secret Life Of Pets. Most of the class thought the film was very funny especially when Duke sat on top of Max and when Max was going to get initiated by Snowball. If you enjoy comedy movies, then we would highly recommend this movie. We give this movie 5 stars out of 5.

By Hawthorn class

Thursday 18th October 2018

New Arrivals in Clover Class

This week, Clover Class were introduced to two new class members but they are not children, they are goldfish! Whilst Clover Class have lessons, Tom and Jerry swim happily around their tank.

Clover Class are very excited to have Tom and Jerry in their class and they are enjoying taking it in turns to feed them.

The children have been taking care of Tom and Jerry and are learning very quickly how to be responsible for a pet.

Tom and Jerry are very much welcome to visitors.

Tom and Jerry the Goldfish

Wednesday 3rd October 2018

The Time Capsule

Last Friday, Birch class and the rest of Year 4, along with Years 3 and 5, watched a performance of a play called The Time Capsule.

The play followed two children, Dotty and Ollie, who find a trunk in an old, abandoned primary school. In the trunk, they found many things from World War 1, including, flags, pictures, a gramophone and even a bedpan! They also found love letters between two people called Harry and Vera and the play also told their story in flashback.

The play taught us many things about World War 1, like how some young men lied about their age to join the army and how wooden Tommie's were used. Lots of children also got involved and got to be actors too!

Here are some reviews from some of the children in Birch class:

• "It was very interesting." Nathan
• "It was very funny and I learned lots of things about World War 1." Aayan
• "It was really fun, but I didn't like the singing." Malika
• "It was a bit too long." Zaina
• "It was very enjoyable." Maryan

Birch class gave the play 4 stars out of 5.

Wednesday 26th September 2018

YEAR 3 ORIENTEERING!

This week, in Learning for Life, we took part in orienteering. First of all, 9 blue stars were hidden in the South Playground. Then, in groups of 4, we worked together and, with the help of a map, we located the stars. On the back of each star there was a letter, which we had to note down on our maps. Once we had found all the stars, we put all the letters together to make a word.

We really enjoyed orienteering because it was fun and exciting trying to be the first group to crack the code. There was a reward of 20 points for that team.

We cracked the code, which was GEOGRAPHY!

Clover Class

Year 3's Keyboard Concert!

Over the academic year, year 3 have been attending music lessons where they have been learning how to play the keyboard. With the skills they had learnt, they put together several pieces of music and rehearsed these for their concert which took place this week. During the concert, the children played with such confidence and they really showed off their skills set! Some children even went on to performing solo pieces.

Well done Year 3! :)