Welcome to Year 3
Mrs Bicheno, Mrs Houghton and Mrs Pye
National Art Gallery - July 5th
After a soggy start, we had an amazing day. See our photos below. Thank you so much for all of the parents who came with us. Without you, this trip would not be possible and the children all said how much they enjoyed the day.
Enjoying the views of China Town and Leicester Square
Learning about the portraits in the National Art Gallery.
Exploring Trafalgar Square
On the way home!!
June 2024- Year 3 were very lucky to be visited by a pupils mother and grandfather to give us a real life understanding of how Sikh followers live in Britain today. We learnt about the Gurdwara her grandfather is a Principle of and the daily routine for Sikh people.
We listened well and asked lots of questions.
We were shown how to bow and show respect by having our feet, head and hands in contact with the floor.
One of the 5 K's- Kanga (comb)
Thank you so much for helping us learn.
Sports Day - 17th June
Well done year 3! Your first sports day in Key Stage 2 and you did really well. We had flat races and an egg and spoon race, lots of sunshine and laughter. You were very supportive and cheered on your friends and family. Well done to Mayflower who were the overall winners!
22nd May
Year 3 have been so busy! Today we made some Matzo bread. In RE we are learning about the Jewish Passover holiday. We have been looking at the foods eaten on the Seder plate and wanted to try to make our own Matzo bread. All you need is flour and water, lots of kneading and rolling. Bake for 5 minutes on one side, then repeat on the other side. Most children liked the taste of the crispy bread, others were not too sure!
21st May
Today, after weeks of research into healthy food and balanced diets and planning our own sandwich based on our research and taste testing different sandwich fillings, we finally made our sandwiches. We learnt how to spread butter on our sandwiches and how to cut food carefully.
Here are a selection of photos...
20th May
Year 3 took a walk to Billericay High Street to explore the local history. In class, we have been learning why our school houses are so called and we enjoyed seeing Chantry House and imagining where the tunnels would be to the church. Green class tried stamping on the floor but that didn't help! We found buildings that were over 500 years old, windows that were not actually windows and discovered where horse drawn coaches would pick you up every week to travel to Southend or London.
In our geography lessons, we have been studying Billericay on the map and we plotted our route to the High Street before we left. We tried to find where we was on the map when we went to the High Street.
Thank you so much to all of the Mummys and Nannys that helped us on our walk. Without you, we would not be able to make our History and Geography lessons come to life! Here are some of the sights we saw.
13th May
As part of our Design Technology, we have been taste testing to design a healthy sandwich. Quite a few children showed growth mindset and tried foods they had never tried before. Several children said they had never tried tuna, and they actually found out it was delicious. Others had never tried red pepper before and enjoyed it and lots of children liked the taste of 50/50 bread.
8th May
We had a Task Force group working hard at lunch time today, clearing all of the weeks and preparing our outdoor pots for the new runner bean plants we have been growing. We are looking forward to watching our bean plants grow, produce flowers and then runner beans that will give us new seeds for next year.
Whilst we were working hard, we found lots of interesting things.....
We found lots of weeds and had to be careful to dig up their roots so they can't grow back!
We found a chrysalis!
We even found an acorn that had started to grow an oak tree!!
The Task Force group had a brilliant time and one child said "This is the best day ever!".
I think we have some budding gardeners in Year 3! The next Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock!
We found a worm!!
We found runner bean seeds that had fallen out of their pod last year.
23rd April
In science today, we planted some runner beans to prove that plants need temperature, water, soil, air and light to grow healthily. We planted one seed and put it in the cupboard so it had no light, another seed we just placed inside a pot with no soil, another seed was put in the coldest room in the school, another was put in a pot with soil but will not be watered, one seed was put in a pot with soil inside a plastic bag to restrict the air and another seed was given everything. Keep watching for updates.
7th May
After two weeks of watering and taking care of our seeds, we have had some growth.
26th March
Design Technology
On Tuesday, year 3 were very busy making their picture frames. We had previously designed four frames and chose our favourite. We then had to use our maths skills in measuring to mark out our strip of wood so we knew where to cut. Some of us found sawing very challenging and others had very good sawing skills. Lots of children told us how much their arm was aching and how much they were sweating!!!
Here we are cutting the wood. There will be more pictures to follow showing our finished designs!
Colchester Castle 21st March 2024
Wow! What a great trip we had travelling back in time to see real Roman buildings and artefacts. We particularly liked seeing the skulls of Roman criminals with spike holes and seeing different weapons. We had fun working as a team to build a Roman Villa or Celtic round house. The adults all agreed living in a Roman villa would have been far more comfortable!
Underneath Colchester Castle (which was built in the Norman Era) we got to sit in the real Roman tunnels that the current castle is built on and learn about the destruction of the city caused by Boudicca.
As always, Year 3 were wonderfully behaved and had a great day (even if they did think the coach and lunch were highlights!).
Easter Reflection Workshop 20th March 2024
Year 3 were lucky enough to take part in the Easter Reflection Workshop led by Billericay Churches Together (BCT). WE had a great time reflecting on the Easter story and how the messages of forgiveness, happiness and sadness can be considered and shown in different ways. We had fun creating flags, play doh creations and a tree of joy.
WORLD BOOK DAY - 7th March 2024
Year 3 looked amazing on World Book Day. Well done to pupils and parents for the huge effort you put in to creating so many amazing costumes. Green class had a shared reading session with Red Class from KS1 and Emerald Class had shared reading session with Gold Class from KS2. We made mosaic designs of our favourite book or book character. We enjoyed looking at everyone's different potatoes. What do you think?
15th February
This week has been our multi-cultural week. Year 3 learnt all about Canada. Well done everyone who completed the optional homework. We had some awesome projects brought in. If you would like to see them, please come in on a Friday and see our display.
We all wrote a non-chronological report on Canada, used water colours to create our own Ted Harrison designs, tasted maple syrup, sang a traditional Canadian Folk song and learnt to dance a traditional Canadian folk dance. What a busy week! Here are some photos of our fun time!
Here are our Ted Harrison designs
Here is some of Green class enjoying some maple syrup.
This term in in PE we have been learning about yoga. Strengthening our inner core! Here are some of our poses.....
Forming the tree pose.
The Fox pose.
The three legged down dog
The tree pose.
Pop into our class to see our final designs.
24th January
As part of our Romans topic, we have been studying Roman Mosaics. We then researched a more modern maker of Mosaics called Gaudi. After our researching, we had to state which was our favourite design and why and then design our own mosaic tile in that style. First we rolled and moulded our clay and left it dry.
20th December - Last day of Autumn Term 2023
Well done year 3! We have completed your first term in Key Stage 2 - and haven't you done well?
Thank you so very much to the generous gifts you have given the staff in year 3, we felt very overwhelmed. We would like to wish you all a very Merry and Restful Christmas. Year 3 pupils - Recharge those batteries for lots of new learning in January!
Here are some pictures from our Christmas Party afternoon today.
Getting involved in a game of monopoly.
We played lots of different games.
Wearing Christmassy headbands.
Creating pictures and chilling out!
19th December - Christmas Dinner Day!
There was a lot of cracker pulling and joke telling today in our dining hall. The Sunnymede staff served Christmas dinner and the children wore festive hats. Thank you to the kitchen staff for a delicious Christmas dinner - there were lots of empty plates!
6th December
Today, we took a short walk to Billericay Baptist Church to talk to the School's Ministry about the first Christmas. The ladies had organised lots of different and fun activities all related to the first Christmas and the children had a lovely time. One child said "This has been the best day ever!" Thank you to Sue for the Christmas book donation for our classroom libraries.
22nd November
Today, we learnt about different types of skeletons and classified animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Some of us learnt the difference between an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton is. Here is some of our classifying.
22nd November
Today has been a busy day. We started with our weaving. Everyone had to concentrate really hard and remember the over and under technique. There were lots of instructions to follow and the children learnt that sometimes things take a long time....but the end result is worth it! We hope you like them when the children bring them home for Christmas! Here were are working hard to create them today.
8th November
We had a Winter Arts Morning today. Every year group created a different style of winter picture. Year 3 used white crayons to create the tree and the moon and water colours to create all the different shades of blue. We found it a challenge to not use brush strokes, just dab on the water colour. Emily said, 'It was a bit tricky, then I got better, then I got worse! It got easier as I understood a bit more. It was good to learn a new technique." We had two trial runs before we created our final print.
20th October.
This term in art, we have been studying three artists who print their work; Andy Warhol, Schatzi Brown and William Morris. We created our own design and then drew it on a polystyrene tile. It was then time to use rollers to print our own design. You can see our tile and final design below.
19th October
In Science, we have been learning about light and dark. We learnt that the sun is a source of light and when light is blocked by an opaque shape it creates a shadow. Here we are creating shadows in the sun and trying to draw some of them.
25th September
Building Stonehenge
We have been studying Stonehenge. Why did the Stone Age build it? Is it in a specific position? What kind of stones did they use?
We then built our own versions out of biscuits. The hardest part of the lesson was actually not eating the biscuits!!
16th September
Stone Age Archaeologists - Today, year three went digging for clues from the past. We discovered some Stone Age artefacts and discussed what they might have been used for many years ago. We also got very dirty from all that digging!
Stone Age Day 2023
To support our learning!
Travelling back in time
We had the best day and learnt so much.
We got a close look at items from the past
Drumming was an important communication tool
We got to build Stone Henge
We were all focused on our learning
We had to work as a team
We got to hold and investigate many artefacts
We had fun learning to spear a deer!
We even had a battle! Luckily we are all still friends!
Wow! What an amazing start to KS2 Year 3 have had!
We have been working hard to get to know our teachers, learn some new routines and work on improving our resilience and independence. Your teachers are proud of the excellent start you have made. Keep it up Green and Emerald!