The Year 3 team would like to welcome all the children to Year 3! We have had a brilliant first week, learning about our school House Saints, rocks and soils in science, and the Stone…
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NHS artwork Year 3
Year 3 finished the school year on a high by participating in an exciting art project. They were asked to create a design for the hoarding that will surround the extension of St Albans City…
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Thursday was a big day for everyone because the children met their new teachers in their new year groups. Year 3 had an enjoyable day with Mrs Tennant and Mr Taylor and learnt about what…
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In Geography, Year 3 have been exploring how St Ablans has changed over the past 200 years. We compared photographs from 1800s and 2000s, discussing how the streets have evolved. We also talked about the…
Read MoreSports Day Fun!
It’s been a busy week in Year 3, with lessons on time intervals, identifying plants, investigating the local area and the history of Bastille Day. However, the highlight of the week has undoubtedly been Sports…
Read MoreMarking Refugee Week in Year 3
This week, we celebrated Refugee Week by joining an online workshop created by the Literacy Trust. We listened to the book “Adnan”, read out by its authors Mark Arrigo and Steven Chatterton. We thought about…
Read MoreYear 3 Stewards of God’s Creation
In line with Catholic Social Teaching of Stewardship of God’s Creation, the children made bird feeders using all-natural, low-sugar, multigrain cereal free from artificial colourings. Since June is fledgling season, we thought out bird feeders…
Read MoreFlowers and their pollinators
We had great fun today making sunflowers and other flower designs in a joint art/science lesson. Our new science topic focuses on plants and we thought it would be a nice idea to make some…
Read MoreInvestigating Friction in year 3
Year 3 children had a great time playing with toy cars and letting them run down ramps covered in various materials this week as part of their investigation into friction.The objective was to discover which…
Read MoreInvestigating Magnetism in Year 3
This week in Science, we planned and carried out a fair test to investigate which materials are magnetic and which are not. Like real scientists, we made predictions (hypotheses) and tested various objects to see…
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