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History

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 This week, Year 3s were welcomed to KS2 History! First things first, we made sure that we understood what historians mean by 'BC' or 'BCE' and 'AD'. To help us to understand, we all made timelines representing events before and after we were born: Next, we thought about some things in History that we know about. Are they 'BC' or 'AD'? Where do they belong on a timeline? Next week, we will begin a brand new unit of learning: Prehistoric Britain!
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Countries

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 This term, year 3 will be studying all about countries.  Below, you can find their journey and their vocabulary mat.  During their first lesson, the children recapped the 7 continents and 5 oceans as well as looking at the Equator. From there, they split the Earth in half horizontally and made two hemispheres . These two hemispheres are known as the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. We live in the Northern Hemisphere and it has the biggest population as there is more land. However, in the Southern Hemisphere there is more water and a smaller population.   
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Fieldwork

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Today, the children went out to the field and they had to decide where they would place a volcano in the school grounds and why. There were some amazing discussions as the children discussed how they would let the lava go into the sea so the lava would cool cool down quickly and cause less destruction. Others thought the best place would be in the middle of the field as this is the middle so there would be more space for the lava to travel. Another child thought they could put it near the sand pit as there is less items to burn over there. 
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