ARCHIVED 2022-24 Year 3 Blog

 Year 3 practised their new vocabulary and song. They then revised colours and sang the rainbow song in French.  To practise colours further, we played a version of bingo, which they enjoyed.

 Year 3 started a new topic: Portraits. They learnt some new vocabulary all about the parts of the body and also learnt a new song- Head, shoulders, knees and toes in French.

 A few pictures from a brilliant week of activities related to world book week.

 This week in PSHE, Year 3 looked at online bullying and some of the positives and negatives of going online. The children created a table of ideas and took turns in explaining them to the class.

Today, in their first PE lesson back, Year 3 took on some very tricky circuit exercises. We had a focus on muscle groups and how these muscles can help us with different sports. We looked at squats, shoulder presses and planks- to name a few.   

 After recapping the different features of a volcano, the children discussed why people might choose to live near a volcano. There were some amazing conversations throughout the class. They had a vote and most of the children decided they would not like to live near a volcano. From there, they identified why people choose to live there: minerals can be found in the Earth; fertile soil allows the right conditions to grow fruit and vegetables; geothermal energy allows the magma to heat water and provide houses with natural heating; tourism is huge as many people come to see the sights, mud pools, steam vents and swimming spots.  Finally, the children looked at the different animals and plants that can be found both in Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands which are both made from volcanoes.