Welcome to the new Year 3 - don't they look smart.                                                                                             The children have made a brilliant start to the new school year and quickly adapted to the new routines in Key Stage 2.                                                                                                                                                           We have started our topic, Sticks, Stones and Ancient Bones, in order to prepare for our Class trip on Monday 18th September. We have some excellent work on Stonehenge from the Summer Holiday project.                                                                                                                                                                                           We have also started to learn French and the children have already been able to have short conversations to meet and greet each other.

Year 3 performed their Fantastic Finish this month. They wrote the scenes they acted out themselves and did a great job performing their song. A big thank you to all those who came to watch, the chidlren love having you there. This week has been our themed 'Aspiration Week'. The class have focussed on goals for the future and have reflected on how far they have come since the start of Year 3 - looking back at pictures from September makes them look so much more grown up now! They thoroughly enjoyed the parent talks on Monday and were very interested in those careers. We then published our own job adverts and wrote an application letter for our dream job which we also dressed up as.

On Wednesday, we started our new topic with a visit to Celtic Harmony Camp so we could experience Stone Age life. Throughout the day, the children tried out hunting and gathering, spear throwing, making an arrow head out of soap, den building and trading. The children (and adults!) had a fantastic time and learned so much.

To start our new topic ‘Shakes, Shocks and Hotspots’, we had a fun filled morning of earthquake and volcano based activities. This started with an ‘earthquake’ in the classroom! As a class, we created a fabulous piece of volcano art. We also tried to make different model building that would withstand a jelly earthquake – some were more successful than others! To finish, we learned a song all about volcanoes which helped us remember the parts and how they erupt. It was a great morning that we all really enjoyed.

During Theme Week, Year 3 create some fabulous artwork. We used partner feedback to draw an eye, making small improvements each time. The end results were much more realistic than our starting points! Then we though about what we might see if we peered through the keyhole into the dens we discovered and drew this on the other side.

Year 3 have done well getting used to all the new routines in Key Stage 2. We started as we mean to go on with our school awards - last week we won the attendance award and this week Henry the Hoover! We want to win the reading challenge too so keep trying to read at home as much as possible.

We have now completed ‘Boot Camp’ during which we revised skills already learned in Maths and Literacy. As part of our topic on ‘Ruthless Romans’ we studied Roman artefacts, thinking about which objects they may have come from and what they might have been used for. Some of these were more difficult to work out than others, for example an oil lamp which looked a lot like a large spoon!