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One of our English topics this term is instructions.

Miss Stewart knows how good we are at following verbal instructions so she wanted to put us to the test and see if we could read and follow a set of instructions to make chocolate crispy cakes all by ourselves! 

We did an amazing job and…

This half term in English and Pastoral we have been learning about Farm to Fork. We wanted to act like farmers and plant our own food to grow and hopefully be able to eat in a couple weeks time! 

First, we had to weed our patch in the garden, there was a lot to do and 3B worked so hard weeding!
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Our current science topic is Plants.  In our most recent lesson, we learnt about the different stages in the lifecycle of a flowering plant. 
 

To recap the stages please have a look at the following website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2vdjxs

Once we were…

In Year 3 this half term, we have been very lucky to have been joined by Mrs Rayton from the Lancashire Music Service.  She is an expert in teaching music and is a much better singer than Mr Thompson!

Over the last few weeks, we have been learning how to sing the gospel song ‘He’s Got The…

This week in Science in 3B, we have been looking at reflection. We have learnt that reflection is when light from an object is reflected by a surface and it changes direction. It bounces off the surface at the same angle as it hits it. 
We wanted to test which materials reflect light the best.
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Today we went to Ridgeway Farm and had such a fun day!

We learnt lots of interesting facts we never knew before, we got to feed all the farm animals and we even saw a lamb that was only born yesterday!

We loved our trip to the farm! 

On Monday, 3S got their wellies on and went to Ridgeway Farm.

When we arrived, we were greeted by Farmer Helen and some rather unpleasant smells!

Next, we went into the farm and had a chat with Farmer Helen about what kind of farm she ran and learnt some interesting facts about how lots of…

In 3B we have been learning about tram bridges in our DT lessons. Last week, we went to visit a tram bridge at Avenham park to investigate it and its structure. We are excited to make our own tram bridges next week! 

Today we were lucky to be visited by Mary and Charles from the RNLI. The came to teach us how to ‘Respect the Water’.

We learnt a lot about how we can keep ourselves safe when we are near lots of different types of water including lakes, rivers, canals and at the…

In Geography, we have been learning about our local area and investigating it using maps.  We have learnt the difference between human and physical features and decided we needed to try and see some of these with our own eyes.

The children were fantastic and could spot human and physical…

In Year 3, we have been learning all about our bodies and what we are made of.  We have learnt about our skeletons and can name some of the main bones and what their jobs are.

We decided that we wanted to conduct an investigation and came up with the question - Do longer legs make you run…

In Year 3, we have been thinking about how we can keep ourselves and each other safe so we invited Nurse Isla to come in and teach us some basic first aid.

The children learnt how to put a plaster on correctly, how to bandage an injury and what to do if they find themselves in need of…