Today Year 3 have loved wearing their Christmas jumpers and enjoyed their treat of a Christmas dinner! They ended the day making 3D standing Christmas trees!

Thank you to all the families who came to Carols around the tree and watched Year 3 and 4 perform some beautiful carols. As well as the choir, steel pans and Nathaniel’s piano performance.

Wow! It has been so brilliant to see so many children in Year 3 create their own Stone Age Project to show what they have learnt this half term! Here a some very smiley faces proudly sharing their work.

Year 3 have been enjoying getting into the Christmas spirit. They like to keep warm and cosy so we have been reading by firelight which has created a calm environment for them to enjoy.

This half term we have been learning about the Bronze Age. As part of this we have been exploring what the beliefs of the people in the Bronze Age were. We have discovered how important the sun was to people at that time. Here are some lovely sketches of Bronze Age items.

It has been lovely to see ll of 3H so absorbed in their learning over this half term. They have been reading books independently linked to their learning.

Reading a book about Noah’s Ark linking to our RE learning this half term.

Reading aloud and learning all about our Stone Age and Bronze Age history topic

Here we are enjoying the range of books in our school library.

In Autumn 1, year 3 have been exploring pitch with chime bars. They have been listening to and appreciating music and noticing where the pitch gets higher and where the pitch gets lower. They have learnt how to hold a beater and use the chime bars. They have learnt to play along with the song ‘elevator’ and ‘once a man fell in a well’.

3H had such an incredible day at Murton Park! We enjoyed living and working as people in the Stone Age would have.

We made Stone Age pottery and used sticks to add details. Stone Age people used pots to express themselves so each of our pots are unique to us.

We were archaeologists as we sketched some Stone Age items like tools and spears.

We also created a class cave painting!

We hunted wild boars, deer and bears! We had to be quiet and use hand signals to communicate with each other so we didn’t scare the animals away. We had a great time throwing our spears! Watch a video of a group being lead to hunt:

When farming, we had 3 activities. We used tools to farm and turn the land over ready for planting. We wove wool to create fabric and ground grain to make flour.

We ended the day in a roundhouse, listening to a story around the fire.

Year 3 had an AMAZING time at Leeds Playhouse watching the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!

We laughed, sung, ate snacks and had a wonderful time experiencing the Theatre together.

As part of our Bronze Age learning, we have been exploring The Beaker People and how they designed Beaker pots during the Bronze Age. We had a go at designing our own Beaker Pots. Take a look! We can’t wait to make clay pots at Murton Park.