Blog by Tag: Year 3

We had a fantastic KS2 Sports Day filled with energy, fun, and brilliant sportsmanship from all our pupils. The sun shone down as children competed in a variety of events, showing off their skills and cheering each other on.

We’re proud to announce the special awards for each team this…

Today, we were all treated to a brilliant assembly called "What You Should Know About H₂O", kindly funded by United Utilities. 

The children discovered the three states of water—solid, liquid and gas—and had a chance to see how water changes and moves through the world around us. We dived into…

Geography fieldwork was so much fun! Two glorious days on the banks of the River Dee exploring how it is used in comparison with the mouth of the River Mersey.

Brookside had a fantastic day celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day with nostalgic music and by enjoying our lunches outside!  We have learnt about the Second World War and paused to reflect on the sacrifice made by so many in the cause of freedom and justice.

As part of fractions Year 3 have been working out practically how to find 2/3, 3/4 or 5/8ths of a number.

Year 3 have been finding out that light cannot travel through an object and this is how shadows are created.

What a wonderful week to take literacy outside. The weather provided a wonderful muse to help us improve our sentences when setting a scene, be it under the beautiful blue sky or in the shade of our wooded copse. 

Well they do in science! Year 3 find out that two North poles or two South poles repel each other, but North and South poles attract.

We had a great day out finding out what it took to be in the Roman army 

and all about Chester's ancient history under Roman occupation. 

In science we have been learning about forces. This week we learned how friction helps us slow down!

We have been learning all about abstract art. We have focused on the artist Anthony Caro. We have been creating our abstract art based on similar ideas. 

We have been reading the book Big Blue Whale in literacy. The children have been researching facts about whales and creating pamphlets. They look rather splendid!