The children have been labelling the parts of flowers and exploring their functions. We also dissected the flowers and compared the parts. We noticed that some plants have lots of petals, while others have brighter petals. Some plants had thicker stems or different shaped leaves.
Author: year3
Quill Soup
Cognates and near cognates
Welcome to Term 5!
Here is an overview of what the children will be learning this term. There is also a copy of our KIRFs.
As always, if you have any questions, please speak to a member of the Year 3 team.
Easter Breakfast
Author Visit
Magic Show!
Art – Norval Morrisseau
We completed an artist study on the Canadian artist, Norval Morrisseau. We looked at some of his work and learned about his abstract and x-ray style. We explored colour, lines and emotions by practising different techniques in our sketchbooks. We used primary colours to make secondary colours. After practising in our books, we transferred our ideas to our final piece.
Forces and Magnets
We have enjoyed learning about forces and magnets this term.
We started by exploring how friction is used to slow things down. We carried out an experiment in class using different materials.
Next, we investigated which materials were attracted to magnets.
We also looked at how magnets work through different materials.
We magnetised a paperclip by stroking it against a magnet. The particles in the paperclip changed direction from a haphazard pattern to all facing the same way. This temporarily turned the paperclip into a magnet and so we were able to attract another paperclip. We also investigated how magnets can attract and repel each other and how this can be useful in everyday objects e.g. fridge doors.
We explored the strength of magnets using paperclips.