Author: year3

We put a different amount of seeds in each pot to see if this impacts on growth.  In pot 1, we put 1 seed; pot  2 had 2 seeds; pot 3 had 4 seeds, and pot 4 had 8 seeds.  We kept everything else the same to make it a fair test.

At the end of term, we observed that the pots with 2 and 4 beans grew the best.  This was in contrast to many of our predictions.

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.

We investigated the function of the stem by using water and food colouring.  We observed overnight how the water is transported through absorption.  The stem of celery turned blue.  Unfortunately, the white flowers did not.

 

The children have been exploring characters’ feelings through the use of role play.  They collected reasons for and against helping Noko.

We wrote persuasive speeches and shared these with year 4.

The children used their language detective skills and knowledge of cognates and near cognates to learn new vocabulary for modes of transport.

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.

We enjoyed our Easter breakfast.  We had Hot Cross buns and hot chocolate while we took part in some Easter activities.

 

Guy Bass visited St. Nicholas and shared some of his books and poems.  We found him really funny and want to read some of his books!

We enjoyed learning about road safety through magic!

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.

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.