Year 3

Year 3 developed their shading skills to get tints of colours. They added white to primary colours, then added white to change the tone. Their tints will be very useful for their colour mixing skills to be used during next week’s painting . 
 

We all enjoyed taking part in a rock band today. We heard some wonderful music and learnt how the instruments work. It was great fun! I am sure we have some rockstars in the making🤩😂🤩

Year 3 and 4 enjoyed having a rugby coach from St. Benedict’s School to teach them some skills. Some children will be attending a school tournament later this term to represent St. Bridget’s. It was lovely to have the opportunity for everyone to experience the game.

Year 3 have been very busy developing their knowledge of 3-digit numbers to 1,000. They used base ten, place value counters, charts and part whole models to partition 3-digit numbers. As well as writing them in digits and words, they also understood the value of each digit using partitioning to…

Year 3 enjoyed listening to each candidate’s manifesto and decided who would be their best School Councillors. All children that put themselves forward gave a great speech. They went to the voting station to elect their choices. The successful candidates are to be announced tomorrow.

Year 3 have been studying the work of Ruth Ringold and have started to create their own quilt pieces based on her work. They used cotton and fabric paint to design them. 
 

Year 3 have been studying Mandalas in Art and so we decided to create our own natural mandalas today. Gathering natural objects and arranging them in circular patterns was great fun. Nature is so colourful! 
We also consolidated our 2 D shape knowledge when we created different 2D shapes using…

As part of their writing lessons on instructional texts, Year 3 have been using adverbs to improve instructions on creating zentangle patterns. They used the instructions to help Year 2 and themselves to create their own zentangle patterns. How wonderful their finished patterns were!
 

Year 3 enjoyed writing a third person narrative this week. It was very descriptive using metaphors, similes and expanded noun phrases. Their descriptions were all about a predator who failed to catch its prey and went home hungry. Descriptosaurus were useful when finding powerful vocabulary. Great…

Year 3 have been looking at artists Faith Ringgold and Alma Thomas. They studied their work and replicated their style in textiles, ink and collage. Mandala originated in India and is used as symbolism in Buddhist and Hindu faiths. They enjoyed creating their own mandalas and textiles.

Year 3 and 4 representatives had a great time at the School Games Quicksticks hockey tournament, competing against other schools. They won some games and lost others, but all of the children showed excellent sportsmanship throughout.

• Year 3 enjoyed learning about the valuable life saving work carried out by Search and Rescue volunteers. Seeing their equipment, hearing about their job and asking questions was really interesting.