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In Science this week, we investigated water transportation in plants. The children added red food colouring to water containing white carnations and predicted that the red water would travel up the flowers’ stems and to the flower where it would turn the petals red.
On Friday, the children took inspiration from Vincent van Gogh and created patterns based on those he used in his own drawings. They experimented with different tools to do this: various grades of pencils, chalk, charcoal and fine liners. Have a look at their work below, they did a fantastic job!
In Science this afternoon, the children have been learning about bar magnets. We started by discussing the fact that magnets have two poles: north and south. They then used their prior learning from KS1 Geography and used a compass to help them identify which pole of a bar magnet was the north pole and which pole was the south pole.
Then, the children investigated what would happen if they put two same poles together: north and north or south and south. They found that these combinations of poles repelled each other. After that, the children investigated what would happen if they put the opposite poles together: north and south. They found that these poles attracted each other.
This morning, Year 3 have been using modelling materials to make 3D shapes. We also discussed their properties and had a look at which 2D shapes we could see on their faces.
In PE this afternoon, the children had their first rounders lesson. They practised their batting skills by using their hand to bat a tennis ball through a hoop. This also helped them to build their accuracy.
Today, Year 3 were introduced to equivalent fractions. We used bar modelling to find equivalences.
Year 3 had a great morning at Bolton museum this morning. We had a tour of the Ancient Egyptian exhibition, had a look at some artefacts from the time period, learnt all about mummification and even got to have a look at a real mummy!
In Science this week, Year 3 have been learning about friction. To consolidate their learning, we did an investigation into which surface would be the best to race toy cars on. We predicted that the smoothest surface, the classroom table, would create the least amount of friction and enable the cars to travel faster. While the rougher surfaces, such as the carpet and the grass would slow the cars down.
In PE this week, Year 3 have been continuing their Athletics unit and focusing on the skills they need to clear hurdles when running. Everyone did a fantastic job and some even challenged themselves to clear multiple hurdles!
In Computing this week, the children have been learning about packets. When a website makes its journey from the web server to our devices, it needs to be broken down into thousands of packets to travel along cables to our devices. This only takes around one second to happen! We completed a role play activity where we cut up a webpage and transported it from our web server to our device through cables and routers. It took us a lot longer than one second!
