Sacred Heart
Catholic Primary
'Live, Love and Learn Joyfully in the Family of Christ'
Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to our class page 2024/25.
Here you will find lots of information on what Year 3 have been up to and what we are looking forward to!
Geography - Last week Year 3 headed out into Ware to complete some fieldwork. We walked through the town, taking in information on many of the key sites, including historical buildings and much more recent builds like the GSK factory. We gathered information on the types of shops and houses that we saw, completed field sketches to compare against historical photos and also used our map skills to navigate our way around the town. Upon returning to school we have been able to collate the information and record the new things that we discovered about our local area.
World Book Day - Year 3 really enjoyed World Book Day 2025. Coming into school in our pyjamas or comfy clothes, what we like to where when we're reading, we got to look a books from different genres and to try books that we might not normally choose. We were lucky to have some parents join us for the morning and after reading we made some beautiful bookmarks. In the afternoon, outside in the glorious sunshine, we took part in a school book swap. We were able to choose a new book to take home from all the wonderful books donated to the school by everyone. We enjoyed some quiet time outside to sit and read our newly chosen book. A fantastic day of reading!
Science - Today we used a cork, a paper clip, a compass and a magnet to carry out an experiment. Straightening the paper clip, we used the magnet to magnetise the clip by stroking it 50 times in each direction, then pushed it through a cork. Placing the cork into a bowl of water we waited to see if the cork/paperclip would turn to face North. We discovered that it did indeed turn towards North,
In Computing, we used a green screen to make presentations about volcanoes.
Geography - We have been learning about volcanoes over the last few weeks. We have looked at the geography of volcanoes, learnt about the parts of a volcano, what causes an eruption and investigated specific volcanoes. We have also learnt about the Campania region and the history of Mount Vesuvius. Here are some of the homework projects we have produced.
Science - We have been looking at magnets this term, with our long term objective to be to move a small car with a magnet but without it actually touching it. Today we tested 6 different objects; a split pin, a nail, a safety pin, a paper clip, a 5p coin and a 2p coin, to see which had the strongest magnetic force. We discovered that the objects made from steel or iron were the strongest.
Art - We have started on our 'Colour' topic where we are learning about Primary and Secondary colours, tones, shades, tints and mixing. We are working towards producing a piece of art inspired by Irish born artist, Sean Scully. To start with we sorted through various paint charts to put them into to their colour families.
Decoration Day - On Friday 22nd November Year 3 got into the Christmas spirit, coming to school in our Christmas jumpers we enjoyed a day of festive fun. The morning started with a Maths challenge, using our maths skills we had to work out the clues to find out who stole the snowman's nose. Our knowledge of fractions, addition, number sequences and place value were just some of the skills we had to use. From the list of possible suspects the class concluded that 'Kev' was the carrot thief! In the afternoon we had some of our lovely parents join us to help with our decoration making. Everyone worked exceptionally hard to create some beautiful angels for our Christmas Fayre and then we had the opportunity to also make nativity baubles and advent wreaths. It was fantastic to see the creativity that was taking place in the classroom, providing us with some wonderful decorations to hang in our classroom. We are certainly in the Christmas mood now!
Celtic Harmony - Year 3 enjoyed a fabulous trip to Celtic Harmony on November 14th 2024. We were accompanied by Bran, who spent the day showing us many aspects of how people lived in the Iron and Stone Age. We learnt how to start a fire, how to make a den of sticks & leaves, how tools were made and even had the chance to be hunters. Exchanging our English money into Iron Age gold coins, we were also able to go into the shop and purchase some exciting souvenirs. Ava "I loved it when we went hunting, I had to have a really good aim to get the stick through the hole" Noah "I loved the whole trip but my favourite bit was when we went hunting for the animals, it was great fun".
Class Worship - Year 3 held a peaceful class worship and remembered those who have lost the lives fighting to protect our country. We also remembered anyone close to us who we have lost. May they rest in peace.
