Music Performance

Year 3 throughly enjoyed music this week with Mr Wheetcroft. Everyone got the opportunity to perform their favourite piece of music from the half term. Well done everyone!

Easter Assembly

We had a great time this morning in our Easter Assembly. It was great to hear all the other year groups sing. Happy Easter everyone!

PSHE

Yesterday, 3McK worked in pairs to think of ways Harold’s school could help the environment. We came up with some great ideas such as having signs to show where the bins are to help reduce littering, having labelled recycling bins and planting trees and flowers to create habitats for animals. Fantastic work 3McK!

Eid Al Fitr

Year 3 enjoyed celebrating Eid by designing their own plates using geometric patterns. The plate symbolised the lovely food that would be shared and the design represented Islamic art patterns.

Computing

We have been enjoying altering images to create an atmosphere in computing this week.

Art Week

Year 3 have been drawing in the style of Keith Haring. We have explored different types of shading and worked with oil pastels.

Assembly

Year 3 loved learning about Ramadan and Eid in todays assembly. We learnt about how Muslims fast during daylight hours, meaning they are not allowed to eat or drink anything. They do this for 30 days and it reminds them of people who are less fortunate than themselves. Once the 30 days are over, they celebrate the end of Ramadan with Eid Al Fitr.

We are looking forward to our Eid themed lunch in school on Monday!

Neurodiversity Week

Year 3 have been learning about Neurodiversity this week. We have discussed different topics such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and ASD. Some of us even shared our thoughts and experiences.

Music- Keyboards

Year 3 have really enjoyed their keyboard lessons with Mr. Wheatcroft this half term.

LFC Foundation Central Library Trip

Some of our Year 3 children enjoyed their trip to Central Library yesterday where they got a tour of the library and got read a story. We even programmed our own robot to tell our own made up stories!

Computing

Year 3 have been learning about altering media this half term. We have been taking pictures and changing their appearances by using tools like filters and adding text!

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

A huge thank you to Mr Boyd for hanging our neurodiversity umbrellas! Neurodiversity is an umbrella term used to refer to all of the different ways of thinking. This week the children are learning about Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Ask your child if they know any famous people who are neurodivergant!

Science week

3M have enjoyed taking part in Science Week. We have completed the ‘Blubber Gloves’ experiment which explores how animals adapt, made Oobleck which is a substance that acts as both a solid and a liquid and designed our very own invention that will help us.

Parents Get Involved in Neurodiversity Week.

Below is a list of workshops available to parents during Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Simply click on the workshop your would like to attend to register. You will be able to access the workshops via your mobile phone, tablet or computer. If you need help speak to Mrs Kent (SENCo)

https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/_files/ugd/46eb70_e3ce426f85ca411ebf75ef1d9ce61b10.pdf

Science Week

We enjoyed having Knowsley Safari in this week to teach us about the dangers of plastic for animals

Science Week!

Today Year 3 enjoyed making oobleck and learning about non-newtonian fluid!

Collective Worship

Today we discussed Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday as most like to call it. We learnt that it became tradition for Christians to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday as they were giving up eggs, flour and milk for lent and needed to use all these ingredients before Ash Wednesday when lent starts!

Boccia

These week we had a group of Key Stage 2 children take part in a Boccia competition.

Musical Monday

Year 3 really enjoyed their musical Monday where they got to watch Ali’s Huws play her harp. She also taught us a lot about the harp as well!

3M MFL

3M started their new French topic today – Les Fruites. We learned the French name for some common fruits.

Stay and Learn

3McK enjoyed being mini teachers for the afternoon as they taught their adults how to measure shapes and work out their perimeters. Thank you to all the adults who attended!

Collective Worship

3McK watched Newsround to catch up on the latest news. We then had a class discussion about what our favourite parts were and discussed different parts.

Keyboards

3McK are very excited to start learning the keyboard with Mr Wheetcroft. On Friday we started by learning the notes E, F and G.

R.E.

This half term Year 3 are learning about Religious Festivals. We started our topic by looking at different festivals and celebrations, some were religious and some were non-religious.

3M Music

3M enjoyed their first keyboard session this week. They played the notes E, G and F.

3M French

3M have enjoyed learning the names of instruments In French. They have also worked on understanding which article to put in front of the instrument.

3M Geography

3M enjoyed searching a map of the UK to locate rivers and cities.

3M Stay and Learn

Thank you to those who were able to come to our stay and learn session focusing on measuring perimeter.

World Museum

Some more photos from our Year 3 trip!

Maths Stay and Learn

Thank you to all the adults that came to our stay and learn this half term. We hope you enjoyed learning how to measure perimeter!

Year 3- World Museum Trip

Year 3 had a wonderful time at the World Museum. We enjoyed looking around the Ancient Egyptian exhibition and finding artefacts that we have learned about. We also enjoyed the workshop where we completed activities about Ancient Egypt.

DODGEBALL COMPETITION

Well done to our Year 3 and 4s for taking part in a dodgeball competition.

School Council meeting

Our school council were busy this morning, thinking of ideas for special rewards for reading at home and also for charities to donate to as part of our Social Impact Schools Award.

DT Week

Year 3 throughly enjoyed tasting different foods in Design and Technology this week 🥬🌽🧄🧀🍗🍖 We then made a healthy salad 😋

CO (Carbon Monoxide) safety assembly!

We learnt an important message today about Carbon Monoxide (otherwise known as CO) safety.

You can’t see it, hear it, smell it, taste it or touch it!

Homework task:

• Check if you have a CO alarm in your home!

• Make a note of the signs and symptoms to look out for and also the number to call if you suspect any CO in your home.

KAPLA

Year 3 enjoyed working together to build a selected structure with the KAPLA resources.

Music

Year 3 enjoyed interacting with Resonate’s Music performance with Borges and Machado. They took us on a musical trip to Brazilian Culture.

Dogs Trust

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed a workshop today with Dogs Trust. We learned how to correctly approach a dog and different ways to ensure we are safe around them.

Year 3 PE

Year 3 have been working hard developing their netball skills. Today we worked on shoulder and chest pass.

Year 3 Lifesavers

Year 3 have been working hard all week to earn ‘money’ for our Lifesavers lesson. During the lesson they had to decide what to spend their hard earned money on, things they need or things they want. We then discussed if they could save any of their money.

Year 3 Performing Poetry

Today, Year 3 enjoyed performing and reciting the poems we have been exploring in lessons.

Year 3 Chess

Year 3 have been working hard with Mr Stoddart this half term. We have been learning new moves to develop our chess skills!

Year 3 Music

🎶Today 3McK had Music with Mr Wheatcroft. We continued practicing our recorders and learned the notes B A G 🎶

Year 3 Computing

3McK have been using the Makecode Editor on the Micro:bit website 👨🏼‍💻👩🏽‍💻 They looked at the similarities and differences between Madecode Editor and Scratch!