Creating potions for Graham Grimm
This morning we recieved a letter from Graham Grimm asking if we could help make a potion to get his memories back. We created a plan for our instructional writing […]
Category Archives: Year 3
Year 3 teachers are Miss Johnson, Miss Sealey and Miss Farmer
P4C in Y3F
This week Y3F looked at the book Words and Your Heart. The children discussed kindness and how words can affect our feelings. The children generated lots of questions and discussed […]
Words and your Heart Y3S
This afternoon we explored our new P4C text. We considered how people could make other people’s hearts happy. We also thought about how we could mend other people’s broken hearts. […]
A mysterious package has arrived from Grimm & Co…
What could be inside? Our y3s are desperate to find out
Daily mile in Y3F
This afternoon Y3F combined practising our 3 times table with the daily mile. The children thoroughly enjoyed singing along whilst following the movements.
Identifying locations in Y3S
This afternoon in y3s we have been comparing our local area to other locations. We considered how Rotherham differs to Sheffield, Paris and even Kenya. We used the atlas to […]
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue visit Y3
This morning we have been very lucky to have a visit from our local fire officers. This has helped support our learning about the rainforest, as we asked questions about […]
The Question Matrix
This morning in Y3J during guided reading, we looked at how we could deepen our understanding and thinking of the text by using the Question Matrix. The lower down the […]
Nemesis project in Y3J
This morning we looked at some of the issues happening right now with deforestation. We discussed the positives and the negatives. We also recognised that animals in our local area […]
Using our creativity in Y3S
This week we have been learning and understanding the functions of different parts of a plant. The children then added their own flair to their plant.
Science in Y3J
Science afternoon in Y3J. Today we looked at different parts of a plant and their functions.
Y3S edit and improve
This morning our new Y3 Children have been redrafting and improving their setting descriptions. We are going to publish them this morning and can’t wait to display them in our […]
SUMMS division exploration
This morning, we have been up and out of our seats searching for questions to answer when dividing numbers by 10. We are getting really confident with our place value […]
Science in Y3J
Today in science we have been palaeontologists digging for fossils. We have discovered fossils from millions of years ago and even researched about a well-known scientist: Mary Anning.
Science in Y3S
Today in science we were investigating the properties of rocks- specifically the permeability. We explored using granite, sandstone, limestone and slate. Using water, we watched to see if the different […]
Year 3 WTA Oscars entry
We are proud to introduce to you the WINNERS of the best costume award at our annual Willow Tree Academy Oscars ceremony. Children from all of the schools in our […]
Science in Y3E
Today in science we have been learning about what fossils are and how are they formed. Using videos and plastercene we created and explained the process which happens over millions […]
DT in Y3J
This afternoon we designed our Victorian toy and then created it. After we created them and wrote the instructions, we decided to test them. We had so much fun.
The rock cycle in Y3E
This afternoon, we enjoyed a hands on science lesson, exploring the different stages of the rock cycle – using sweets! We applied pressure and heat in order to find out […]
