Year 3

Year 3 Seahorses discovered the world’s earliest artwork last week! We looked at examples of prehistoric artwork which is often known as cave art.

We identified common themes and patterns within this artwork and set out creating our own cave paintings! Look at the amazing work we…

Our new (and final) topic this half term in Year 3 Seahorses is called Tribal Tales. During this topic we will be finding out how Britain developed over thousands of years from the Stone Age to the Roman invasion. To kick start our topic we decided to step outside and stand quietly and still. We…

On Monday 6^th June Year 3 Seahorses found out all about D-Day. We found out that the original D-Day took place on 6^th June 1944 and was an important day during World War 2. It was the day on which the Allied forces set out to recapture France.

We found out the day is remembered as one…

Last week Year 3 Seahorses invited their parents into our class so they could ‘express’ their learning during our topic of Urban Pioneers. The main focus of our topic was to create a variety of artwork. The pupils were very excited and waited patiently for our parents to arrive! We had prepared a…

Well the end of another half term and the end of Drumsaloud for year 3 Octopus.  We’ve had a great time during these sessions.  Not only was it great exercise but the children also learnt about the beats which make up a song and how to use the beats to create their own dance routines.  After…

On Tuesday 17^th May 2016 Year 3 Seahorses visited Parish Church in Middleton. We arrived in the morning and were warmly greeted by Margaret who would be showing us around. The trip was to kick start our RE topic of the Wider Church. We spent time taking a tour of the inside and outside of the…

This week Year 3 Seahorses have re-created black and white graffiti artwork. We found a variety of images which use only black and white colours and discussed the affect this has on the viewer.

We thought of reasons why artists would choose to use only these two colours and then used…

Year 3 went to visit our local church, St Leonard's.  It was a great experience for the children.  During lessons they had been learning about churches, the layout and all the different special places within the church.  When they went on their visit they were able to spot all the different things…

Year 3 Seahorses have been looking at the work of Banksy this week. We explored the infamous, anonymous artist’s work, saying what we liked and disliked about his most prolific work. We described how the art made us feel and which was our favourite piece of artwork.

We decided to…

On Friday 6^th May, Year 3 Seahorses found out about VE Day. We discovered that VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day, which marked the end of World War Two. We found out which countries were involved and why the 8^th May 1945 was such a day for celebration. We looked at how people celebrated the…

This Sunday is VE day, the day we celebrate World War II ending.  The children today were shown a YouTube clip of a street celebration taking place when it was announced that the war was over.  The children had lots of questions about WW II.  We discussed and shared information about this war and…

Year 3 Seahorses have been using the iPad and digital camera to experiment with taking a variety of pictures around school this week.

We used the zoom feature to get close up shots and also looked for distinctive and unique patterns from the local environment. We wanted to take…