Pasta Making

This term we had a very special visit from Nonna Maria (Miss Onorati’s grandma). She showed us how to make pasta from scratch, using just flour and water! We started by making a dough, then rolled it into sausages before finally using our fingers or thumb to make fresh cavatelli. We got a little bit messy but we loved making it and we loved eating it even more! It’s also inspired some of us to make it with our families at home. Thank you Nonna <3

We loved our trip to Cadbury world in the Spring term to support the learning during our 'Great Food Debate' topic. We learnt so much about the sourcing of ingredients and production of foods and the impact this has on the world. We also explored how the Cadbury business has developed throughout history.

This half term, we have used salt dough to re-create a fossil. We used rocks and dinosaur models to make an imprint to help us to visualise how fossils are formed over time from sedimentary rocks.

We enjoyed testing the permeability, durability and hardness of granite, slate, chalk and marble this half term. We worked in teams with the Science curriculum leaders to test each rock and record our results.

This December, we have enjoyed making Christmas cards. We are excited to deliver them through the letter boxes of Wilford Village to spread some joy and cheer to our neighbours.

We loved posting our Christmas cards through letter boxes in Wilford Village. Happy Christmas everyone!

We have enjoyed using our creative and artistic skills and imagination this week to create Viking figures with clay. He designed our figures based on Viking Gods and people and thought carefully about clothing, weapons and accessories they had. We replicated these details using tools and moulding techniques.

We have had an amazing Viking day this half term. We enjoyed making shields, re-enacting a raid around school and burning boats on our school pond. We enjoyed dressing up in the style of Viking warriors and children too.

In Science, we are learning about Forces. We have enjoyed looking at the north and south poles of magnets and trying to attract and repel different objects around the classroom.

In year 3, we are loving our Viking topic so far. We have looked at Viking beliefs and Gods and have even had a go at some Viking style art work including knots, patterns and shields. We have learned that some Gods' names are associated with different days of the week.

Summer term

During community action week, we invited the playgroup children over and shared some stories with them. They enjoyed sitting in the sunshine with us and looking at the pictures together.

This term we are so excited to visit Paul Smith in London. We have designed our own T shirts and have used different creative techniques, inspired by Paul Smith himself.

This term, we are super excited to be going on our London trip to Paul Smith. Our learning in English and topic is focused around fashion design as well as cultural fashion choices and will all contribute towards this fabulous opportunity. We will even be designing our own items of clothing. Watch out for photos of our master pieces...

Spring Term

Our Spring term topic is the 'Great Food Debate' where we explore different cultural foods as well as healthy and unhealthy choices.. We also learn about the impact that food production and farming can have on the environment. We consider how we can make informed choices about our sustainable shopping and eating habits.

Our visit to the chocolate factory was amazing and we loved learning about the history of the brand and how the products are made. We also had a taste of some yummy warm chocolate and even experienced a roller coaster ride and 4D cinema!

Our minds were blown by the real life Scientist who visited us during British Science week. We were amazed by all the weird and wonderful experiments such as seeing air moving with our very own eyes.

In Science this term, we have been learning about different types of rocks and how fossils are formed over many many years. We enjoyed making our own salt dough and using small dinosaur figures and shells to make our own imprints.

We really enjoyed writing our very own 'Food Fight' stories during this topic. We used Popplet on our iPads to plan out each part of our story and experiment with vocabulary to bring our stories to life. Our writing was inspired by the food fight scene on the film, 'Hook'.

Autumn term

For the curriculum showcase this term, we showed how we could dress a Viking, using all the knowledge we have gained about them so far. We thought carefully about their jobs, practicality and fashion!

Our Viking day this term was amazing! We had so much fun raiding the school for treasure. We also made shields and bread. We particularly enjoyed our Viking story around the fire pit!

This term, we are being inspired by Asgard and designing our own Viking settings. We are enjoying learning lots of new and exciting facts about Viking Gods and their homes and using these facts to build our own descriptions.

To start our maths this year, we are revisiting place value and thinking about our basic number knowledge and skills. Our working walls as seen in this photo help us to access our learning and remind us of the methods we have been learning. They are also a great reminder of the visual representations and resources we can use to help us with our maths.

Fashion Forward

This term we have been learning all about Fashion with a focus on identity. Themes we have covered are designing and making our own T-shirts for the Year 3 Catwalk, studying Paul Smith and creating artwork inspired by him. Amazingly, we all wrote letters to Paul Smith and received a card and a beautiful Paul Smith note book. He was so impressed by the year 3s hard work!

The Great Food Debate

In the spring term we have been learning all about food from around the world with a focus on geography and location. Some of the themes we have focused on are Fair Trade, growing local food using our new allotment at school, creating healthy and diverse recipes, discovering local chefs such as Mr Putman’s weekly column in NG3 magazine and visiting Greens Windmill in Sneinton to discover local flour and bread production. 

This term in Year 3 we are learning all about the Viking, the invasions they went on, how they travelled around and generally a historical exploration into the Vikings. There are many different resources you could use at home to help your child with the Vikings, such as bbc bite size, horrible histories, DK explore and more! The children are loving the topic and will be looking forward to Viking day in autumn 2.