Well, we’ve made it Year Three! We have had a very fun week this week to end the school year. At the beginning of the week, the children focussed on the famous artist, Van Gogh, and re-created the famous painting, ‘Starry Night’. The children received a piece from the original drawing and colured it in using a mixture of pencils, pastels and crayons. We then pieced all of the children’s work together to create our very own Starry Night. Look how wonderful it is!

The children have loved playing lots of fun games this week, one of their favourites have been the Pirate Game. The children have worked well as a team to earn the most points and I am sure they will let other children know what it’s all about! The children loved seeing the Olympics torch a couple of weeks ago and are even more excited for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo next week, Year Three made their very own olive wreaths which were famously worn for winners of the Olympics Games in Ancient Greece. On Thursday, the children took part in their very own Olympics. We had lots of fun taking part in lots of different games such as the javelin, discus and even tackled a tricky obstacle course! The children loved the games they played and finished their morning with a lap of honour wearing their olive wreaths.

What a year it has been but I could not be more proud of all of the children in Year Three. They have all shown resilience and strength throughout this challenging year as well as enthusiasm to learn lots of new things. It has been a pleasure to teach every single one of the children in Year Three and I know they will do a great job in Year Four. I would like to say a special farewell to Ava in Year Three as she will begin a new school in September. We all wish Ava the very best of luck in her new journey and we will all miss her very much! Year Three would also like to say a special farewell to Mrs Patterson who has been our wonderful teaching assistant this year. Mrs P has gone above and beyond for myself and the children and we are so thankful that she has been part of our Year Three journey. Mrs Patterson will be greatly missed by all of the children in school as well as the staff who think the world of her. We all wish Mrs Patterson a very happy retirement and thank her for her wonderful dedication to all of the children and staff at All Saints’ School.

Hope you all have a lovely summer break everyone! Love, Mrs Patterson and Miss Walker x

Thanks to Morrisons in Consett, Year Three started off the week by exploring lots of different healthy foods that they may not have tried before such as pitta breads, wraps, bagels, cucumber, watermelon and strawberries to name a few! The children loved making their own healthy picnic and were very brave to try food they may not have tried before. Year Three loved eating their picnic in the sun!

On Wednesday, as part of our topic on Ancient Greece, the children sampled Greek food such as houmous, pitta breads, tzatziki along with chopped celery, cucumber, carrots and peppers. Year Three loved this lesson and I think their tastebuds would agree!

Year Three have loved the activities they have taken part in for Health Week such as Yoga, Hula Hooping, Tennis and Rugby. We also had lots of sporting stars on Sports Day and would like to applaud all of the children for their wonderful participation, effort and encouragement.

Finally, I would like to thank Mrs Oliver, Mrs Patterson and Mrs Stephenson for their wonderful support throughout my absence this week and would like to say a huge well done to the Year Three children for adapting so well last minute and making me even more proud!

Have a lovely weekend everybody. Miss Walker x

Year 3 have been very busy over the last couple of weeks.

In RE, we have been focussing on the Liturgy of the Word of a Catholic Mass. As a fun activity, the children received information about the Liturgy of the Word but some words were missing. As a team, they had to come up to Miss Walker’s copy and try to memorise the missing words and then share the missing word to the rest of the group. All of the children did well in this task and at the end, the group who filled in the gaps the quickest read through the Liturgy of the Word.

Last week, the children loved their time on the play trail for the last time in Year Three!

This week, the children have been learning about Ancient Greece. The children studied what it meant by BC and AD and then put events from Ancient Greece in chronological order on a timeline.

On Thursday, Year Three loved learning Roman Numerals through a very fun YouTube video which really helped the children to rehearse and remember this tricky concept. Mrs Patterson and Miss Walker also enjoyed joining in!

Finally, Louie and Fleur have been busy reading and wrote two wonderful book reviews. They fully recommend, ‘the Truth Pixie’ by Matt Haig and ‘Little Owl needs a home’ by RSPCA Rescue.

Alfie in Year 3 has been hooked on a book called ‘The boy who made everyone laugh’ by Helen Rutter. He started this book this week and has already finished it! He has written a fantastic book review which has been typed out below:

I would recommend this book to KS2 and Year Two children. This book is all about Billy Plimpton who wants to be a famous stand up comedian. He knows good jokes but doesn’t like his stammer. He makes lots of lists in his book and he tries his jokes on a girl that he likes. I can write a few things on a list that he wrote about her:

1. She’s funny
2. She’s pretty
3. She stands up for him
4. She’s good at basketball

He isn’t very confident in himself but when you get to pages 200 and 300, he starts getting more and more confident in himself. It is quite a long book but it is very interesting. I hope you read it. I would rate this book 5 stars.

Good morning everyone,

In Geography this week, Year 3 studied the Mediterranean. Using a map, they firstly located the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Next, we learnt all about why the Mediterranean is such a popular holiday destination thanks to its glorious weather, tasty food, amazing culture and landscapes. Year 3 highlighted key information in their Geography booklet and then used this information to create a holiday brochure on Microsoft Publisher all about the beautiful Mediterranean.

On Thursday, the children focussed on main and subordinate clauses. We used the laptops to complete an online activity and then used the laptops to complete some written activities in our English books.

To end our week on the laptops, the children started their history topic all about the Greeks. The children focussed on the famous Alexander the Great and created an information poster using PowerPoint. We used various sources to gain our information such as using a website and information from this week’s reading comprehension on Alexander the Great. We included lots of information and even some pictures too!

What a busy week we have had! We hope you have a well-deserved relaxing weekend, Year 3. Miss Walker and Mrs Patterson x