When you look at a painting, let the dancing begin.

When you look at a painting, let the dancing begin.

Poetry writing in Year 3. When you look at a painting Let the dancing begin. Move your eyes around the frame Both gilded and plain. Then let the light take you in To all that’s within Grace Nichols Inspired by The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh we experimented with...
Flaming photo frames!

Flaming photo frames!

Although we all agree our photo frames wouldn’t stay standing during an Earthquake, we have been learning about stable structures during D&T this term and are very proud of our outcomes! Inspired by volcanoes, we have used research to develop our own design...

Getting quake ready!

Imagine that you hear a low, rumbling, roaring sound. The noise gets louder and louder, for a few seconds. Then, WHAM! There’s an intense jolt. The floor feels like it is moving beneath you. It’s hard to stand up, or even stay in your seat. If you do stand up, you...
Routing Around!

Routing Around!

We have been busy bee-bots in Year 2 making floor maps using the skills we have learnt in Geograph. We learnt how to move around a map using compass directions and have applied this brilliant learning to computing. The children programmed a floor robot (bee-bot) to...
BOOM! Incredible forces of nature.

BOOM! Incredible forces of nature.

Year 3 have learnt about what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods and how those events shape the surface of the earth. We have all been fascinated with the eruption aspect of volcanoes. We all wanted to see first-hand how this type of phenomenon happens to help...