Art: Mountain landscapes

In Art, Year 3 have been exploring the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and creating their own mountain landscapes. They have been practising using tone, tint and shade to add depth and atmosphere to their paintings.

English: Autumn is Here poetry

Year 3 have been exploring poetry through the unit Autumn is Here. The children used their senses to taste and smell autumnal foods, trying apple pie, toffee, hot chocolate and blackberries to help inspire their ideas. They then wrote their own poems titled ‘Winter is Here’, using sensory details to bring the season to life.

History: Cave Drawings

In History, Year 3 learnt about famous cave paintings around the world and how early people recorded their lives through art. The children then recreated their own Stone Age-inspired pieces by drawing a bison using charcoal.

Science: Rocks

As part of our Science topic on ‘Rocks’, Year 3 had the opportunity to become Rock Detectives! The children used a set of clues to identify minerals and fossils and find out their uses. They constructed a timeline to illustrate the age of rocks and fossils and also found out about some of the most important rocks and minerals found in Leicestershire.

Geography: Mountains

Year 3 have been learning about block, fold and volcanic mountains through various experiments. They created a volcanic eruption using baking soda and vinegar, made fold mountains by pushing tissue boxes together with layered tea towels in between, and explored block mountains using a cut-up rubber to show how sections move up and down.