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Foundation stage blasted off to space to launch our new topic. The children were introduced to the solar system, including the planets, stars and the moon during the 3d show. 

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Year 3 have been finding out lots about volcanoes as part of their Geography based topic, Tremors. They researched the Earth's layers and found out how and why volcanoes erupt. We developed our map skills by locating the world's most famous volcanoes. 

Year 3 Seahorses performed their anti-bullying themed assembly to the whole school and their parents. There was excellent speaking skills being displayed and I think everyone enjoyed their performance! Well done Year 3. 

A key 'value' we found out about today was confidence. We are working at building up our self-confidence with speaking out and presenting to the class. This is a key part of our English curriculum and something we will be focusing on this year. The children all presented their amazing volcano…

Year 3 Seahorses watched a video of a volcanic eruption. However it had no music to accompany it! The children worked in groups to compose their own music! We performed our 'volcanic eruption musical' in small groups and then as a whole class!

Year 3 Seahorses have been looking at maps linked to our topic of tremors. The children developed their map skills by locating the countries which have famous well-known volcanoes. Miss Riaz was very impressed with the work they completed. Have a look at twitter for some examples of this…

Year 3 thought about the properties of rocks. We thought showered our ideas and then sorted the rocks we collected according to these properties. 

Year 3 wanted to find out why all rocks looked different. We used the internet to research and find out what types of rocks there are and even more importantly how they are formed. We shared our findings with the class. 

Year 3 worked as a team to each create a paper poppy. We followed a set of instructions and then combined our efforts to create our own wreath. We were so proud of our finished product. We now display this proudly in our classroom. 

As part of British Values, we have been interested to find out about different faiths. We have enjoyed researching how Hindus celebrate the festival of light, Diwali. We wanted to create our own Rangoli patterns using coloured sand. It was much harder than it looked! 

Our topic this half term is called Tremors and through our topic we have been learning about volcanic eruptions! We thought it would be interesting to create artwork based on this so we used a variety of different materials and techniques. I am sure you will be impressed by our amazing work! 

Year 3 have started to look at money this week. We could name the different coins and could pay for items using the correct amount of money. Miss Riaz decided to challenge us so she asked us to make the amounts using the fewest number of coins! We enjoyed this challenge very much!