Year 3 - History - Being an Archaeologist
Year 3 have been following in the steps of Harold Carter, an archaeologist that discovered the tomb of Tutankhamon. They investigated a tomb looking out for various artefacts.
Year 3 - Science- Learning how Muscles Work.
Year 3 have been learning all about animals including humans in science. Today they have looked at how muscles work. They cut out pictures of two bones then joined them together using a split pin to make the joint move. They added an elastic band to act as the muscle and to see how it affected the joint.
Year 3 - Church Visit - Communion
Today, Year 3 went to church to take part in the communion service. They read aloud their own prayers and also a reading to the congregation. After the service they stayed to have their lunch.
Year 3 English - Ancient Egyptians
As part of their new English topic on the Ancient Egyptians, Year 3 have been exploring and identifying the main and subordinate clauses in complex sentences.
Year 3 P.E. - Practicing the Relay
In P.E. today year 3 practiced running the relay. They were put into teams and learned how to hold the baton and then how to run and pass it to the next person in their team.
Year 3 - English Mummies and Their Sarcophagus'
Year 3 started their new topic in English writing a non-chronological report about the Ancient Egyptians. As an introduction to the topic today they made their own Sarcophagus and turned a peg into a mummy.
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Year 3 Art - Exploring Different Patterns From Other Cultures
In art year 3 have been exploring patterns from different cultures.
Year 3 - History - Ancient Egyptians
Year 3 have been testing their knowledge on the Ancient Egyptians. They completed a quiz answering different questions hidden around the classroom and working together in pairs they sorted objects in a picture into modern day and ancient objects.
Year 3 music - Park Soundscape
The children in year 3 listened to a song called 'Park' in music, where they identified the different park equipment. They then created a soundscape where they used symbols to represent the sounds.
Friends of DSJ
We are looking for new members of our Friends at Darwen St James group. The group was created to help raise funds for school by thinking of ideas and planning fundraisers throughout the year. Past events include; *Film night *Bingo night *Family evening *Summer Fair *Christmas Fair All the money we raise is used in school - we have developed the nurture room and we are currently renovating the library areas around school. If you would like to find our more or if you would like to volunteer, please speak to Miss Sears.
Year 3 Art Dip Dying
Year 3 in their art lesson this week have been trying dip dying. They dipped their piece of material into four different colours of ink and created a tie dye pattern.
Year 3 Maths - Division
We were dividing 2 digits by 1 digit finding remainders.
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