Welcome to Hazel Class
We hope you have had a lovely summer break and are looking forward to all the exciting and interesting topics we have planned for this year.
In Year 3 we start with our Stone Age to Iron Age topic in History and Light and Shadow investigations in Science. In English we explore portal stories and look at lots of examples before writing our own.
We will continue to learn times tables and build on our Maths knowledge over the year. Please see the newsletter below for further information.
We are looking forward to a great year together!
Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Terry
Maths Investigation Day 2022
Hazel Class spent the day exploring times tables and the links to repeated addition.
We played games and worked in teams and partners. Have a look some of our activities!
We played games and worked in teams and partners. Have a look some of our activities!
We hopped in 2s, 4s and 8s along the number line
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We worked carefully with our partners to spot patterns in the times tables.
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We used Numicon to show how the addition facts match the times tables facts.
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Working carefully with our partners along the number line
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Showing how repeated addition can be used to work out times tables!
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Jumping in 2s, 4s and 8s.
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Our visit to Buster Ancient Farm
Last half term we visited Buster. We had a very interesting and busy day finding out about life from the Stone Age to the Iron Age . We even dug up some artefacts and had to find out what they were.
We heard about how tools were made
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We visited some Stone Age buildings and found out what they were made of.
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We went inside this amazing thatched barn
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We were told about wattle and daub used to build houses
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Using wire and pliers, we made our own rings as they might have done in the Bronze Age!
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There were lots of interesting structures and artefacts
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Maths Week in Hazel Class
We spent the week investigating fractions. we looked at shapes, bar modelling, sharing and equivalent fractions. we even played games and did fraction puzzles to help with our understanding.
We worked with different equipment to find fractions of amounts.
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We thought about how to record our work
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Bar modelling can help us to see equivalent fractions
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Science Day
In Hazel Class we spent the day investigating rocks and fossils.
We gathered information about how fossils were formed, experimented on different rocks to work out their properties.
It was interesting and fun!
We gathered information about how fossils were formed, experimented on different rocks to work out their properties.
It was interesting and fun!
We looked at many types of rock and discussed their properties. We sketched them and added detail to show their differences.
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We researched fossils using books , pictures and actual fossils.
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It is interesting to think about what animal each fossil actually was.
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We have been reading a book called The Street Beneath My Feet. we are doing some of our own illustrations about it.
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We worked together to find out more!
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We started science week by making our own volcanoes, ready to test later in the week.
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We explored different ingredients to find out which ones had an explosive reaction!
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We found out that mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar created the bubbly reaction we were looking for.
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We learned lots of new scientific vocabulary relating to rocks and volcanoes.
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We tested viscosity. We used golden syrup cold and then warmed so to find out what effect warming it had on its viscosity.
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At the Science Fair we demonstrated our erupting volcanoes and the golden syrup experiment.
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We also completed several investigations using magnets. We can magnetise needles!
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We explored forces and friction.
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The magnet exploration was great fun!
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Science Week in Hazel Class
We had a really enjoyable week exploring a number of Science concepts.
Each group made their own volcano and used our experiment results to create their own eruptions!
Later in the week we found out about magnets and how some materials and objects are attracted to magnets and some are not. We also created our own magnets!
Book Week in Hazel Class
We read The Snow Dragon and created poems, masks and an amazing costume linked to cold and hot colours to represent the Snow and Fire dragons in the story.
We have had fun mixing colours and using a wide vocabulary to describe what the dragons were like.
The costume looked amazing as we paraded up and down the hall!
Here is our wonderful Ice and Fire Dragon costume
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These are our hot Fire Dragon masks
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More amazing Fire dragon masks created for our parade
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Creative Arts Day 2023
Hazel Class found out about Aboriginal Art. We learned several different techniques; creating bark art, dot painting and dream pictures.
During the day we each created our own examples of each.
The dream story piece was based on the story The Rainbow Serpent. We put our pieces together as a collaborative piece which looks amazing!
We then looked at different symbols used in aboriginal pieces and even saw a real example of a piece using these symbols, brought in by one of our governors.
During the day we each created our own examples of each.
The dream story piece was based on the story The Rainbow Serpent. We put our pieces together as a collaborative piece which looks amazing!
We then looked at different symbols used in aboriginal pieces and even saw a real example of a piece using these symbols, brought in by one of our governors.
Welcome back to the summer term!
Below you will see the newsletter which tells you all about what we will be learning in Year 3 this term.
Active Maths Day
In Hazel Class we used our knowledge of shape to sort shapes and talk about their properties. We learned more about angles and found parallel and perpendicular lines in so many places!
We then drew maps and labelled where we had seen the different shapes, angles and lines.
We started with a relay game to find different shapes and name their properties.
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We looked for angles in different shapes and learned about acute and obtuse angles.
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In the outside Oasis area we found as many parallel and perpendicular lines as we could.
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We made maps of the Oasis and added where we had found different angles.
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Outdoor Learning Day in Hazel Class
We did lots of activities to develop our Working With Others skills. We had to make decisions and work as a team. We collaborated as we gathered the correct pieces for our patterns and obstacle courses.
We played games which helped us to make decisions together and work as a team.
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We each had a role to play in our group
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We planted some tomato plants in the garden.
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STEM Week in Hazel Class
We had such an interesting week developing our skills in all areas; Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
We explored how water moves through different channels, melting ice and building systems to transport water from one place to another. Each team managed to water the plants in their raised bed.
We explored how water moves through different channels, melting ice and building systems to transport water from one place to another. Each team managed to water the plants in their raised bed.
Our Sea Art Project
We had a special visitor to Hazel Class to work on an Art project about the sea.
Ms Penfold from Felpham Community College came to work with us for the afternoon. We printed the sea then we sketched and painted sea creatures.
The finished piece looks great in our classroom! Have a look at these pictures of our process and results.
Ms Penfold from Felpham Community College came to work with us for the afternoon. We printed the sea then we sketched and painted sea creatures.
The finished piece looks great in our classroom! Have a look at these pictures of our process and results.