This term our class novel is ‘The Stolen Spear’. It is a novel set at the end of the Stone Age and we follow the character Wolf on a quest to prove his bravery to his family. In class we have been exploring the characters in the story and how the author describes their personalities. In threes, they had a go at acting out the characters.

To celebrate and commemorate Remembrance Day this year, 3W created a whole-class poppy wreath, which we took into the hall and placed with other creations from other year groups. The children also wrote poems and prayers to read out during our Remembrance collective worship.

Later in the week, we then went around school on a Remembrance Trail, looking for all the wonderful work Y6 had created.

What a fantastic week back to school after half-term, 3W were lucky enough to go on a visit to Murton Park where they took part in a Stone Age experience.

The children got to experience lots of Stone Age activities such as: weaving, grinding up flour, making clay pots and hunting training. They ended the day inside a replica Stone Age house and listened to the story of a Stone Age man trapped in ice for thousands of years! It took a while for their eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the the Stone Age house.

Over the term, we have been learning all about the Stone Age so that we can answer our big question: What was life like in the Stone Age and how did it change over time?

Now that we have finished our learning, the children answered the question either through an informative poster or a video. Here are some great examples!

https://youtu.be/jALHbVezxXU

This week, 3W have been celebrating Black History Month in their reading lessons, looking into the importance of why we celebrate Black History Month and significant black people in history who have made a difference. They also looked at the short film ‘Hair Love’ which they found funny, but also very sad! The children used their inference skills to identify what was happening in the film and how the characters were feeling as there was no talking!

I am incredibly proud of 3W and how resilient they have been in their work, especially in Maths where we are starting to introduce some tricky concepts. Lots of children have persevered with their work, even if they have found themselves in the pit. A big shout out to Patrik and Nailah who stood out to be for brilliant perseverance and hard work!

Today 3W had a go at creating a Stone Age axe! After completing their research and design over the past two weeks, they were reading to take on the challenge, lots of persevere was needed to tie the stones and sticks together. The children are now expert axe makers and can show their adults how to create one in our Stone Age workshop on Monday!

3W had a great walk down to Moor Allerton library this week. They demonstrated great listening both when walking there and when listening to the librarian. They were respectful and quiet wandering around the library and reading books, we even chose 5 books to take back to class with us.

This week, Year 3 had a special music lesson with ArtForms. They were introduced to some musical vocabulary such as: pitch, ascending and descending. After having a go at singing the Elevator Song, the children had a go at using the chime bars, recognising which bars produced a different pitch. They were great at listening to instructions and playing an ascending and descending tune.

This week we have been looking at our class novel ‘Stone Age Boy’ and had a go at acting out different parts of the text. We also had lots of fun in RE looking at creations and exploring natural objects.