Year 3 Willow Blog
Safety Seymour Visit
Last week we had a visit from the CO crew. First thing in the morning we had an assembly with Julie and Al to learn about Carbon Monoxide. We realised that you can't hear it, smell it, taste it, touch it or see it! We learnt that you need to have a special detector...
Science circuits
In Science we have been creating electrical circuits using wires, bulbs and batteries. We extended our learning to find out what would happen if we used more batteries and this week we have been looking at complete and incomplete circuits, making predictions and then...
Symphony Hall Performance
On Sunday 29th June, the School Choir performed at Birmingham's Symphony Hall for the SIPS Music Plays Symphony Hall show. The Choir worked so incredibly hard for this amazing opportunity. All their hard work paid off as they sounded amazing, it was clear they have a...
Extraordinary Egyptians
Yesterday, the History Man came to visit Year 3! We spent the whole day learning about different aspects of Ancient Egyptian life and taking part in activities. As part of our Egyptian day, played ancient board games, created clay pots and cartouches, dressed up in...
Road Safety
Today we have had Louise from Sandwell Road Safety Education Team visit. She has delivered assemblies to KS1 and Year 4 & 5. Then class workshops with Year 3 and 6. The children learnt all about crossing safely, car safety and a catchy little song for a reminder....
Day Three At Frank Chapman
This morning we all took part in some orienteering in the forest before completing our diaries and packing to come home.
Day Two At Frank Chapman
We have had another fun filled day after a short night's sleep! Different groups have taken part in a high level ropes course, crate stacking, archery, caving (man-made!), team building activities and the blind-line. Mrs Houghton, Miss Francis, Miss Richardson, Mr...
Day One At Frank Chapman
We have had a busy first day at Frank Chapman. The weather has been great so we have really enjoyed the archery, blind-line obstacle course, crate stacking and high level ropes challenge. We enjoyed our tea and evening walk in the woods (deer antler find included!)...
Practical Maths
Today we investigated capacity and volume. We went outside in the playground and poured water into different measuring jugs and cylinders to match the amounts given by the teachers. We had to be really accurate with our pouring and the teachers made it tricky by...
Y3 Food Technology – Balti
On Tuesday, as part of our Birmingham and Beyond topic, we prepared and cooked a healthy vegetable and chickpea Balti in Year 3. The Balti Triangle is an area of Birmingham which is famous for its many Asian restaurants, with the traditional Balti bowls first being...
Science Week
The theme for Science week 2025 (7th - 14th March) was 'Change and Adapt'. In Year 3, we experimented with changing sounds by altering the amount of water in identical glass bottles. The pitch was lower when there was more water in the bottle and higher with less...
Stone Age Day
We had a visit from an archaeologist as part of our Stone Age topic. He spent the day with us in Year 3 and we had great fun taking part in lots of interesting activities. We excavated artefacts from sand trays, made clay pots, tried to piece together...
International Day of Peace
Thank you to all the children who completed their homework for International Day of Peace. We had some wonderful contributions and explanations of what children believe peace is and how it can be achieved across the world. Here are a few examples: Many...
Year 3 Cave Paintings
In Year 3, we are learning all about the Stone Age. We have been learning about prehistoric art and cave paintings. Today we created our own cave paintings.