Forest School- Stone Age Shelters
At forest school Rowan Class made Stone Age shelters!
Stone Age Art
Rowan Class had lots of fun using natural resources to create our own Stone Age cave painting! We turned our classroom into a cave, and created some artwork using only materials they would have found in the Stone Age - berries and charcoal! We also made Stone Age style art using paints and paintbrushes to compare how much easier it is to paint with modern materials.
Stone Age Pinch Pots!
Rowan Class made clay pinch pots to understand how our Stone Age ancestors lived. We learned that everything in the Stone Age had to be created or collected. Life was tough!
Houses of Parliament
As part of the PSHE curriculum, Year 3 visited the Houses of Parliament. We even got to meet and ask questions to our local MP, Meg Hillier!
Making, Painting and Exploding Volcanos!
This half term the children in Rowan class have been learning about volcanos! The children designed, built and decorated volcanos using cardboard, recycled bottles and papier-mâché. Once we had created our volcanoes, we used different ingredients to cause an explosion!
D&T: pão de queijo
This half term Rowan Class designed and baked a traditional Brazilian Bread, pão de queijo as part of our D&T project. The children enjoyed shaping their bread and even tasting the finished product!
Brazilian Carnival
This half term, the children in Rowan class have been learning about Brazil! As part of our wow day, the children designed their own masks and headdresses to wear on our carnival parade through the school. The children danced along to some Brazilian music, and even performed some samba moves!
Making Iron Man board games with magnets!
This half term, the children in Rowan class have been learning about the book ‘Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. We undertook a D&T project, where the children evaluated different board games, created a design brief for a board game, and designed their own game, before eventually making, playing and evaluating their own game. In science we have been learning about forces and magnets, and after investigating which types of materials are magnetic, all the children incorporated magnets into their own board games.
Ancient Egypt
Rowan class had fun on our Ancient Egypt wow day! We made Ancient Egypt style headdresses and necklaces, learned to write our names in hieroglyphics and paid a visit to an animal worshipped by Ancient Egyptians... our school cat, Thierry! Rowan Class were also visited by Cleopatra, they asked her questions about her life as a pharaoh and learnt some very interesting facts!
Science
We had lots of fun in Science this term. We used sweets to make a model of the human spine. Strawberry laces for the spinal cord, polo's for the vertebrae, and gummy rings for the cartilage. We even had a special visitor to learn more about the human spine! 🦴
Stone Age pinch pots
Rowan Class made clay pinch pots to understand how our Stone Age ancestors lived. We learned that everything in the Stone Age had to be created or collected. Life was tough!
Pompeii
We have been learning about Geography. Rowan class built maps out of salt dough, and painted them. The maps show the different heights of the land in Italy, and important geographical features, like the location of Mount Vesuvius.
Ancient Egypt
In year 3 we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We had a visitor come into school to teach us all about life in Ancient Egypt. Rowan Class were also visited by Cleopatra, they asked her questions about her life as a pharaoh and learnt some very interesting facts!
Stay Bright
The children wore their brightest outfits to show their understanding of road safety. The children also designed their own posters offering advice to others about how to remain safe and be seen.
History and Art - Making Clay Pinch Pots
Rowan Class made clay pinch pots to understand how our Stone Age ancestors lived. We learned that everything in the Stone Age had to be created or collected by individual. Life was tough!
Making our own Stone Age Pinch Pots
Making our own Stone Age Pinch Pots
