Year 3 Yearsley Grove Primary

Hello! We are Year 3 at Yearsley Grove Primary. We can’t wait to show you everything that we are currently getting up to. Enjoy 😊

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Our first Big Up a Book! Teddy gave us a review of How I Became A Dog Called Midnight by Ben Miller. Well done Teddy. 😊

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Some great action shots in dodgeball today!

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To finish our topic we had a final debate - Were the Romans Rotten? Both teams did very well at presenting their evidence.

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Today we loaded up with our coats, bags and PE kits and practised marching as Roman soldiers. We carried our things and pretended it was our equipment and we marched in formation. We also practised our ‘testudo’ formation! Dex, sin, dex, sin, dex, sin…

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The children are looking at notation in music today. We are writing out the notes to help us read the music for our glockenspiels today.

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Practising keeping the tempo on the glockenspiels whilst singing at the same time.

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We are focussing on Escape from Pompeii in writing. Today we acted out the key scenes from the story in preparation to write them down.

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Using an atlas to locate Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire.

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Learning about how the helmet can protect you from sword attacks.

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Practising with the weapons.

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Joining the Roman army.

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We have a very special visitor in school today to teach us all about life in the Roman army.

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We tested the hardness of lots of different rocks.

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A reminder - we are inviting all parents to come see our volcano dance on Thursday at 2.45pm. 🌋

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Amazing performance of our Kennings poems!

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We got a sneaky look at the fire engine on the way to PE!

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Great basketball practice today!

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Today Dr Liam Herringshaw came in to introduce our new topic all about rocks. We got to look at lots of different types of rocks.

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On Friday, we finished our Magnets and Forces topic by exploring which items are magnetic and what happens when two similar or opposite poles come together on a magnet.

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Testing magnets!🧲