Blog by Lucinda Croston

We had a great time erupting our volcanoes. Click continue reading to see more photos and our super reactions to the eruptions! 

We had a great time erupting volcanoes! Click continue reading to see our photos. 

Today we had full concentration for our cookie excavation. In science we wrote about Mary Anning, then we described some fossils. Finally we were asked to excavate the chocolate chips from chocolate chip cookies using a cocktail stick. The photos show our concentration! 

Today in science we had the best lesson! Click continue reading to see all the photos. We were learning about the different layers of soil. To help us remember the layers, we used different types of chocolate to represent the different soil layers. See if your child can remember the different…

On Friday, the local firemen came to visit year 3 to give us a fire safety talk. We talked about why smoke alarms are so important and why it is a good reason to know your fire exit route, even in your own home. We learned how to stop, drop and roll thanks to Josh. Oscar also showed us how hard it…

The children have been creating Jubilee art which can be bought as a mug or tea towel. The artwork has been send home as well as the accompanying letter which details the products and prices.

Well done for achieving their own licence. They’ve both worked extremely hard and been determined to get their licence. 

In Dance this week, we created a whole class volcano dance. 

This week in DT we have been testing our packaging designs. We put an egg (hard boiled of course) and then dropped our packaging from different heights. Only one egg survived in Elm, can you guess who it belonged to?

Today we celebrated World Book Day. The children made a huge effort in dressing up and they all looked amazing. Click continue reading to see all the photos. 

We’ve had a great day for World Book Day. All the children have made a huge effort to dress up, we love their costumes. Click continue reading to see all the photos.

Today is World Book Day, hooray! All the children of Beech class have made a huge effort to dress up as a character from a book. Click to see more photos.