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Year 3

Christian Advent Calendars in Year 3

8th December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term in RE, Year 3 have been learning about Advent and have been working towards answering the question “How and why is Advent important to Christians?”

Today they created their own Christian advent calendar using card, glue, colouring pencils and scissors. They coloured in each candle on the Advent Wreath to represent hope, peace, joy and love (remembering that the third candle for joy is pink and not purple), then drew a Christmas picture to be revealed behind each door.

They will then be able to take them home and open each door on each Sunday of Advent as they count down to Christmas!

Year 3 children creating their beautiful Advent calendars

An example of Year 3's beautiful Advent calendars (with doors open)

An example of Year 3's beautiful Advent calendars (with doors closed)

An selection of Year 3's beautiful Advent calendars

Arithmetic Investigation

7th December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 put their mental arithmetic skills to the test today with an NRICH investigation in maths. They had to work in groups to choose a card, solve the calculation, then find the answer on the next card. They were surprised to discover that the cards went round in a loop. They had to be sure to look at the symbols carefully as there was a mix of questions requiring them to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Great investigating Year 3!

Year 3 children working hard to complete their NRICH investigation

One group of Year 3 children's answers to their investigation

Year 3 trip to OpenZone @ The Word

30th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 travelled to The Word today to visit the staff at OpenZone. They learned the basics of coding using Scratch and made a little Christmas animation. They also used paint to create a Christmas drawing which was then made into their own individual tree decoration.

They were an absolute credit to the school. It was commented upon several times how well mannered they all were and how well behaved. They also produced some AMAZING work. Well done Year 3 😊

Year 3 children working hard at The Word

Have a look at some of our animations below!

Year 3 tennis lessons

26th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 are thoroughly enjoying learning how to play tennis in PE this half term.

Today the children practiced their underarm throwing, catching and forehand strokes techniques.

They worked together in pairs using a range of equipment to develop their skills (cones, sponge balls and tennis racquets). They had to throw the ball underarm and let it bounce in front of their partner before hitting it back. The partner had to be ready with the racquet, holding it with two hands remembering the correct grip.

The children developed their hand-eye co-ordination, footwork and continued to worked well in teams. They thoroughly enjoy tennis, getting better and better each week. It’s also lovely to see a bit of healthy competition.

Children In Need 2021

19th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

On Friday 19th November, at West Boldon we celebrated Children in Need in style! Children were able to come to school in their sportswear and took part in lots of different activities in the classes to recognise the day.

Reception children learned all about Children in Need and why it is important, before taking part in the Joe Wicks Live Lesson.

Reception children learning about Children in Need

In Year 1, the children enjoyed creating some split-pin Pudseys and they also took part in the Joe Wicks Live Lesson for Children in Need!

Year 1 children's crafts for Children in Need

Year 1 taking part in the Joe Wicks Live Lesson

Here are Year 2 children in their Children in Need costumes and sports wear!

Year 3 looked fabulous in their sports-wear today too!

Year 3 children also completed a Pudsey draw along, where the had to follow the instructions carefully to draw the perfect Pudsey.

Year 3 children taking part in the Pudsey draw along

Year 4 also joined in with Joe Wicks live which was a lot of fun but quite hard work! They then had a competition to design a new bandana for Pudsey which was judged by Mr McCormack, Mrs Buck and Mrs Bingham. Millie’s design was chosen as the winner. Well done, Millie!

Year 4 taking part in Joe Wicks live workout

Mrs Garr and Mr McCormack judging the bandanas

Year 5 coloured in and decorated some Pudsey bears with some important messages – We are all equal, we are all the same.

Year 6 created some posters for their outdoor classroom doors to give passers by information on Children in Need and why it is so important to donate.

Year 6 with their Children in Need posters

Anti-Bullying Week 2021

19th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

At West Boldon we celebrated Anti-Bullying Week during the week 15th-19th November 2021.

This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’. Kindness is more important today than it has ever been. The isolation of the last year has underlined how little acts of consideration can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us.

Our children were able to come to school wearing odd socks on Monday 15th November to recognise and celebrate all of our individual differences.

Year 1's odd socks for Anti Bullying Week

Year 2's odd socks for Anti Bullying Week

Each year group took part in a different activity throughout the week to recognise and understand the importance of Anti-Bullying Week.

As part of Year 3’s lesson they made notes of some ideas of ways they could show kindness and respect to one another:

“smile at people”
“play with them”
“you can keep an eye out for them”
“tell them a joke”

Year 3's ideas to be kinder to one another

Year 5 also showed their understanding of what bullying is. Here are their ideas:

Fundraise and Recycle!

18th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

You may have noticed the new clothing container on school grounds.

We have signed up to the ‘Fundraise and Recycle Ltd’ scheme in a bid to reduce waste, recycle and reuse unloved clothing and goods. Our school will then earn money for every full container.

Please make use of this facility, bring in your unwanted clothing (but still in decent condition) and help us fundraise for our school at the same time!

Maths Week England

13th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

As a school we recognised Maths Week England this week, with each year group completing a different maths challenge. Here are some things we got up to…

Class 4 enjoyed our Maths Week Challenge this week. The children had to create three robots and use the vocabulary big, bigger, biggest to describe them. Some of the children extended their own learning by adding the length of the robots legs, body and head together. It was a tricky task to add three numbers together so they chose to use numicon to help them

Class 4's maths work for Maths Week England

During maths week Class 3 took on the challenge of seeing how many different ways we could sort the houses. The children were really good at grouping the houses and talking about the similarities and differences. Some children even recorded their findings in a list.

Year 3 and 4 recognised Maths Week by taking part in a Times Table Rockstars Competition. They were able to play for 1 hour a day to earn points. The children loved the competitive element and we have some fantastic mathematicians in Lower Key Stage 2!

At the end of the week, the scores were totalled and below are the leaderboards for the pupil totals (top 10 players) and the class totals. Well done to all of the children who took part!

As part of Maths Week England, Year 6 have taken part in fun maths activities all week. We have participated in the daily challenges and worked in groups to solve some ‘magic maths’, where we learnt the magic of number through cards. Great fun was had on Mangahigh as we took part in a live lesson on geometric properties.

Remembrance Day 2021

12th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Children gathering to show their respect at 11am

Whilst we aren’t able to hold full school events inside due to COVID, we were thankfully still able to go outside to recognise Remembrance Day.

We heard the Last Post and stood in silence for two minutes to show our respect.

Each class has created their own wreath and we have also created our own school wreath that will be placed at the Boldon cenotaph.

West Boldon Primary Schools wreath for the Boldon cenotaph

Class 14 also created remembrance artwork for commemorate Remembrance Day. They used the medium of charcoal to create an image of what we may see over the top in no man’s land, whilst listening to Remembrance music. We hope you like our artwork:

Children in Year 6 creating their charcoal drawings

Children in Year 6 working on their charcoal drawings

Year 6 children working on their charcoal drawings

Year 6's charcoal drawings for Remembrance Day

Scrapyard Challenge!

9th November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

As part of Year 3’s National Curriculum Essentials Science topic, May the Force be With You, they have been learning about magnets.

Today they were tasked with finding the magnetic items in our classroom by using a magnet and placing it over a selection of objects, just like in a scrapyard. If the items were magnetic they would be attracted to the magnet.

They had to sort the items into magnetic and non-magnetic. They discovered that all of the magnetic items were made from metal, however not all metals are magnetic as the pencil sharpener blade was magnetic, but the rest of the object wasn’t!