Mapping Plaistow

This week we have been focusing on Plaistow and all the lovely things you can do in the village. We then had a go at creating our own maps of Plaistow.

Marvellous Maps

This week we have started our new topic Urban/Rural Pioneers. As part of this topic we looked at maps of the local area. We spotted places that we knew and then used the key to find a range of different features.

Scrumptious Smoothies

As part of looking at recipes and writing instructions we made smoothies. We had to write shopping list with amounts for Miss Dore. Then when our fruits arrived we had to prepare them and then blitz all the ingredients together in a smoothie machines. We enjoyed tasting our smoothies, but not all of them were tasty!

Marvellous Measuring

This week we have been focusing on measuring using metres, centimetres and millimetres. Today Miss Dore set us the challenge of measuring different parts of the play ground accurately.

Diving into the Red Sea

We have been exploring the Red Sea. As part of this, Miss Dore brought in her scuba kit which we tried on. We decided that it is not particularly comfortable and very heavy!

Underwater Photography

These are a few of our underwater photographs.

The Underwater World

As part of our at week we have looked at an artist who builds model ships and then submerges them in ponds, rivers and lakes. He then photographs the ships underwater. In class this week we explored the Red Sea and in particular the wreck of the Thisltegorm. We then created underwater Egyptian landscapes landscapes and had a go at some underwater photography.

Art Week - Our Balloon

We have kicked off our art week by researching Egypt. We then used this research to create pictures using a range of materials. We then created a class hot air balloon to represent Egypt. Thank you Helen for helping us.

Volcanoes Part 2.

This week we have been adding layers or paper mache to our volcanoes. We put several layers on to make our volcanoes nice and strong ready for the eruptions.

Volcanoes Part 1

We have had an exciting week because we have started to build our volcanoes. Our first step was to stick a bottle to a large piece of cardboard. We then started to create the shape of a volcano by scrunching up balls of paper and gluing them around the bottle and on to the cardboard base.

Great Grounds Day

We had a lovely afternoon out in the school grounds, tidying, planting, nature hunting and creating our giant woodpecker using acorns.

Greek Pots

This week we have been looking at ancient Greek pots - there are so many different ones! We designed our own pots and then on Wednesday made them out of clay.

Camp Out Is Back!

Wow, what a week we have had! To finish our sports week we held our Year 3 camp out. Everyone was very excited to see the tents on the field. We played games, took part in Forest School activities and went on a bat walk. The Woodpeckers were brilliant and helped gather wood, cook dinner and breakfast and wash up. We also ate a lot of cake! Miss Dore is very proud of everyone’s achievements on this camp. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped set up and take down the tents.