Grateful
Compassionate
Loving
Faith-filled
Truthful
Learned
Active
Intentional
for our own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day;
towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate;
by our just actions and forgiving words.
in our beliefs
in what we say of ourselves, the relations between people, and the world.
finding God in all things
in our engagement with the world, changing what we can for the better.
in the way we live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience
Autumn 1
Trip to the British Library
Year 3 visited the British Library as part of their English learning. However, we accessed some History learning too! We looked at national archives of stamps, currency and printing from different time periods in Britain, as well as other countries across the world.
We then moved on to engaging in a narrative story-telling workshop which focused on descriptive language! We finished the day in the park.
Humanities - Examining Artefacts
In Humanities, we've been looking at Prehistoric Britain - the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
We looked at artefacts from the Bronze Age and questioned who might have owned them and what they might have been used for.
Making Bionic Hands
Year 3 have been learning about the different types of skeletons.
From this, we looked at the bones in the human skeleton.
We looked at the bones in the human hand and what happens if your body doesn't work in the way it should.
Year 3 learned about a physiotherapist and how they help with bodies who are injured.
In this, we discussed prosthetic limbs and made our own bionic hands!
Celebrating Black History Month - Honouring Inspirational People
We studied Randolph Beresford in class this week - Randolph was determined to make a difference, despite the conflict and adversity he faced.
Creating Self Portraits - Andy Warhol Inspired
We've been creating collage-style self-portraits focusing on pops of colour, inspired by Andy Warhol.
Mass - Feast Day of St John XXIII
The feast day of our Patron Saint, St John XXIII was this week. We gathered as a school community in Mass led by Fr. Fergal in our own school Hall! We had beautiful hymns led by our school choir and discussed how our school saint is inspirational to us.
Care for Creation - Making Planters!
Year 3F know how important it is to be Stewards of the Earth and take care of God's gift to us - our Common Home. Some visitors from Faiths Forum London came to our school to help us make special planters - to go in our School Garden!
Poetry Week
Year 3F performed St Francis of Assisi's prayer to music for our Poetry Week performance.
Year 3F's Worship - St Francis of Assisi
St Francis of Assisi teaches us to care for creation. Year 3F taught us how to do this in various ways.
“You are not making a gift of your possessions to the poor person. You are handing over to them what is theirs.”
Saint Ambrose
Collective Worship
We chose scripture centred around peace today - and prayed for peace in our world.
English - Freeze Frames
We acted out scenes from our book - Wolves by Emily Gravett. See if you can spot the wolf, rabbit or the librarian!
English - Artwork
We looked at very topic-specific vocabulary in our learning about wolves this week in English. We decided that one of the best ways to showcase this topic-specific vocabulary was through artwork!
Collective Worship
We gather in community as Catholics to worship in God's love. The children lead on this, choosing scripture that is important to us, and deciding on missions we should carry out as Catholics.
RE - The Christian Family
In our faith, there are lots of different things we can do that show us to be missionary servants of Jesus Christ. As a year group, we discussed the various things we can do as Catholics and then ranked them in terms of importance, of our own opinion.
Humanities - Comparing Regions
We compared the physical and human features of the UK and the Amazon. We discussed particularly why physical features and the weather would vary so much between both regions.
Maths - Place Value
Place Value underpins all of the children's Maths understanding. Without it, the operations can be very confusing. Year 3 have spent the first two weeks of this new term building on previous knowledge of Place Value and extending it.