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This week we were looking at our fingerprints.

We used some special powder which had some magnetic parts that would stick to a magnet. We used it to look for fingerprints on objects.

We also saw our fingerprints using the powder as well.

At the end we made our own keyring using our…

We have been learning about the Earth and where the equator, north and south pole are. We know it is very hot at the equator and very cold at the equator. We even can find England on a globe!

Here are some instructions:

First blow up a balloon.

Then stick paper with glue and water to…

This week in literacy we have been learning about poems. There are : concrete poems,ryhming poems, Haiku and nonsense poems. It is really fun to learn about different things.

Also this week in maths we learnt about how to spot different times tables. For the 9 times tables the digital root of…

Today we saw what forensic scientists wear then they help the police investigate things like burglaries. They are very observant which means they look at everything possible at the crime scene! 

We got our very own labcoats which we will wear every week in science club. 

We used ink to look…

As part of our new computing unit year 4 are designing are new toy, for children. We are aiming our designs at children in Key Stage 1. We need to make sure that our toy has an input (such as pressing a button) and an output (the toy moving for example) 

You can see us here working together to…

This week we went on our first visit to Our Lady's High School of 2015. We are really pleased that they invited us back. Miss Whitehead has said that it is because we work so hard and are really polite and respectful. 

We started the lesson with the alphabet. We had to name an animal that…

This week we have been learning about relative clauses, and we wrote sentences in our books eg;

My hair was in a plait, which was messy.

and

I was talking to Lily, who had lovley blue eyes.

Also we have been reading newspaper reports, which are a type of recount, and learning the…

In Year 3 we have been investigating how craters in the moon are formed by meteorites. We used marbles and flour to investigate whether larger craters would be formed if we dropped the marble from a lower or higher height.

Here are some of our pictures.

We really enjoyed learning about the Early Britons last half term! Here are some of our presentations to show all that we have learnt.

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Find out what we will be learning this half term in year 3.

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In Year 3 we have been learning to name and locate some bones in our bodies. We enjoyed putting our skeletons together. We also carried out an investigation to explore how our bodies would behave without skeletons!