Welcome to Year 3!

This week so far: 

It has been a very enjoyable first week back at school for Year 3 as we embarked on our journey through Africa, our big picture topic for the Spring term. During our immersion days, the children have explored African drums such as the djembe and begun analysing and recreating the beautiful, intricate patterns found in Benin bronze artefacts.

On Thursday, we had the pleasure of taking part in an African drumming workshop led by the brilliant Omar. Photos from this session can be found in the gallery. The children had so much fun and did an amazing job keeping the beat, they were incredibly synchronised! Omar was very impressed with Year 3’s musical ability and also commented on how polite and respectful the children were throughout the session, which made me very proud.

Alongside this, we will start a brand-new book in English, Jemmy Button. In Maths, we will continue focusing on multiplication and division for a further two weeks to consolidate learning before moving on to our next unit on length and perimeter. In PE, the children have also begun a new dance unit to prepare for the dance extravaganza, where they will (hopefully) be developing coordination, rhythm, and expressive movement!

It has been a fantastic start to the term, Ms Gault and I are very much looking forward to the weeks ahead.