​Over the past 2 weeks, we have been practising and rehearsing our year group assembly. On Wednesday, we confidently performed to our parents, family members and Key Stage 2 children. We have had a lot of fun learning about the Ancient Egyptians. Our assembly included: interesting facts about them; detailed explanations on how to mummify… Read more »

​This term we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We have recently had the opportunity to visit the Oriental Museum in Durham. Whilst we were there, we took part in different activities, including handling and sketching different artefacts from Ancient Egypt, cracking Hieroglyphic codes and dressing up in Egyptian clothing! Each class attended a ‘Weighing… Read more »

​We have been learning all about the River Nile in Year 3. In our classes, we looked at the importance of the Nile for food, water and irrigation during the Ancient Egyptian times. Then, we worked in groups to build our own miniature River Niles using trays, foil, clay, sand, soil and grass seeds. After,… Read more »

​As it was world mental health day, year 3 took part in the BBC Teach Live Lesson. It was all about our growth mind-set and wellbeing! We watched and joined in with schools all across the country. We learnt about describing things that positively and negatively affect our physical, mental and emotional health as well… Read more »

​On Friday 6th September, Year 3 travelled back in time to Ancient Egypt! We looked at where in the world Egypt is and investigated activities linking to our new topic. We made pyramids using building blocks, wrapped our own mummies, decoded Egyptian hieroglyphs and even tried Egyptian foods!

​Today, we visited Binchester Roman Fort. The Latin name for Binchester Fort is Vinovia. We had fun taking part in a range of different activities across the day. We watched archaeologists carrying out an archaeological dig, looked at ruins of the bath house and roads, tried on traditional Roman clothing, created mosaics, washed some artefacts,… Read more »

​On Monday morning, we made healthy sandwiches. First, we talked about the five food groups and why it is important to have a balanced meal. Then, we looked at our sandwich designs and decided which ingredients belonged to each food group. Then, we washed our hands, tied hair up and put our aprons on. After… Read more »

Today we visited the Oriental Museum in Durham. Whilst we were there, we handled and described different artefacts from Ancient Egypt, discovered interesting facts, cracked Hieroglyphic codes and even dressed up in Egyptian clothing! On the afternoon, we all attended a ‘Weighing of the Hearts Ceremony’. During this, we learnt how to mummify a Pharaoh… Read more »

​Year 3 took a trip to the Head of Steam in Darlington. Whilst there, we investigated jobs and people from Darlington and their roles during WW1. We looked at secondary sources to discover evidence and build profiles about individual people. We also tried on replica hats and arm bands which would have been worn during… Read more »