Y3 Art – Alexander Calder

The children have been researching the work of the artist, Alexander Calder.

Music

Y3 used the chime bars to make up their own rhythm patterns.

Prayer and Liturgy

This week Year 3 celebrated Prayer and Liturgy in our Spiritual Garden. We listened to the creation story and discussed our duties as Christian stewards in protecting our special world.

PE

Year 3 have been practising their footwork skills and developing their co ordination skills.

Y3 Art

The children used pipe cleaners to sculpt their own animals like the artist Alexander Calder.

Y3’s final art work

The children used wire to make their own animal sculpture

Y3 Geography

The children have been using atlases to find out which country New York is in.

Y3 RE

The children have been exploring the Bible. They have been finding out where different scripture are located for example, The creation story, is in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

Y3 Science

In science the children have been exploring magnets and how they attract and repel. We talked about the north and south poles and how the same poles repel but the opposites attract.

Y3 Prayer and Liturgy

The children worked together to plan their own prayer and liturgy. They chose how they wanted everyone to gather and wrote their own response prayer.

Y3 Science

The children were investigating different magnets to see which one was the strongest. They used a ruler to measure when each of the magnets attracted the paper clip. They found that it didn’t matter on the size of the magnet.

Year 3 DT

The children have been learning about pneumatic systems and made their own moving monster using a pneumatic system. They used a syringe, tube and balloon. When they syringe was pressed, air passed through the tube and inflated the balloon, this then made the mouth to open.

Year 3 – Spanish

In Spanish, we have been practising greeting each other and asking and answering the question, ‘¿cómo estás?

Y3 computing

The children have been using the microbits to input their own codes to make it work.

Y3 are

We have listened to the story of the ‘parable of the Sower’ the children retold the story as a group through art.
They each chose a part of the story and drew a picture to represent it. We then talked about the message of the story and how it teaches us to trust, believe and follow God.

Y3 science

We have been experience with different rocks to find out which ones are permeable. The children tested the rocks by pouring water on them to see which rocks absorbed the water.

Achievers 28.2.25

Our amazing achievers this week!

Y3 PE

Year 3 have been working on their balancing skills and working with a partner to balance in different ways.

Y3 Lent walk

Y3 did their lent walk around the school field.

Y3 Easter Raffle

As part of our RE topic, Year 3 was asked to come up with an action to show how they live in God’s image. Year 3 decided to raise money for charity to show this. They discussed different ways they could raise money and decided to make their own Easter hamper and sell raffle tickets. They agreed to donate the money to the Good shepherd.

Year 3 have raised an amazing £231.

Mother’s Day 💕

A fabulous Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate all of the amazing ladies in our lives.

Stations of the Cross

This week Years 3 and 4 performed the Stations of the Cross. The children have worked incredibly hard to remember each of the stations and recall their lines.

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A treat for all the children at dinner time today! 😃

Oliver Twist

Children had a fantastic time watching Oliver Twist this afternoon.

Back to School Prayer and Liturgy

Mr Wilson led our back to school Prayer and Liturgy. We each thought about how we can shine our light this new school year.

Achievers Assembly

On Friday, we celebrated our first Achievers Assembly of the new school year. Well done to this week’s achievers! Keep up the great work ⭐️

Y3 Prayer and Liturgy

The children took part in Prayer and liturgy focusing on the creation story. We took time to reflect on our world and what God created.

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to this week’s achievers. Keep up the great work!

Achievers Assembly

Well done to all the achievers this week!

School Council

Meet our new school council for 2025 – 2026. Congratulations to all the children selected. Our first meeting will be held next week ⭐️

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to all of our achievers! We love celebrating all of the hard work that has taken place throughout the week.

School Council

🧠 💛 World Mental Health Day 2025 💛 🧠 On Friday, our School Council spoke to the whole school about World Mental Health Day and why we were wearing yellow – to show support and raise awareness for mental health. They also launched a Kindness Challenge, encouraging everyone to be extra kind to others throughout the week. It was a lovely reminder that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference

Year 3 RE

The children created their own sunset water colour painting and made links between the creation story and Psalm 19.

Year 3 Halle Music Project

Year 3 have been taking part in the Halle Music project composing their own piece of music linking to the Stone Age.

Achievers Assembly

Congratulations to this week’s achievers!

Achievers Assembly

What a wonderful half term we have had at St Jude’s! It has been a joy to share all of the hard work the children have accomplished over the last 8 weeks.
Here are this week’s achievers. Keep up the great work everyone and we look forward to celebrating everyone’s success next half term ⭐️