Good Bye 3JC

Have a great summer 3JC.   Thanks for a fab year – you’ve all worked hard and  I’ve loved teaching you all! 

DT Project

For our end of year project we each made a TARDIS.  We had to measure and saw the wood, use a glue gun to stick our structure together and then Crete the outside.  

    
 

Soil

We have been looking at soil profiles today. Below is a powerpoint to help explain.

Soil_Profile lesson Y3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/rocks_soils/play/

http://www.soils4kids.org/about

http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/soil-facts-for-kids/soil-facts-for-kids-01.htm

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0002-the-earths-soil.php

Telling the Time

We are learning to tell the time to the nearest  minute on analogue and digital clocks. In addition to the ActiveLearn homework activity have a go at these games

http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec4.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml

http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html

Volcanoes

In Science, we are learning about volcanoes. To find out about volcanoes, click here:

Volcanoes Year 3

volcano powerpoint

There is a band on the earth’s surface around the Pacific Ocean called ‘The Ring of Fire’ where over half of the world’s volcanoes can be found. Why do chn think it is called the Ring of Fire? To find out which volcanoes are currently active visithttp://www.volcanolive.com/news.html.

There are webcams at various volcano sites. See http://www.volcanolive.com/volcanocams.html

Build your own virtual volcano and watch it erupt athttp://kids.discovery.com/games/build-play/volcano-explorer

Visithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/envhaz/flash/volcanoes/index.shtmland study the volcanic eruption on the island of Montserrat. Go through the sections in order: Cause, Impact, Prediction, Action.

Other useful Websiteshttp://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains/volcanoes.htm Description of volcanoes   http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm Some helpful animations   http://www.kids-fun-science.com/ring-of-fire-volcanoes.html Ring of fire volcanoes   http://www.volcanolive.com/index.html News, photographs and webcams   http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_volcano.html Description of different types of volcanoes & lava  http://www.kidscosmos.org/mars/kids/kids_volcanoes_types.php Types of volcanoes   http://science-at-home.org/more-about-volcanoes/ Interesting facts  http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/volcanoes/erupt.php Volcanic eruptions  http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/tech/volcanoes/newsid_1768000/1768595.stmNewsround information

Performing Poetry

We’ve had a great time learning and performing Roald Dahl’s ‘Little Red Riding Hood and theBig Bad Wolf’

Finding Fossils

Finding_Fossils

What are fossils?

What is it like to be a palaeontologist?

Rock Cycle

Follow the link below to find out more.

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysFlr/rock.html

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/rock-cycle.htm

3 Types of Rock

We are learning about the different types of rock. Use these pages to start your research:

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types.html

http://geology.com/rocks/

Skara Brae

Click on this link to find out about the Stone Age site of Skara Brae:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/primary/skarabrae/content/what_happened/