Year 3

Welcome to Year Three

Welcome back to Hawthorn Primary's Year Three class page. We look forward to inviting you all back into school. We hope you have all had a fantastic holiday and are well rested, ready for lots of new learning!

Keep an eye out on this page for information about our learning, educational visits and any upcoming events. Below are some important pieces of information for the upcoming school year.

We can't wait to have you back!

Miss Rowaiye, Miss James and Mrs Todd

Our TT Rockstars lunchtime club has taken off! The children are encouraged to attend to increase their knowledge of all the times tables ready for next year when they enter Year 4. Please support your children at home with accessing the TT rockstars games, where possible.

Please help your child to learn their class song in readiness for their school performance at the end of March.

Thank you,

Miss Rowaiye, Miss James and Mrs Todd

(All) In circa forty three A.D.,
The Romans came from overseas,
And thanks to archaeology,
We know a lot about them.

Gonna tell you how to
(Part 1) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 1) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 1) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 1) Think like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Think like a Roman,
(Part 1) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 1) Build like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Build like a Roman,
(Part 1) Slay like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Slay like a Roman,
Party like a Roman.

(All) They were very fond of feasts
And always wanted more to chew up.
With wine and veg’tables and beasts,
They stuff’d and stuff’d and then they threw up.
(spoken) (Bleh!)
Rich Romans lik’d to dress with flair,
In togas, cloaks and jewell’ry,
They would sometimes bleach their hair
With ash and vinegar and wee!
(spoken) (Eeouw!)

Gonna tell you how to
(Part 1) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 1) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 1) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 1) Think like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Think like a Roman,
(Part 1) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 1) Build like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Build like a Roman,
(Part 1) Slay like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Slay like a Roman,
Party like a Roman.

(All) They worshipp’d many diff’rent deities,
For ev’ry aspect of their life,
Mighty Jupiter was king of these
And Juno was his wife.
The Roman’s building work was great,
Their sewage system takes some beating.
The roads they laid were super straight
And they invented central heating.

Gonna tell you how to
(Part 1) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 1) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 1) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 1) Think like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Think like a Roman,
(Part 1) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 1) Build like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Build like a Roman,
(Part 1) Slay like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Slay like a Roman,
Party like a Roman.

They excell’d themselves at war
And conquer’d many other nations,
Three hundred thousand troops or more
Took very good organisation.
The Romans lik’d to have a laugh,
(spoken) (ha ha ha!)
Gladiator fights and chariot races,
A visit to the public baths
Would put a smile upon their faces.

Gonna tell you how to
(Part 1) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Eat like a Roman,
(Part 1) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Drink like a Roman,
(Part 1) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Dress like a Roman,
(Part 1) Think like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Think like a Roman,
(Part 1) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Pray like a Roman,
(Part 1) Build like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Build like a Roman,
(Part 1) Slay like a Roman,
(Part 2, echo) Slay like a Roman,
Party like a Roman.
(All) Party like a Roman.
Party like a Roman.
Just like a Roman.

In DT, Year Three created a torch for a client called Evelyn who wanted a torch to explore caves. They created a success criteria and made their torch based on several ideas that Evelyn had given them.

Year Three are preparing for the Christmas concert on the 9th December. Please support them at home by helping them to learn the words to the two songs they have been allocated.

Thank you for your support.

Behind every door,
There's a picture you want to know.
Behind every door,
There's a story you'll want to show.
It could be shepherds in the night,
A shining star, a guiding light.
A precious manger where a baby has been born.

It's Christmas time, so remember the reason,
That Christmas time is more than just a season,
It's a wonderful time of year.

Behind every door,
There's a secret that you can learn.
Behind every door,
There's a journey, just take your turn.
It could be wise men from afar,
A humble donkey travelled far,
A lowly stable where a baby has been born.

It's Christmas time, so remember the reason, 
That Christmas time is more than just a season, 
It's a wonderful time of year. (x2)

It's a wonderful time of year (It's Christmas) (x3)
It's a wonderful time of year (It's Christmas)
It's a wonderful time of year.

Little donkey, little donkey
On the dusty road
Got to keep on plodding onwards
With your precious load.

Been a long time, little donkey
Through the winter’s night
Don’t give up now, little donkey
Bethlehem’s in sight.

Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Little donkey, little donkey
Had a heavy day
Little donkey
Carry Mary safely on her way.

Little donkey, little donkey
Journey’s end is near
There are wise men waiting for a
Sign to bring them here.

Do not falter, little donkey
There’s a star ahead
It will guide you, little donkey
To a cattle shed.

Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Little donkey, little donkey
Had a heavy day
Little donkey
Carry Mary safely on her way.

Little donkey
Carry Mary safely on her way.
Mmmmmmm

Year Three arrived to school with a Stone Age shelter in the classroom, left behind by a mysterious creature called Ug. He had written a letter to the class and left behind some black paper underneath the desks for the children to create some stone age drawings. The children researched what they looked like before lying underneath the tables to create their drawings.

Year Three spent some time with Mrs Gore in the playground taking part in some team building activities. The children had to work together and cooperate to complete a number of games. The children couldn’t stop talking about it!

Year Three have been experimenting with different paints to create prints for their Stone Age Cave Paintings. They will evaluate their prints, explaining which prints they liked the best  and why and then choose their favourite technique to create a final print. Watch this space for the results!

Year Three have been using OS maps to identify the meaning of map symbols. Maps help us to navigate our way around towns, cities, villages and farms and can be found on computers, mobile devices and on paper. 

Year Three have been using their art skills to display what they know about Stone Age houses in History. During the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages, the Stone Age people built their houses using stone, wood and animal skins. They used what they could find to tie these things together to form the structure of the house and the house had a hole for the Stone Age people to enter and exit. They often built fires to keep themselves warm, to cook their food and keep predators away. Can you spot any of these things in their structures?

This week we have been learning about limericks. Limerick poems have 5 lines and on lines 1,2 and 5 contain a specific amount of syllables. We have been learning about what syllables are by watching some go noodle videos and using instruments to tap out the syllables in our names.

We celebrated World Food Day by tasting fruits from all over the world. We played hangman to identify what some of the fruits were called and we described them with our friends using our sense. Lots of us loved the mango and pineapple, but we weren't too keen on the grapefruit because it was a little sour!

We have been taking part in some gymnastics in our PE lessons. Come and look at all the different shapes we have made with our bodies. We have practised 5 different positions in PE and used them to work in groups to create a sequence!

We have been learning lots about the Stone Age! We know that the Stone Age people couldn't pop to Aldi to get their food and so they were hunter gatherers. Hunter gatherers means that the Stone Age people had to hunt and forage for their food. We worked in our brand new kitchen to make a Mesolithic stew which may have been similar to something the Stone Age people would have eaten all those years ago. Can you guess how they would have cooked their food? It won't have been on fancy hobs like us!

P.E

Our P.E days are Tuesdays and Fridays. Please ensure that children come into school wearing the correct school P.E uniform.

We had a very own market today on the Hawthorn playground . The children spent most of the day preparing for it . First the children made posters to advertise the market . Then after playtime we made our very own fruit on sticks, popcorn surprise ,butterfly  surprise and a smoothie . 

After lunch time , we made bunting for our stalls .  We all had a chance to be a seller and a buyer and all had 50p to spend .

We set up our stalls in the playground and was able to purchased  something from another stall or from our own .  

Year 3 , really enjoyed the whole day and had lots of fun . 

Take a look at our photos . 

Gill from The Country Trust visited the children today to show them what a weed was and how to weed. The children worked hard to weed around the vegetables they had planted. There was lots of excitement as the children could begin to see some of the vegetables , including the tips of radishes, emerging from the soil. After that, the children learnt about the different types of soil and used a flow chart to identify the type of soil that was on the school grounds and some of the ones Gill had brought in with her. The children were successful at doing so and even presented their ideas to the class. 

Just after playtime, the children were involved in identifying the types of things that could be added to compost, using their ideas around natural and man-made materials to help them with their answers. Gill told us that it wasn't a good idea to add cooked food to compost as that could cause pests! The children ended their visit with Gill with a quick anagram game that tested their knowledge of fruits, vegetables and mini-beasts that can be found in the garden. It got very competitive!

Today our Country Trust session was to make our own Couscous Salad . The children was shown safe ways of using a knife to cut their ingredients  for their salad using the bridge and claw with their hands. 

The whole class really enjoyed themselves and think a lot of them were looking forward to trying their salad when they get home . Also the children got to show off their cleaning skills by washing up and and wiping the tables clean . Gill also gave the children some hummus to try with carrot sticks  ( which were cut up by the children )  

Year 3 have been taking part in an experiment .

We planted seeds . We placed 1 in a dark environment , 1 we put fertilizer in with the seeds and 1 we didn't give it any water . 

We will upload the results in the next few days.

What do you think will happen to them ?

Happy Easter 

Hope you all have a lovely break and have lots of fun .

Miss Rowaiye and Miss Sheppard are looking forward

to seeing you all after the Easter break .

Year 3 Country Trust 

Today we got our planter beds ready .

In groups we planted potatoes, garlic, onions, peas, and board beans .

We also made pots and planted tomato seeds . 

When we went back to class we all smelts fresh herbs in pots . 

Take a look at our photos . 

Firstly we would like to say a big WELL DONE to all of Years 3 for all their amazing work over the past 9 weeks. Also the parents for supporting them everyday with their work . You have all been amazing !

We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday 8th March and I am sure you are all looking forward to seeing your friends again.

Please Remember to wear your PE kits to school on Wednesdays and Fridays .

See you all Monday morning at 8.45am . 

February 2021 -Hello Year 3 . Hope you all had a lovely break . 

Just to let you all know our live lesson will be everyday Mon-Fri at  1.45pm . All the staff in Year 3 will be looking forward to seeing you all each day for busy home learning .  There will also be new learning uploaded each day for you all on BGFL65  and you all had lots of practice at this :) .   If you would like to send photos in of your home learning here is the email      enquiry@hawthorn.bham.sch.uk

Keep safe and hope to see you all soon .

Mr Venencia    Miss Sheppard    Miss James