Welcome to Class Three's Page

Today four children from Class 3 went to Pitsford School to participate in the Science Olympics 2019. They took part in many activities and challenges including making slime, seeing who could blow the biggest bubble, flame colour experiments and an egg drop competition. The final event was the Rocket Challenge. The children had to make a rocket from a plastic bottle with the aim of launching it and making it travel as far as possible. Their rocket travelled an amazing 62 metres which was a Science Olympics record. No only did they come first our of eight schools, staff at the host school gave them and extra point for their beautiful manners. They were a real credit to the school and we are extremely proud of them. Well done to them all.

To help the children in Class 3 explore their topic Fever, Fire and Fashion in more detail they have been making a range of facial scrubs, different types of soaps and some medicines and potions. They have also been making pomanders and beak masks which were used to cover up the terrible smells that permeated London in Medieval times. 

Today the children had a fantastic day living in Ancient Greece. They all looked great in their costumes and had fun participating in lots of activities including tile painting, pot making, soap sculpting, making charm bracelets, making medicine pouches and creating fresco tile. In the afternoon they celebrated winning the war against the Persians where they performed plays and were served a Greek feast by Grecian slaves.

Class 3's topic for the Summer Term is Natural Disasters. The children built flood resistance houses using a variety of materials and then tested them with varying degrees of success. 

As part of their topic on Ancient Egypt the children have been learning about mummification. They have studied the process by mummifying sardines. Firstly, they scooped out the insides of the sardines and then packed them into tubs of salt. Last week the children renewed the salt in the tubs to allow the drying process to continue. Shortly, the sardines will be removed from the salt and wrapped in bandages before going to their final resting place.

Today the children have been undertaking experiments to explore the properties of water and to answer the following questions.