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Class 3 - Autumn 2025 - H₂O
Welcome to Year 3 and our theme H₂O. This promises to be an exciting theme and we are looking forward to learning about rivers and oceans of the world, the water cycle and features of rivers. The children will also learn about different states of matter in science and how and why materials change states. Please keep an eye on the blog for updates throughout the term. Please find a copy of our theme web below, which outlines all the objectives we will be covering this term.
Printing - The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai
In art, Year 3 have been busy printing. We have studied the artwork 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by Katsushika Hokusai, A famous 19th century Japanese block print piece of art. After drawing their own versions of the picture, the children pressed their designs into polystyrene printing blocks and used acrylic paints to create their own prints inspired by the original. The final results were fantastic.
Changing States
Continuing our science on states of matter, Class 3 have been looking at how materials can change from one state to another. We set up an investigation to look at how solid chocolate can turn into liquid chocolate and what can affect the speed of that change. We introduced scientific terminology for changing states and recorded our findings, ensuring that it was a fair test. The classroom had a lovely smell to it by the end of the investigation!
Solid, Liquid or Gas?
Our Science this term focuses on the states of matter. As part of our first lesson, the children looked at various materials and sorted them into solids, liquids and gases. We talked about how particles behave differently in each state and then modelled these changes as a class. Can you tell which picture represents a solid, a liquid and a gas?
Representing Water
Class three have been experimenting with different ways of representing water in art. A busy afternoon was spent completing a carousel of activities, each using a different method to create a water like effect. The children will shortly pick their favourite and use it in their final piece of artwork.
Water worlds - mini water cycles
As part of our theme, Year three have been learning about the water cycle. After creating their own water-cycle wheels to explain the process, each child made their own mini-water world to replicate the cycle. We are keeping a close eye on the cups to look for signs of condensation and precipitation and when we have finished, each child will have their own cress to take home!
