Year 3 have been learning more about the history of our local area this week whilst on a visit to Richmond Museum. We learnt all about how Victorians did their laundry (it took 6 days!). Did you know that all of Queen Victoria's laundry was sent to Richmond to be washed? We looked at how Richmond changed from the Tudor times and how the coming of the railways in Victorian times made the area a much busier place. We also had fun playing with Victorian toys and pretending to be in a Victorian school.

Year 3 were very lucky this week when Rafael's parents spent the morning with us sharing their experiences of life in Brazil.

I hope she isn't! Year 3 have been describing the Grandma from George's Marvellous Medicine who is a grumpy old grouch to say the least. We have been writing some wonderful similes and metaphors to help us understand her character. We have also been learning how to organise our writing into paragraphs.

This week year 3 have been learning how to be newspaper reporters and have written eye-catching headlines for the newspaper reports they are writing. Today, we have all been enjoying our STEM focus and have been engrossed in making our marble runs using good team work skills.

Year 3 have been discussing fireworks this week but not because of Bonfire Night or Diwali. We have started reading our new class book; The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman. 

Year 3 have been making music based on Mussorgsky's A Night on Bear Mountain. They have used percussion instruments to represent the footsteps and spells of the witches in famous tone poem.