Year 3 had a fantastic day at Durham Oriental Museum where we found out lots more about the ancient Egyptians. We completed a gallery trail to help us answer questions about life in ancient Egypt and we handled artefacts and considered what they were and how they may have been used. In the afternoon, we saw a real mummy in a sarcophagus and we also enjoyed performing a weighing of the heart ceremony to help us decide what would happen to the pharaoh in the afterlife. We all had a great day!
Year 3 had a fantastic time learning more about the Ancient Egyptians with ‘That History Bloke’. We found out more about pharaohs and the clothes they wore. We then enjoyed learning about mumification and practised wrapping each other in bandages. We then wrote our names using hieroglyphics and played an Ancient Egyptian game.
Year 3 children investigated shadows with Katie from Science Buddies. We created shadow puppets and investigated how to change the size of a shadow. We also found that we could not change the colour of a shadow.
As part of comic relief we encouraged the children to come to school with crazy hair!
During World Book Day pupils took part in a competition where they had to create a World Book Day voucher. They were given the challenge of creating a bold, eye-catching gift card design that celebrated their interests and showed how books can help you to explore ideas, spark imagination and go further through reading.
The children at Biddick Hall Juniors have been involved in a variety of activities as part of Science Week. They have tested boats, designed a poster, investigated the question, ‘What should we trust machines to do for us? and had a visit from Katie Rochester from Inventors and Makers who came in and worked with each class to do an Artificial Intelligence Workshop.
Science council enjoyed making slime with Katie from Science Buddies.
To celebrate World Book Day an author visited our school called Jodie James. She visited every class to complete an activity and read part of one of her books. All lessons during the day focused around various books and authors. Everyone also took part in a school competition to design a World Book Day token.
All pupils were given a £1 World Book Day book voucher and we held a Scholastic book Fair where books were for sale after school on Monday 9th March.
Our Year 3 children had an amazing time exploring Dennis – the Recycling Education Bus. They learned all about recycling, reducing waste and looking after our environment.
We came to school dressed with a number focus and spent the day exploring number with a focus on estimation.
