Year 3

YEAR 3 REPORT

WORDS BY Mrs Nicki Carrington, Head of Year 3

This year Year 3 boys have certainly shown themselves to be a resilient bunch, who have not let anything get in their way. They have thrown themselves in to everything and especially Remote Learning with just a computer screen to answer to! Their positivity and can-do attitude has kept all of us going and shown what a special year group they are.

The Autumn Term was a strange one in our bubbles, but we soldiered on. New routines and responsibilities the Year 3 took in their stride. Unable to head to Ickwell, we did not let this stop us and made the most of our onsite resources with bug hunting and tackling problem solving challenges as well as enjoying smores. This showed that the boys could think outside the box and work well with old friends and new despite the crazy times we were in. Definitely a skill needed for their future and one that carried on throughout the year. We lapped up the Egypt Topic with amazing Mini Project Preps and a definite highlight for me was our online Christmas hat parade with Christmas trees, Christmas presents and even snowmen. What a creative bunch our Year 3 are!

Schooling at home did not stop the boys’ endeavours and hunger for adventures and learning. The Spring Term brought us those adventures but from a different location to usual. Remote Learning. Our Topic gave us the flavour for the term with a treasure hunt around the school led my Mr Whitbread and his ‘Challenge Anika’ style reporting whilst we watched from home. The intermittent wifi and pixelated pictures just added to the tension when trying to discover our new theme. The clues led us to Extreme Earth and really fired the boys up to think of some amazing projects. The erupting volcanoes and crazy Kahoot quizzes showed us how adaptable and creative the boys could be in any situation remote or otherwise. Remote Learning also led us on other journeys to enjoying James and the Giant Peach, a trip with Google Earth to visit dormant volcanoes, Live workouts with our very own versions of Joe Wicks, even a wonderful Enrichment Day where the boys’ bridge building and artwork showed off more of their creativity and the opportunity to take part in the ISA Shakespeare Monologue Competition Final with a Year 3, Major Grewal, even managing to earn the place of Bedford School’s KS2 winner!

The Summer Term was fully of jubilation as we were happy to be with our friends and back in a ‘real’ classroom. The boys showed us that their love of learning had not diminished, and they were ready for anything from the classroom to clubs. The Food tasting for our Greek topic was a real hit and showed that we may have a year group of budding chefs as lots went off to then prepare meals of their own. With regards to clubs, The Eco Monitors really shone with not only helping make the school and community look tidier with their litter picking, but they also learnt about renewable energy with a talk from Mr Roberts and made pledges to help the environment in hope of achieving their Green Blue Peter Badges. Watch this space! We had Manadarin, Cricket, Lego, Recorder Karate and even Movie Club where budding film creators had a go at making their own mini movies. Our biggest achievement this term was the return of the fixture. Every boy in Year 3 was able to put on their whites and get on the coach to enjoy their first match with another school. Their behaviour was impeccable and they did themselves and the school proud even when the coach was delayed to take us home!

A different year with so many highs and lows, but ultimately so much to celebrate and be thankful for. I know that we are thankful for the lovely group of boys that now carry on their adventures into Year 4.