Year 3 Diamond: Gallery
Date: 2nd Jun 2026 @ 4:16pm
We have been learning about the Art and Crafts Movement' and in particular the artist William Morris. We have been looking at his nature inspired prints. So far we have drawn fruit and vegetable still lilfes using pastels. Here we are proudly showing off our work. Next we create our own nature-inspired tiles and create a repeated printed pattern (photographs to follow).
Date: 28th Apr 2026 @ 2:00pm
Yesterday, Diamond and Ruby class visited the STEAM centre in Swindon to learn more about their topic 'Railway Revolution'. We caught the train to Swindon (taking up almost a whole carriage) and walked to the musuem in the sunshine. Once there we learnt all about how the people of Swindon would have felt about a railway being built - some for and some against. The children dressed up and acted as doctors, nurses, inn keepers etc explaining why they wanted (or didn't) want the railway. We then explored the musuem, even walking under the massive locomotive 'The Caerphilly Castle'. We had a fantastic day which shows in these wonderful photographs.
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 2:44pm
One of our PE topics this term has been badminton, we started off by using balloons to learn racket skills - easier than the shuttlecock! We have now progressed to using the shuttlecocks!
Trip to the Mosque and the Gloucester Museum
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 2:29pm
Last Wednesday Diamond and Ruby Class went on the train to Gloucester, the children were very excited to be travelling by train (a first for some of them) and we took up almost a whole carriage! We then walked to the Masjid-e-Noor mosque and learnt all about Islam and what happens in a mosque. The children asked lots of fantastic questions and were very respectful. Then we walked to the Gloucester Musuem and learnt about Anglo-Saxons setlling in Gloucester. The children did role-play and looked at artefacts, as well as listening to an Anglo-Saxon tale called 'The Dragon of Deerhurst'. Then we hopped back on the train - a great school trip and all on our doorstep.
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 11:43am
Pancake Racing was flipping marvellous. Thanks to Mrs Priestly for organising it - we all had such a good time!
Date: 18th Nov 2025 @ 3:32pm
Last week we looked at where wheat came from and how it is processed into flour. We made our own hedgehog bread rolls and look at how cute they are! We also made our own butter from double cream (it took a LOT of shaking).
Date: 18th Nov 2025 @ 3:08pm
Today we baked banana muffins and they smelt and tasted delicious.
Date: 18th Nov 2025 @ 2:44pm
Our geography topic this term is 'Where Does Our Food Come From?', each week we will be looking at different foods that we eat on a regular basis and where it comes from. On our first week back we looked at the journey of oranges from where they are grown to how they end up as juice on our breakfast table.
The children then squeezed their own oranges and drank the juice (which they LOVED). Then they compared it to juice made from concentrate that we buy in the supermarket (they did not like it once they had tried the fresh!).
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 2:21pm
This term Diamond Class have learning how to play tag rugby with Vinnie. He has been impressed with the children's progress and the new skills they have learnt and applied.
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 3:46pm
Last week was science week and the Year 3's learnt all about plants. It was a great week: they dissected plants and labelled the different parts and learnt about their functions; learnt how water is transported through a plant, the life cycle of a plant and all about seed dispersal.
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 3:39pm
Both Diamond and Ruby Class spent an absolutely brilliant day at the Roman Baths in Bath. The main bath was filled with water and the stone columns and statues of Roman emperors added to the grandeur. In the morning we walked around the baths and saw Roman paths that were 2,000 years old. In the afternoon we did workshops: building a Roman bridge, putting a temple back together and using a crane to erect a column. Then we became archaeologists and dug up Roman artefacts, as well as using iPads to identify pieces of stone that had been dug up. We dressed as Romans in togas and tunics and made mosaics. It was a great trip and really brought our topic to life.
Date: 20th May 2025 @ 3:33pm
Yesterday we visited Giffords Circus and had the most amazingtime, the show was SPECTACULAR!
The children (and adults) loved it: ask them what tehir favourite part was.
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 2:18pm
This term we are learning hockey with Vinnie. Now we are in the juniors we are using wooden sticks. The weather was cold, but it was a beautiful, sunny day and we had a great time.
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 5:32pm
After learning how and why canals were built we made our own. The children formed embankments and cut out a staright canal. They lined the canal and filled it with water. Then they added boats, an engineer, mill owners, buildings, horses and lots more.
They look very proud of their creations.
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 5:18pm
We had a lovely school trip last week. The sun was shining and the children had a trip on a canal boat (we saw a heron). Then we walked along the canal path and learnt that donleys pulled the canal bpats as the horses used to get stolen in Stroud! We went to the visitor centre and learnt more about canals: why and how they were built, how locks work and lots more.
