In our Art lessons we have been trying to think like artists. In week one we had to look for the shapes you can see within images to help us draw. Then we used different lines to create our drawings. This week we have been looking at the rules of shading and we had to remember to use the side of our pencil, shade in one direction, press evenly and leave no gaps. 

On Friday the 26th September it was International Language Day.  We looked at the different languages that are spoken across the world. In our classes some children made posters and flags and even taught us how to say welcome in their language.

In our PE lessons, we have been balancing on equipment. Over the last 3 weeks we have learnt a variety of different balances and this week we had to use our skills to balance safely on the beam, benches, wall bars and mats. The children in Hazel class showed Miss Ferguson just how flexible they were!

Hornbeam had a fabulous afternoon creating a prehistoric cave wall in our art lesson this afternoon. 

First of all we collected natural objects from our outside area and used these to create a prehistoric palette. We used leaves, bark, berries and flowers. 

Then we created our own paint using a mix of water and flour. We created pigments of colour by adding spices.

Finally, we used coarse materials to create a textured 'cave wall'. Pva glue helped the seeds, rice, lentils and flour stick to our card. 

We are so excited to add an animal to our wall next week. 

We began making our own seed bags this week in our D&T lesson. Previously, we had planned the colour theme of our badge based on famous art peices and chosen our material. Today we began the fun, but tricky part! 

We had to thread the needle with the thread, tie a knot, create a stitch, create another knot so our stitch didn't move and then attempt a running stitch along the two open edges on the material! 

It was hard work but we perservered and repeated some positive affirmations and all made good progress. 

Thank goodness we had 5 football coaches on hand too!

This is the 3rd year that girls in year 3 have taken part in the Premier League Primary Stars Football Festival. The competition took place at Shephalbury Sports Academy and was arranged by Stevenage FC Foundation. The girls played their hearts out and represented Fairlands Primary school fabulously. All of the girls were awared a medal for their team work and participation during the event. Well done girls!

In our history lessons we have been looking at how lives changed between the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. 
Today we learnt about how trade changed the lives of people in Britain. We export and import items around the world and we have done this for thousands of years. 
We played a game where we had to trade items from the Iron Age to ensure we had everything on our list to ensure we survived. 

This week we have been looking at Branching Databases.

We have been using questions to sort animals into the correct catagory. We used j2data.com to help us make our databases.

In year 3 the children learnt how to make a rubbing using the side of the drawing tool on a textured surface. They identified different textures around the classroom and outisde and took rubbings of these. They also stuck the rubbings into their sketchbooks and made a note of where they took the rubbings from.