Year 3

YEAR 3 REPORT

WORDS BY Mrs Nicki Carrington, Head of Year 3

When reflecting on the year, one word sticks out to me as something that shone through in all that we did. Linking perfectly with our Future Skills of Endeavour, Year 3 has shown that collaboration is a skill which can get us through whatever life throws at us; our Y3 boys have this skill in abundance.

They have demonstrated that in the small group work in the classroom, where the boys were key figures in guiding and supporting one another, and in tasks where they needed patience and kindness when helping boys who were working remotely to feel involved and included in lessons,

It was seen in the class team work of dressing up to give clues about our World Book Day stories, and in welcoming new friends and challenges as we took on STEM activities at Bedford Girl’s School. It was demonstrated in workshops and talks from visiting speakers where the boys had to show off their impeccable behaviour and their amazing knowledge in a respectful but impressive way. They wowed the visitors and earnt us much respect. And the boys also displayed collaboration when working with older boys to create something for our House Drama and, finally, working together to impress audiences of mums, dads and relatives with our singing, dancing, comic timing or even a new found skill. Collaboration has been an everyday event and has run through everything the boys have done. We are so proud of the way they have handled this skill and shown it confidently in everything they do.

I have no doubt that as the boys go on to Year 4 this well practised skill will help themtake on the upcoming challenges, support them when things are tough but equally assist them to be the best that they can be in every stage of their life. Thank you for a fabulous year Year 3.

YEAR 3 GREEK TOPIC REVEAL

There was excitement in the air on Wednesday as our Y3 boys gathered in the café bar to discover their new topic for the term. Mrs Carrington, Mr Whitbread and Mr Lee challenged the boys to work out the topic from the foods they were about to try.

Their tasting menu (which looked and tasted amazing) included feta salad with tzatziki, houmous and pita bread, chicken souvlaki and loukoumades (golden balls of fried dough bathed in a sweet syrup). After the “fantastic food”, prepared by our school chefs, was eaten, the boys offered plenty of intelligent guesses, with both Morocco and Turkey suggested and even the idea of ‘diversity’ as all the food was so wonderfully different in taste. The correct answer, which many of the boys figured out, was, of course, Greece!

Over the coming weeks, the boys can look forward to exploring all things Greek. There will be plenty to cover, from the Olympics to tourism, geography to gods and goddesses, drama to democracy. Boys are also set to enjoy trips to the British Museum and Bedford’s own Archimedes Screw on the Embankment closer to home.