Year 3
Who is the mysterious and invisible Tear Thief?
This morning, Year 3 received this letter in the post. We are excited to find out more. To be continued...
Year 3 have been learning about why the Stone Age is called the Stone Age!
We were so lucky to have the opportunity to handle real Stone Age artefacts and tools, borrowed from the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne.
We noticed how the tools became more refined over the three periods of the Stone Age. Large hand axes became sharper with smoother surfaces. Spear and arrow heads became smaller and sharper. We handled flint scrapers that had been knapped from larger stones, as well as items that may have been used as spiritual or decorative items.
The amazing thing about the Stone Age people is that they could do so much without any electricity or technology.
However, we only have artefacts to give us clues about how they lived, as nothing was written down – that is why it is called "Prehistoric"!
On Tuesday, Year 3 went on their first school trip of the academic year.
We travelled by train to Dorchester South and then walked to Holy Trinity Catholic Church. The reason for our visit was to find out how different Christians are reconciled with God.
We were warmly welcomed there by Father Francis and Deacon Jonathon, who told us about confession, which means asking for forgiveness.
We enjoyed hearing about the different features of the church, such as the sanctuary lamp and the confessional screen. After some activities to help us understand about washing away sin (mending mistakes and saying sorry) and a treasure hunt around the church, we were delighted (and surprised) to be given cake and squash to sustain us on our return trip!
It was lucky that we had eaten an extra snack, as our return train was cancelled due to a barrier fault further up the line! Thankfully, the clerk at the ticket office in Dorchester South sprang to our rescue with activity books and crayons for each pupil, as well as access to the disabled toilet so that we didn't have to use the general public toilet.
After waiting for about an hour, a kind guard (on a train heading in the correct direction) managed to secure us an unscheduled stop at Moreton! What an adventure!
Thank you so much to our three parent helpers - We couldn't have done it without you.
Mystery in Year 3
The children arrived at the Year 3 classroom to find it had turned into a cave and could only be entered through a tunnel. We all clambered through the narrow opening, only to find the cave was full of cave paintings and, in the middle, there was a child-sized footprint.
Who could have left these paintings?
What do they represent? How old might this person be? All the children compared the footprint with their own to see if it belonged to someone in the class, but it remains a mystery!