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  • 12/12/25

    Making Vegetable Tarts in Year 3!

    In Year 3, we have been exploring the nutritional value of different vegetables. We chose two vegetables that we all wanted to try and created a vegetable tart. We used mixed peppers and sweetcorn. After scoring out a border on our pastry, we enjoyed making patterns with our vegetables. We even spri...
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  • 20/11/25

    Fun in the Snow

    There might not have been much, but Years 3 and 4 made the most of the snow at breaktime!  
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  • 14/11/25

    Anti-Bullying Week 10th November – 14th November

    This year’s Anti-Bullying Week theme was Power for Good. The idea behind it is to empower children and young people to use their Power for Good to speak out, support others, and build a world where kindness wins. We kicked off the week with Odd Socks Day to celebrate everyone’s indivi...
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  • 16/10/25

    Making Apple Crumble in Year 3!

    In our DT lesson this week, we explored why it's important to eat seasonally. We talked about how we could help the environment by eating locally too. We looked at why food hygiene is important and then explored an apple crumble recipe! We really enjoyed learning how to cut the apples safely...
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  • 16/10/25

    RE in Year 3

    Last week we were very lucky to have a visitor come into our class to tell us all about what it is like to celebrate Diwali. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita and learnt all about light over darkness. We even took part in some dancing! We really enjoyed taking part in some of the celebration...
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  • 02/10/25

    Year 3's Great North Museum Trip!

    Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Great North Museum! They explored the Ancient Egyptian gallery and saw a real mummy! They enjoyed working out secret messages using hieroglyphs and learning all about the Egyptians' journey to the afterlife. They even found a replica of the Rosetta Stone...
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  • 22/09/25

    Making fruit skewers in Year 3!

    In our DT topic this term, we are looking at where fruits and vegetables come from! We focused on fruit in this lesson and explored where in the world our favourite fruits come from. We then made Japanese plum sauce fruit skewers. Using watermelon, mango, kiwi, strawberries and plum sauce, we added...
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  • 05/09/25

    Welcome to Year 3!

    Year 3 have had a fantastic first week back. They have really enjoyed exploring 'Leon and the Place Between' in English lessons and have enjoyed using nouns, verbs and adjectives to improve sentences. They have all been trying very hard to use neat handwriting in all their lessons. In sci...
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  • 04/06/25

    Dance for Devices - We Did It!

    The children at Greenside Primary School danced their hearts out to raise funds for 15 brand-new iPads for use in school - and they did it! Through our Dance for Devices sponsored event, the enthusiasm and support from the school community has been amazing! These iPads will help to support classroom...
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  • 04/06/25

    Beamish

    Year 3 visited Beamish as part of their current history unit - The Victorians. They took part in a lesson in the school classroom with a teacher acting like it was 1897 and he was very strict! The children were able to look around the village for the rest of the afternoon and asked the staff and vol...
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  • 09/05/25

    VE Day 2025

    On Thursday 8th May 2025, the children celebrated VE Day. We started the day with an assembly to learn what VE Day was and why it is important to recognise and celebrate it. In classes, the children wrote messages of gratitude and positivity which have been displayed as bunting in our corridors. The...
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  • 03/04/25

    What is soil?

    Year 3 have been investigating the soil as part of their science unit - rocks. They were able to look for living things, organic matter and objects that had never been alive.     
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