Picking apart poo from the past!

Picking apart poo from the past!

This week Year 3 have been investigating how people from the Stone Age lived. To find out what they ate we dissected a Stone Age coprolite – POO! We looked for any food or bits that could give us clues as to what people from the Stone Age used to eat. We found...
Step back into the Stone Age

Step back into the Stone Age

Today, Year 3 went to Bishops Wood to kick-start our topic all about the stone age.  We spent the day finding out what it was like to live thousands of years ago.  We built our own shelter from mammoth skin and willow branches, we hunted for our lunch, we weaved...

Rocks in the Park!

Today, Year 3 went to Cotteridge Park where we met Emma from Forest School, Liz and Ella who is a geologist. They came to talk to us about the rocks in Cotteridge Park. We found out that the big rocks at the top of the park were actually made in a volcano in Wales...
Science Day!

Science Day!

Last week Science Day came to Cotteridge! It began with assemblies where children got to carry out fun and exciting experiments that can even be done at home! Blowing up balloons with bicarbonate of soda and vinegar! Blowing bubble snakes! Making foamy rainbow...
Fun with forces!

Fun with forces!

This week in Year 3 we have started our science topic all about different forces. We began by making a play-doh mammoth and playing with a toy car – it doesn’t sound much like learning…but it was!   We learned all about what different forces...