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Northern Europe Year 3

Welcome to the Northern Europe Year 3 Class Page.  Here, you can find out about everything that we've been doing this term.

Friday 17th January 2025

Year 3 Anglo-Saxon Artefacts History Lesson

We had a very exciting History lesson on Monday, where we got the chance to explore Anglo-Saxon artefacts from the Discovery Museum. On each table we had different artefacts displayed, with all the artefacts on one table linking together. For example, Anglo-Saxon grave finds, Lindisfarne artefacts and Anglo-Saxon life. We looked at artefacts such as a spearhead, tunics that men and women would have worn and a replica board game with counters and dice. We had the opportunity to discuss with our table what each artefact was and how they may have been used in Anglo-Saxon Britain. Once we had observed all of the artefacts, we then learned their real purpose and any interesting facts about them. One fact that we found particularly interesting is that the Lindisfarne Gospels were written on animal skin and estimates are that 150 calf skins (vellum) were used to make the book! It suggests the book was also written with a pen made from a bird’s feather. To make the pictures in the book, Eadfrith would draw the shapes, then colour them in using paint held in an oyster shell dish. Real gold flakes were added to some of the pages!

Friday 10th January

Personal Growth - Job roles visitor

Happy New Year to everyone! It has been lovely to have you all back in class and ready to learn.

This week we were treated to a very special visitor Helen Doyle who is the head pastry chef at 21 in Newcastle. She also happens to be Alfie’s mum!

Helen told us all about her training, how her work has allowed her to travel all over the world and her role entails.

We got to ask lots of questions about her work and some of the famous people she has served and worked with!

Some of us got to dress up in chef’s whites with aprons and gave out cookies that Helen’s team made for all of us in year 3. They were delicious! Thank you Helen for coming in, for sharing all about your job and for the amazing cookies. Some of us have decided we would now like to become chefs.

After the visit, Mr Robinson received a lovely message from Helen saying how impressed she was with the children’s curiosity and the questions that they asked.