Year 3 visiting brookwater house care home

Dear Parents/Carers,

As part of our community action work, Year 3 will be visiting Brookwater House Care Home (Care Home Website) every Wednesday from the 24^th September 2025 until the end of the academic year. 

Each week, a small group of five children will visit the care home accompanied by a member of staff, where they will spend time talking with residents and joining in with activities. This will give the children a valuable opportunity to contribute positively to our community, while also learning from the experiences of others.

If you would prefer that your child does not take part in this visit, please let your child’s class teacher or the school office know by Friday 19^th September.

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards,
The Year 3 Team

Introduction to baking bread

As an introduction to their new Design and Technology unit on Baking Bread, Year 3 explored different types of bread through research, discussion, and a taste test.

The children first learnt that bread is a staple food eaten in many countries around the world. They reflected on when they personally eat bread and shared examples from their own lives. They were introduced to the names of different breads from across the globe and used the web to find out more about their origins, characteristics, and qualities, expressing preferences for the ones they liked best.

Finally, the children enjoyed a bread tasting, sampling a variety of breads such as baguette, bagel, and white roll. They considered how easy each bread would be to share and used key vocabulary to evaluate them according to taste, texture, and appearance.

Things to look forward to in Autumn 1

Brookwater House Care Home Visits - Beginning in Autumn 1 and continuing throughout the school year

Baking Bread - the children will design and bake their own bread

Financial Education workshop for children - Wednesday 8th October

World Values Day - Thursday 16th October

Multicultural Week - Week Commencing 20th October