Welcome to Oak 3!

2025 - 2026

Mrs Bayliss/Mrs Bowker - Class Teachers
Mrs Sullivan, Mrs Oldham, Miss Gregory - Teaching Assistants

Spring 1

Forces, Magnets and Metals

To kick start Oak 3's learning journey this half term, we entered the classroom to discover a range of materials scattered all over the floor, and the whole area taped off with warning tape! There was also an enormous metal footprint next to the items. There were materials such as metal, fabric and plastic. We had a detailed discussion about what these items could be, where they could have come from and why they were here. After our discussion, we noticed a piece of writing hidden in the room, which described an iron man falling off a cliff. We think we may have discovered our new book, The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.

Year 3 planned their own investigation to find out how different materials affect how far a car can travel. We learnt that the force ‘friction’ slowed the cars speed when rougher materials were used.