Year 3 have decided that enough is enough! We’ve been designing our own garden and swimming pools to combat the heat.

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In these photos you see some of the design shapes marked out in wool on the field.

We have used our knowledge of metres and area to create our ‘ideal’ pool and cool garden.

Unfortunately we’re only at the design stage.

Can you see which pool might be too small? Can you see any other shapes that might be something else? The answer will be posted next week!

Read Ellen's article about 'Going Green' week in Year 3.

On Monday, the first ‘Going Green’ day I walked into school with a big grin on my face – I was really excited! In the afternoon I enjoyed my miniature garden.

 On Tuesday we split into our family groups. In my group we each had a buddy – older partnered with younger, younger with older. I was with a year 1, Evie. Together we: made a mini scarecrow, played dress the scarecrow on the computer and made the neck for our class’s scarecrow, it was fantastic!

Can you tell what it is yet?

 As part of our ‘Going Green’ week Year 3 have been busy mapping the allotment. We have been thinking about scale and shapes so that we can record what we’ve grown on a map.

 Why do we need to record what we’ve grown?

 Well…those in the know say it is much better to rotate your crops. Because each year group keeps their allotted bed all the while they are in the school