Children's Work: Year 3

CLOUDS

by Charray

Today I was observing the midday sky, armed with my cloud collector's handbook and camera.  I took a picture of the clouds, then searched through my cloud book to see what it was.  At first I thought it was an altostratus, but then realised it was in fact a stratocumulus.

Stratocumulus is a very common cloud, low in the sky.  I saw strong evidence of convection activity.  The dark area is ascending air (which means the air rises) and the clear area is descending air (which means the air is going down).

TELEPHONES

by Christian

When you speak into the telephone sound waves of your voice go into it.  A microphone inside changes the sound into patterns and small electric currents called signals  travel to a telephone network.  When people telephone you signals come from the network to the earpiece of the phone.  A metal component inside the earpiece vibrates to produce the sound that enters you ear.

"Well done, Christian, an excellent scientific explanation!"

LIFE IN THE RAINFOREST

by Elliot

Once upon a time there lived a prince called Mr Fact.  He lived in a waterfall in the Amazon rainforest, hunted animals from his tree-house and caught them for his dinner.

One day he saw a man with a rifle and the prince shot him in one hit.  He then saw a shark swimming close by in the river near the waterfall.  BANG! The shark swam away at the sound of the gun firing.

A month later the shark came back and the prince wrestled with it in the water.  They rolled over and over and the prince killed the shark.  After that the prince lived a happy and peaceful life.

STORY BEGINNINGS:

A girl called Katie loved ponies.  Her Mum and Dad had told her when she was seven she could have her first riding lesson.  It was her seventh birthday today, so she went downstairs and her Mum gave her the first present.  It was a riding lesson.  Her brother was so jealous of her he ran out of the house...

by Maddie

One day I was in my garden with three of my friends.  I was taking pictures of them standing outside the new den which my Mum and Dad built for me.  After taking photos of my friends we went through the door the strangest thing happened: we had been transported back in time to the time of the dinosaurs. There were pterodactyls and brachiosaurs and ahead of us was a cave entrance we entered...

by Jack

There was a little girl called Emily who lived with her daddy.  Emily was eight years old.  Emily's mummy didn't live with them.  Emily's daddy looked after Emily and  worked from home.  It was the start of the summer holidays.  Emily's house was small and at the end of the garden there was a wood.  Emily told her daddy that she wanted to play in the garden it was a lovely day with the sun shining.  Emily went and played in the garden. After some time Emily decided to climb over the small fence and go to play in the woods. The woods were so pretty with all the flowers on the floor. The flower fairies saw Emily coming into the woods and they hid next to the flowers, so they couldn't be seen.

by Ellie

Once upon a time there was a black knight.  He was very unhappy.  He didn't like riding his horse. He didn't like jousting.   He didn't like fighting dragons. What he really, really, really, really, really wanted was to be a rock star!

by Luke

There lived a man called Sentoff.  He had a life on his own in two domes in the Nile in Egypt.  He had a house in one dome and a small garden in another. There were lots of flowers in his garden. What!?  Flowers in the desert?  Impossible, isn't it?

by Hattie

Once upon a time there was a princess called Nicole and she had a horse called Cara and lived in a castle. She did not want to live in a castle...

by Nicole

Magic Ruby

A little girl called Ella dreamt of having a dog. Every year she would ask her Mummy and Daddy "Please can I have a dog?" and her Mummy and Daddy would say "May be next year". One day a parcel arrived. It was a big brown box with a little window. Ella could hear little barks. Ella wondered "has my dream come true?.....

By Amelie

The Adventures of Princess Sophia

A long time ago lived a princess called Sophia. She lived in a big castle in the land of earth.

One day she was walking near a river, in the distance she saw smoke coming from the village.

Sophia ran to the village, she saw a lady running with her baby, the woman was saying "the orcs, the ocrs they have invaded the village."

By Ellie-Jai

The Fox and Mice

It was a dark, scary night. On the edge of a forest there was a small cottage owned by a family of mice. The mice had slept all day and their tummys were rumbling with hunger. They decided to go into the dark woods to search for nuts. But they didn't know that a fox was watching them from behind a tree….  

By Charlie

Snowman Adventure

Katie and Tabby looked out of their window. The snow had been on the ground for more than a week but now it was starting to melt. Tabby the cat let out a sad Meow!! And looked out towards Frosty the snowman. He was melting quickly now so they decided to go outside and say goodbye. As they stood infront of him, Katy picked up Tabby for a cuddle. "Good bye Frosty we will miss you." They turned around and went towards the house. Suddenly a voice behind them shouted "STOP. Wait for me."

By Rose

Harry was the captain of the football team. He was looking forward to his practice but it was painting. He went to ask his coach if it was cancelled. As he approached he heard the coach talking about his plan to steal all the football cups…..

By Fraser

Tornado Express

One Spring morning, Danielle jumped out of bed and woke her parents up. Today was special day, as they were flying to Egypt. This was the first time that Danielle had ever flown on a plane….

 "Boarding flight 66613" announced the attendant. Danielle along with her Mum and Dad made their way to the gate. Once in the air they hit turbulence and outside the window cumulus clouds appeared! Danielle was very scared.

By Charray

Bang!! The earth shook. Buildings fell down on the ground. The earth quake rumbled. People shouted and screamed while they were watching their houses fall down. Grakk was a young boy who lived in number 33 on Maple Way. He is 10 years old. He heard a loud noise. He tried to get cover but he fell over because the ground shook so much. This is more scary than anything he had ever known.

By Jake

The tales of the Magical Farm

"Wow! What an exciting day Sofia" I said.

"I know Alex. It was great" replied Sofia.

"I love cinnamon. He's the best" I said happily.

We went to park farm with my Mum and Dad but they did not know that it was a magical farm, me and Sofia had always known.

By Molly

IN MY WINDOW

by Erin and Eleanor

Snow, snow: falling happily,

far, far, everywhere you see.

Snowman, snowman, with a carrot nose,

made from ice off the garden hose!

Snowball, snowball, throw them at your friends!

Lots of water dripping

                            out

                               the

                                 gutter.....

IN MY WINDOW

by Rose and Georgia

Snow is falling all around us;

Now we build a snowman.

Oh, it's really fun!

We are throwing snowballs.

Flaking icicles shimmering around us;

All the time we are playing.

Loving the snow, freezing cold;

Lots of children in the snow.

A MYSTERY

by Erin

One night I heard a noise - it sounded like rain, but it was not even cloudy.  It was a mystery.  I went out to investigate!  Do you know why is raining?  I looked everywhere!  There were no clues.  I looked in the house as well.  I only did not look in the living room.  It was very dark, so I got a torch.  I then got a key and opened the door.  A creaking noise started, but it was just the creaking of the floorboards.  I opened the door, but when I got to the pavement the noise stopped!

Then I remembered that I hadn't looked in the living room.  So, I went back inside and closed the door.  I went past the creaking floorboards, past the kitchen and went into the living room. Well, there was my little brother playing with a rain stick!

A STRANGE SOUND

by Oliver

Once in the night, in a house, someone got woken up by a horrible noise.  His name is Time.  Tim crept down the stairs and crept out of the house.  He was now in the pitch black.  Tim could still hear the horrible noise, but instead of finding where the sound was coming from he bumped into a girl wearing a T-shirt from a shop called Gap. (I new it was from Gap because it had a big GAP printed on the front).  Time had always wanted one of those Gap T-shirts.

"What is your name, Time said, but then he saw her face...

A BOOK REVIEW

by Amelie

Why Dogs Chase Cats, by Bob Hartman.

This book is called Why Dogs Chase Cats.  It isn't about why dogs chase cats and I don't know why it is called that.  It is about poems.  I have read two of the poems so far.  One was about a mouse that skittered left and then skittered right.  Then he felt something holding his tail.  That something was a lion.  The lion was going to eat the mouse, but the mouse got away.  Then a hunter got the lion.  The lion wanted someone to help him.  The mouse came.  "I will help you only if you don't catch me," the mouse said.  The lion agreed and then the mouse got him out.  Then they became best friends.

USING ADJECTIVES

by Molly

Mr Sin lived in a dark place.  It was a spooky place.  He had a smelly cat.  The house was a frightening place.  The smell was revolting.  It was a giant house.  There was a big giant living there who smelt bad. The house was black and damp.  The giant liked to live in spooky places.  He had large insects...

WRITING IN PARAGRAPHS

by Eleanor

One day a girl heard a very spooky noise.  It was a very strange noise...(she was very scared).  She crept downstairs.  She was shivering so much that the floorboards kept creaking. 

She thought that a burglar had come in, because there was a loud smashing noise!

Her name is Lily.  She is nine years old.  Her favourite colour is purple and her favourite pet is a hamster.  She doesn't like dark places and hates spiders.

Then, at the last moment, she was just about to open the door to the front room when she saw a shadow - a very dark one!

MY SCHOOL

by Hattie

My school is called Elmstead Primary School and it has a Nursery too.  There bare seven classes in the school and I am in Class 3.  The Headteacher is called Mr Middleditch and when you hurt yourself you go to the office and that is where you will find a sick bed, and next to it is Mr Middleditch's office. 

In the Infants you have three play times and in the Juniors you have two playtimes.  There is a hall at the heart of the school and the classrooms and the office surround the hall.  There is a music room and I have my extension group in there on Friday mornings.  Our uniform is dark blue tops, with light blue shirts and black bottoms.  Girls can wear cardigans, jumpers and shorts.