--- title: "Rocks and Soils in Year 3" url: "https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/news/2024-11-08-rocks-and-soils-in-year-3" school: "Gillibrand Primary School" --- # Rocks and Soils in Year 3 8 November 2024 Today, as part of their unit about rocks and soils, Year 3 conducted an investigation testing the properties of a range of rocks. We tested marble, slate, granite, chalk, limestone and sandstone to see if they were hard or soft, whether they floated or sank, whether they were permeable or not and whether they were magnetic or not. ### Y3 rocks [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/93D75664-D8AA-418E-B193-F0807D28BBFA.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/93D75664-D8AA-418E-B193-F0807D28BBFA.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/32112996-F7FA-4175-B113-3BF42F21BF94.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/32112996-F7FA-4175-B113-3BF42F21BF94.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/DAD0DD5C-FDFA-4478-B8E4-519828B51DE2.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/DAD0DD5C-FDFA-4478-B8E4-519828B51DE2.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/E504B2EF-158B-4E7C-8E65-5944320A0466.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/E504B2EF-158B-4E7C-8E65-5944320A0466.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/6B699442-8D87-4CFD-BA3B-66E72B19D275.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/6B699442-8D87-4CFD-BA3B-66E72B19D275.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y3-rocks/1208DAF0-E73F-47C2-AD60-7C61EC25B954.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/gallery/y3-rocks/1208DAF0-E73F-47C2-AD60-7C61EC25B954.jpeg) [ Dinosaur Visit ](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/news/2024-10-23-dinosaur-visit) [Remembrance Day Walk Year 3 and Year 5 ](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/news/2024-11-11-remembrance-day-walk-year-3-and-year-5) ### News - [Latest News](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/events) - [Newsletters](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/our-school/newsletters) ![Gillibrand Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/gillibrand/images/logo/gillibrand_logo_2.png) #### Gillibrand Primary School Grosvenor Road Chorley PR7 2PJ 01257 274983 #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/people/Gillibrand-Primary-School/61564646614865/?locale=en_GB) © Copyright 2015–2026 Gillibrand Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://gillibrandprimary.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)