Year 3 Team: Ms F Davies (Class Teacher) & Miss L Dunbavin : Blog items
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 9:00pm
Where did that week go? All we know is that time flies when you are having fun and my goodness, we have had fun!
In Maths, we continued to explore our topic Geometry. The focus this week has been on angles, developing a understanding of acute and obtuse angles in relation to 90 degrees. We also began measuring and drawing angles of our own using our rulers for accuracy. Finally, we looked at the difference between horizontal and vertical lines. Next week, we will finish our Geometry topic after investigating 2D and 3D shapes before moving onto our final topic of Year 3, Mass and Capacity a truly exciting topic.
In English, we had such fun exploring the incredible merchandise created during Zereffa's trip to Paris, from giraffe style hair to giraffe cakes. We then created our own, some of the merchandise was pretty expensive, so I hope you all have saved up! On Friday, we began to research areas of Paris in preparation for our Author book work, a persuasive leaflet. We carefully unpicked the wesite to find key information such as important dates, prices and sights to see. Next week, we will began our first draft of our Author Books.
Art was an absolute highlight this week, creating our very own paitings in the style of LS Lowry. After exploring his pictures for key features such as buildings, cars and people, we began to sketch. Once we were complete, we started painting, practicing our layering to add detail and texture. Next week we will use a range of mediums to create another version, focusing again on texture and finer detail.
The Great British weather was not our friend on Wednesday and certainly rained on our parade. That did not stop us having great fun, taking on the final SumDog Challenge of the year. The tension is high in school as we all eagerly await he results, I wonder which year will win. We can also see the silver lining with the rain, allowing us all some extra practices in preparation for next week!
Unfotunately this week we had to say goodbye to the wonderful Miss Duffy who sadly had to leave us this week. It is bitter sweet however, as we know wherever she goes she will continue to shine and her next class will be just as lucky as us. Good luck, and keep in touch!
Our school book fair is currently taking place in the school portacabin and is open from 3.05pm to 3.30pm each day after school until next Wednesday 6th July. All purchases made, result in more books for our class libraries! Please do support us if you are able to, and thank you to those of you who have supported this event already. Your support is very much appreciated.
Reminders:
- Sports Day is rescheduled for Wednesday 6th July. Children will need to come to school dressed in their PE kits. Swimming will be cancelled again for this reason.
- Recorder lessons continue every Monday until the end of term
- Friday 15th July – End of term – School closes at 1pm
Date: 26th Jun 2022 @ 1:43pm
Another week gone, where is this year going!
This week we have tackled our termly asessments head on, showing true determination and resilience. This assessments are nothing to be worried about but allow us, as staff, to continually check the childrens understanding to inform our teaching. The children should, as always, be very proud of their hardworking attitude and enthusiasm, we certainly are!
On Tuesday we were delighted to take part in the Lap of Hope with the rest of the school as part of the Commonwealth Games and Comic Relief celebrations. We started our morning creating pledges for a better world and a world we want to see, before heading out and running a lap of the school, both inside and outside, with both KS1 and KS2. Later that day, we were invited to a whole school assembly led by Year 5 and Year 6 Sports Ambassadors who taught us more about the upcoming Commonwealth Games. We were amazed at how many new events have been added this year. To round off our celebrations, and to celebrate World Music Day, we joined the whole school in singing 'Sing' by Gary Barlow, Military Wives, and The Commonwealth Band. It was a magical moment.
We ended our week on a high, with a trip to the TSP Summer Fair, a highlight of the year. Using our tokens to take part, we browsed the various stalls winnig prizes along the way. We even had horses and sheep! The incredible activites and delicious food meant that we had a fantastic afternoon full of memories.
Reminders:
-Sports Day will take place on Wednesday 29th June. Please ensure children wear their PE kit and bring a bottle of water to school.
- There is no swimming this week, swimming will resume on Wednesday 6th July
- Recorder lessons will continue every Monday until the end of term.
-With the warm weather, please ensure your child brings a bottle of water to school.
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 12:05pm
What a fantastic start to the final term!
This week, we started our new, final text in English, ‘Zeraffa Giraffa’. Before we started reading, we explored our new STAR vocabulary, using our dictionaries to define the words and creating a glossary for future reference. After, we were given a range of clues about our new text and worked together to predict what the book was about. When we finally began to read our story, we were amazed to learn that it was a story, based on a true event that occurred hundreds of years ago. We cannot wait to find out more about this interesting giraffe.
In Maths, we continued with our topic on Time, focusing on reading time to the nearest minute, and recognising that time has an a.m. and p.m. This has been a tricky topic, but using small practical clocks to support us we were able to tackle it head on. Next week, we will continue to look at Time paying special attention to duration.
In Reading, we began our new story ‘Egyptian Cinderella’. Similar to English, we created our own picture glossary for STAR vocabulary that will appear over the next few weeks. After, we began to read, making connections with our previous topic on Egyptians, and the fairy tale Cinderella. We were shocked at how servants and slaves were treated differently at this time and how people were taken from other countries to work.
This story linked nicely to our Geography topic, ‘Why was the River Nile so important?’. Before we look into this topic in more detail we reflected on our previous learning and using our circle map, we wrote down facts we already know about the River Nile.
In Art, we investigated our new focused artist ‘LS Lowry’. We explored some of his incredible art work and the different scenes that he painted. Over the next few weeks we will continue to unpick his art work, and will begin to create our own scenes in a similar style.
Reminders
- Swimming lessons will take place every Wednesday, please ensure that all children come to school with their hat, goggles, and towel.
- PE days will therefore be Wednesdays and Fridays.
- Recorders must be brought to school each Monday ready for the lesson. Please practice at home at the weekend.
- Next Friday the children will be able to wear their own clothes again in exchange for bottles for the tombola, if any parents can support the school on the day please do let Team TSP know.
Date: 25th May 2022 @ 11:50am
Where has that final week of term gone? Well done Year 3 for a superb half term.
Year 3 started their week with an important task, selecting our representatives for the TSP Pupil Voice Groups. We began by writing and listening to our peers’ speeches in class, in which they stated why we should vote for them, before casting our votes at the TSP Polling Station, using our very own Polling cards. A huge congratulations to all children, but especially to nominated representatives who will be Year 3 voice in all meetings, sharing our opinions and beliefs.
On Monday, we added another incredible piece of writing to our Author Books, our version of the story ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. We loved adding our own words to this wordless book, whilst creating our own illustrations.
In Maths, we continued to recap, connecting our prior knowledge from Year 2 with our new fractions’ knowledge. This allowed us to see how mathematical concepts are linked and how we can use previous work to solve more complex problems.
For our Computing Day this term, we used the Book Creator App and the Google Search Engine, to become ‘Online Detectives’. After designing our own front covers, we completed a series of tasks using the internet whilst also using our prior knowledge to add audio, images and links to pack our digital books full of information.
We ended our week in the best way possible, with laughter, love and celebrations. To mark the Queen’s Jubilee, we partook in a bit of ‘afternoon tea’, which is apparently the Queen’s favourite past time! We loved having our very own cup of tea (decaf of course) and a large slice of Victoria Sponge whilst we learnt all about the Queen’s incredible life. This was not the only event of the day as we took part in the TSP’s Got Talent Show. Following a morning of performances, the two winning acts from Year 3 were put through to the final, against acts from across the school. Well done to everyone who auditioned and our finalists, you are all truly incredible.
Love Reading have issued their Mid-May Newsletter; please see many more top-read recommendations you may wish to explore with your child/ren. Happy reading!
Reminders:
-School commences on Monday 6th June.
-Recorders remain on Mondays after half term.
- Spellings have been set for the half term and will be assessed the first week back. In addition, please make use of the virtual classroom which attached to this blog, if you wish to complete any activities over half term.
-PE lessons will continue to take place every Wednesday (swimming) and Friday after half term.
Date: 18th May 2022 @ 9:46pm
Another week full of highlights and achievements within the Year 3 classroom!
We have continued to explore our Collective Worship value of the month, Perseverance. This time, we looked longer term, and each tasked ourselves with a challenge that we would like to achieve by the end of Year 3 (which is only a few weeks!). We then gave ourselves three things that we can do to achieve it before hiding it away until the last day of term when we will see if we have achieved it.
In English, we started the week by planning our stories for the book ‘Journey’. We took our time to carefully plan what language we wanted to use and how the girl might feel at each point. Later, we began to write. With calming music playing in the background, we put our heads down and began to write out our new detailed and intriguing stories. We cannot wait to put them in our author books next week!
In Maths, we got practical, using our knowledge of fractions to complete a range of fun and interesting activities including a colour by number. Fractions has been both an interesting and challenging topic for us all!
In Art we continued with our topic of jewellery and created another bracelet using a different technique. Using a range of materials and apparatus we created detailed and interesting bracelets for our friends and loved ones.
In Science, we put our lab coats back on and completed another experiment, this time to test the strength of a range of magnets. Using materials from in and around the classroom, we tested the strength of the magnet’s attractions and repulsion!
Swimming was fantastic again this week! We loved jumping in and developing our swimming skills, this week we paid special attention on our breathing, ensuring we kicked our legs whilst breathing to ensure we didn’t stop moving. It was a lot trickier that it sounds! Another great lesson was recorders, this week we learnt two new notes and started to learn how to put a range of notes together to make a tune.
Reminders
- Swimming lessons will take place every Wednesday, please ensure that all children come to school with their hat, goggles, and towel.
- PE days will therefore be Wednesdays and Fridays.
- Recorders must be brought to school each Monday ready for the lesson. Please practice at home at the weekend.
Date: 11th May 2022 @ 9:39pm
It’s been an active week this week for us here in Year 3!
The highlight of the week has got to be the start of our swimming lessons. We were all super excited to jump on the bus, get changed and jump straight into the pool for our first session. We were all extremely tired after, but cannot wait to go again next week. Yoga has also been a hit and has allowed us to take time and practice our breathing and relaxation techniques should we ever feel sad or overwhelmed.
As part of our monthly Collective Worship value ‘perseverance’ we continued to explore how we can reach targets and overcome challenges and the steps we need to take to achieve them. Creating our own perseverance ladders, we each looked at our end of the month goals and the steps we need to complete them.
In English, we finished our story ‘Journey’ and were delighted to learn that the girl was rescued from the cold metal cage, making a friend along the way. We put on out multicoloured thinking hats and got creative, creating our own endings and diary entries along the way. Next week, we will compare our story with another, ‘The Tilly Mint Tales’ focusing on creating and describing our own characters and settings. Towards the end of the week, we will start our Author Book journeys and begin to plan our very own stories.
In Maths, we recapped the meaning of unit and non-unit fractions before exploring equivalent fractions whilst applying our knowledge to both shapes and objects. Finally, we applied this knowledge to a range of problem-solving activities. Next week, we will finally start our topic on Time, reading clocks to the half past, hour and quarter to, applying this knowledge to complex questions.
Recorders could be heard all around the school on Monday, and from what we have heard from parents, around everyone’s home! This week we focused on playing clear notes, using two fingers, and blowing carefully without too much force, this was a lot harder than it sounds.
In Science, we continued to investigate our topic ‘Forces’, completing an investigation using cars, rulers, and various surfaces. Working closely together with our partners, we experimented to see on which surface our toy car travelled the furthest before discussing our results. We found that the smoothest surface allowed the car to travel furthest.
Reminders
- Swimming lessons will take place every Wednesday, please ensure that all children come to school with their hat, goggles, and towel.
- PE days will therefore be Wednesdays and Fridays.
Recorders must be brought to school each Monday ready for the lesson. Please practice at home at the weekend.
Date: 3rd May 2022 @ 1:12pm
Another week in Year 3, and what a fantastic week it has been.
In English, we have been focusing on developing our setting descriptions, writing not only one but two different setting descriptions from our story ‘Journey’. We carefully studied the pages of the wordless book, using expanded noun phrases for the various objects we can see and upleveling them with verbs and prepositions to add more detail. This descriptive writing really allowed us to dive into this exciting new world.
In Maths, we entered our final week of Fractions, developing our understanding of equivalent fractions as well as adding and subtracting fractions and the rules surrounding this concept. Fractions has proved to be one of our trickier topics but we have persevered on this learning journey and feel that we have come out the other side. Next week we will spend some time covering any misconceptions that have arisen before moving onto the topic of ‘Time’, by first revisiting o’clock and half past before moving onto telling time to five minutes.
This week also saw the end of our double music lessons, where we finally bid farewell to the wonderful Mr Fogg, who not only provided us with fun, exciting and vibrant drumming lessons, but supported us prior to the Easter holidays with learning our songs for the Easter service. Recorders will be back on Monday, and we cannot wait to learn ‘Baby Shark’ on the recorder, watch out parents, you’re in for a treat!
We have been loving our PE topic, Yoga, and have been using our sessions to slowly control our breathing, stretching our muscles and allowing ourselves to move in a calm and relaxing way. That being said, we cannot wait for next week, when we start our swimming lessons!
In RE we looked at the story ‘The Good Samaritan’ unpicking Jesus’ message. We loved how the story showed the message of love, and how we should always, where possible, show love to everyone regardless of their differences, instead choosing to celebrate ours and everyone else‘s uniqueness.
Star Carr was at the forefront of our History lesson this week. Focusing specifically on the Stone Age Period of Prehistoric Britain, we were shocked to learn that this era, stretching over 2 million years, can be further broken down into three parts. As well as that we learnt how during this period our ancestors created and used tools and animals’ bones to camouflage themselves whilst hunting!
Reminders
- Swimming lessons will commence next Wednesday 11th May. Please ensure the children come to school ‘beach ready’ to ensure a smooth transition into the pool. This means they need to wear their swimming trunks or costumes underneath their PE kit.
- PE days will therefore change, and children are asked to come to school in their PE kits on Wednesdays and Fridays.
- Recorders need to be brought to school each Monday for your child’s recorder lessons, please ensure recorders are clearly labelled.
Date: 27th Apr 2022 @ 12:23pm
The fun has continued this week in Year 3 and we cannot wait to see what the rest of the term has in store for us!
We were delighted to take part in our first friendly football match this week against Woodlands Primary school, practicing during our breaktimes and talking tactics as a class. The game itself was great fun with an incredible turn out of 16 players, this meant that we could play our game in two halves to ensure that we all had a go. Although we didn’t win, we had a super time and showed incredible determination and sportsmanship, for that we are incredibly proud of you all. That wasn’t the only celebration of the week as we were delighted to welcome members of the National Trust Formby back to our school, to showcase our incredible mural made completely out of recycled materials. They were so impressed with our work they gave us a special certificate. Well done Year 3, you have been incredible reflecting our school values of Nurture, Imagine and Enjoy.
Our topic on Fractions continued this week in Maths, and we have loved every minute on this unit. At the start of the week we explored creating different fractions using cheerios carefully cutting them into halves and quarters to ensure that they were equal. Later in the week we investigated finding and making a ‘whole’ using fractions before moving on to tenths. Next week will be our final week on fractions and we will be looking at adding and subtracting them.
We have continued with our ‘Journey’ in English this week planning and writing diary entries for the girl, paying special attention to how our character felt and behaved at the start of the story when her family were ‘too busy to play with her’. We loved how the author and illustrator used red to highlight the items that were bringing her joy in the first part of the story and how the door to her new world was also red! Next week, we will continue to unpick the story creating setting descriptions, using expanded noun phrases, prepositions and conjunctions.
PE has had a calming tone this week as we continued with our yoga sessions, practicing our breathing and stretching skills whilst forming different shapes. It was the perfect lesson for us to unwind and relax in after such a busy week. On Thursday we were joined by Ultimate Kids for another thrilling and enjoyable activity session. We were so grateful to try a range of different activities, whilst keeping fit and active.
In Art we designed and created our own piece of jewellery, taking inspiration from both modern and new forms and were fascinated to learn how they were created and what special stones were selected. Sticking with the creative theme, we have also loved participating in our music lessons which have included the instruments drums and recorders, who new you could play ‘Baby Shark’ on so many instruments!
Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend, Year 3.
Reminders:
-Recorders can be bought online via school spider, the children will be having their first recorder lesson on Monday 9th May and will continue to use them throughout the year as well as in Year 4.
-PE lessons take place every Wednesday and Friday.
Date: 20th Apr 2022 @ 9:58pm
What a short but sweet week we have had here in Year 3!
On Friday, we marked and celebrated World Earth Day by teaming up with Year 4 and National Trust Formby, to create a huge mural made completely out of recycled materials. It was incredibly challenging and required us to think creatively to use the resources affectively to make our grand design.
In English, we started our new non-fiction text ‘Journey’ by the wonderful Aaron Becker. Prior to investigating the front cover, we used our dictionaries and laptops to unpick our new STAR vocabulary that would appear in the story along the way. The following lesson, we explored the front cover, making predictions about the story and what we thought would occur throughout we were therefore shocked to learn that this book, has NO words! We cannot wait to see what will happen next.
In Maths, we continued with our topic on Fractions, further developing our understanding of unit fractions before moving onto non-unit fractions. We loved playing various fraction games to get our brains thinking. Next week we will finish off our topic on fractions whilst exploring adding and subtracting fractions.
In RE, we started our new topic on ‘Rules’ discussing the importance of rules and various rules we follow in our lives both inside and outside school. Putting our heads together, we were amazed how many places have rules even parks! This allowed us to discuss if rules should ever be broken, we all agreed that rules could be broken if keeping them might hurt or upset us or someone else, however we know that they are there to keep us safe.
We completed our timelines in History this week, identify where Prehistoric Britain fell on our timeline in comparison to other periods we have studied within school. This allowed us to complete our circle maps, adding information we knew about Prehistoric Britain before we even started.
Magnets is our focus in science, and we started our new topic with a bang! Through a range of practical activates we were able to understand what not only what magnets are used for but also that not all metals are magnetic and that they have to be made from a specific material.
In Art we started our new topic on ‘Egyptian Jewellery’ creating and designing our own jewellery based on a range of artefacts found during the Egyptian period. We had some incredible creations which in the near future, we might bring to life.
Love Reading have chosen their 'top book picks' for April and May. More, highly-rated children's reads, from a variety of authors for different age ranges, are shared with us all to enjoy.
Reminders:
- PE will continue to be on Wednesdays and Fridays for the rest of the half term, Swimming will commence in May and letter will be sent in due course.
- Some children will be taking part in a friendly football match next Tuesday, please ensure that they bring their PE kits in their bags.
Date: 30th Mar 2022 @ 10:35pm
What an EGG-cellent final week of term!
The highlight of our week, has to be our incredible Easter performance at Holy Trinity Church. After weeks of practicing lines, actions and singing we brought it all together on Tuesday for our final dress rehearsal ready for Thursday’s grand performance, and what a performance it was! A huge congratulations to the whole of Year 3, you certainly did yourself proud!
In English, we started our week by reading though our draft leaflets, purple penning mistakes and adding a range of language to ensure that our writing had been written to the highest level. After our reflection period, we then added this to our ‘Author Books’, we had to take our time to carefully think about our handwriting as again we were using pen!
In Spanish, our lessons concluded, recapping the 10 key musical instruments and Spanish phases linked to coordinating and playing them accordingly. We also tackled our computing topic which was all about computers and keyboards, familiarising ourselves with the Google Slide platform as well as the importance of quick typing skills and computing shortcuts.
We absolutely loved completing our DT project ‘Moving Monsters’ using a range of resources to produce our own unique creations. We started this project by designing our monster and crafting a prototype to assess what works and what doesn’t, focusing on areas to improve. Later that afternoon, we created our final product before evaluating what we not only liked and disliked but also things that we would improve next time.
For any children looking to complete any additional work over half term, please see our virtual classroom which can be found on our Google Classroom. Finally, I want to wish you all a happy Easter, filled with fun, love and laughter (and hopefully lots of chocolate!)
Reminders
- Year 3 PE lessons will take place on Wednesday and Friday each week after half term. Please ensure your child attends school in their PE kit every Wednesday and Friday.
- Please bring in any recycled materials after half term to support our mural creation as part of Earth Day.
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 7:47pm
We have been loving the weather this week in Year 3 and this has been reflected in our work!
On Monday, we celebrated ‘World Poetry Day’ by exploring a range of poems and creating our very own. We took inspiration from the important women around us, writing caring and detailed poems about the women in our life such as mums, nans, aunties and even Miss Jones! Later in the week, we began to prep our next piece of work for our Author Books, we concentrated on using high-level literacy features including adverbs and prepositions, in our non-fiction writing surrounding our book ‘The Big Blue Whale’. We are super excited to put pen to paper next week and can’t wait to see how our leaflets turn out.
In RE, we took time to unpick the final part of the Easter story, focusing on the importance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We discussed how the different days made us feel and how the events can bring both joy and sadness to Christians around the world. After, we took time to complete our self-assessment grids for the topic, reflecting on how the Easter story conveys a range of emotions.
In Maths, we continued with our topic on fractions specifically focusing on unit and non-unit fractions. We looked in detail at a range of fractions including halves, quarters, and thirds. Next week, we will start to connect our learning back to September, to help us add and subtract a range of fractions.
In Geography, we took our learning outside into the sunshine and used our laptops and atlases to investigate and compare different European countries to the UK. It was certainly a fantastic way to finish our topic.
Reminders:
-Final Parent-Teacher Meetings will be on Wednesday 30th March, please check your email for exact timings.
- Year 3 will be hosting the Easter service at Holy Trinity Church at 10 am.
-Please continue to bring in recyclable materials for our mural as part of Earth Day.
Date: 18th Mar 2022 @ 12:37pm
Another busy week here in Year 3!
We ended our week on a high celebrating Red Nose Day with the wonderful Year 4 class. When we arrived in school, the hall had been set up with a range of exciting, engaging and RED activities. In the afternoon, we marked British Science Week with an exciting experiment all about volcanoes and how when they react, the lava bubbles and grows, spilling out of the top of the volcano.
In Maths, we finished our topic on measurement, focusing this week on perimeter. The children had to measure various shapes before working out the perimeter by adding them together using column addition. Next week, we will be focusing on fractions starting the week connecting our learning back to Year 2 and recognising halves, quarters and thirds.
In English, we continued with our non-fiction story ‘The Big Blue Whale’. We focused on using our knowledge of fronted adverbials and paragraphs to draft information in preparation for our leaflets. Next week, we will start drafting our final fact files and leaflets ready for our author books in the final week.
In Geography, we used our atlases and google maps to identify different countries within in Europe focusing on important features for the various countries such as, currency, royal family’s and languages spoken.
In Art, we looked at plant art, developing our drawing and painting skills with a special focus on trees. Afterwards, we selected a flower, sketching, colouring and painting them to add details and depth to make them look 3D.
Reminders
- PE days are still on a Wednesday and a Thursday
- Year 3 will be hosting the Easter Service, in Holy Trinity Church on Thursday 31st Please can children, who have lines, practice these at home.
- Please continue to bring in recyclable materials for our mural as part of Earth Day
Date: 12th Mar 2022 @ 10:46am
What an inspiring week here, in Year 3.
This week we marked National Careers Week at school. To start this off, Year 3 had a fantastic visit, over zoom, from Dr Meera, who described her path into the extremely difficult world of Medicine. We were given a whistle stop tour on Meera’s long and gruelling education journey as well as difficulties faced by her predecessors as part of International Women’s Day. We loved asking intriguing questions and it certainly made us think carefully about a career in Medicine. Our inspirational talks didn’t stop there, at the end of the week we had a visit from two incredible police officers PC Callum and PC Laura from Merseyside Police. Both officers shared an insight into the police force, sharing stories, one involving a very pesky sheep! PC Laura shared some insights into the profession for women, and we were shocked to learn that when she joined the force, she was expected to wear a skirt and was given less equipment that her make counter parts. We were pleased to learn that nowadays; women make up just under 50% of the police force in Merseyside. We were also amazed to learn that the first warranted female officer, Edith Smith, was born and raised not far from us in Runcorn. Both visits left us feeling truly inspired and allowed us to have incredible discussions about our futures.
Most of our Maths, Writing and Reading lessons have been taken up by practice assessments this week. The children have shown true determination and resilience when approaching these assessments and I could not be prouder of them!
In English, we continued to explore our non-fiction text, The Big Blue Whale, writing our information in paragraphs, using subheadings and a range of literacy features including prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs, with a special focus on front adverbials, to make our writing more interesting. However, we had to take care to ensure that our writing stayed factual to ensure that it we did not turn it into a story. Next week, we will continue to develop our non-fiction writing.
In Maths, we took our learning outside to help us dive headfirst into our topic of measurement. We took time to draw and measure a range of lines, drawn by chalk, in cm. We then took time to convert these measurements into mm. We had to take care to ensure we measured our lines carefully, ensuring we lined up our rulers accurately.
In RE, we took time to explore the first part the Easter story, Palm Sunday. We learnt how Jesus travelled to Jerusalem on a donkey and the significance of people laying their clothes and palm leaves and his feet. After, we investigated how Christians from around the world celebrate Palm Sunday.
In Geography, we used our atlases to identify various countries within Europe on a map as well as the surrounding seas. We loved using our index and contents pages to find key country names provided us with extra information.
Reminders:
-Weekly spellings are set every Friday and tested in school the following Thursday.
-Please ensure your child is reading daily at home. Should your child be struggling to find a book at home they wish to read, they can borrow a book from the school library.
Date: 2nd Mar 2022 @ 10:23am
What an incredible week, filled with laughter and joy!
How could we not start by discussing ‘World Book Day’? The children looked incredible when they arrived at school in their outstanding costumes, which of course, filled the classroom with a wonderful buzz. When they arrived however, the children were met with a rather perplexing mystery, the crayons had quit and they were not coming back without our help! The children spent the morning completing a series of challenges set by individual crayons to help restore the pack! Afterwards, they took part in a fantastic game of ‘The Masked Character!’ It was truly a fantastic day.
In Maths, we finished off our topic on Statistics, completing a series of activities surrounding bar charts, both drawing them and answering questions. Afterwards, we began our topic on ‘measurement’ completing a ‘Teach Active’ lesson, connecting our learning back to Year 2 and reminding ourselves of the importance of lining up the ruler carefully.
In English, we continued to investigate our book ‘The Big Blue Whale’. We started the week by discussing what we thought the two characters in our book would be saying to each other, creating speech sandwiches as they went through the book. Later in the week, we created our own poems about various sea creatures, ensuring each poem started with a command and used a range of similes. Next week, we will complete our assessments in SPAG, Reading and Spellings.
In Science, we completed another exciting experiment, this time looking at water transportation in plants. We explored, using water and food dye, how water transports up celery through its veins.
In Geography, we connected our learning back to KS1 and revisited the 7 continents and 5 oceans in our work. After, we used our atlases to identify and answer questions about the continent of Europe. Next week, we will investigate the continent of Europe in more detail.
Music was again, a hit! Mr Fogg truly knows how to get us going and this week we continued to practice the ‘Encanto’ theme tune. It was quite tricky, but we persevered, and the result was well worth the effort.
In PE we continued to focus on our new topic football. We revisited our dribbling skills and developed our passing, working in small groups to accurately pass the ball. Mr Brindley continued this effort (even with all the excitement of ‘World Book Day’) and ensured we had a fun, interactive and competitive football session.
This week we said goodbye to the fantastic Mr Ahmed who has been supporting us in class over the past few weeks, we wish him the best of luck in all his endeavours.
Reminders
- Next Monday we will be having an additional dance session, please ensure children are in their PE kits.
Date: 23rd Feb 2022 @ 1:31pm
What an incredibly busy first week back, full of excitement!
When we arrived at school on Monday, we experienced a range of unusual sounds. Working together, we discussed and identified that the sound was coming from a school of whales and were amazed how they communicated. After, we explored the front cover of our first story, ‘The Morning I Met a Whale’ by Michael Murphurgo, we predicted what we thought the story was going to be about as well as its genre and book type. Before we started to read, we decided we wanted to learn more about whales, writing detailed letters to experts to find out more information. These incredible letters were so detailed that we decided that they must go in our author book! Next week we switch books for a short period looking at the ‘Big Blue Whale’ by Nicola Davies.
We also focused on this text in our Reading sessions, exploring the interesting vocabulary within the text and how the author used this to create suspense and an interesting narrative. We compared this fictional story to an interesting article about three whales that got stuck in the River Thames. We focused on our comprehension skills in this session, retrieving information from the text.
In Science, we started our new topic ‘How does your garden grown?’ We explored real life flowering plants, pulling them apart, labelling and describing their different parts and functions. We then applied this knowledge, creating our own flowering plants in our books and labelling it accordingly. Next week, we will be focusing on water transportation in plants and how it travels from the roots to the flower.
In Maths, we started our new topic ‘Statistics’, we connected our learning back to Year 2, recapping tallies and pictograms. This allowed us to create our own pictogram tables to gather information about everyone in class, such as our favourite game, food and colour. Next week we will explore bar charts as well as starting another topic, ‘Measurement’, with a special focus on length and height.
In PE, we were super excited to start our new sport, Football! We started off by developing our basic football skills dribbling and passing the balls to our friends. With Mr Brindley, we continued this focus and even managed to play a small game! It was, as always, incredibly competitive and it is safe to say football is a firm favourite in Year 3.
We explored the world map in Geography, reminding ourselves of the 7 continents and 5 oceans connecting our learning back to KS1. Afterwards, we identified where we were in the world and how we belonged to the continent of Europe. We then used our atlases and Chromebooks to create a poster about a country in Europe. Next week, we look at Europe in more detail, the countries that belong to it and their features.
Mr Fogg was back this week for another incredible drumming lesson, it has been, and always will be, one of our favourite lessons. We continued to work together to develop our tempo and rhythm to create a fantastic piece. We cannot wait to see how we will develop over the next five weeks!
In RE, we started our new topic, ‘Exploring the Sadness and Joy of Easter’. We had to first identify where the Easter story fell within the bible and also in relation to ‘The Big Frieze’. We identified that the Easter story related to the ‘Salvation’ part the ‘Big Frieze’. This linked closely to our Collective Worship focus of ‘Joy’ and allowed us to fill our own jars full of joy thinking carefully about everything and everyone who brings us happiness.
This week we also celebrated some amazing superstars in our class, both linked to our February climate change focus. One of our wonderful students took part in a creative writing competition hosted by Planet Super League and the author Dan Freedman. I am delighted to say that they won receiving a signed copy of Dan Freedman’s new Jamie Johnson book. As well as this, our other superstar, interviewed Jen Gale, author of ‘Sustainable(ish)’ discussing what she is doing and how others can tackle climate change.
Reminders:
- World Book Day will be next Thursday. Children are encouraged to come dressed as a character from their favourite story.
- Next Thursday, children will need to bring in their PE kits to allow them to participate in PE with FHS.
- Please ensure that any books that the children read at home are recorded on Google Classroom.
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 1:30pm
What an incredible last week of half term! I think we are all in need of a restful week off!
This has certainly been jam-packed and full of excitement. Monday was computing day here in Year 3, we completed a series of tasks aimed at developing our literacy and research skills. First, we looked at the word copyright, and learnt that not all images can be used without the creator’s permission. Selecting our images carefully, and focusing on our topic rainforest, we designed and created a book about the various rainforests in varying formats. On Monday afternoon, we looked at how we can keep ourselves safe on the internet and discussed the dangers that might present themselves online. We then created posters both on paper and virtually, to share with other classes in the school.
Tuesday was equally exciting…it was school trip day! We had an amazing day Liverpool World Museum. At the Museum we took part in our ‘Meet the Mummy’ workshop learning all about mummification and the different process involved, safe to say we are glad we weren’t around in Ancient Egyptian period! Afterwards, we explore the Egyptian exhibition absorbing as much information as possible. We stored all this incredible knowledge for Friday, building on it by taking part in an epic History afternoon!
Our creative juices continued to flow for the rest of the week, where in English, we wrote, edited and perfected our own versions of ‘The Stone Age Boy’. We carefully added them to our author books, taking our time to carefully illustrate the pages to reflect our new stories.
In Maths, we finished off our topic on money, solving addition and subtraction problems involving change. After half term we will be exploring statistics.
In Science, we finished of our topic on light by completing an investigation involving mirrors. Using torch light and several mirrors, we created our own mirror mazes as well as discovering the history if mirrors.
Mr Fogg was back with another sensational music lesson. It is safe to say that music is a firm favourite in this class, especially when Miss Jones isn’t singing! We were again practicing the Avengers theme tune this week, developing our pace and ensuring we worked in unison to produce a clear beat.
Rounders was a ‘hit’ again this week, with a special focus on batting this week. We focused on our body position and grip on the bat, ensuring a hard, clear hit. This allowed us to play a full game of rounders, with excellent batting and fielding skills from everyone.
We were yet again inspired to pick up a book this week when we were visited by the fantastic Luke Temple, author of books such as ‘Ghost Post’ and ‘Albert and the Giant Squid’. With a hilarious and interactive session, he had us on the edge of our seats, eager to find out more about not only his stories, but how to get into writing.
Love Reading have launched their 'top book picks' for this month. More, highly-rated children's reads, from a variety of authors for different age ranges, are shared with us all to enjoy.
Reminders
- Year 3 PE days will remain the same for next half term, children should come to school dressed in their kits on Wednesday’s and Thursday.
- Girls should have their hair tied back.
- Please record, when and what your child is reading at home on Google Classroom in the Online Reading area.
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 4:10pm
What another fun and action-packed week here in Year 3!
This week has been full of interesting and exciting events and opportunities for learning. As part of National Story Telling Week and Climate Coalition month, the Year 3 children took part in a fun and interactive zoom call with ‘Dan Freedman’ the author of the ‘Jamie Johnson’ and the ‘Unstoppable’ series. We were lucky enough to have one of our questions answered by Dan, asking him what Jamie was going to do to tackle climate change in his next book.
We also had two major celebrations this week, Chinese New Year and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. For Chinese New Year, we created our own dragons from paper plates and explored what animal we belonged too. To mark the Queen’s Jubilee, we designed and created our own bunting in preparation for our celebrations in June.
In English, we started to plan our own version of the story ‘The Stone Age Boy’. We thought carefully about where and how our new character would end up in the Stone Age as well as our problem and resolution. At the end of the week, we used our plans to begin writing our new stories. The children ensured their writing was to a high standard by adding in adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions throughout. We cannot wait to finish them next week and add them to our author books!
In Maths, we have been getting money mad here in Year 3! Recapping the value of coins and notes, adding them together to create set amounts. It took some of us a little while to remember to add those pesky symbols but by the end of the week we had all cracked it. Next week, we will continue to develop this knowledge, answering more complex money related questions.
Science this week took a mysterious turn! Using torches and objects from around the classroom we investigate how shadows were formed using our scientific language of transparent, translucent, and opaque. We had so much fun and cannot wait to finish our topic on ‘Mirror, Mirror’ next week!
Music was a hit again this week! We started the lesson by recapping rhythm, working hard to beat our drums at the same time allowing a clear sound. After, we began to learn a new song, The Avengers theme tune! It was quite tricky, but we persevered and had so much fun! Look on our twitter to see our rendition!
In RE, we continued with our topic ‘Jesus, the man who changed us’ focusing on how our lives have changed and could continue to change as well as investigate how Jesus’ disciples’ lives changed after they met him.
Mr Brindle from Formby High was back again this week with another exciting rounders lesson! We focused on catching and fielding, building on last week’s batting skills whilst playing yet again, another highly competitive game!
Reminders
- Tuesday 8th February is our class trip. Please can I remind all parents to send their children into school with a packed lunch in a disposable bag.
- PE days will continue to take place on a Wednesday and a Thursday.
- Please can I ask that when you read with your child at home, that it is recorded on the online reading journal on Google Classroom.
Date: 26th Jan 2022 @ 12:01pm
What another fantastic week of learning! Well done Year 3!
It is safe to say that the ‘Mad Scientist’ workshop was certainly a highlight of our week. The fun interactive session had us on the edge of our seats with exciting experiments reaffirming our passion for science. Thursday saw us mark Holocaust Memorial Day, an important and poignant date in our calendars, where we recognise and remember those who lost their lives as well as the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. To mark this, we created remembrance candles so that those who died, will never be forgotten.
We continued our narratives at the start of the week in English, recounting the adventures of Tom and Om from our story ‘The Stone Age Boy’. Later in the week we explored Stone Age cave paintings and imagined what the characters would be discussing as they investigated the painting and how they might feel. This allowed us to develop and apply our knowledge of inverted commas. Next week, we will reach a pivotal point in our story, allowing us to form a narrative using a range of features such as paragraphs, speech and prepositions, whilst expressing how the characters feel.
In Maths, we continued to focus on division, specifically dividing with remainder. We started the week by using related multiplication facts to help us solve a range of questions, Afterwards, we focused on numbers that could not be divided equally. We loved getting practical and using taught methods and a range of resources, we were able to identify question that left a reminder and questions that did not. Next week, we will finish off our topic of multiplication and division before moving onto money.
Rounders was an absolute hit this week and we cannot wait for next week. The children loved getting involved, working as a team, and using their skills to play some highly competitive games!
Mr Fogg was back this week to continue our drumming journey in Music. We started by recapping our skills from last week, practising our rhythm and tempo whilst also reading music. Before long the sound of the Djembe drums could be heard around the school!
In RE, we continued to unpick our topic ‘Jesus, the man who changed lives’. This week we looked at the ‘Story of Levi’ and compared him before and after he met Jesus. We were then given the question ‘Why did he change?’. This allowed us to dig deeper, creating a great discussion.
How could we forget Science? We had another exciting lesson this week which saw us investigate the meaning of reflection. Using a range of objects and a torch, and our STAR words ‘dull’ and ‘shiny’ we investigated which objects were the best at reflecting the light and which were the worst. This allowed us to draw the conclusion that shiny objects reflected light better than dull objects!
The wonderful ‘Starry Night’ by Vincent Van Gough was our primary focus in Art this week, specifically the way he used line, pressure, and colours to create the most wonderful landscape scenes. To develop our skills, we were each given just one part of the portrait, recreating each section in our art books using a range of mediums.
Reminders
- The Year 3 school trip will take place on the Tuesday 8th February.
- PE days will continue to take place on a Wednesday and a Thursday.
- Please can I ask that when you read with your child at home, that it is recorded on the online reading journal on Google Classroom.
Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 4:56pm
Where has that week gone?
In English, we have continued to read and unpick our story ‘The Stone Age Boy’. At the start of the week we developed our writing skills with specific focus on using the present perfect tense. To do this, we had to travel back in time taking on the role of Tom and using drama to complete a range of activities from hunting, cooking and even tool making! We thought carefully about how were doing these actions compiling a list of adverbs to support our writing. Afterwards, we applied this to our writing, creating a diary entry focusing on writing in the present perfect tense. Later in the week, we learnt all about the different animals that lived during the Stone Age creating sentences using past and present tense depending on whether the species was extinct. We ended our week with yet more drama, selecting different scenes from the story and creating ‘Freeze Frames’ to depict the actions. Again, we discussed the different adverbs we could use to add more detail to our actions. This allowed us to begin to plan a narrative using our flow maps, selecting not only the actions taking place but how the characters might be feeling and what they might be saying. Next week, we will build on this creating our own narratives for the story using our knowledge from this week.
In Art, we continued to look at Vincent Van Gough, focusing on how he always reviewed, adapted and updated his work which allowed him to improve. We used the flowers from last week again, this time discussing how our tone and shading might change due to the flowers dying. Art is certainly a hit in Year 3, creating a calm and inspiring atmosphere.
In Spanish, we continued with our topic about fruit and learnt two new phases; ‘Me gustan..’ and ‘No me gustan..’ allowing us to formulate sentences in Spanish indicating whether we like or disliked certain fruit. It was a lot trickier than we thought but created a real buzz around the classroom!
In Maths, we used our multiplication knowledge to help us solve some tricky two-digit division questions. By self-selecting resources and using a variation of taught methods, we all took on the challenge. Next week, we will continue on our division journey and learn all about remainders.
What is darkness? This was our science question this week. With the lights off an the blinds shut we started to investigate this question in more detail. We learnt that without light, we simply cannot see. We dug deeper and connected our learning to RE, discussing how Jesus is the light of the world as he is there to support Christians when they find themselves in their darkest moments. We ended our lesson playing a very fun torch game!
PE was a hit again this week! The wonderful Mr Brindle from Formby High was back bringing all is enthusiasm and energy. This week we developed out precision and power dodgeball skills, working in teams to hit our opponents in an exciting lesson of ‘Walk the Line’. We cannot wait for him to return next week when we will start our new Kin-Ball lessons.
‘The Iron Man’ is still a massive hit in our Reading lessons and the extra copy in our library is creating a real buzz. We practiced our retrieval and inference skills this week finding answers within the text to help us answer comprehension questions.
This month's top book picks from 'Love Reading' have been released today. It shares exciting new story books from a variety of authors for different age ranges.
Year 3, you have been incredible! We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Reminders
- Parent-Teacher Meetings will take place on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th January. The link has been sent to you via School Spider and can also be found below;
Meeting ID: 927 0130 4504
Passcode: TSPY3
- PE this term will be on a Wednesday and a Thursday. Please can children come to school in the correct kit.
Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 3:53pm
Where has that week gone? It certainly feels like its flown by here in Year 3.
On Monday, we had an unusual box delivered to our class containing a range of unusual items as well as having various pictures scattered around the classroom. We soon found out that it was connected to our new Writing topic and it was our job to predict what we could be learning about. In order for us to do this, we had to connect our learning back to last term and try to decide if the book was fiction or nonfiction and also where it was set. From the clues, we were able to decipher that the book was linked to the Stone Age but lots of us thought it could be non-fiction and full of facts. We were shocked to learn that it was in fact a story, and was about boy who goes on a mysterious adventure. Using only the front cover and the first page, we set about creating our own versions of the story imagining the perilous journey Ben might take with some suggestions of animal attacks! Afterwards, we explored the different settings from the first three pages, describing and comparing them using expanded noun phrases and comparative adjectives. Next week, we will continue our journey with Ben through role play and direct speech.
Our Reading sessions have been an absolute hit this week, as we continue to delve into the story 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. This week, we loved creating our own versions of Iron Man using the description from the book as well as adding in our own creative, imaginative features. We also focused on how people viewed the Iron Man in the story, reflecting, and imagining how our community would react if Iron Man came here. It certainly allowed for an interesting discussion!
In Maths, we have continued with our topic 'Multiplication and Division', using our knowledge of times tables, to complete related multiplication sentences. This came in handy when we started to investigate multiplication further, when we started to multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers. We had to work hard, breaking down each question into smaller steps before combining them to solve the answer.
In PE, the wonderful Mr Brindley from Formby High school was back to take another action-packed Dodgeball lesson. We continued to develop our throwing and catching skills focusing specifically on accuracy, as well as learning about the importance of footwork skills. We also started Rounders, recapping the rules from Year 2 and exploring the different positions and their roles, all without a bat!
In RE, we started to look at our new topic ‘Jesus, the man who changed lives’ and started by looking the story of ‘Zacchaeus, the Tax Collector’. This story allowed for a great discussion, as were shocked that Jesus chose someone who was being so unkind and greedy. However, we decided that this was for the best as Jesus was able to help him correct his wrongs.
We finished the week with another exciting Art lesson. Continuing with our topic ‘Vincent Van Gough’, we explored how he used white and black to create tint and shade and how this changed depending on what he was painting. To understand this further, we sketched our own still life flowers before using watercolours to paint.
Reminders
- Please be reminded that our school trip is on the 8th February and the deadline for payments is next Tuesday.
- Please can I again remind parents that hair needs be tied back, especially for PE.
- -Sibling photographs take place on Tuesday 18th.
Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 4:10pm
Happy New Year to you all!
We hope you all had a wonderful, restful break and enjoyed the Christmas festivities.We have had a busy start to our new term and have loved being back at school.
To celebrate Epiphany, the Christian feast day celebration, we reflected on the journey the Three Wise Men took to visit the baby Jesus. We used our globe to look at the possible, long journey they made as well as looking in depth at the various gifts they brought and their meanings. Afterwards, we imagine we were back with the Wise Men and thought of our own gifts to share.
In Reading, we were given two book reviews for our new story. We had to work together to work out what our story could be about. The reviews describe the story as being a 'science fiction fairy tale' so using our bubble thinking maps, we compared to two genres, deciding how they could be similar and different. Using clues from the book reviews and a series of picutures, we worked out that our book was about something from 'out of this world' and made of metal. We were delighted to learn that our new story is 'Iron Man'. On Thursday, we dived straight into it, unpicking some of the more interesting and complex language as well as how the author had repeated words and phrases to add affect.
We continued with Multiplication and Divison in Maths, ad spent time recalling our number knowledge surronding the 3,4,8 times tables and applied this to our work. Next week we will continue to unpick this topic, using our knowledge to solving missing number questions and related number facts.
We have loved PE this week, and have had great fun exploring one our new topics 'Dodgeball'. The brilliant Mr Brindley from Formby High School gave us a great introduction, teaching us different techniques in regards to catching, throwing and dodging the ball. Our dodging skills were certainly put to the test, dodging the villains and catching the saviour balls from the superheroes. We cannot wait for more dodgeball action next week!
In Art, we learnt about the wonderful artist 'Vincent Van Gough' and were shocked to discover that he created over 2000 art works before his death at 37! We delved deep into his art work, focusing specifically on his use of lines and how he used them to create texture and depth. Using acrylics, we had a o at creating our own art work using a range of different size lines to add detail. It was a lot trickier than it it looked, having a new found apprecation for the different paint techiques used in his art work.
It has been a joy to have the children back in class and we look forward to the fantastic term we have to come. For more information on what we will be learning about this term, please click here.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Reminders
-Year 3 PE takes place every Wednesday and Thursday
-New spellings can be found on Google Classroom and will be tested next week.
- Please can I remind girls that their hair should be tied up, especially on PE days.
- A letter has gone out about our school trip to the museum, please can I ask parents to read through the letter for more information about costs and expectations.
Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 10:57am
What a wonderful and jam packed final week we have had here in Year 3!
We started the week in the best way possible, with our final singing concerts in front of all our family and friends. The children were a credit to themselves, singing with pride and determination (even when the wrong song played) and we could not be prouder of you all.
On Tuesday, we donned our festive gear and took part in our Santa Dash,which was a huge success. We were delighted when Santa arrived to take us out and the starting line was bustling with anticipation, could they beat Miss Jones? Well the answer is a resounding yes, regardless of her cheating... Lots of laughs were had – adding to what had already been a great few weeks of Christmas cheer!
Christmas jumper day was another success, even though some jumpers were the wrong colour... we were delighted with everyones amazing effort. We loved getting crafty and creating our own jumpers, making Christmas cards for our loved ones and tucking into a festive lunch. The crackers were a hit and the party hats certainly brightened up our afternoon.
Christmas Party Day was a particular highlight of the week. We loved completing a range of festive and fun party games, especially charades which proved harder than we all thought, especially the not talking part. Musical chairs, pass the parcel and pin the nose on ruldoph were also hits and brought out everyones competative nature. We also loved teaming up with Year 4 for a festive game of hide and seek.
On Friday, we were welcomed into St. Peter’s for their Christmas service - singing hymns and saying prayers altogether. We would like to say a huge well done to Year 4 for their fantastic redition of the Nativity. We loved being part of this festive service. The pressure is certainly on for our Easter service.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our acedmic year thus far, and cannot wait to see what Spring Term brings. Our virtual classroom is also attached below, which contains handy links to lots of learning platforms that can be used to further support your child’s learning. Please be reminded of our new PE days which were shared via school spider. Year 3 will now have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday.
From us all here in year 3, we wish you the most amazing Christmas and a happy New Year.Thank you to all those parents who have sent in gifts, including the class collection, it is extremely thoughtful and generous. We look forward to seeing you all safe, happy and refreshed on Wednesday 5th January. May 2022 be as exciting!
Reminders
-School starts on Wednesday 5th January.
-Year 3 PE next term will take place on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
Date: 3rd Sep 2021 @ 3:49pm
What a wonderful start to Year 3! It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome the children back to school after what appears to be, a fun filled summer holiday!
We have had a busy week filled with excitement and intrigue! We have been tasked by Russel and Carl, from UP, to help them by completing a series of tasks. Our first task focused round the words ‘kindness and support’ linking to our school value, Nurture. We recalled times where we had been kind and supportive and how this, lifts people up, reflecting on times where we may have been unhelpful, which could weigh us down, throwing the later away and letting go.
We then focused on setting ourselves targets and challenges for the year, we talked about how in order to achieve them, we must work hard to adapt and develop our ‘I can do it’ attitude and resilience. I wonder what challenges lie ahead for us next week!
From Monday 6th, children will be sent home with a reading book according to their reading day.
A gentle reminder that children need to come into school dressed in their outdoor PE kit every Wednesday and Friday.
Children have now been set up on their new interactive platform, ‘Google Classroom’ and logins have now been sent home. Please ensure that your child is confident logging on and navigating the site. We will use this platform regularly in class to support their learning. Please note that work set on Google Classroom is to be complete in class and not to be completed at home.
Weekly spellings will be shared on Google Classroom, every Friday. This allows children time to practice their spellings at home, and in school, in preparation for our spelling quiz which will take place the following Thursday. This will start next week.
Well done for all your hard work this week Year 3, have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on bright and early on Monday! Don’t forget to check us out on Twitter.
Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 1:37pm
The Spring term has flown by! Well done to all the children for their consistent hard work and determination over the past few months. They have embraced new learning opportunities with enthusiasm and resilience.
This week, in Maths, we continued our topic of measurement by adding and subtracting different lengths in millimetres, centimetres and meters. We also learnt how to calculate the perimeter of shapes.
In RE, we retold the Easter story and created a flow map to sequence the events. We also learnt about the different symbols of Easter and what they represent. We then enjoyed some tasty hot cross buns!
In Collective Worship, we went on a virtual Easter journey led by the B-Tales. We thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the interactive activities and creating our own crosses to carry with us.
In Science, we concluded our topic, ‘Opposites Attract’ by completing an investigation to test the magnetic properties of different objects. We tested a variety of objects and concluded that magnetic materials are always made of metal, but not all metals are magnetic.
To conclude our Easter festivities, we created our own Easter baskets and went on a special Easter egg hunt! We showed some excellent team work as we worked together to solve the addition and subtraction word problems to win the chocolate eggs!
Spellings for the first week back are on Google Classroom.
Have a wonderful Easter break and we look forward to welcoming you all back in the Summer term!