Year 3 Team: Miss Dalley (Class Teacher): Blog items
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!