Year 3 Blog

We enjoyed a lovely Christmas Lunch yesterday.    

We have had a great time at our party. Lots of dancing, games and fun.  

Social Media is one of the most popular aspects of the internet, and with the amount of apps available for download increasing constantly, keeping young people safe online has never been more important. But what exactly do we need to know about the age restrictions and safety on these apps in terms of internet safety? We answer some of your …

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This week we have been busy learning more about arrays and multiplication. We had lots of fun making arrays usings dienes, counters and cubes. At first the children thought it was a bit tricky but as the week went on they were amazing and were over the moon when they could work independently. Well done Year 3. Great work xx

As part of our PE this term, Year 3 are creating their own dance. The theme is Round the Clock and the music we are dancing to is by Coldplay. We are working together to create ‘clock’ movements and also thinking about activities we do at different times of the day and incorporating them into our dance. Watch out for …

We have been reading The Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith this half term. As part of our art we made our own clay hedgehogs. Everyone really enjoyed this activity and worked hard to make their hedgehogs as life like as possible.

We have had a super couple of days pumpkin carving and completing some spooky maths and story writing. I was very impressed with the stories. We have some very spooky imaginations. The children looked fantastic in their costumes and have had lots of halloween fun. A lovely end to our first half term and I must say how brilliant all …

October 17 was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, so right now is a great time to explore Article 27. During the pandemic child poverty has increased by 15% globally, with almost 1.2 million children worldwide living below the poverty line – 4 million of these children live in the UK. Leading up to this important day in …

Today Year 3 have been drawing feathers with charcoal. We have already used charcoal to give soft and strong lines and using a lighter charcoal or rubber to give light and dark tones. We chose to draw feathers as we have been reading about The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, so thought it would be nice to look …

This term Year 3 are investigating whether the UK is the same everywhere. In today’s lesson we set up a map from memory exercise to help us observe physical features of the UK. Each group had to send one person at a time to look at the large map of the UK to find out where the key physical features …

As well as learning to play the violin, we are also learning to rap and sing using sign language. Take a look at our Happy Llama, Sad Llama.  

We are now into week 4 and Monday violin lessons are going really well. Children are so keen to learn how to play, they even want to do solo parts. Mrs Sellers is so impressed with how they are progressing. Keep it up Year 3. For our art lesson today, we went outside to do some sketches using charcoal. We …

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Our first full week back has been a huge success. I am so proud of how the children are working so hard. They really are a credit to the school. This week in maths we have been doing lots of work based on 1,000’s, 1,00’s, 10’s and 1’s. The children have really enjoyed the practical work this week and have …

Well done Year 3 for a great first week back. Everyone seemed to settle in well after having such a long time away from school. It was lovely to see how happy they were to meet up with their friends again. All the children have adapted well to the change in routine and have tried so hard with the work …

Today we talked about diversity in toys in our news assembly. #ToyLikeMe was established in April 2015 after writer and journalist Rebecca Atkinson noticed the lack of positive disability representation in toys. Rebecca worked in children’s television and had always been interested in the way these industries represent disability and difference. She called on some fellow parents, including play consultant, …

We have finalised our timetables today. Please remember to send your child in PE kit on their PE days. This will begin from Monday 7th September. PE days for this half term are: Year 1: Monday & Tuesday Year 2: Monday & Friday Year 3: Wednesday & Thursday Year 4: Tuesday & Friday Year 5: Wednesday & Thursday Year 6: …