Year 3 Authors

In English, we were inspired by the book ‘A River’ by Marc Martin to create our own version of the story. We used descriptive language to describe the journey of the river. Here are some photos of our English display.

Maths

In maths, we explored the perimeter of various shapes. Here are a few snapshots from our lesson.

Children’s Mental Health Week in Year 3

This week has been bustling with activities centered around children’s mental health and Safer Internet Day. To kick off our week, we delved into the theme ‘My voice matters’ in class, exploring ways to use our voice to share what matters to us. We took part in a dance and yoga session to help us focus on our physical well being. 

For Safer Internet Day, we immersed ourselves in various activities aimed at enhancing our online safety awareness.

Number day in Year 3

We marked Number Day with a series of engaging activities, including number investigations, times table games, and challenging number games that tested addition and subtraction skills.

Year 3 gets sporty

This week, we have been working on our new PE unit, badminton. We have been familiarising ourselves with the shuttle, developing our overhead throwing skills, tracking, and catching the shuttle. Here are some photos from our lesson.

Welcome Back Year 3!

We’ve had an absolutely fantastic week returning to school, and we’re eager to share the exciting things happening in our English lessons!

We are currently reading ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys,’ a book that has cross-curricular links to our science lessons. We have been enjoying familiarising ourselves with the text. Here are some photos of us role-playing parts of the story.

Autumn Term

Last day of Autumn Term!

We have had  wonderful day which started off with an assembly saying goodbye to Mrs Ruffell and Mrs McSweeney.

After playtime we played a few games and then we opened our KrisKringle gifts. We had fun guessing who the gift was from. 

Thank you for the generous gifts. Wishing you a restful Christmas break!

Festive Fun!

On Friday, we wore our Christmas jumpers and enjoyed a delightful Christmas dinner. The afternoon was filled with engaging Christmas crafts and lively Christmas games.

In maths, we focused on sharing in division. We used counters to help us visualise the groups. Here are some snapshots from our lessons.

In Design and Technology, we successfully completed our static electricity toys. We carefully designed our games, keeping the design brief in mind, and we’re proud of the way it turned out!

In science, we conducted an experiment testing the permeability of various soils, and we thoroughly enjoyed this activity!

Year 3

This week has been bustling with exciting experiments in Year 3! In science we have been learning about rocks and soils. We explored various chocolate experiments to illustrate different rock formations.

In DT we have been experimenting with static electricity. Here are some photos of our experiments.

Year 3 Celebrates Children in Need

We celebrated Children in Need by wearing spots and stripes. Here are some photos of our celebration.


On Multiplication Day, we played games to help us learn our times tables. Our favorite game was Around the Clock Multiplication. Each child filled in a section of the clock with the times tables.

Year 3 Geographers

This week in  geography, we embarked on our new unit: ‘ Uk, Towns, Cities and Features.’ We used maps and atlases to identify physical geography features. We then created detailed maps for each county, incorporating both its human and physical features.