Wednesday 8th January

The children have settled into the new term quickly and we enjoyed our first Geography lesson of Year 3 yesterday. Our new topic is all about how our local area has changed over time. We started by comparing maps of The British Isles, United Kingdom and Great Britain, then looked at the capital cities of each country in the UK. The children then used compass points to describe the location of countries and cities within the British Isles, e.g. 'Northern Ireland is north west of Wales', 'London is east of Cardiff'. 

Tuesday 17th December

The children produced some lovely pieces of artwork this afternoon, taking inspiration from various animal prints. They used lolly sticks to scratch their pattern into polystyrene tiles, then rollers to print these into their sketch books. 

Wednesday 11th December

We have now reached the end of our history topic, "How did Britain change between the Stone Age and the Iron Age?" The children completed their concept maps to show off everything they have learned since the beginning of this unit. 

Tuesday 26th November

We began our new English text, Incredible Jobs You've (Probably) Never Heard Of yesterday. We discussed the purpose (to inform) and audience (children) before spending time identifying other features found in the text. 

Tuesday 12th November

The children have been really impressing me with their confidence and accuracy when using the formal written method of addition. We have been working on ensuring our columns are lined up properly and remembering to include units of measurement when appropriate. 

Friday 8th November

In PE, we have started our new unit of work on Orienteering. Miss Black and I were really impressed by how well the children worked in their pairs to follow the map, adding up the numbers on the cones as they went. We are looking forward to exploring more of the school site over the coming weeks.

Wednesday 16th October

Thank you to all of the adults who were able to join us for our first Learn and Share of the year. It was a great opportunity for the children to show off their learning so far. 

In English, we played 'Walky Talky sentences' with our writing from yesterday. We are working on demarcating sentences accurately and needed to change direction every time we reached the end of a sentence.

Science Investigation

Wednesday 9th October

In Science this afternoon, we investigated whether the length of someone's femur affects the distance they can jump. We made sure to keep certain things the same, such as footwear, the type of jump and the surface we were jumping on. 

Coding

Monday 30th September

Today, we used the repeat command to program our character to draw a square. We also included a button so that the action would only begin when our button was clicked. 

Shell Structures with Windows

Thursday 26th September

In DT this afternoon, we worked in groups to add a window into an existing shell structure. We discussed the purpose of these being to allow customers to see what's inside. We will be deciding whether or not to include a window into our final product in a few weeks time.

Rounding

Tuesday 24th September

In Maths, we have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. We use rounding mountains to identify the 10 or 100 before and after our target number, as well as the midpoint. We then decide if our number is greater or smaller than the midpoint to identifyt whether we round up or down. 

New Spelling Scheme

Tuesday 17th September

We started our new spelling scheme today. It focuses on adding prefixes and suffixes to 'root morphemes'. Today, we started by adding suffixes to 'jump'. Have a look at some of our word sums and the sentences we created. 

Food and Nutrition

Wednesday 11th September

We have started our Science topic, 'Animals including Humans'. Last week, we recapped the Eat Well Plate and sorted various foods into the correct section of the plate. This afternoon, we took a closer look at the nutrients that each food group provides and made suggestions for how to improve a meal.

Welcome to Year 3 Otters!

Tuesday 3rd September

We had a brilliant first day of the year today and the children were full of enthusiasm for the year ahead. We started looking at our new book for English, Mini Rabbit Not Lost, and explored the place value of 3-digit numbers in Maths. This afternoon, we worked in groups to create our 'Feel It TEAM Promise' which is attached below. Keep an eye on our class page which will be updated weekly.