Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

Meet the Year 3 staff

Miss Chan

Miss Landy

Mrs Moore

Y3 Teacher

Music

In our Music lessons, we have been learning about Reggae music. Here are some videos of us playing to Three Little Birds by Bob Marley on the glockenspiels.

Health Week

As part of Health Week, we learned all about how to keep ourselves healthy physically and mentally. We took a break from school work and played team building games as well as Nerf gunning. We made our own smoothies by peddling on a bike to spin the blades of the blender.

Year 3 Able Writers Day

On Monday 17th June, some of our year 3 children were fortunate enough to attend an able writers' day with a famous author Harriet Goodwin. They learnt all about how to create characters and write stories. The children really enjoyed the day and are looking forward to sharing what they have learnt with the rest of their class.

Spellings

W/C 17th June

Test 24th June

sion/tion endings

division
decision
collision
explosion
confusion
invention
action
injection
completion
hesitation

Spellings

W/C 10^th June

Test 17^th June

forget
cover
begin
prefer
limit
control
visit
garden
occur
defer

Spellings - Suffix

W/C 6^th May

Test 13^th May

information
preparation
admiration
sensation
determination
publication
multiplication
operation

Explore Learning

Explore learning held a story competition about changing the world. Louisa from class 3L entered the competition and out of the 17000 entries she was a regional finalist and came 41st. I hope you enjoy her reading her story as much as her class did.

Science

As part of our new science topic, plants, we went out to the field to find different kinds of leaves. The children discovered that different leaves can have many different shapes, colours and textures.

Spring Chicks

Children in nursery had the opportunity to raise small chicks and year 3 also got to visit them. The children loved holding them carefully.

Daily Mile

The children of Year 3 took a break from their busy school schedule and tried their hardest to run one mile in 15 minutes. This is to give them energy so they are refreshed and ready to learn back in the classroom.

Spellings - Suffixes

W/C 29^th April

Test 6^th May

gently
simply
humbly
sensibly
funnily
luckily
lonely
nearly
kindly
slowly

Spellings - Suffixes

W/C 22^nd April

Test 29^th April

quickly
nicely
lately
closely
sadly
happily
dramatically
frantically
logically
thankfully

Eureka Trip

We had an amazing time at Eureka this week. This trip has thoroughly prepared us for our science topic about amazing bodies. The programme Chew to the Poo was especially informative and fun! Here are some photos from our trip.

Science Week

As part of national science week, we had many visitors to school to inspire our love for learning science. First, Professor Brainstorm came to visit to teach us all about the conductive materials. Then we were able to explore inside the body through Virtual Reality. We loved seeing the journey of food from the mouth to the intestines. Lastly, we ventured out to space in the inflatable planetarium.

World Book Day 2019

This World Book Day, our school decided to dress like the colours of Elmer the Elephant. We had lots of fun learning about the new David Walliams book and even had a story teller come into school, sharing her favourite books.

Spellings

W/C 18^th March

Test 25^th March

automatic
autobiography
autograph
anticlockwise
antiseptic
antifreeze
antisocial

Spellings

W/C 11th March

Test 18^th March

supermarket
superstar
superman
supersonic
superpower
superstore
superhuman

Spellings

W/C 4th March

Test 11^th March

reposition
reappear
return
replace
rebuild
recycle
replay
refill

Spellings

W/C 25^th February

Test 4^th March

arrive
appear
obvious
scheme
myth
measure
disappoint
information

Spellings

W/C 4^th February

Test 11^th February

Homophones

break
brake
fair
fare
great
grate
here
hear

Spellings

W/C 28^th January

Test 4^th February

The sh family

chef
sure
sugar
tissue
mission
brochure
special
station
suspicion
decision

Spellings

W/C 21^th January

Test 28^th January

beautiful
accident
caught
decide
believe
although
natural
promise
remember

Spellings

W/C 7^th January

Test 15^th January

Suffixes

tearful
joyful
careful
playful
colourful
sadness
sickness
neatness
blackness
greatness

Year 3 Science

Rock Buffet

In science, we created our own rock buffet to show how the three types of natural rocks are formed. We used ice-cream and melted chocolate to show how igneous rocks are formed. We used rice crispies and smarties to show how sedimentary rocks are formed. Finally, we used biscuits, chocolate, jelly sweets and marshmallows to show how metamorphic rocks are formed. We had lots of fun!

Year 3 Maths

In maths this week, we have been looking at different angles. We put tape on the tables and had to use a protractor to measure each angle and decide if it was a right angle, an acute angle or an obtuse angle. We had lots of fun!

Year 3 Geography

In Geography, we have been looking at the effects of plastic pollution. We have made posters to promote the 3 Rs Reduce Reuse Recycle. We also took a pledge to make one change against the use of plastic as we think that one small change will help the planet.

Chinese New Year

As part of our culture week, Year 3 took part in a Chinese New Year workshop. We learnt the meaning of The Dragon in Chinese culture and danced with traditional Chinese fans and parasols.

Year 3 Science

We have had a lot of fun learning about different forces and magnets. We carried out experiments to test out the what materials are magnetic and which ones aren't, as well as testing the strength of magnets.

Spellings Week 6

W/C 10th December

Test 18th December

‘ i ‘ and igh words

nice
tidy
kind
write
ripe
ride
night
light
fight
might

Diwali Celebration

We have been learning about the Festival of Light, also known as Diwali. The children of Year 3 were given the opportunity to learn tradition Indian dance moves and designed their own Rangoli patterns.

Spellings Week 4

W/C 26th November

Test 4th December

Maths words

length
circle
measure
quarter
minute
weight
straight
height
eight
eighth

World War I Week

In memory of the 100 year anniversary of World War I, the children had the opportunity of meeting Tommy Atkins, who came in to talk about the difficulties that his grandfather and many others faced in the war. They learned all about the armory, uniform and what it was like on the battlefield.

Pirate and Dinosaur Day

As part of our literacy lessons, we have been reading Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. The year 3 children came dressed up as pirates and dinosaurs and took part in pirate themed activities.

Year 3 Literacy

As part of our literacy lessons on instruction, we made Autumn Paris Pies using leaves, pine cones, conkers and other autumn foliage. The children had great fun creating their pies as a group and were able to discuss the features needed for instructions.

Year 3 Science

This term, we have been investigating light and reflective materials. The children explored different types of materials such as tin foil, CDs, black paper and yellow paper and tested them using a torch.

Year 3 Chess

Class 3L have been learning to play chess with Mr Hardy. They had a very special visitor this week. Our local MP Andrew Gwynne came to join us and even learnt some chess moves himself. The children have really been enjoying playing chess in the class.