Year 3 Friday 5th May 2023

Date: 5th May 2023 @ 3:55pm

Happy Friday and Welcome to your Coronation Blog

We had a lovely celebration on the field with lots of smiles, singing and dancing. Have a look at our coronation celebration gallery.

In our English we have almost come to the end of our Deathwood letters story. We have loved the letter writing story format of this book. It has really tested our reading skills, especially our inference. The letters have given us lots of clues and we now need to figure out what has happened to the main character Damien Drake.

In our Maths learning we have finished our Fractions topic and been learning about postition and direction. Everyone did really well with this. If you would like to practice this in a fun way. Go to code.org and sign in to our class area with the code XJYWDV. There are lots of coding games using position and direction. PLEASE DON'T GO ON COURSE C. This is our Computer Science course for this term in school.

Here is some of the vocabulary we have met this week.

anti-clockwise  clockwise     right angle      quarter turn      half turn

In our Art this week we used Batic dye to stain our fabric. We also started removing our paste to unveil our designs. Everyone has worked hard on these and they will be going home next week. We also started the design process for our 3D sculptures. We are looking forward to creating these.

This week we learnt that in French, most adjectives have to go after the noun and have to agree with their noun; so a feminine noun needs a feminine form of the adjective. We practised translating phrases such as a black cat - un chat noir, and a green apple - une pomme verte. 

In science, we recapped the parts of the flower and learnt the function of each part.  Then we moved on to learning about pollination and fertilisation. There is a lot of new vocabulary to learn! We planted some cucumber and courgette seeds which may be ready for next year's Y3 to harvest in September with any luck!

In our History we learned all about how the pyramids were made. We investigated some theories on their construction and used our skills to deduce which were most likey to be true. We learned all about how they probably used causeways and that artisans rather than slaves were responsible for building them. Below you will find a little knowledge organiser on the key facts on the Ancient Egyptians.

Home Practice 

Continue to read your school books regularly. We have seen great improvements in our reading skills so keep it up. Remember to throw in a few questions about what your child has read to promote understanding.

In maths we've set a fractions challenge focusing on solving problems. 15 children didn't access last weeks challenge so from next week we will be starting Sumdog club for those children who find it hard to access the platform at home.

We have also set a x8 times table challenge for everyone. Do your best!

Next week in our spellings we are looking at word families eg. medic/medically. Have a go at spotting others in your reading book.

plant  planters   transplant   planting     design    sign     designer  

    signature     medic     medical    medicine    medically

Have a lovely Coronation weekend

The Year 3 Team