St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 3: Blog items
Year 3 Friday Blog 22nd November 2024
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 8:23am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a brilliant week in year 3, creating some fab Matisse inspired collages, playing our first games of dodgeball and going to the Parish Mass on Friday!
Home Practice
Continue with the brilliant home reading. We have loads of great school books in our Year 3 library, so keep changing your books and find something great to read.
We've set some new challenges on Sumdog. We continue to see improvements in number fact fluency. It is so important to know these when we meet new concepts in our maths. Keep up the regular practise!
Counting practise is also a great way to become familiar with the number system. Have a look at these counting songs.
Your spellings this week all have the prefix mis and dis. Remember to use your phonics and syllable strategies when attempting new words.
disappoint disagree disobey misbehave mislead misspell misunderstand misunderstood
misfire misguided misuse misspent misplace disgrace disguise
This week in Year 3
This Friday we visited Fr Michael for the Parish Mass. Everyone was very respectful and asked some great questions about Fr Michael's new books!
In English this week we have been reading Mammoth, Big Beast, Big city, Big Trouble! We have been writing in the first person as the mammoth and the people. It has been a great read! Next week we will be exploring non-fiction writing and reading How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.
In maths we have learned a new method to multiply, the grid method! Everyone showed great understanding of this and we learnt how to multiply up to 20 times a number. Next week we are learning some new strategies for division.
In Forest School, we used vegetable peelers to whittle some balsa wood. We used different thicknesses of wood to see what effects we could achieve. Someone asked for some sandpaper and had a go at smoothing the edges.
Next week is our Advent assembly and we are looking forward to performing! We will send home a line for your child to learn on Monday.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 15th November 2024
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 2:21pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
This week we have been working hard to explain and and summarise what we have read. Everyone has improved with these reading skills. Keep up the great home reading, 15 minutes every night!
On Sumdog we have set two maths challenges. One is a number competition that will challenge your children in all aspects of their number learning at their level. This is a good opportunity to practise all those number facts we neeed to know for all our maths learning!
We have also set a x3 and x4 multiplication practice.
Your spellings this week are from the year 3/4 statutory word list. We looked at these today and spotted that using our syllables would help us spell some of these tricky words. We also said that we should look for patterns to remember parts of the word, like the -eme in extreme.
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Keep counting, look back at our counting songs and have a go on some games from www.ictgames.com.
This week in Year 3
This week we completed our second week of My Happy Mind. You will have received a letter today with the newsletter showing you how to access the parent resources. We learned about how our amygdala can override the other parts of our brain and make us panic, worry or feel strange. We learned how to do 'Happy breathing' to help wake up the other parts of the brain and calm ourselves down.
In English we have loved reading Stone Age Boy. This week we looked at retelling the exciting hunt and how we can order our ideas. We also looked at building suspense and talked about how different sentences make the reader feel. Everyone also edited their work, correcting any mistakes and improving their word choices.
In maths this week we have learned the partition and the grid methods for multiplication, We used these to multiply 2 digit numbers. Everyone listened brilliantly to the explanations and could explain the method to a friend.
In PE we had a visit from Freddie Fit as well as continuing with our invasion games - hockey toplc. Check out our galleries.
In forest school, we had a great time in our nature area learning how to use tools safely. We raked up leaves and we also had all the shelter building resources out. We used the Kelly Kettle to boil water and made a drink of hot juice to warm us up.
In RE we have been learning all about the day of rest and created some lovely collages showing nature. Next week we will look at the Liturgy of the word and read some lovely scripture from Isaiah and Matthew.
In History we have been enjoying our Stone Age Topic. You can find an overview of the learning on the History page and some facts we will be learning below.
Have a brilliant weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday 8th November 2024
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 2:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
It has been lovely having everyone back ready for an exciting half term of learning.
Home Practice
Continue with the fantastic home reading. 15 minutes a night!
We have set 3 Sumdog challenges for you to complete. Make sure you go on. The regular spelling and maths practise make a huge difference for your children.
Your spellings this week revisit some trickier words from Key Stage 1.
would could should hear here night father where mother because were beautiful said people water friend knight children
Practise your counting regularly too. This will help your children become familiar with the number system and finding patterns in number.
This week practise counting up in 3s from any number and back again.
This week in Year 3
On Friday, we had a special visit from Mr Turner from the Royal British Legion to talk to us about Rememberance Day and the poppy. He told us about his family and how his dad served during the war. The children listened brilliantly and asked some thoughtful questions.
This week we started our new My Happy Mind programme. Our first topic is all about meeting our brains. We learned some new vocabulary and talked about how our brain can grow (Neuroplastcity) and what the Hypocampus, Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex do! You can find more information on our My Happy Mind page on the parents area of the website.
We have been loving our new story Stone Age Boy. We have been adding in dialogue to the story and learning how to write speech sentences. Everyone has done brilliantly with this!
In maths we have been learning new ways to use our times tables to solve trickier number problems. We will be learning lots of new strategies linked to miltiplication over the next few weeks.
In art we started our new topic on collage and 'painting with scissors'. We looked at lots of different collage artists and created some of our own.
In computing we created some fab animated characters. This was to kick off our animation topic where we will be learning some new skills in creating stop frame animation. Check out our gallery.
In forest school, we looked at some art by a Scottish environmental artist called Laurence Winram. We used his ideas to make our own leaf art by sticking leaves on tree trunks using honey as glue.
Have a great weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Blog Thursday 24th October 2024
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:10pm
Welcome to your end of half term blog
We have had a fantastic start to year 3 and are so impressed with how everyone has settled in and become juniors.
This week we completed our Journey stories and read them to year 2. We looked at how to start our sentences differently to add detail and move the story on. Everyone had a go at drafting their work and publishing it into their own book! Check out our gallery.
In maths we have been practising the formal methods of addition and subtraction and remembering to use our number facts to help us.
On Friday, leading on from our PSHE topic about relationships, we talked about our identity and what that meant to us. We then discussed how it was important not to share too much of your identity on line. We looked at some of our avatars and then created some of our own. Super Learning Year 3!
Year 3 Friday 18th October 2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 8:21am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week in Year 3! We have learned lots of new maths strategies and finished our Charcoal topic in art, using our skills to create some fantastic self portraits.
Home Practice
It was lovely hearing about all the fantastic reading you do at home on parents evening. The children are all making fantastic progress and improving all their reading skills. Keep it up!
In maths this week, we have been learning the formal written method for addition and subtraction. Even though everyone picked up the method really quickly, a lot of us were making mistakes with our number facts. Fluency in these will give your children the best chance to succeed when they meet trickier learning as well as boost their confidence! We have set some number fact Sumdog challenges on Sumdog this week. Accuracy + Speed = Fluency.
Counting Practice - X3
Your spellings this week all have the same spelling rule. Try and practice a little every night.
crystal pyramid bicycle oxygen gym symbol cymbals crypt hymn syrup cylinder lyrics mystery typical gymnast lynx myth Egypt gymnastics syrup
This week in Year 3
In English, we started reading the wordless book, Journey by Aaron Becker. We have ben exploring the scenes and learning how to use different sentence openers to improve our writing. Next week, we will be writing the story and visiting Year 2 with our published work.
Year 2 came to visit us with their non-chronological reports about Owls. We were very impressed with their writing!
In PE, we have almost finished our invasion games unit. We have seen amazing improvement in everyone's tactics and ball skills. Next week, will be playing some games and evaluating our team's performances.
To finish our art topic we have created some fabulous charcoal self portraits. We looked at light and shade to create some 3d effects. Well done Year 3!
In Music this week, we have been composing our own version of The Carnival of The Animals. We worked in teams and will perform for Year 4 next week.
In Science, we learned about the skeletons of different animals and whether they had a back bone or not. We sorted these into invertebrates and vertebrates, and talked about how we knew which was which!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team.
Year 3 Blog Friday 11th October 2024
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 8:01am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
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Home Practice
Mrs Woof and Mrs Lancaster have been so impressed with the progress everyone has been making in their reading. Keep reading every night for 10-15 minutes.
We have set 3 Sumdog challenges for home practice. A column addition practice, a x3 challenge and a spelling challenge. Your spellings are below.
Continue to practise your counting at home. To build up fluency with the times tables count forward and back in 3s from 0 to 36.
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These follow the suffix rules and have multiple syllables. Remember to spell one syllable at a time to break up the word.
This week in Year 3
This week in English we enjoyed reviewing The Twits and started our new story Journey by Aaron Becker. We added speech to the wordless story and explored the feelings of the main character at the start of the story.
In maths this week we've been learning how to use the formal written method for addition. We learnt how to exchange our ones when using the column method. Next week we will be looking at exchanging tens and meeting the formal written method for subtraction.
In RE this week we have been reading the prayers written by Pope Francis about how we can take care of our planet. We talked about how doing little things can make a big difference and the children shared some lovely ideas.
We have been studying climate zones and what features each have. We also tracked the hurricane in Florida and had a good conversation about what causes these storms.
We've been further developing our tactics in some 4V2 invasion games. Everyone's ability defying space and working as a team has been fantastic. Well done Year 3!
On Monday, as part of Forest School, we went for a walk through our top field to spot the changes since we were last there. We spotted a few fungi, blanckberries and acorns. We then explored our log circle area.
What a brilliant week of learning!
Enjoy a well earned rest this weekend.
The Year 3 Team.
Year 3 Friday Blog 4th October 2024
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 3:58pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have enjoyed our harvest celebration this week and finished our Twits class novel.
Home Practice
Read, read and read some more. Everyone is making great progress with their reading and we're very pleased with all the book changing that is happening!
We have set 2 maths challenges for your Sumdog practice. We have been learning about bar charts this week, so there is a challenge to practise these skills. Also, we've set a x2,x5,x10 and x3 times tables practice. Try have ago on both!
Keep counting as well. Here is a counting playlist to listen and sing along to.
For your spellings this week, we are revisiting the suffix rules. Have a go at practising these words, choose 2 or 3 a day. There is also a Sumdog Spelling challenge on these words.
This week in Year 3
We have loved reading The Twits! Lost of laughs and gasps and great discussion. We have written some play scripts and a letter to the Twits this week and on Monday we will be reviewing the story with our own book reviews.
In maths, we have learning to read bar charts and answer addition and difference questions using the information. The children have shown brilliant understanding with their maths learning this week.
In RE this week we read The Song of The Animals written by Saint Francis of Assisi. We talked about which parts of this poem showed how St Francis was thanking God for his creation and created some lovely art to accompany our ideas.
In art, we have been exploring texture and depth and used our skills to sketch some plants in torchlight. Check out our gallery.
In PE, we have been practising our throwing, catching and tactics in some 4V1 games. We also focussed on honesty and fairness when playing these games. Have a look in our gallery.
In geography this week, we explored the physical features of the UK using different maps. We discussed the differences between human and physical features and created our own physical maps of the UK.
Year 3 Friday Blog 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 3:39pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a lovely week in Year 3. We've been very impressed with everyone's super listening!
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges and even had some time to practise on the Sumdog Training. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school.
Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.
We have given out your home spellings to practice for next week's test. In our spelling lessons this week we have been revisiting our spelling strategies. We have been breaking our words into syllables to help us spell more accurately and using what we already know to spell new words.
Your spellings this week all cover the long ow/oa/o_e sounds. Good luck!
This week in Year 3
We have been looking at descriptive writing this week. We visited the Twit's home and garden and wrote some fantastic descriptions. Everyone has been trying to improve their handwriting and presentation, remembering to write on the lines and form our letters correctly. It makes a huge difference when our writing looks beautiful! Amazing effort everyone!
In Maths we have been learning how to measure in mm and cm. We also learned about the perimeter of shapes and how to measure this. Super maths Year 3!
In Art we looked at chiaroscuro, which is an Italian art form exploring light and dark. We used our sketching pencils to create depth and form in our pieces.
In PE we practised our throwing and catching as well as feinting passes as part of our invasion games topic. We learned lob, chest and bounce passes and discussed when was best to use each.
In Forest School this week some of us had a go at stick wrapping with wool. This activity is very good for mindfulness and for developing our fine motor skills. We also tried to light a fire with the flint and steel again- some of us lit it first time which shows brilliant skill development. Eveyone's participation in the session was superb and we had a lovely review time at the end.
Next week we are celebrating harvest and are collecting food items to donate to the local food bank. Thank you for all the donations so far!
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 3 Friday Blog 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 5:33pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a brilliant week in Year 3 with lots of learning in the sun!
Home Practice
Continue with your daily reading. The children are really enjoying picking their own books and changing them lots. 10 minutes every night will make all the difference.
On Sumdog this week we have set a times table challenge on the 3 times tables. A little practice with these every day will help your children become fluent in their number facts.
Continue to practise your counting. This week, try counting forwards and backwards in 5s from any 2 digit number. Can you spot a pattern?
We have also set an addition and subtraction challenge. This is to practise the learning we have done in school over the past few weeks.
Your home spellings this week are the days of the week and months of the year. We will test the children on these on Friday.
This week in Year 3
In English this week we have been really working on our think pinks. These are the individual writing skills your children are working on to improve their writing. We have loved reading The Twits. We have written in character this week and acted out some scenes from the story.
In maths we have learning new strategies to add and subtract within 100. We learned how to use partitioning and a number line to solve our problems. Super maths Year 3!
In Forest school we explored our nature area and noticed the changes that have happened since July. We played some fantastic games which showed super creativity and imagination. Mrs Marshall is our Forest School helper, and it was her first session with us this week. Some of us had a go at lighting a fire with the flint and steel. It's harder than it looks but quite a few children managed it and were pleased with their achievements- great determination was shown.
In Geography this week we learned how to use atlases to find settlements in the UK. Everyone showed great place knowledge and talked about some of the places they have visited. Check out our gallery.
In music this week we were sorting our musical instruments. We also listened to the carnival of the animals and tried to spot the animals from their instruments.
In Science we were looking at the human body. We learned the names of a lot of bones and we learned what the bones are for, support, protection and movement.
In swimming we used our noodles to help us to swim all around the pool by ourselves. Simon was very impresssed!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Year 3 Friday Blog 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to your Year 3 Blog
We have had a great first week in Year 3! We have been very impressed! Everyone has settled into the juniors and remembered all our new routines.
Home Practice
Everyone has been given a reading book this week. Read a little every night, 10-15minutes. The regular routines for home practice will set your children up well for all future learning they meet. Little and often is the key!
We have set three Sumdog challenges, two maths and one spelling. Have a go at these. Try and do a little every night.
Do a little counting practise at home too. A little counting everyday has a big impact on your child's knowledge and understanding of the number system. This can be done with counting games such as counting tennis where you take turns, 1,2,3, where you say 1,2 or 3 numbers in a sequence and the winner reaches a target or just by singing some of our counting songs. Here is one we sang this week to practise your 3's.
Your spellings have also been sent home with some suggestions for practice and an activity to have a go with. This doesn't need to be handed in.
Your spellings this week are
house, glass, letter, skipped, puppet, door, duck, monkey, who, write, toy, tube, nurse, hair, eight, cakes, night, fruit, should, picture
This week in Year 3
In English this week we have started reading our class novel, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We read all about men with hairy faces, met Mr and Mrs Twit and read all about how they play pranks on each other. Everyone wrote some great pieces, describing the Twits and retelling their horrid tricks.
In Maths, we have been learning about the place value of three digit numbers. Everyone showed good understanding and asked great questions in our lessons.
We also continued our Art learning this week. We explored shape and space using charcoal and responded to different musical pieces to create our work. Have a look in our gallery to see some of our creations.
In our new Science topic we are exploring skeletons in animals and humans. We looked at a human skeleton and learned the scientific names for some of the bones in our body. We also learned that the human body has 206 bones and a newborn baby has more than 300! Here is some of the vocabulary we will meet in the coming weeks.
In PE we started our invasion games topic with some throwing and catching practice and some 4v4 netball games. Mrs Cookson was very impressed with out teamwork. Well done Year 3!
In Forest School this week we explored around the log circle. We discussed why some of the trees had been cut down. We found many creatures including slugs, frogs and spiders. Some of us invented our own games which showed great imagination. Obstacle courses were constructed and the best performers (decided by the course builders!) were presented with a trophy made from natural materials.
Thank you to all who attended the Meet the Teacher meeting on Tuesday. You will find the slides from the presentation attached below.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Final Blog - 19th July 2024
Date: 19th Jul 2024 @ 2:00pm
Happy Summer Holidays
We have loved teaching your children this year. Their hardwork and brilliant attitudes to their learning has stood out!
Take a well eared rest over the Summer Holidays.
Remember to keep reading and using Sumdog as everything will remain open over the break.
We would also like to say a massive thank you for all your kind words and gifts from us all on the Year 3 team!
Happy Holidays!
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 3:46pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice.
Please continue to read every night. We will be collecting in books next week for the Summer holidays.
The Sumdog training features and all games are available this week. Go on and challenge yourself! We have also joined the Lancashire Sumdog tournament this week. See how high up the leader board you can get! We have also updated all passwords due to some children complaining about their avatars being tampered with. Please make sure you only use your own account and keep your passwords secret.
This week in Year 3
We have had a fantastic week at school this week. On Monday we watched Y6 and their amazing performance of Bugsy. You can see it too on our YouTube channel. On Friday we also had a blast watching our Rock Steady bands perform. They were amazing! Check out our galleries for some pics.
In maths we have introduced decimals and recapped our fractions learning. Everyone had great understanding with this and asked great questions.
We made our sandwiches and had our very own judging session to evaluate our recipes this Friday. The children had some great ideas and showed super persistence when making their sandwiches.
We hope you have been able to access all the wonderful learning on Seesaw this week. This will remain open until the end of term so make sure to check it out. If you’re having any issues logging in, let us know through the school office.
Have a great weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 3:42pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
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This week in Year 3
This week we finished our novel Finding Alfie. We wrote some fantastic book reviews, our best yet!
In Maths, we revisited our division strategies and found them a lot more manageable! Great remembering and applying your knowledge Year 3!
In RE, we discussed the special places Jesus had in his lifetime. We read some scripture to remember why these places were special to Him.
In Science, we created some quizzes about plants and showed off all the learning we've picked up this term.
In Art, we made some brilliant Cyanotograph prints using natural materials. These are still developing and you'll see them next week! They're brilliant!
This week in DT we deconstructed and reconstructed some sandwiches, exploring the methods we'll need to make our own. On Monday, we will be sending home the sandwich designs we have made.
On Friday, can the children please bring in the ingredients to make their sandwich (x1). We will be then carrying out a tasting session and evaluating our work as a class, Masterchef style!
Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you at the Summer Fair tomorrow at 12.30!
The Year 3 Team
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 7:57am
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a fun filled week of learning in Year 3 this week. We enjoyed Super Learning day and started to design our own Sandwiches for our Food Technology DT topic.
Home Practice
Continue with your wonderful reading every night. The regular reading this year has really had a huge impact on all your learning this year, across the curriculum. Well done!
Your maths and spelling challenges are live now. Do your best to complete these and challenge yourself with some training!
Continue to practise counting at home. Sing our songs and play our games. Deep understanding of the number system will help your child tackle more complex maths next year and beyond!
Your spellings this week are from the statuatory year 3/4 word list. Do your best with these, and try and learn as many as you can, remembering your spelling strategies.
This week in Year 3
We have been enjoying listening to Finding Alfie this week. We found out that he was a D-Day hero and saved an entire family during the war. Next week we will finish the story and write newspaper reports about Michael and his adventure.
In Maths, we have been fine tuning the grid method for multiplication by using the inverse to find missing numbers. This was tricky, but will improve our understanding of the method for future learning!
On Thursday, we celebrated our annual Super Learning Day, when the children got to take part in a range of activities from meditation, traditional playground games and bowling, to foot golf, forest school and much more. Check out our gallery!
On Friday, Fr Michael invited us to celebrate the parish mass. The children were very respectful and enjoyed Fr Michel's sermon about being a good person.
In Science, we started an experiment to find out how flowers and plants absorb water to help them grow. We are patiently waiting for the results!
Your child's Seesaw account will be made live for a couple of weeks at the end of term. You will be able to access this using a QR which will appear on your child's report.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 4:00pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Keep reading your school books for at least 15 minutes a night.
In maths practice counting forwards and backwards. See our previous blog posts. Everyone is showing great improvements with their knowledge of the number system. Keep it up!
On Sumdog, have a go at the challenges. We have set a times tables and a multiplication challenge.
Your spellings this week are...
This week in Year 3
We are loving our novel 'Finding Alfie'. The main character is in France trying to find more clues as to who Alfie was. We have written some brilliant pieces including a letter home from Michael describing his adventure.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method and number sequences. The progress everyone has made in maths this year is amazing. The mental maths and number fluency has really improved. Well done Year 3!
In Art, we have been using natural materials to make collages and pictures. Check out our gallery.
In PE, we have been learning new striking skills in our tennis topic. We practised 'catching' the ball on our racket and then passing it to our partners. We attempted some rallies and a bounce pass with the racket. Super PE!
We have also been practising our dance for the Dance From The Heart Roadshow which is coming soon.
Year 3's Seesaw will be open for the final 2 weeks of term. You will receive a QR code on your child's report to access their Seesaw learning from this year.
Have a great weekend everyone.
From the Year 3 Team
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 8:08am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have danced, explored our grounds for colour and relaxed with another great yoga session with Katie!
Home Practice
We have been very impressed with all the book changing that has been happening again this week. We have seen lots of progress in everyone's reading. Keep it up!
On Sumdog this week we have set 3 challenges. If you finish or find them too tricky, you can access Sumdog Training which will set questions to practice weaker skills.
Your spellings this week are the next 20 statutory Year 3 spellings. Have a go and do lots of practise!
For your counting practice keep practising your 8s, forwards and backwards! Why not teach your family how to play 1,2,3?
This week in Year 3
This week we have really enjoyed the beginning of our novel, Finding Alfie by Michael Morpurgo. We have a lot of questions! We met Michael who has gone off to find out more about his Auntie Iris' long lost love Alfie. We wrote some amazing descriptions of the abandoned church and what we think Alfie might be like.
In Maths we have been learing how to use our number facts to help us add and take away using the column addition and subtraction method. We also revisited bridging through 10 when adding and taking away.
In RE we finished our Choices topic, revisiting some of our lessons and responding with our own Choices booklets. Everyone has had some very thoughtful ideas when exploring this topic. Well done Year 3!
In Art, we met Frances Hatch and explored some of her natural art. We also explored our grounds to find the colour palatte of our school. We created some natural paint and had a go at using these to paint our grounds.
We also had a brilliant session learning an Olympic dance. Check out our gallery!
Have a brilliant weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 7th June 2024
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 1:00pm
Welcome back to our final half term in Year 3
This term we will be preparing the children for Year 4 and covering some fantastic final topics in Geography, RE, Art and DT.
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 11:09am
Welcome to the final blog of the Summer 1 Half term!
We have had a lovely half term and met lots of new learning along the way. We are loving our Egyptian learning and our animated art.
In English, we have been learning how to write speech sentences, including all the correct punctuation. We started out with some script writing and even did our own table reads. We then retold a chapter from our Cliffhanger story using speech and action.
In Maths we revisited some of the trickiest learning we met this half term. We found fractions of numbers and revisited our division strategies.
On Thursday, we had a visit from Lancashire cricket who put us through our paces. They were very impressed with our striking and fielding skills.
We also completed our final animated art projects. Have a look in our galleries at our final videos. We used stop animation to animate our art and then added sound effects in iMovie.
#30 Days Wild
As a school we are going to take part in a celebration of everything nature has to offer. This is an initiative set up by The Wildlife Trust. In June, we will be providing opportunities for all children to experience and learn about the wildlife on their doorstep, helping to nurture happier, healthier children, and create allies for our precious natural neighbours.
Have a lovely half term holiday
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 3:54pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week of new learning in Year 3!
Home Practice
We have been very impressed with all the book changing that has been happening this term. We have seen lots of progress in everyone's reading. Keep it up!
On Sumdog this week we have set 3 challenges. If you finish or find them too tricky, you can access Sumdog Training which will set questions to practice weaker skills.
Your spellings this week are the first 20 statutory Year 3 spellings. Have a go and do lots of practise!
accident(ally) actual(ly) address answer appear arrive believe bicycle breath breathe
build busy business calendar caught centre century certain
For your counting practise this week, go back and practise counting in 4s forwards and backwards! Have a sing along at home to practice counting in 4s.
This week in Year 3
In English, we have started Cliffhanger by Jacqueline Wilson. It's an exciting story that's keeping us all on the edge of our seats! We have been acting out parts of the story and writing our own play scripts.
In Maths, we have been solving time problems, honing our skills in reading clocks and calculating durations. We have also been solving problems with the calendar and learning the months of the year.
In History, we have been learning about hieroglyphics, exploring the fascinating writing system of ancient Egypt.
Our Art lessons have been equally exciting as we evaluated our animated drawings and planned our final projects, which will be ready to show next week.
In PE, we have continued with our cricket practice and have also been gearing up for Sports Day, working hard to improve our skills and teamwork.
In RE, we started our new topic on choices and how our beliefs can influence the way people feel.
It’s been a busy and productive week, and we’re looking forward to more learning and fun next week!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Friday Blog 10th May 2024
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 11:25am
Welcome to your Friday blog
This week we have enjoyed the sunshine and finally got onto the field for sports!
Home Practice
Continue with your regular reading. With the nice weather, why not create a nice outdoor reading nook with some cushions and blankets.
This week we have set an addition and subtraction practice challenge as well as your times tables practice. We have set the times tables challenges to typed answers from now on to help with recall.
Continue to practise your counting. This week practise counting in fractions to see what you can remember from our fractions learning.
This week your home spellings end in -gue and -que.
league fatigue tongue rogue vague torque cheque antique plague unique mosque barbeque
Reminders
Please make sure all PE kits are in school every day! We are getting ready for Sports Day and will be taking part in lots of sport in the coming term.
This week in Year 3
This week has been jam-packed with exciting learning opportunities in our classroom. We finished reading the thrilling mystery story, 'The Deathwood Letters', and were inspired to retell the story in our own words. We also interviewed each other and recorded our own book reviews.
In maths, we have been learning about position and direction, focusing on positional vocabulary and following intructions. We also started our time topic, learning how to read time to the nearest minute. Try and practise telling the time at home this week.
In Computing this week we have programmed our very own flappy bird games. Check out our gallery to play these on your devices at home.
In RE we have been learning about Pentecost and the gifts of the Holy Spirit this week. We also went to mass on Ascension Thursday and celebrated the feast day with Fr Michael.
In History this week we looked at ancient Egyptian artefacts and tried to figure out who might have used these in Ancient Egyptian society. Have a look in our gallery.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 - Friday blog 3rd May 2024
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 2:53pm
Welcome back to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Well done to everyone who is continuing with their regular reading into the Summer term. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.
We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on multiplication and division and one on the x4 and x8 tables.
Practice counting regularly with your child as well. Regular reviews of the number system will help build understanding and number fluency. Sing our songs, play what comes next, count forwards and backwards in numbers and fractions.You can also use this arrow cards resource to help with your counting.
Your home spellings all have the ch spelling pattern. We have used new resources in our spelling learning this week. Scribble spellings, Spiderweb spellings and Snake Spellings are three fun ways to promote practise. You can find them below.
scheme chorus chemist echo character chef chalet machine brochure ache anchor chaos
In Year 3 this week
We have a very busy term of learning ahead! You can see all of our Summer topics on our class curriculum overview on the class page.
In English this week we have been enjoying our new book, The Deathwood Letters by Hazel Townson. The story is written in letter format, following the correspondence between Damien Drake, a young boy who lives with his family on a huge estate, Deathwood Hall, and Frankie, a girl who lives in a run down part of town. They strike up a strong friendship and we have noticed some strange goings on already. We have written some letters in reponse to the characters and used our new iPads to record our ideas before writing.
In Maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions, and how to add and subtract fractions from a whole. Everyone has shown great understanding and used what they already know about fractions to solve problems. .
In Art we have been exploring different ways to make animated drawings and puppets. Everyone has shown great skills in their making and evaluating this week. Have a look in our gallery.
In History we learned all about Ancient Egyptian society and the jobs people had. Have a look at some of our ideas in our galley. We also used AI to create pictures of all the different jobs in Ancient Egypt.
In science we set up our seeds experiment and have been monitoring them to see which ones grow the best. Below you will find all the learning we will meet in the coming weeks.
Have a lovely Weekend
The Year 3 Team
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 8:09am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have started our new novel, The Deathwood letters by Hazel Townson and enjoyed creating some animated drawings.
Home Practice
Continue to read regularly, 10-15 minutes every day.
Practise you number facts regularly too. Knowing these inside out will help your children succeed in their future maths learning. We have been using the White Rose Maths - 1 minute maths app in class this week. You can download this from the Appstore or the Google Playstore.
Please also practise counting in 10's from 10 to 120 and back again.
This week we have been learning about spelling patterns that sound the same but look different. Wh/w is a pattern that is still proving difficult. Here are your spellings for this week.
wheels everywhere wheelchair whirlwind meanwhile whack whistled somewhere whispered whenever
On Sumdog you will find 3 challenges. Times tables, Fractions and Wh spellings. Good luck!
This week in Year 3
We are really enjoying The Deathwood Letters. The story is written entirely in letter format, following the correspondence between Damien Drake and Frankie, We explored these characters and found lots of differences between them.
In maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions and how to spot them. We will be learning about fractions all next week, so make sure to refresh your memory by completing the Sumdog challenge.
In Art we created some brilliant moving pictures. We will be creating puppets and other animations in the coming weeks.
In PE we have been working on throwing and catching as part of our striking and fielding topic. We have also been learning to play cricket and rounders to apply our skills.
Check out our galleries.
Miss Whiting was very impressed with our Science learning this week. We planned an investigation on how to find out what plants need to grow. We also went outside to see the changes in our wild areas and what plants are growing on our school grounds.
Have a fantastic weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 8:20am
Welcome back to the Summer Term
It has been lovely to see everyone back from their Easter Holidays looking smart in their Summer uniforms!
Home Practice
Continue with the good regular reading practice at home. It has been lovely to see the children bringing in their own books to school and sharing them with their friends this week.
This week we have been learning how to use apostrophes for possession and how to use plural apostrophes. Your home spellings are all plural apostrophes.
boys' girls' kids' teachers' cats' children's men's mice's women's parents'
For your maths practice this week, we have set a challenge to practice the x3,x4 and x8 times tables. We have been very impressed in the improvement in speed and accuracy in your times tables over the year. Keep it up!
Practice your counting in 3, 4 and 8, forwards and back. This will help with understanding your times tables and help you to remember them. We've added your songs below.
There is also a short column addition and subtraction challenge to complete.
This week in Year 3
This week in Year 3 has been filled with exciting learning adventures!
In English, we finished our captivating journey through "Toro! Toro!" by Michael Morpurgo. We wrote some insightful book reviews that showcased our writing skills. Check out on our gallery where you can read some of our thoughts on the story!
In Maths, we delved into the fascinating world of lines, mastering the art of identifying parallel and perpendicular lines within 2D shapes. Plus, we revisited our trusty written column method, practising this important skill so we can add it to our mathematical toolkit.
Art took us on a dynamic exploration of moving pictures, igniting our creativity as we watched mesmerizing natural world videos for inspiration. Our artistry flourished as we honed our skills, ready to bring motion to our creations this half term.
In RE, we read the story of the Ascension of Jesus, delving into its significance and relevance with some thoughtful responses.
In History, our journey through ancient Egypt began with enthusiasm as we visited websites, and pooled our collective knowledge and curiosity to unearth the mysteries of this captivating civilization. Find your knowledge map below which cover some of the learning we will be meeting in the coming weeks.
In Computing, we have started our learning all about loops and how we can use these to write more efficient algorithms.
Have a super weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Thursday 28th March 2024
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 8:13am
Welcome to your Year 3 blog!
This week we continued reading our novel Toro, Toro, written by Michael Morpurgo. We wrote some brilliant recounts of the bullfight and tried to use emotional vocabulary to describe how Anonito was feeling. We also read Ferdinand the Bull, a classic story from Spain about a reluctant bullfighting bull. We watched the film and talked about the similarities and differences in the stories.
In Maths we learnt how to find and measure right angles in 2D shapes. It was tricky in parts, but we remembered our statistics learning from Autumn really well.
We have had lovely week remembering Holy Week in school. We had a visit from Father Michael and had a beautiful celebration in church on Thursday. Year 6 led a very thoughtful Easter liturgy and Year 3 joined in brilliantly with their singing.
Check our our galleries showing some of the brilliant learning we have been doing this week.
On Thursday we finished out fabric and thread pieces. The children have shown great skill and resilience in completing these and they look amazing!.
In French, we finished our colours learning. Everyone has joined in brilliantly in our french lessons this term. Miss Whiting has been very impressed!
We have had a lovely Spring term and seen lots of progress in all areas of our curriculum.
We are looking forward to seeing you all next term!
Have a lovely Easter break and keep reading!
The Year 3 team.