St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 3: Blog items
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 11:55am
Happy Friday everyone!
Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter are sleeping by the football pitch at PNE’s Deepdale Stadium this Friday 17th November. This is to raise money for a day centre called The Foxton Centre who provide food and warmth to the homeless people of Preston. Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter will sleep on cardboard and will only have with them what they can carry. This will give them an insight into how difficult it is for people sleeping on the streets, particularly as the nights are getting colder. We are all fortunate that we have food and somewhere warm to go to sleep every night, this is not the case for some people in Preston. Miss Smith and Mrs Dexter are asking for sponsorship, any donation would go a long way to help Preston’s vulnerable homeless community.
You can read more and donate here:
We have had a brilliant week this week! We have had a visit from Freddie Fit and been singing lots in preparation for our Advent assembly in two weeks!
In English we have been reading the Journey and Quest books by Aaron Becker. These books have no words so we have been writing the action to match the story. It has been very exciting. Next week we will be creating a comic book of the story, looking at bringing the pictures to life with our words. You can watch these stories in the videos below.
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In Maths we have been learning how to use our multiplication facts to solve problems. We looked at different arrays and used these to solve tricky times tables. We have set a Sumdog challenge to practice these strategies.
In this week’s French lesson, we learned how to count up to 20! We started the lesson by reviewing how to count up to 10 and used the Learning French Through Music ‘French Numbers’ song to remind us. We then learned up to 15, and then up to 20. We put some actions to some of the new vocabulary to help remember them and listened to the Alain Le Lait ‘French numbers 1 to 20’ song to help us. After this, we practised the numbers 10-20 by saying the number shown on the screen and by counting some items to say ‘Il y a ______’ = There are ________.
We have started our new DT topic this week. We will be looking at mechanisms, pivots and levers over the next few weeks developing ideas to make a moving picture. In Art we have been exploring drawing with scissors. We looked at some of Henry Matisse's art work and started to create out own pieces. We are using the amazing pictures from our Quest story books as inspiration. Check out our galleries.
We finished our geography learning on mapping and the UK. The children have really enjoyed learning about the geography of our home country. Next week we are beginning our Stone age history topic. We can't wait!
We continued with music based on our upcoming History topic, The Stone Age. We learnt to sing the second verse of We will rock you, the Stone Age song, accompanying with rhythms on stones. We revised the note – Ta ah from last lesson. We finished with a new rhythm game – Forbidden Rhythm.
Home Learning
Continue to read regularly and talk about what you have read with an adult.
Complete the Sumdog challenges, this week we are practising our addition and subtraction facts and our multiplication strategies. Below you will find a song to practice counting in 8s. Have a go!
Here are your home spellings for this week
decided, taking, serving, writing, making, driving, shaking , baked, giving, tiled, stored, using
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday 10th November 2023
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 4:02pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had another great week in Year 3.
In English, we have written our own story based on the book Ice Palace, trying to use adjectives and similes for description and adverbs to make the story more interesting. The children have enjoyed finishing this complete with illustrations and cover page.
In Maths we have continued to work on addition and are now learning how to do subtraction using formal written methods.
In Art we have begun a study of L S Lowry’s painting ‘Coming from the Mill’ looking at shapes, lines and colours. We are going to use these to make a collage inspired by this painting.
In Geography we looked at the counties, rivers and hills in the North West of the UK and found where Preston was.
This week in French, we started our new topic of Numbers 0-20. We started the lesson recapping numbers 0-5 and then 0-10. We listened to KidsTV123 ‘Numbers Song in French’ to help count up to 10. We sang this faster each time! Our first activity was to find the correct number for the French words, our second activity was to count fruit, and our third activity was to say which number was missing. We also listened to Learn French Through Music ‘French Numbers Song’ which also got faster each time! To show we knew numbers 0-10, we drew the right number of fish in a fish bowl and the right number of spots on a ladybird.
Home Practice
On Sumdog there are spelling and maths challenges. Your spellings for this week are:
Playtime, birthday, background, ballroom, baseball, cupcake, doorway, eardrum, evergreen, chairman, patchwork, driveway.
Don’t forget to keep up with the fantastic home reading.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Blog Friday 3rd November 2023
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week back in Year 3 this week and the children have been very keen to continue their learning.
In English, we have been concentrating on the use of interesting vocabulary, using adjectives to add more detail to our writing and to show feeling and similes to describe landscapes. We have used clues from the text and our imaginations to write predictions as to what we think might happen next in the story. Now we have finished reading the book, we are looking forward to using these ideas to help write our own story.
In Maths we have completed our work on bar charts and begun to look at addition and using formal written methods.
In Science we have begun our topic on rocks and soils and in PSHE we are looking at keeping safe in the home and school; our bodies; hygiene; medicines and household products. The children showed a good awareness recognising hazards that may cause harm or injury and what they should do to reduce risk and keep themselves (or others) safe.
In French, it was Halloween! We discussed whether some facts about Halloween in France were vrai o faux, we learned some vocabulary for typical Halloween things and were able to write the correct French word and English meaning for each picture in our books. We then played ‘What’s missing?’ and also had a chance to complete a French wordsearch with the Halloween vocabulary.
Home Practice
On Sumdog there are spelling and maths challenges. Your spellings for this week are:
after, father, improve, hour, eye, would, whole, many, busy, people.
Don’t forget to keep up with the fantastic home reading. Here is a reminder of the link to some Year 3 recommended reads if you want to extend your home libraries.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 team
Date: 19th Oct 2023 @ 2:01pm
Welcome to your weekly blog.
This week we have worked hard on our final artworks, using light and shadow to make some moody scenes. We showed these to Year 6 looked at their fantastic dog sculptures.
In English we have been enjoying the mysterious story The Ice Palace and following Ivan's journey through the ice forest. We will find out what happens in the next 2 weeks. This week we have been writing description and remembering our full sentences and careful spelling.
In our maths have been learning about bar charts and how we can use these to show information and solve problems.
This week in our French lesson we finished our greetings conversation that we started writing in our books last week. This included saying hello, hi or good evening to someone, asking how they are, saying how they are, asking their name, saying their name, saying goodbye, see you later or nice to meet you. The children then completed a range of listening, reading and writing activities to show they have understood the vocabulary from this topic. Next half term, we will be ready to have some new sessions about numbers 1-20 (after we’ve learned about French Halloween!).
We also wrapped up our Science topic all on the human body and nutrition. We had a Kahoot! quiz and remembered lots of our learning from the past few weeks.
In our geography this week we investigated topographical maps which showed how high the land is in different areas. We explored the 3 peaks challenge and found lots of peaks from around the UK.
Home practice
Over half term continue to read regularly and access the Sumdog learning platform little and often.
Have a lovely, well earned rest and we will see you next half term.
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Friday 13th October 2023
Date: 13th Oct 2023 @ 12:47pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week in Year 3 this week. It was lovely chatting to you all about your children's learning at parents evening and I look forward to speaking to the reast of you next week. THe children are very excited to show off their learning.
This week we we have been reading deeper into the Ice Palace and learning how to add description and suspense into our writing. We have also been working hard on our presentation and sentence structure.
In Maths we have been learning about the perimeter of 2D shapes and started our topic on statistics. We have inroduced bar charts and compared these to the different charts we have met already.
In RE we have started our new topic on Promises which will look at Baptism. The children came up with some lovely contributions about how they keep promises and why their actions are important.
We are coming to the end of our Art topic exploring charcoal. This week we used the pictures from our novel as inspiration, looking again at light and dark when creating a scene. Check out our gallery.
Home Practice
Keep up with the fantastic home reading. Here is a link to some Year 3 recommended reads if you want to extend your home libraries. You can also find our reading VIPERS in our galleries that will help you with your questioning when listening to your child read.
On Sumdog we have entered the class into the lancashire contest. This will run all week and cover a range of topics. We have also set some times tables practice on the x2, x5 and x10. With these focus on speed as well as accuracy.
Here are your home spellings for this week
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Friday 6th October 2023
Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 8:07am
Welcome to your Harvest Blog!
We have had a great week of new learning in Year 3 this week and had a lovely harvest celebration in church on Friday.
In English we started our new novel, The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. It is an enchanting tale of a boy called Ivan and an evil being called Starjik. We have looked at descrpition this week and using lots of different verbs to add feeling to our writing.
On Thursday we celebreated National poetry day looking at the poetry of Michael Rosen and his poem On The Move Again. The theme of this years celebration was Refuge. We wrote some lovely poems on welcoming refugees and listened to stories and poems on displaced people.
In Maths we have been looking at shape and measurement, learning all about right angles, metres, centimetres and milimetres. We also have been partitioning measurements eg. 94mm = 9cm 4mm, 152cm = 1m 52cm. We have set a challenge looking at length, weight and volume. Have a go and try your best.
In RE we finished our Homes topic and created some lovely posters on a recipe for a happy family. Have a look in our galleries.
In Science we learned all about the major food groups and what makes up a healthy diet. We looked at the Eatwell plate and talked about what makes up our favourite meals.
This week in our French lesson we reviewed the greetings we have learned so far. This included bonjour, salut, bonsoir, monsieur, mademoiselle, madame, au revoir and à bientôt. We listened to the ‘comment tu t’appelles?’ song from Basho & Friends and then practised a conversation with our partners to ask and say their name. We then learned how to ask and say how we are feeling… Ça va trés bien / Ça va bien / Ça va moyen / Ça va mal.
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. Do what you can with these. 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 on the linked air/are/ear sounds. Your spelling challenges include unknown and tricky words to encourage your children to apply strategies we have taught in school. They also include your home spellings as it is also important your children learn to memorise some words to increase their spelling fluency.
We have introduced a new song this week to help learn your 4 times tables. Have a sing along at home to practice counting in 4s.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday 29th September 2023
Date: 29th Sep 2023 @ 3:52pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We've had an amazing week in year 3 this week. We've learned lots of new things in maths, Science and Geography.
In English we have finished reading our book and written our own stories, describing how Muggle Wump outwitted the Twits. We published these and read them to Year 1. Have a look in our galleries.
In maths we have been learning to add and take away on a number line. We found this tricky, especially bridging through the next 10. We have set a number facts challenge on Sumdog to practise number facts to 20.
In Geography we learned about the physical features of the UK and how maps differ from satellite imagery. We used Google maps and atlases to investigate some of the main physical features in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
In Science we explored some animal skeletons and tried to identify the different bones. We also learned the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates.
Home Practice
Continue to read every night. The children are getting much better at remembering to change their books. Well done Year 3!
All the spellings this week have the 'or/aw/au/ore/oor' sounds. Unfortunately we are unable to set a spelling challenge on Sumdog this week so please have a go at some of the other practice ideas on the card.
We have set 2 Sumdog challenges this week. One will cover number facts to 20 and the other will be to practice your times tables.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 3 Friday 22nd September 2023
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 12:55pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had an amazing week of learning in Year 3. Everyone is showing a brilliant attitude to everything we do and we are very impressed! We are really improving our listening skills and independent learning. Keep up the hard work!
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 our maths learning this week we have been learning how to add and subtract 10s and 100s to three digit numbers. Next week we will be learning new strategies to add and subtract. Make sure you go on the Sumdog challenge as it is a warm up for the coming week's learning.
In Science this week we explored the muscles in the arm and investigated how muscles can contract and relax and sometimes work in pairs.
Did you know there are over 600 muscles in the human body!
In Art we looked at chiaroscuro, which is an Italian art form exploring light and dark. We used our charcoal to create depth and form in our pieces. Check out our gallery.
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. Have a look in our galleries.
In computing this week we explored different digital devices and what they can be used for. We debated whether it was best to use a digital or non digital devices in different scenarios.
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.
Here are your spellings for this week.
Have an amazing weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday 15th September 2023
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 12:51pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have been working hard in all our subjects and are continuing to shine as juniors!
We have been enjoying The Twits and have been looking at speech in the story. This has helped us to write in full sentences, remembering to write one idea at a time. The children acted some scenes out and even wrote their own scripts.
In maths we have been learning how add and take away 10s and 100s. We have also been working hard on our place value and explainging our ideas. This has been tricky but everyone has worked hard and made super progress with their learning this week.
In our PE we have been learning some new tactics and strategies to pass the ball in a game of netball. We explored bounce, chest and lob passes as well as working as a team.
In our Geography learning we have been finding out about the counties of England and describing where they are located using our geography vocabulary. Here is a knowledge organiser showing the learning we will be meeting in the coming weeks.
In our Science we planned an investigation asking if longer arms resulted in longer throwing distances. We deecided to meassure our arms and see if the longest arms threw the furthest. After taking our experiment outside we found out that arm length and throw length we not linked. We then talked about what we could test next. Super Science Year 3! Check out our gallery.
This week in French our lesson was all about ‘La France’. We looked through some photos and information about France, discussing each point and sharing what we already knew. This included: the French flag, the French Speaking World, the location of France, the capital city of Paris, La Tour Eiffel, Le Sacré Coeur, Notre Dame, Les Champs Élysées, Le Louvre, La Siene, Disneyland, the Euro currency and some typical French food. The children then designed their first page in their books to show everything they knew about ‘La France’.
Home Practice
Reading
Read every night for at least 20 minutes. Regular reading is a great habit to get into. It will make all the difference as your children move through the juniors, allowing them to access more and more of our curriculum.
Spellings
Your children will have brought home a spelling card with their spellings to practise.
We have been learning to apply our phonics knowledge to our spellings and finding patterns.
We have also added some ideas on how to practise these at home. They are also available on Sumdog, practising little and often is the key!
Maths
We have set two maths challenges this week on Sumdog. Please practise the three times tables to improve accuracy and recall speed. We have also set a challenge on reading and counting three digit numbers.
Please also practise counting regularly to build up number fluency.
Count forwards and backwards in 10s from any 3 digit number.
Eg. 157, 167, 177,187, 197, 207
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday 8th September 2023
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 4:32pm
Welcome to your Year 3 Blog
We have had a great first week in Year 3! We have been very impressed with how everyone has settled into the juniors and remembered all our new routines.
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 eachother. Everyone wrote some great pieces, describing the Twits and retelling their horrid tricks.
In maths we have been looking at the place value of three digit numbers. Everyone showed good understanding and asked great questions in our lessons.
On Friday Fr Michael came to visit and welcomed us back to school. We told him all about our new RE topic, Homes, and what we will be learinng about.
We also started our Art learning this week. We explored shape and space using charcoal and met Laura Mc Kendry who showed us how she used gestures and charcoal to draw dogs. 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.
Home Practice will begin from next Friday. Sumdog is still available and continue reading your new books!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Back to School Online Safety Tips for Children
Date: 30th Aug 2023 @ 11:55am
With your children returning to 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 a guide on some back to school online safety tips for children.
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
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Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 2:27pm
Welcome to your final blog of Year 3
We have had a lovely week to finish off our Year 3.
With the help of Year 6 we made our sandwiches and had our very own judging session to evaluate our recipes. The children had some great ideas and showed super persistence when making their sandwiches. Check out our gallery.
We both would like to say a huge thank you for your kinds words and gifts. It has been a pleasure to teach your children this year and we have been very impressed with their attitude and growth through the year.
Have a well earned rest Year 3 and have a safe and happy holiday with your families.
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The Year 3 Team
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 3:11pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a fantastic week at school this week. On Monday we watched Y6 and their amazing performance of Oliver. You can see it too on our YouTube channel. On Friday we also had a blast in our Super Learning Day. We played footgolf, made journey sticks, woven turtles, and much more. Check out our galleries for some pics.
Next week, to finish off our DT topic on food, could you please send your child in with the ingredients to make one sandwich. They have designed their own creations which will be judged in class by the other children. We will supply the equipment needed and will be making these on Wednesday afternoon morning.
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In English we read all about Little Witchery and Toby had some tricky decisions to make once again. We also created some non chronological reports on all the different species of penguins as part of our Geography learning. We learned some very interesting facts!
In Maths we have been looking at 2D shapes and learning all about acute and obtuse angles. We revisited some of our shape vocabulary from earlier in the year.
Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 8:16am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have had a great week of learning. We have had our final yoga session with Katie and enjoyed exploring outdoor Art in our Art week. We also had two moving up mornings in Year 4. Mrs Tipping commented on how well behaved and eager Year 3 were in finding out about their new class! Well done Year 3!
Today we have sent out your end of year reports. You will find a QR code at the bottom to get access to your child's seesaw account. Just download the seesaw app, create an account and scan the code. We will keep this live until the end of the school year. Enjoy seeing a little more of what we've been learning this year.
In our class novel we have reached Little Witchery, the mysterious witch kingdom in the sky. We found out what the S.M.I was, (the Society of Magical Investigation) and Toby had a few difficult decisions to make.
In Maths we have finished our Decimals topic, and learned how to count forwards and backwards in tenths. Everyone showed great understanding with this.
In Art we met Frances Hatch and looked at her landscape pictures and how she used natural materials to create her pieces. We also made some colour palettes and visual drawings. Check out our gallery.
Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you all next week!
The Year 3 Team!
Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 2:01pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
We have had a fun filled week of learning in Year 3 this week. On Monday we were visitied by the brilliant poet. Ian Bland. He taught us how to write Kennings and read us some of his hilarious poems.
In English we have really enjoyed our new story. We have met some new witches and learned a lot more about the mysterious S.M.I. We focused on descriptive writing this week and are using some great openers to our sentences.
In Maths this week we have been learning about decimals and how they are related to fractions. We have been partitioning mixed numbers and comparing our decimals.
In Art this week we have glazed our canonic jars ready for going home. They look great! Next week is Art week and our class will be using natural materials to make images.
This week we did our yoga session outside with Kate. We learned some positive affirmations and balance poses. Have a look at our gallery.
We also had a fabulous Sports Day on Tuesday. Everyone outperformed their personal bests and showed great attitudes and teamwork. Aidan came out victorious but every house was amazing.
bravely
slowly
quickly
unusually
carefully
finally
totally
weekly
vividly
truthfully
successfully
Have a great weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 23rd June 2023
Date: 23rd Jun 2023 @ 11:15am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have loved reading deeper into our new novel, Toby and the Silver Blood Witches. It has been very mysterious and we're still not sure what is going to happen.
In maths we have finished our multiplication and division learning. We talked about our strategies for division and why we use certain methods. We had lots of good ideas and explanations on why we chose our methods. Next week we are introducing decimals and have set a fractions challenge to prepare for this learning on Sumdog.
In yoga we learned some paired yoga poses and worked hard on our team work. It was great fun!
In Geography we explored Antarctica in more detail and used a report to learn more and create our own fact files.
Next Tuesday is our sports day. We are looking forward to it and have practised lots to make sure we are at our best on the day!
We no longer need shorts and t-shirts for swimming. Normal swimming kits from now on.
Well done to you all on an amazing Tough Kidder. Keep an eye out for our galleries!
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 fractions challenge.
Your spellings this week are...
oatmeal
broach
loaves
loathe
bloats
croaky
growth
meadow
mellow
billow
oboe
toecap
toenail
explode
envelope
antelope
We will send out the spelling cards on Monday
Have a great weekend
From the Year 3 Team!
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 8:19am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have been enjoying all our learning, even with the warm temperatures. We have had our second yoga session with Katie and loved dancing in our Dance from the Heart performance.
In English we have been reading our new story, Toby and the Silver Blood Witches. We have met Toby and his friends Jazz and Roger and learned all about how he cares for his mum and how he has met strange woman in his attic. This story is filled with suspense and mystery and we can't wait to find out what happens.
In maths we have been revisiting our multiplication and division strategies. Some of us have found this tricky but tried hard to remember our number facts and methods. Next week we will continue to work on multiplication and division problems so have a go at the bumper times table challenge on Sumdog to improve your child's flency when it comes to their number facts.
In our computing learning we have been learning all about events and using these to create our own games. You can play some of our flappy bird creations in the gallery we posted earlier this week. We are currently working on a chasing game. We hope to publish some of these next week.
Home Practice
Reading
Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Maths
This week we have noticed although everyone is improving with the recall of their times tables, we need to improve our speed. We have set a 200 question times table challenge on all your year 3 times tables. Quick and accurate recall will help your child with their resoning when solving multiplication and division problems.
Spellings
Next week we will learning the different pronunciations for the 'ou' spelling pattern. We will also be revisiting our compund words and spelling strategies. Here are your spellings.
Have a lovely weekend and a happy Father's day to all the Dads and Grandads
The Year 3 Team
Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 8:23am
Welcome back to our final half term in Year 3
This term we will be preparing the children for Year 4 and doing some fantastic final topics in Geography, RE, Art and DT. We will also have our Sports Day and Tough Kidder to look forward to!
This week we have finished the BFG. What an amazing book! We wrote some persuasive letters to the Queen to help stop the giants and we corrected the BFG's writing from his dream labels. Great work Year 3!
In Maths we finished off our addition and subtraction topic with a huge focus on how we solve problems. We talked about when we can do calculations in our head and when do we need to use a jotting or a formal written method. Everyone could give reasons for why they chose different strategies and how they came to an answer! Super maths!
Have a lovely weekend in the sun.
The Year 3 Team
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 3:04pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog and Happy Half Term holiday!
This week we have loved reading the BFG. We have been comparing the book to the cartoon and live action film and using these to help us create some lovely pieces of writing. Have a look in our galleries.
On Thursday we had our latest Wonderful World assembly. We read the Little people, Big Ideas biography on David Attenborough. We discussed how we can look after our world and the creatures that we share it with. Our Wonderful World scrap book looks brilliant now. Have a look at our gallery.
In Maths we have been looking at differnt strategies we can use to add and subtract. We also looked at some number sequences and used our number knowledge to solve some problems.
In Science, we completed the plants topic by looking at seed dispersal and the whole life cycle of plants. The children demonstrated their learning by finding dandelions at each stage of the life cycle and putting the plants into order. They annotated the poster with all their learning from the last few weeks. Great job, Year 3!
On Thursday, we went out into our outdoors and created some stick art. We collected some sticks and decorated them using cotton and natural materials. We learned how to tie a simple knot and showed great perserverance when things got tricky. You can see some of our work in our gallery.
We also moved onto the next step of our 3D clay models in Art. We created some miniature models of Egyptian Gods using joins with our clay and experimenting with surface patterns and textures.
Continue to read everynight and spend a little time practising your maths and spellings on Sumdog.
We hope you all have a lovely half term break in the sun.
The Year 3 Team.
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:10pm
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Date: 19th May 2023 @ 12:57pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a lovely week in Year 3
We have started our new book, Roald Dahl's BFG. We have been using to book and exploring Dahl's writing style to create some great desriptive pieces of writing. We have described The Witching Hour, from chapter one and been drafting a character description of the BFG himself.
Next week we will be watching some clips from the live action movie which has a PG rating. If you don't want your child watching the movie, please notify the school office and we will provide an alternative.
In maths we have been doing some tricky learning on column additon and subtraction. We have been looking at how to exhange and estimate to help us check our answers. We have set some new maths challenges on Sumdog to practice our maths skills and improve our number fluency.
Year 3 Friday 12th of May 2023
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 4:03pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
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 write our own news reports about the kidnapping case. We put our writing skills to the test as we used evidence from the letters to build our case.
In maths, we have been focusing on telling time and solving time-related problems. We learned about the different parts of a clock and how to read both analogue and digital clocks. We also worked on calculating durations and figuring out how much time has passed between different events. We are proud of our progress in this area and excited to keep practising.
In art, we learned about the technique of shading and used it to make our drawings appear three-dimensional. We were amazed at how much depth and realism we could add to our artwork simply by adding shadows in the right places. We can't wait to continue exploring this technique in future art lessons.
In our swimming lessons, everyone is doing very well. We have been working on building our confidence in the water and refining our swimming strokes. We are all excited to show off our skills to our families and friends.
In History, we delved into the fascinating topic of how Ancient Egypt was invaded. We learned about the different groups of people who invaded Egypt and the challenges that the Egyptians faced in trying to defend their land. We discussed the importance of understanding the past and how it shapes the world we live in today.
Finally, in Science, we went outside to explore the natural world around us. We found different kinds of seeds and recorded our observations in our nature journals. We discussed the different ways in which plants reproduce and the role that seeds play in the life cycle of a plant.
Overall, it has been a busy and rewarding week. We are proud of all that we have accomplished and are excited to see what the next week will bring.
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, Time and Spelling challenge.
Your spellings this week are...
windy
second
fifteen
fourteen
own
something
carry
along
alongside
story
between
remember
describe
away
answer
potatoes
although
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday
The Year 3 Team
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
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 11:04am
Welcome back to the Summer Term
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 started 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 created a fact file on Deathwood Hall.
In Maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions and how to add and subtract fractions from a whole. Everyone has shown great undersatnding and used what they already know about fractions to solve problems. We have set a bumper fractions challenge on Sumdog. Do your best with these.
In Art we have added paste to our Egyptian fabric designs. Everyone took great care when applying their paste and we seen some fantastic designs come to life. Next week we will dye our fabric and see how they turn out. Have a look in our gallery.
In History we learned all about the afterlife and how the Egyptians prepared the bodies. We learned all about canopic jars and how they were welcomed into Paradise.
In PSHE we started our new topic on healthy eating and what a balanced diet looks like. Everyone had some great ideas and drew on their prior science learning on food groups.
Home Practice
Well done to everyone who continued reading over the Easter holidays. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.
We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on fractions and one on 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.
Spelling
We will be revisiting all our suffix rules this week. We have set a Sumdog challenge looking at the 'drop the e add the suffix' rule.
decided
taking
serving
writing
making
driving
shaking
baked
famed
giving
tiled
stored
using
dancer
server
Date: 6th Apr 2023 @ 1:49pm
Welcome to your Year 3 blog!
This week we have finished our novel Toro, Toro, written by Michael Morpurgo. It was an amazing book! We enjoyed travelling with Antonio on his adventure on the run from Franco's army and on his quest to find Paco the bull. We wrote some brilliant recounts from the story as Antontio and a book review using some examples from real book critics.
In Maths we have been learning how to read bar charts and pictograms and used these to solve problems. It has been tricky in parts but we've remembered our statistics learning from Autumn really well.
We had a lovely celebration in Church on Tuesday. Year 6 led a very thoughtful Easter liturgy and Year 3 joined in brilliantly with their singing.
On Thursday we planned out fabric designs using hieroglyphics and Egyptian art. Next term we will apply our paste and dye to complete our designs. Have a look at our gallery.
In French, we learnt how to make animal nouns plural. We read some short texts and matched the words to the correct picture, then some of us were able to draw our own animals picture and write a sentence to describe it, using the correct plural form of the noun.
We have had a lovely half term and seen lots of progress in all areas of our curriculum.
We are looking forward to next term!
Have a lovely Easter break and keep reading!!
The Year 3 team.
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