St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 3: Blog items
Year 3 Blog 16th September 2022
Date: 16th Sep 2022 @ 1:33pm
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 to use a number line and partition to add and subtract 2 digit numbers. This has been tricky but everyone has worked hard and made super progress with this new strategy.
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. Have a look at our gallery to see us in action.
In our Stone Age learning we have been asking some great questions about life in Stone Age Britain. We also had a go at telling some stories about ourselves through cave paintings. Have a look in our gallery here.
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. Eg. If I can spell corn, I can spell born, torn, worn.
We have also added some ideas on how to practise these at home. They are also available on Sumdog, little and often is the key!
Maths
We have set two maths challenges this week on Sumdog. Please practise the two 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
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 5:42pm
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
Year 3 Friday 9th September 2022
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:42pm
Welcome to the first Friday Blog of the school year
We have had a great first week back at school. Everyone has settled in so well and enjoyed all our learning this week.
We have started our new story, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We wrote our own character descriptions and planned some pranks for our writing next week. Everyone is taking great care with their presentation and spellings.
In our maths we have been looking at 3 digit numbers and place value. Everyone has had a good go and joined in with our whole class discussions. Have a look at our learning here.
Mrs Quillliam kicked off our Science this year with a super outdoor session exploring plants around school. We will be learning about plants throughout the year, using our Nature Journals. Have a look at our gallery to see some of our fantastic outdoor learning. Next week we begin our topic on Health and Nutrition.
We also started our history topic, The Stone Age. We read some Horrible Histories and talked about when the Stone Age was and what it was like to live then.
Thank you for attending our Meet the Teacher meeting on Thursday. We have attached the PowerPoint below.
Today, Fr Michael visited us and blessed us for the coming year. Everyone was very thoughtful and shared some lovely ideas.
We had a very special Golden Assembly as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time.
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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
Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 11:10am
Happy Holidays
We have had a brilliant last week to end our school year. We have created some more animations, using all our skills and creativity. We have also been reading the playscript of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The children have loved finding out what happens to Harry after he leaves Hogwarts.
Over the holidays, continue to read every night and the Sumdog platform will remain open for practising all your maths and spelling.
Well done for an amazing year of hard work and lots of fun. You have done such a great job during your first year in the juniors and should feel extremely proud!
We'd also like to say a massive thank you for all your support throughout the year. Your children have been amazing and have had a great year of learning experiences, making some wonderful memories along the way. We hope you all have a lovely summer break and enjoy the sunshine.
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 4:35pm
DT and PE Stars!
We have had a brillant week of learning this week. Thank you for all supporting our DT event. The children were amazing and had a fantastic time designing and preparing their very own afternoon tea. They showed off their DT skillls and enjoyed keeping you all busy with their active playtime.
This week we also finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The children have been emmersed in a world of wizardry of the last few weeks and created some stunning pieces of writing. Well done everyone!
In our Maths learning this week we have learned how to use partitioning to help us bridge 10 and 100. We also looked at using this strategy when finding the difference.
As part of our computing topic on animation, we have been creating some whiteboard animations. Keep and eye on our galleries for some of our creations. We have started to plan our own animations using toys, action figure, doll or lego. The children have been asked to bring in 2 'characters' to star in their animation. If these could be sent in by Wednesday as we will start filming that afternoon. If you don't have something, we can use some of the figures we have at school.
Home Practice
Continue to read regulary, especially over the holidays. A daily 10-15 minute read is the key!
Continue to access the training feature on the Sumdog platform for maths and spelling. A little practise everyday helps to embed learning and promotes fluency in both spelling amd maths.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 Team.
Date: 8th Jul 2022 @ 12:40pm
Happy Friday everybody.
We have had a lovely week in Year 3. We loved showing off our amazing work on Thursday afternoon. Thank you for the amazing turnout. It was lovely seeing the children show off the work they are proud of. We will send home some books at the end of year so don't worry if you missed out.
We have finished planning our wellbeing afternoon. We have brought home the ingredients which we need to buy. We spoke about changing ideas if we need to if shops don't have what we need or we change our mind. Our wellbeing afternoon will take place on Thursday 14th July at 2pm. We are looking forward to preparing afternoon tea for somebody, teaching them some exercises and doing some mindful colouring.
In our PSHE this week we have been talking about different ways to be active on a daily basis. We know that it is important to be active because it keeps us fit and healthy and also helps us to feel happy and confident.
We had a very exciting morning on Wednesday for our Moving up morning. We spent some time in Year 4 and loved it.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s from 0 to 48 and back again.
40s from 0 to 480 and back again.
Times Tables
Choose a x table you don't feel confident with out of 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. Practise every day.
Spellings
Have a practise on the spelling training on Sumdog. It will give you the spellings your child needs to work on. 5-10 minutes practice a night is plenty.
DT
Remember to get your ingredients for your afternoon tea.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 6:50pm
Happy Friday everyone!
We have had a lovely week in Year 3. Lots of us enjoyed a dance and a boogie at the summer disco.
We have enjoyed our new maths learning this week. We learned how to use partitioning to help us to bridge 10 more easily and lots of us have been practising our skills on Sumdog. Well done Year 3!
We have started our new topics in PSHE, DT and science.
In PSHE we have been thinking about why it is important to keep active and sleep well. We talked about how exercise can make us feel happy and confident.
In science we are going to be learning all about plants. So far we have told each other what we already know and then we went outside to look closely at the plants in our school grounds. We sketched and labelled what we could see. We are looking forward to carrying out some investigations to find out more about plants.
Our DT topic is all about a healthy and varied diet. We looked at some products from supermarkets to find out what ingredients they had in them. We discussed how healthy they were by looking at the different food groups. We are going to use our evaluations to plan and make our own healthy afternoon tea. Have a look at our gallery here.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes every night. Talk about what you have read and retell the story in your own words. We know how much our Year 3s love their reading. Here is a huge list of recommended reads for children aged 7-8.
Counting
Count in:
8s from 0 to 96 and back again.
10s from 63 to 163 and back again.
50s from 0 to 500 and back again.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the challenges, these are to practise times tables, spellings and skills that we will be practising in our learning.
Times Tables
Practise the division facts for the 4x tables.
Spellings
Here are the spellings for this week: science scene discipline fascinate cresent scissors ascend scented scenery descend
DT
Start to think about the different ingredients you would find in an afternoon tea. Look at sandwiches, wraps, fruit, and snacks in shops and cafes. Think about which you like the look of and which you think are healthy.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Year 3 Blog - Friday 24th June
Date: 24th Jun 2022 @ 12:11pm
HAPPY FRIDAY!
We have had a very hot and very exciting week in Year 3.
In our maths learning we have been using a column method to add, subtract and find missing numbers. It has been really tricky but everybody has persevered and done a fantastic job. The Sumdog challenges this week will help us to practise these skills.
In English we have been writing about trolls and about Quidditch in Harry Potter. We described the trolls (they are not very nice creatures), wrote instructions for how to defeat a troll and made a leaflet all about Quidditch.
We did some orienteering in our PE lesson which was great fun! We all got into pairs and worked together to navigate around a course using a map. We had to follow a route around different cones and add up the numbers written on the cones. We also practised throwing and catching and batting in our rounders games.
On Friday afternoon we painted our clay models of canopic jars. We then put out our clay models alongside replicas of ancient Egyptian artefacts and had our own little museum in class. We acted like historians and used the artefacts to learn what life was like in ancient Egyptian times. Check out the galleries on the class page.
Online Saftey Update - Live Streaming
Many of our children access YouTube and TikTok as their primary source of online content. Live streamers are becoming ever more popular with children and young people.
Live streaming is the term used to describe the broadcast of a real time video from a mobile device, tablet or games console. Many live streaming apps have functionality for interactions from viewers, such as commenting, live chats and sending reactions during the broadcast.
In this guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as online grooming, privacy & security and online reputation. Also, be aware of age ratings on any platforms you allow your children to use.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every night for 10 minutes. Explain what you have read in your own words.
Spellings
Here are your spellings this week. They don't follow any specific rules so we just need to know them.
truly duly coyly shyly slyly happily daily publicly fully wholly
Counting
Count out loud in:
1s from 190 to 210.
5s from 955 to 1005.
10s from 63 to 163.
Times Tables
Practise the division facts for the 3x tables.
For example:
1 x 3 = 3 3 ÷ 3 = 3
2 x 3 = 6 6 ÷ 3 = 2
Sumdog
Access the Sumdog challenges - try to do 10 minutes every night.
Have a fantastic weekend and well done for your hard work all week!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 12:10pm
Happy sunny Friday :)
We have had such an exciting week in Year 3.
We have been researching the game of Quiddich and using the library at Hogwarts to find our all about the sport. We have all written some fantastic reports on how the game is played and what equipment is needed.
On Monday we were looking at real animal bones in our science lesson. We tried to identify which animal the bones came from and what the bones were used for. We used some of our scientific vocabulary we have learnt in this topic - vertebrate (an animal with a spine) and invertebrate (an animal without a spine).
Click here to see us in action.
On Tuesday afternoon we had the best time taking part in Year 3 Sports Day. Everybody earned house points for their house, cheered each other on and had a brilliant afternoon. Mrs Wood told us that our behaviour was outstanding!
Watch our video to see how much fun we had.
We had a super day on Thursday at Cuerden Valley Park for our school trip. The sun was shining and we all had a fantastic time. We enjoyed going in the river in our wellies to do our river studies. In the afternoon we did some Harry Potter themed activities including orienteering and potion making. We finished off the day with a game of Quidditch which was very exciting.
Take a look at our gallery here.
Home Practice
Read out loud every night for 20 minutes. Try to spot conjunctions and how they are used (as, because, although, even though, so, when, if).
Count out loud in:
30s from 0 to 360
50s from 0 to 600
40s from 0 to 480
Sumdog
Access the Sumdog challenges - try to do 10 minutes every night.
Times Tables
Practise the division facts for the 3x tables.
For example:
1 x 3 = 3 3 ÷ 3 = 3
2 x 3 = 6 6 ÷ 3 = 2
HAVE A SUPER SUNNY WEEKEND!!
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 2:48pm
Welcome back to your final term in Year 3!
It has been lovely having everyone back ready for a busy last half term. Next week is our Sports Day and we are very excited to go on our trip to Cuerden Valley.
This week we have been reallly enjoying our novel. We explored Hagrid's home this week and wrote some fantastic recounts of the first flying lesson. Everyone is taking great care with their presentation and using their think pinks to improve their writing. Well done Year 3.
In maths we have been learning how to add and subtract fractions. This has proved tricky but everyone has shown great resilience in their learning. Lots of you have clearly used the Sumdog fractions challenge to refresh what you already know. Keep it up!
In our Egyptology learning we researched Gods and Godesses, exploring how they were depicted in Egyptian art and why they were worshipped. Have a look at some of our brilliant fact files here.
We also continued to design and create our very own canopic jars to house the organs of some mummies. We used what we know about the diffferent gods to help design the jars and used clay to carefully sculpt them. We will paint and glaze these next week.
Home Practice
Continue to read every night for a least 20 minutes. Regular reading will improve comprehension and fluency as well as unlocking a world of learning in all subjects. We have loved seeing all the books on Egypt and the Queen over the past few weeks!
Spelling and Maths challenges have been set on Wednesday. If you have completed these, access the training features to practise tricky skills. Theses are tailored to your child's learning needs. Regular practice of these will help boost spelling and number fluency.
You can also access the whole range of videos and games we have set over the year by clicking on 'View all blogs'.
Online Safety Update
This week, our update is focused on how to set up devices for children. Read our short guide below for some useful tips to safeguard young people against online risk.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Date: 7th Jun 2022 @ 3:03pm
Here is the Dance From the Heart video to practise before the roadshow on Tuesday 21st June 2022.
Year 3 Blog Friday 27th may 2022
Date: 25th May 2022 @ 10:10am
HAPPY HALF TERM EVERYBODY!!
We have really enjoyed the last week of this half term, we have been very busy.
We loved reading our Harry Potter stories to Year 4 on Monday. They were really impressed with our good vocabulary, our neat handwriting and our inverted commas (speech marks) for speech. We have continued reading Harry Potter, we have learnt about Hogwarts, some of the teachers, witches and wizards, and the houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin). We wrote our own poem about the Sorting Hat using words from the book, and we wrote some dialogue including lots of different characters getting sorted into their house.
For our maths this week we have been learning about fractions. We have been finding fractions of a shape, comparing and ordering fractions, and also finding equivalent fractions. We used a diagram of a bar to recognise that 1/2 is the same as 2/4. We did this with other fractions too.
On Wednesday everybody dressed in red, white and blue and we celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. It was a great day! Click here to see how much fun we had.
On Thursday we went to church. Father Michael said he was really impressed with our listening and the way we answered questions.
On Friday we learnt about mummification in the ancient egyptian times. We learnt about their beliefs in the afterlife and the canopic jars they used to preserve organs of the bodies. We sketched and started to make our own canopic jars out of clay.
Online Safety Update
This week, our update is focused on keeping children safe when accessing online content. A lot of platforms that our children use are dependent on uploaded content. Due to the sheer number of videos added to these sites, moderators find it almost impossible to stop all harmful or distressing content from reaching your phone or tablet screens. The guide below outlines ways in which you as parents and carers can limit the risk.
We hope you have an amazing half term and we can't wait to see you for your final half term in Year 3.
Date: 20th May 2022 @ 12:52pm
Happy Friday everybody.
We have had a lovely week in Year 3.
We have spent a lot of time preparing for our Jubilee celebrations next week. We have been learning songs and doing art work, and even made a card that we are going to send to the Queen.
We will be performing the Ghostbusters theme to celebrate the 1980s.We enjoyed our Sports Day practice on Tuesday afternoon, and we finished off our PE lesson with some rounders and football.
In science we have been learning about our skeleton. We know that you need a skeleton for movement and to protect your vital organs, like you heart, brain and lungs. We also did a scientific enquiry to find out if people with bigger arm spans have longer legs.
In English we have been doing an extended piece of writing, we have added to our writing each day. We are looking forward to reading these to Year 4 on Monday.
In maths we have been learning about bar charts and pictograms. It has been tricky but everybody has tried really hard.
Online Safety Update
Home Practice
Reading:
Read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about some of the good words used by the author.
Counting:
Count out loud in 3s from 0 to 36 and back again.
Count out loud in 10s from 675 to 805.
Count back in 1s from 224 to 199.
Times Tables:
Everybody has chosen their own times tables target this week. Make sure your practise every night.
Sumdog:
Complete the Sumdog challenges. It is really important to practise your spellings and times tables, and also some of the maths skills we will be using in class.
Spellings:
Here are your spellings this week. They are irregular past tense verbs. This means that when the verb is turned into past tense, it doesn't follow the usual rules.
sent heard thought broke brought caught drew found built threw
Have an amazing weekend :)
Date: 11th May 2022 @ 10:32am
Happy Friday everybody.
We have had another amazing week in Year 3.
On Monday we were lucky enough to watch and support Reception on their first ever sports day. We were very proud of them all. We also did some practice for our own sports day in PE on Tuesday.
In English we have continued reading Harry Potter. Harry now knows he is a wizard and has bought his supplies from Diagon Alley ready for his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. How exciting! For our writing, we have written a letter from Harry to Hogwarts including questions, a list of what is needed at Hogwarts using sub-headings, and some descriptive pieces about Diagon Alley.
In French, we practised reading our own Ours Brun story aloud then we recorded some. Some excellent pronunciation - well done, year 3. We listened to the story of La chenille qui fait des trous (hungry Caterpillar). We will use the food vocabulary to help us understand more about le and la next week.
Online Safety Update
Age ratings can be used by adults to make an informed choice as to whether a game or platform is suitable for their child.
Below you will find our guide with tips on a number of potential risks including inappropriate content, peer pressure and online spending.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about the words the author has used, why have they used them?
Counting
Count out loud in 1s from 995 to 1020.
Count out loud in 10s from 903 to 1003.
Count out loud in 8s from 0 to 96.
Spellings
Here are your spellings this week. They are homophones again. It is important that you know the meaning of the words as well as how to spell them.
there their they're to too two break brake bury berry
Sumdog
Logon to Sumdog and complete the challenges.
Times Tables
Practise your times tables every night.
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Tuesday 17th May.
Have an amazing weekend!
Date: 6th May 2022 @ 1:58pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week of learning. Everyone is enjoying Harry Potter and we have started a new computing topic.
In our English, the children have written some fantastic pieces using the novel. They are using descriptive words from the story and really developing their writing styles. Everyone is loving their reading and bringing in books on all our topics. Keep it up!
In maths this week we have introduced angles. We identified right angles in shapes and compared the sizes of different angles.
We started our new computing topic on networks and digital devices. We heard lots of good questioning and ideas.
On Friday, we completed our topic on Antoni Gaudi and collage in art. Check out our gallery. We are very impressed with the effort everyone put in and their creative ideas.
Home Learning
Reading
Continue to read every night for at least 20 minutes. Regular reading improves fluency, understanding and most importantly develops a life long love of reading.
Spelling
This week our spellings are all homophones. It is important that the children also know the different meanings of these words as well as the spelling.
grate great grown groan main mane
meat meet mist missed
Maths
Continue to access the Sumdog platform to practise your number facts, maths concepts and times tables. All previous links and videos are available on our blog by clicking on view all blog items.
Online Safety Update
Lately, we have seen a huge increase in the number of children accessing the Roblox gaming platform. This includes children in our infant classes. This week's guide dives into what to expect your children to find when they use Roblox including any potential risks they may meet. These risks include in-app purchases and chatting to strangers online.
Year 3 Friday Blog - 29th April 2022
Date: 29th Apr 2022 @ 4:21pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have started reading Harry Potter. The children are very excited and have enjoyed the first two chapters. We have writeen some amazing character descriptions and looked at Harry's room under the stairs. Everyone is continuing to try hard in their English learning, improving their writing and coming up with some great questions in our lessons.
In our maths this week we have been exploring measure, looking at estimating and reminding ourselves of the column addition written method. The children used their number skills to read scales and even had a go at filling their own measuring cylinders to check their estimates. Have a look below.
In science we continued our topic on animals, investigating vertebrates and invertebrates. The children were very interested and produced some great work!
We also have looked at healthy eating in PSHE as part of our health and wellbeing topic. Our question this half term is Why should we eat well and look after our teeth?
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about your favourite parts and why you like them.
Spellings
Your spellings this week are words ending with -ly.
Make sure you practise a little bit every day.
barely calmly exactly deadly bravely
boldly gladly clearly quickly Deeply
Times Tables
It is important that the children know their times tables fluently. Practise these at home. (x2, x5,x10, x3, x4 and x8)
Sumdog
Go onto Sumdog and complete the challenges and training.
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables next Tuesday.
Have an amazing and happy weekend!
From the Year 3 team
Year 3 Blog Friday 22nd April 2022
Date: 22nd Apr 2022 @ 12:57pm
Happy Earth Day. Please think about ways to look after our planet, today and every day.
What a great start to Summer Term we have had. It has been lovely to see everybody come back happy in their summer uniforms.
We have really enjoyed our English this week, we have used pictures to write our own story. Each day we have added to our story, they are amazing. We are looking forward to Monday when we are going to record ourselves on the iPad reading out our work.
In maths we have been practising halving numbers and dividing. We have found this tricky, but much easier if we know our times tables. Everybody has tried really hard.
We loved our PE lesson in the sunshine on Tuesday afternoon. We did some orienteering where we practised reading a map with symbols. We also practised some cricket skills including throwing and batting.
We have started our new PSHE and science topics this week. They are both about being healthy. We are looking forward to learning about the human body and how to make sure we look after ourselves.
Home Practice
Reading:
Read at home every night for 20 minutes.
Times Tables:
Practise your times tables. Everybody has their own target based on how accurate they have been on Sumdog practice.
Spellings:
Your spellings this week have the suffixes -ing, -ed, -en. When these suffixes are added, the last letter of the root word needs to be doubled.
forget - forgetting
forgot - forgotten
begin - beginning
prefer - preferred
permit - permitted
regret - regretting
commit - committed
forbid - forbidden
propel - propelled
equip - equipped
There is a challenge on Sumdog to practise these spellings.
Tests:
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Tuesday 26th April 2022.
Have an amazing weekend everybody :)
Year 3 Half Term Blog - 1st April
Date: 1st Apr 2022 @ 1:09pm
HAPPY HALF TERM EVERYBODY! We hope you have a happy half term and a wondeful Easter.
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This half term everybody has really grown up and worked hard every single day.
As a class, we have been focussing on being kind - making sure everybody feels loved and accepted.
We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters for our very own World Book Day. We even wrote stories as our character.
We finished reading our novel Journey to Jo'burg. We really enjoyed learning lots of new words and also learning about the history of apartheid in South Africa.
In maths we finished our learning about fractions. At first we thought fractions were really tricky, but after lots of practice we are now experts. We realised that our times tables and division facts can really help - it is so important to know our number facts.
We really enjoyed our geography learning this half term. We have been learning about the continent of Africa. We learned that it is a very diverse continent. Next time we have a chocolate bar, we will wonder if it came from Ghana - they are the second largest producer of cocoa beans in the world!
In art we have been learning about the artist Antoni Gaudi. We love that he uses lots of different colours and shapes.
Have a fantastic half term everybody! You deserve to have a rest, have lots of fun and be very very happy every day!
Date: 25th Mar 2022 @ 1:06pm
What a beautiful sunny week it has been :)
We loved our PE in the sunshine this week. In our PE lesson we practised some running skills in relays and we also practised different skills in games of hand ball including throwing and catching, defending, getting into space, and marking an oponent.
We have been getting creative this week in our art lesson. We have been observing, sketching, mixing colours and painting to make some sunflower pictures. We used these to make our Mother's Day cards.
In Science this week we looked at non-contact forces and magnetism. The children investigated materials that were magnetic and non-magnetic. We had some amazing questions.
"Why aren't cornflakes magnetic when they have iron in them?"
'How does it stick?'
'Why are some metals magnetic and some not?'
On Friday we explored kindness in some circle time and talked about what we can do to make people feel included and appreciated. We came up with some great ideas. These include:
Smile at somebody.
Ask somebody to play with you.
Ask somebody if they have had a nice day.
Say nice things about somebody.
We agreed that it is cool to be kind.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read - this is very important!
Counting
Count out loud in:
20s from 0 to 240 and back again.
30s from 0 to 360 and back again.
40s from 0 to 480 and back again.
Times Tables
Practise the division facts for the 2x tables.
For example,
1 x 2 = 2 so 2 ÷ 1 = 2
2 x 2 = 4 so 4 ÷ 2 = 2
3 x 2 = 6 so 6 ÷ 2 = 3
Spellings
Here are your spellings for this week:
sadness illness tiredness emptiness happiness careful dreadful colourful hopeful powerful beautiful
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog to complete the challenges.
You will be tested on your spellings and divison facts on Tuesday 29th March.
Have a happy sunny weekend :)
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 4:44pm
We have had a wonderful week in Year 3.
Our highlights this week have included watching the chicks grow and become cheeky :) and enjoying a workout with Freddy Fit!
We have continued reading our class novel journey to Jo'burg. We are really loving the story and are learning some great new words to use in our writing. We have focused on using a range of conjunctions in our writing this week. Here are some:
before in case when as while but after although
In maths we have been using different methods of multiplying. We have been multiplying some tricky number together like 19 x 4, 31 x 5, 48 x 8. We have done so well! It really helps us if we know our times tables well.
In geography we did some work looking at the continents of the world, we ordered them by size and by how many countries they have. We were surprised that Africa has more countires than Asia even though Asia is bigger. We understood why when we spotted some of the big Asian countries like China and Russia.
We did some sketching in art using different pencils. We were looking carefully at sunflowers and using a variety of sketching pencils to draw what we saw. We are going to do some more of this next week and also add some paint.
On Friday we evaluated and improved our DT mechanisms and we had all had the chance to go outside and do some outdoor learning. We were building shelters, our focus was teamwork, resilience and problem solving. Please look at our photos on the galleries.
DT - Mechanisms Outdoor Learning
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about new words.
Counting
Count in 3s from 0 to 36 and back again
Count in 4s from 0 to 48 and back again.
Count in 8s from 0 to 96 and back again.
Times Tables
Practise counting in 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8.
Listen to the songs on YouTube.
Also complete the Sumdog challenges to practise the times tables.
Spellings
Your spellings this week all start with the prefix un-, mis- or dis-. A prefix goes at the beginning of a word changes its meaning.
mistake disapppear untrue misspell disagree untidy unwell disobey disbelieve mistreat
Complete the Sumdog challenges.
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Tuesday 22nd March.
HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND!!
Date: 11th Mar 2022 @ 4:00pm
We have had a fantastic week of learning this week!
On Tuesday we visited Fr Michael for Mass, the first class mass for over two years. The children were very respectful and listened to all the readings and prayers.
We also have had some chicks in year 3 this week for our Science Week on Growth. The eggs arrived on Monday and each day we've watched them hatch and observed how they have changed as they have grown. The children have been very excited and interested in our new arrivals. See our gallery below.
In our Engligh learning this week we have started our new novel, Journey to Jo'burg by Beverly Naidoo. To provide the children with some context for the story, we researched Nelson Mandela and South Africa during apartheid. The children wrote some fantastic biographies and asked some very thoughtful questions. We are already enjoying the story!
In maths we have been learning to multiply by 10 using a number of strategies. The children have grasped these quickly and are applying their learning to solve problems.
In our geography learning this week we have been using digital maps to help identify the cities in the UK. The children enjoyed exploring our country and finding out the names of some new cities.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about your favourite parts and why you like them.
Spellings
Your spellings this week are words ending with -se and -ce.
Make sure you practise a little bit every day.
announce palace device advance silence evidence increase decrease pause disguise hoarse refuse
Times Tables
It is important that the children know their times tables fluently to access the learning over the next weeks so can you practise these at home. (x2, x5,x10, x3, x4 and x8)
Sumdog
Go onto Sumdog and complete the challenges and training.
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Tuesday 15th March.
Have an amazing and happy weekend!
From the Year 3 team
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 3:57pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
We have had a great week of learning in Year 3. We finished reading our novel, The Butterfly Lion. The children really enjoyed the story and we had lots of deep and thoughtful discussions about the book. The children created some lovley pieces of writing this week. We wrote a persuasive piece to welcome people to the Cirque Merlot, a character description of Bertie and a newspaper article abour how Bertie recieved the Victoria cross. The children remembered how we write for different purposees and what they had to include in their writing. Well done Year 3!
Next week we will begin our new story. We can't wait!
In our maths learning we have been learning new ways to add and subtract using three digit numbers. We explored our strategies, how we use our jottings to show our thinking and how we can find the most efficient way to solve problems. We have been very impressed with everyone's attitude in maths, especially when the learning gets tricky!
In our DT this week we have developed our ideas and created a prototype of our moving picture. The children showed great perseverance and creativity in their work.
Here is a snapshot of some of our learning.
As it was Mardi Gras this week, and the theme of the Carnaval de Nice this year is Roi des Animaux, we made some animal -inspired face masks. They're great! Next week, we'll try to describe them in French. Have a look below at our amazing display.
We also started our new topic in Science this week. We will be learning all about forces and motion. We investigated some of the new words we will meet. See what you can find out at home.
contact non-contact pull push friction air-resistance drag
On Thursday, the Year 3 Science ambassadors ran their own science breaktime investigation on the playground. They showed how light and colour mixed and what is happening when light passes through coloured plastic.
Have a look here at some of our light learning from the last half term.
Year 1 paid us a visit to share their own stories on Friday afternoon. Year 3 were a great audience and gave year 1 some super comments on their books. See below.
Home Practice
On Sumdog we have set three challenges. Well done to everyone who went on last week. We could see how all the practise is helping with understanding in our lessons.
The spellings this week are from the Year 3 common exception word list.
continue decide island minute difficult earth consider enough really February
You can practise these spellings and more on Sumdog.
Continue to read to someone every night for at least 20 minutes.
Remember - We will change the books whenever you need a new one.
Your maths challenges are on the 3 and 4 times table and adding using the column method.
10 minutes Sumdog practise every night will improve number fluency and understanding.
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Tuesday Make sure you practise every night.
You can also practise your number facts by playing Hit the button. Its a great game for improving speed and number fluency.
Have a fantastic weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Blog Friday 25th February 2022
Date: 25th Feb 2022 @ 1:12pm
We have had a great first week back after Half Term and have done so much learning already.
In maths we have been learning to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes. We used an app on the iPads for extra practice called 'What's the time Mr Wolf?'.
We have also been placing numbers on a number line and using this to round to the nearest 100. Next week in maths we are going to be adding and subtracting.
In English we have read some more of The Butterfly Lion. We wrote a letter as one of the characters talking about our time in the trenches. The language we used by finding good words in the book was fantastic.
In geography we have been learning about different biomes in Africa. We defined a biome as:
A large region with its own distinct climate, plants and animals.
We have used maps and fact files to find out about the different biomes in Africa.
We have started our new topic in PSHE. It is called 'What makes a community?' So far. we have spoken about the different groups and communities that we belong to.
This week we have also started the design stage of our DT mechanisms project. We are choosing a picture from a story we know to bring 'to life'. Everyone showed great creativity and perserverance with their first designs.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Counting
Count out loud in 5s from 0 to 60 and back again.
Count out loud in 1s from 98 to 108 and back again.
Count out loud in 1s from 109 to 120 and back again.
Sumdog
You will find 3 challenges on spellings, time and x8 this week. Remember to access the training feature as well to practise skills.
Times Tables
Continue to practise the 8x tables. You can listen to songs on YouTube. Make sure you know them without having to count.
You will be tested on your 8x tables on Tuesday 1st March.
Telling the time
Practise telling the time at home. Try to read the time to the nearest 5 minutes.
Spellings
Your spellings this week all in end -sure.
We have discussed the meaning of the words in class, try to discuss the different meanings with somebody at home.
measure treasure pleasure enclosure displeasure composure leisure exposure closure disclosure
Tests
You will be tested on your spellings and 8x tables on Tuesday 1st March.
Have an amazing weekend :)
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 3:45pm
HAPPY HALF TERM!!!
We have had a great half term in Year 3.
We have really enjoyed our class novels Toro Toro and the Butterfly Lion.
Our maths learning has been fun but tricky, we have learnt different methods to multiply and divide.
It has been fascinating learning about light and shadows, and we loved our science trip to The Museum of Science and Industry. Have a look at our gallery here:
Investigating light and shadows
In PE we have been mastering different travels, rolls and jumps and have put these together to make our own routines.
Our PSHE topic has been all about families, we have talked about the fact that all families are different. We have also spent this week celebrating Children's Mental Health Week. We have thought a lot about things we are grateful for and things that make us happy. Everybody looked amazing dressing to express.
Our geography learning has included lots of map work to learn about Lancashire, Andalucia and the countries participiating in the Six Nations.
We are extremely proud of you all for your excellent attitude to learning - you make us happy every single day! Well done :)
Year 3 Friday Blog 4th February 2022
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 10:16am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a wonderful week in Year 3.
One of the highlights has been starting our new class novel - The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. We are loving the book so far and have been finding similarities with Toro Toro by Michael Morpurgo. The writing we have done has been amazing, we have used lots of great words from the book and have also been creating dialogue using inverted commas (speech marks). On Friday we read a poem about Africa, this is where our novel is set. We then wrote our own poem. Below is the poem we read.
In science we have continued with our learning about light. We carried out a fair test to find out which material or object would create the darkest shadow. We also looked for patterns in what happens to shadows when the light source moves or when the distance between the light source and the object changes.
In art, we have been looking at some art work by Antoni Guadi. We are going to use his work as inspiration for our own work. We loved the bright colours!
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every night for 20 minutes. Talk about the book.
Sumdog
Complete the Sumdog challenges.
Telling the time
In maths we are going to be looking at telling the time, it would really help if you could practise at home.
Counting
Count out loud in 3s from 0 to 36.
Count out loud in 30s from 0 to 360.
Count out loud in 8s from 0 to 96.
Times Tables
Practise the 8x tables ready for your test next week. You need to know them quickly and confidently.
Spellings
Your spellings this week all end in -ture.
Practise your spellings every day.
creature furniture picture nature adventure capture future sculpture mixture fracture
You will be tested on your spellings and 8x tables on Tuesday 8th February.
Have an amazing weekend :)