Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
Miss Jackson will be teaching on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Miss Christie will be teaching on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; Mrs McDonald will be our teaching assistant all week. We are all excited to get to know the children, support them in their learning and have lots of fun along the way!
On this page, you should find everything you need to know - our Meet the Teacher Information Evening presentation, curriculum map, knowledge organisers and weekly blog are a full of information but please contact us should there be anything else you need.
Year 3 Class Blog
Happy Christmas!
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We're having a fun-filled day to end a great week - the children started the week as polar explorers and enjoyed reading Pugs of the Frozen North in 'Arctic' conditions! They then went on to write some fantastic (and somewhat fear-inducing) complaint letters about unfairness in the race, as well as investigating how many quadrilaterals they could fit into a circle in Mr Routledge's regular maths challenge! The children have also completed their DT project on pneumatic toys, which are brilliant and led to lots of laughter this morning - have a look below! Most are coming home today but some have been selected to be proudly displayed in our DT display in the school entrance! And of course, there have been some Christmassy activities which have made for a very festive environment, and some very excited children!
Finally, I just wanted to thank you so much for your generous presents and cards. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Miss Jackson and I will be excited to welcome the children back in January! Have a great holiday.
Penultimate Week!
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This week, the children have almost finished their pneumatic toys in DT, investigated how shadows change in Science, and considered whether they would rather explore the world with Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus, Ernest Shackleton or Matthew Henson (they are very knowledgeable so do ask their opinions!), as well as completing some end of term tests and practising their 8 times tables in maths! It's been non-stop but there has been some super learning going on!
Next week starts with a bang, dressing as polar explorers, so please check the app message if you haven't already to see what to wear. There will be no spelling test next week but I am asking the children to complete the next 16 words on our Year 3/4 expected spellings sheet (sent out last half-term but on the Year 3 page of the website if required - this half term's words are below) in their best handwriting. Please could these be handed in on Wednesday to avoid the Christmas rush. There will be house points for the children making the most progress in their handwriting this half-term.
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Light Science
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This week, the children have concluded their computing topic on desktop publishing - watch this space for the results! We have also done some brilliant sentence stacking as well as starting our new class read, Pugs of the Frozen North - it's already proving a hit! Then this afternoon, we were learning about the words 'opaque', 'translucent' and 'transparent' in science, and what better way to check our understanding than by testing what happens with some torch-light on our classroom objects...and friends! Super practical science!
Responsible Citizens
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We have been busy bees this week, doing amazingly in multiplication and division in maths, starting our new writing unit with some fab drama based on the story, A Star in a Jar, and putting the finishing touches to our sun safety leaflets in science. We have also been thinking about how to be responsible citizens in PSHE. The children had such mature ideas to share about what sort of people they want to be. Take a look at some of them below!
A Week of Endurance!
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We've had such a great week this week! The children have done some super listening and have shown enthusiasm and great memories for what we've learnt in our topic! We have quite a group of scientists, geographers, historians and writers! Below are some pictures from our history lesson about Ernest Shackleton and his Endurance expedition.
We also had some amazing thoughts and answers when learning about bullying in the poem, Samantha-Jayne, by Gervase Phinn, and in our Diversity workshop this morning - the children were so mature when discussing the harm of stereotypes and have all pledged to try not to use stereotypes and to challenge harmful stereotypes they hear going forward. Not to mention raising funds for Children in Need with their comfy clothes on today - well done, Year 3! (Not least because our classroom was so hot this afternoon and those oodies and pyjamas were so warm!) Have a great weekend!
