Term 4, Week 2
Hello everyone, Last week, Year 3 enjoyed reading a mystery story about missing jewels from a museum. The children loved searching for clues in the story to work out who the culprit was. In Topic, we also enjoyed learning about how people in the Stone Age would have survived. This week, we are reading another […]
Term 3, Week 6
Hello everyone, Last week we enjoyed writing and performing our limericks – we had some very funny ones! This week we are exploring clerihews and will be writing our own. In Topic, we are finishing our Ancient Egyptian unit by looking at hieroglyphics. In PE, we are continuing with rainforest dances and hockey, and in […]
Term 3, Week 4
This week in Literacy, Year 3 will be writing some funny limericks as part of our poetry topic, which we’ll be exploring up until half term. We are very excited to introduce the children to the wonderful world of funny, nonsense poetry! In Maths, Miss Stone’s group will be continuing their work on multiplication and […]
Term 3, Week 3
This week, Year 3 will be writing diary entries as if they were the archaeologists discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. The children have been encouraged to really get into character and think carefully about how the archaeologists would have felt and what they might have been thinking at the time. In PE, Miss Green’s group […]
Term 3, Week 2
Hello everyone, Year 3 had a lovely first week back at school. We started our new literacy topic based on The Story of Tutankhamun by Patricia Cleveland-Peck. The children created fact files about Tutankhamun’s life and then edited their work to make it even better. In maths, Miss Green’s group have been learning about multiples […]
Final week of Term 2
Year 3 will be enjoying a very Christmassy week this week. In Literacy, we are reading Coming Home and focusing on how the bird is feeling at different points in the story. In Maths, Miss Green’s group are finishing their work on multiplication and division. Miss Stone’s group have reached the end of their addition […]
Year 3 weekly update
Last week, Year 3 worked incredibly hard on drafting their Twits Trick playscripts. This week, we are focusing on developing a clear understanding of stage directions and dialogue so that the children can confidently write the final versions of their scripts. In Topic, we enjoyed exploring how London has changed over time, and this week […]
Term 2, week 4
Hello Year 3 Parents, Last week in literacy we began our new book, The Twits by Roald Dahl. The children enjoyed reading the opening chapters and wrote some fantastic character descriptions. This week, we are focusing on the play-script version of the story. The children will be working towards writing their own scene for The […]
Term 2, Week 1
Hello everyone, We hope you all had a lovely half term! This week, we’ll be learning about folktales and exploring their key features in English. In Maths: Miss Green’s group will be working on subtracting with regrouping. Miss Stone’s group will be adding ones crossing ten using number lines. In Geography, we’re starting our new […]
Week 8
Hello Year 3, This week, the children have enjoyed learning a poem about the water cycle. We explored poetic features such as alliteration, rhythm, and rhyme, and spent some time having fun with nonsense poems and tongue twisters. The children also took part in a water cycle experiment using cling film and ice to see […]
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