Term 5, Week 2
Dear Parents and Carers, This week in Year 3, we are interviewing characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to help us write our own newspaper reports about the children in the story who find the Golden Tickets. If you have time at home, it would be helpful for your child to look at some […]
Term 4 Week 5
Hello everyone, We’ve reached the end of another term already! It is being another productive week in Year 3. In English, we’ve been putting our persuasive skills to the test by writing letters inspired by Malala Yousafzai and her magic pencil. In maths, Miss Stone’s group have been focusing on division, while Miss Green’s group […]
Term 4 Week 4
Hello everyone, We’ve had a wonderful few weeks, including World Book Day and two incredibly successful visits to Hill End. On World Book Day they all enjoyed moving around the school to listen to different adults read, building their perfect reading environments for the classroom and (probably their favourite part of the day) reading outside […]
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 […]
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