Year 3
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Year 3 Document 24-25
Week ending 25.5.25
What a brilliant first week to our summer term! The children have been excited to be back and get stuck into their learning.
In Maths, we have started our final fraction topic. We have started looking at adding and subtracting fractions.
In English, we have started our new vehicle text called, 'Dear Earth'. The children started with an immersive lesson and looked at clues related to our next topic. Then, we predicted what it would be about.
In Science, we have started our environmental unit. We are looking at how bees are important for our planet. We started to look at the parts of a bee and the lifecycle of them.
What a fantastic day we had in Chester! We explored how the Romans invaded Britain and discussed Roman life. We even looked at weapons and battle formation!
Easter Bonnet Parade!
Happy Easter Holidays from Year 3! Have an amazing time celebrating Easter and spending time with your loved ones.
We have been creating documentaries in Geography explaining what mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes are.
In English, we have finished our return narratives about Jemmy Button. Take a peek at some of our work!
Our Easter Experience. The children had a journey around school to explore the parts of Easter Week.
What a wonderful performance at the Liverpool Cathedral! The children were fantastic and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Some of our fantastic Fairtrade work! Shop Fairtrade!
We have been busy making our Fairtrade cakes ready for our Mother's Day event tomorrow! We have even worked out how much we need to charge in order to make a fair profit!
In P.E., we have been practising triple jump.
Week ending 21/3/25
Well done to Year 3 for working tremendously hard this week!
In Maths, we have started a new topic looking at mass. We have been looking at how things are weighed in grams and kilograms and grams.
We have started reading The Twits in our guided reading lessons which was written by the famous author Roald Dahl. We even looked at where his favourite place to write was!
In Art, we finally had the chance to paint our Roman pots!
In D.T., we have been investigating different structures that would support one wooden brick or a chair using paper.
In English, we have continued to create our non-chronological reports about rivers. Here is a sneak peek for you to enjoy!
Week ending 14.3.25
We have started to write our non-chronological reports on rivers in our Ready, Steady, Write lessons. The children are started to experiment creating a 2-page spread.
In Maths, we have finished out first fraction topic by looking at equivalent fractions further.
In Science, we have continued to look at our plant topic. We did an experiment to see how the water transports up the xylem and the process of capillary action.
In Tennis, we practised using the rackets and controlling the ball.
This week, we had the pleasure of creating our own class worship with the fantastic B-Tales.
In Art, we have been busy creating Roman amphorae pots. Take a peek at some of our work.
We have been extremely lucky to have singing sessions led by the fantastic Liverpool Philharmonic teachers.
Week ending 7.3.25
Well done to Year 3 who have worked tremendously hard this week as we have had our Spring Assessments. Alongside this, our week has been busy delving into our other subjects.
In Maths, we have continued looking at fractions on a number line. We finished by looking at equivalent fractions.
In English, we have started to look at our Example Text and analyse the language features that have been used.
We have been looking at traditional tales from America.
Happy World Book Day!
World Book Day!
The first of our World Book Day celebrations with our mystery reader!
In P.E., we have started to look at Athletics.
In Science, we have been looking at what plants need in order to grow healthy. We have grown different plans with some of them not having light, soil or water.
Week ending 28.2.25
Wow! What a brilliant start to the second spring term. We have been so busy this week fitting everything in.
During our Maths lessons, we have continued to look at fractions. We have looked at adding parts together to make the whole and explore unit and non-unit fractions.
In Science, we have started to look at what plants need to grow healthy. We went on a walk to see if any flowers had bloomed.
In R.E., we have looked at the events of Palm Sunday. We created acrostic poems to show this.
The Pancake Toss!
This term, we are looking at tennis. Today, we started to look at controlling the ball with our partner.
In English, we have started to look at the 7 Natural Wonders of the World.
Week ending 14.2.25
What a brilliant half term we have had! The children have worked extremely hard and should be very proud of themselves.
In Maths, we finished our measurement unit and started our fractions topic by looking at unit fractions.
In English, we have finished writing our setting description about the river.
In Art, we have been exploring pottery over the ages. Specifically, we have been focusing on Roman pottery and its uses. We will be creating our own Roman amphorae soon.
Here is a peek at some of our outstanding work!
In Science, we have been working scientifically to explore which soils were permeable.
We have been writing our plans for our setting descriptions. Check out some of our fantastic work!
We had the pleasure of having the Dog's Trust in to teach us about how to communicate with dogs and how to interact with them in everyday life.
In Gymnastics, we put our skills to the test with a range of activities!
Week ending 31.1.25
Well done to Year 3 who have worked extremely hard this week!
In English, we have started our new vehicle text called, 'The Rhythm of the Rain'. We have been exploring new vocabulary that is used within the text and we created setting descriptions using some of the imagery from the book.
In English, we used magnifying glasses to explore different images. We then created expanded noun phrases.
In Maths, we have been looking at measurement and using CM, M and MM. The children measured different objects around the room.
In English, we have finished our non-chronological reports about foxes. Take a peek at some of our work!
We have finished our Geography topic by creating a 2 page spread about why Scotland is so special!
In Gymnastics, we have been working on including balances, transitions and rolls in sequences.
Week ending 24.1.25
Well done Year 3 for a fantastic week!
In Maths, we have finished our multiplication and division topic. The children have worked tremendously hard this week as they have encountered difficult concepts. We started the week looking at dividing a 2-digit number by a 1 digit-number.
After this, we looked at flexible partitioning and dividing with remainders which are certainly difficult skills!
We used the manipulatives to help us with our dividing.
In Science, we looked at different rocks and their properties to identify if they were igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks.
What a fantastic opportunity to attend LIPA Sixth Form College to watch the children's theatre! We got to experience different stories shown through use of the theatre. The LIPA students were brilliant!
Week ending 17.1.25
Well done to Year 3 for a fantastic start to the year!
In English, we started the week looking around the room for positive and negative language. Then, we created our plans to write non-chronological reports about foxes.
We looked at different types of foxes, their body parts and where you can find them in the world.
Year 3 has completed their first fitness challenge! We will be revisiting this at the end of term to see how much we have improved.
Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomine!
Well done to our children that have received their pen licences!
Science Week!
Merry Christmas from Year 3!
Take a peek at some of our narratives that we have completed this week!
Talent Show!
More painting!
Christmas Party!
What a fantastic Carol Service! Well done to all of KS2 for a fantastic performance.
Year 3 has been creating their designs for our string printing.
Santa Dash! Thank you to all of our family and friends that have sponsored us for our run.
Week ending 6.12.24
As we approach Christmas, the children have been practising our Carol Service this week. This has certainly been getting us into the spirit.
In Maths, we have been working hard on our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We have also looked at our division facts too.
In English, we have continued to explore our Fox story and have started to create poems based on our key characters.
In P.E., we have been exploring how to use the apparatus safely.
We were investigating shadows today and how they change throughout the day depending on the sun's location.
Week ending 29.11.24
What a busy week we have had!
In Maths, we have moved onto our multiplication and division topic. We started to look at our 2, 5 and 10 times tables and finished the week with a lesson about grouping and sharing. We practically looked at ways to group and shared and then did the same activity using counters before we removed them too!
In English, we have started to explore our new vehicle text called 'Fox'. We started by looking at different vocabulary from the text. We used a dictionary to find the definitions and practised using the words in context within a sentence.
In Science, we have been conducting an experiment to identify what objects are opaque, transparent and translucent.
In English, we have started our new book. We looked around the room for clues to predict what our new story will be about.
Take a look at some of our routines that we have been creating in Gymnastics.
We have been extremely lucky to have HMRC in school today. They delivered a lesson informing us all about the tax we play when we are older and where the money goes.
Week ending 15.11.24
We have finally finished our addition and subtraction topic. We will still need to practise the column method regularly so we don't forget it! We finished the week looking at estimating and using the inverse to check our answers.
In English, we have been writing a detailed plan for the town mayor so we can capture the Iron Man. This will stop him from causing mayhem in the town! Take a peek at some of our writing:
We have been learning a routine in dance this week.
In History, we have finished our Stone Age topic by exploring the Iron Age. We created posters to present to the rest of the class.
Week ending 8.11.24
What a fantastic week Year 3 have had!
In Maths, we have continued with the column method. We finished by looking at column subtraction and exchanging in both columns before we move on to estimating next week.
In Science, we have started to look at our light topic and investigate which materials are reflective.
We have been looking at gymnastics in our P.E. lessons. Take a peek at some of our amazing balances!
In D.T., we have finally created our puppets! Here are some photos along the way!
Week ending 25.10.24
What a brilliant end to the half-term! The children have worked immensely hard and should certainly be proud of themselves!
In English, we have started to analyse our Example Text and we have gained ideas to stop the Iron Man. We explored different vocabulary.
In Maths, we have started to look at column addition and subtraction. This is incredibly difficult and we have shown lots of resilience here.
Our water resistance experiment!
Our elections for Student Council and our new councillors!
We have been exploring the Stone Age in Tatton Park. We looked at shelter making, using wattle and daub to create walls and even making our own fires!
More from Tatton Park!
In Computing, we have been on a scavenger hunt to find out where the digital devices are in school.
We have been creating boats ready for our Science experiment!
Take a peek at some of our fantastic writing!
Week ending 11.10.24
We have certainly had a busy week! The children have been adding and subtracting across the 10 and 100. This has been extremely tricky but we have relished the challenge!
In English, we have started our 'threat' narratives. Take a peek at some of our work!
World Mental Health Day!
We have been looking at air resistance in Science!
Week ending 4.10.24
In Maths, we have started our new topic of addition and subtraction. We have started with a three-digit number and we have used adding and subtracting of ones, tens and hundreds.
In English, we have started to explore language and grammatical features in our Example Text which will help us when we come to our writing next week. We have started to gather ideas before we write our plan for our threat narrative.
We have enjoyed learning about the discovery of Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
In D.T., we have been creating the design for our puppets.
We have been continuing looking at football in P.E. The rain won't stop us!
Book Club!
Week ending 27.9.24
In Maths, we have started to finish our place value topic. We have been learning to count in 50s and continuing to look at number lines to 1000. Then, we compared numbers to each other.
In English, we have continued with the Iron Man and started to look at key vocabulary for our future writing.
Then, we started to experiment with conjunctions and the placement of them. This was extremely tricky but we had a fantastic go!
Happy International Day! We have loved learning about Switzerland today.
In D.T., we have been sewing using a running stitch and an over stitch.
20.9.24
What a brilliant week Year 3 has had! We have started to learn about Harvest and why it is so important for Christians, We have also started practising for our Harvest Worship by learning lines and songs to share with you all.
In English, we have continued learning about the Iron Man. We started to write our own kennings!
We have also had a big focus or recognising and using conjunctions in our sentences to make our writing more interesting.
Maths was tricky this week as we started to use flexible partitioning to split our whole number up!
In History, we have been creating our own version of cave art paintings!
Year 3 have been busy working on their basketball skills in P.E.
Well done to Year 3 for their first full week in school! We have started discussing our class charter and created rules for our classroom. The children created their own pictures to sign that they have agreed with our rules. See if you can spot who is who!
In English, we have started looking at our new vehicle text called the Iron Man. We had our immerse lesson where we explored different objects and clues.
We measured the size of his head in the hall as it was as big as a bedroom!
In Maths, we have started looking at numbers up to 1,000. We have begun partitioning these numbers using different representations such as a part-whole model.
We have started some of our Maths lessons with a warm up by counting to 100.
We have been working on our dribbling skills in football!
Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to our new class blog for 2024 - 2025. We cannot wait to have so many wonderful times together learning new things.
With our Christian Vision “I can do everything through God who gives me strength” Philippians 4:13 I know we will all strive to do our BEST.
All the information your child needs will be given on their return in September.
Enjoy the summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you in September.
Miss Tilley