The children had great fun sketching their shoes. We cannot wait to see how our art skills progress throughout the year!
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Week 1
We have had a great first week in year 3!
We have been reading the book ‘The Dot’. The children explored the idea of perseverance and simply ‘having a go’.
We looked at the idea of starting ‘somewhere’ by making a mark (a dot) and seeing where it would take us. Here are some of our pictures:
The children also produced some writing from a given starting point.
All of the children have been working collaboratively to produce a piece of artwork based on ‘The Dot’. We can’t wait to see the finished result.
As a class, we created a ‘class charter’ and set out our expectations for the year ahead. We also looked at our school value of ‘community’. The children created jigsaw puzzle pieces to show that we are all unique but fit together perfectly.
The children explored how to provide constructive feedback and how to act upon it. This is a skill that we hope we will continue to develop this year.
Welcome to Year 3
Hello and welcome to Year 3!
You’ll find below our learning overview for term 1 across all of our subjects, along with our KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) for maths for this term (number bonds to 20). We are looking forward to an exciting term of learning, which we will share both here and on ClassDojo.
Useful Information
PE this year is split across 2 different days – Mondays and Fridays.
PE kit for all children: Navy Shorts and white T-shirt, plimsolls/ trainers. A navy-blue tracksuit for colder weather – further details can be found on the school website by following this link – School Uniform
The classrooms can be very warm with everyone busy learning, so please ensure your child has a clearly labelled water bottle with them in school each day to keep them hydrated and able to learn.
As a reminder, the school day starts at 8.30 am and ends at 3.15 pm. Please aim to arrive at school at 8.30am, as important Start Of Day Activities (SODA) take place during the time before worship and we would like all children to benefit from the maximum amount of learning time.
We are really looking forward to getting started and getting to know you all over the next few weeks. If you have any queries, please direct them to your class teacher in the first instance.
The Year 3 Team
Mrs Lee and Mrs Dale (Chestnut Class)
Mr Dewey, Miss Brennan and Mrs Jell (Rowan Class)
Sports Day
Year 3 had a great time at sports day this afternoon. Everyone took part in at least one race with most children taking on 2 or 3 challenges! Here are some photos of our afternoon.
Welcome to Term 4 – Overview and KIRFs
It is great to have everyone back in class after a well-deserved half-term break. We have a wonderful new term of learning ahead, many aspects of which are focused around our topic of India including our history and geography, art, music and English. In computing, we will be taking a journey inside a computer, whilst in science we are investigating different forces including friction and magnetic forces. In RE, we will continue our focus on Christianity looking at Holy Week and what happened at Easter. We also have a Roman workshop day planned – thinking back to our learning last term.
In addition to this, we also have World Book Day (part of our Book Week activities) and Science Week to squeeze in too!
We are looking forward to sharing all our wonderful learning with you over the term.
You can download PDF copies of our termly overview and maths KIRFs (key instant recall facts) here:
Term 4 Overview – India (PDF Download)
Maths KIRFs – 8x table (PDF Download)
The Roman Army
Throughout term 3, the children have been learning about the Romans. We have written stories based on the mythical tale of Romulus and Remus, created posters for a Roman Army recruitment campaign and finally we wrote an information text all about the army. Here’s a selection of their information texts for you to browse through. In term 4, we will be having a Roman workshop day at school which the children are all looking forward to.
Still life drawings
This term in art, our theme is formal elements of art looking at shape and shading. Our first 2 lessons focussed on shape and the children spent time looking at pictures and going outside to find simple shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, cuboids, cylinders, pyramids, in everyday objects. After practising this skill during our first lesson, the children were asked to draw a drink can, starting by making light sketches of the simple shapes they could see – rectangles, ovals, straight lines – then building on the detail of the actual item, adding colour where time allowed.
The results are wonderful and the children should be really proud of their efforts.
Term 3 Overview
This term we have lots of new learning to look forward to. Our history topic this term is The Romans and we will also be learning about Roman mythology in English. In Science, we are also looking at a new subject – Rocks, fossils and soils. Below you will find an overview of all subjects for the term along with a PDF download option in the link below the picture. This is looking to be an exciting term and we can’t wait to get started. We will share our learning with you both here on the website and also over on ClassDojo in our class stories and in children’s individual portfolios.
Term 3 Overview – Romans (PDF download)
The Year 3 Team
Term 3 – Maths ‘Key Instant Recall Facts’
This year in maths we will be focusing on Key Instant Recall Facts with a different focus each term.
Year 3’s term 2 focus is: ‘I know the multiplication and division facts for the 4 times table’.
To complement the children’s learning at school, please could you help them at home as the key to these facts becoming embedded in the children’s memory is to practise little and often.
If you have any questions, please contact your class teacher via ClassDojo.
Y3 KIRFs (Term 3 – 4x Table Facts) (PDF Download)
Many thanks
The Year 3 Team
Exploring Together ‘The birth of Jesus’ – RE with a difference
This year for our Christmas-themed RE lessons, year 3 took a different approach to their learning. The whole year group got together in the hall for a creative afternoon, watching videos, listening to passages from the Bible whilst exploring several different zones set up across the room – Word Zone, Colour Zone, Busy Zone, Chat and Listening Zone, and a Reflection Zone.
The aim? To answer one or more the the questions below about the birth of Jesus:
- What happened at the time of Jesus’ birth?
- Why would God come to Earth as a baby?
- Why is Christmas so important to Christians?
After a short introductory video, two Bible passages – Luke 1:26-38 and Luke 2:1-21, and a brief discussion, the children were free to explore different areas and think about how to answer the questions. They were able to create pictures, write stories, poems, carols and fact sheets, build a Bible scene with lego, blocks or cubes, and write reflections. At any time, they could join us in the Chat and Listening Zone to ask questions to help them understand more.
We were also joined for a while by Mr Dale and Mrs Turner, along with Rev’d Chris and the Archdeacon, who came down to find out what the children had been doing.
We all had a very enjoyable afternoon and came away with lots of thoughts and a better understand about why Christmas is so important to Christians.
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