Year 3
Mrs Gaukrodger and Mrs NoakesWelcome to Year 3
Handball
Children in Year 3 have been developing skills over this half term to understand how to play handball. The children have worked with each other to practise and develop their skills. They ended their lessons competing in competitions against each other applying the...
Volcanoes
Year 3 have been exploring volcanoes and looking into the ways in which volcanoes are formed. The children used non-fiction books to find further information. They were able to label and identify the layers of the Earth and how they each have different features. The...
Prickly Hay Production
Yesterday Years 1,2 and 3 performed their production Prickly Hay! It was absolutely fantastic with amazing acting, singing and even dancing. We are so proud that the children remembered all their lines and said them so loudly and clearly. Everyone in the audience had...
Christmas Journeys
Throughout our RE lessons this half term the children have been exploring the Christian religion and what they believe happened leading up to Christmas. The children have discussed how Bethlehem looked then and how it has changed to its current state. The children...
Connecting Computers
This half term the children in Year 3 have continued exploring digital devices and their functions. The children looked more into digital devices and non-digital devices and discussed how they work differently. When looking at the input, process and output of a...
Branching Keys
In year 3 we have been learning how branching keys help to classify objects. To begin with, we learned that branching keys ask questions that can be answered either yes or no. We looked at the contents of a bag of Liquorice Allsorts and thought of questions we could...
For and Against
Year 3 have been reading ‘The Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne in English. We have discussed the characters of the girl and the boy and how they differ from each other. This week we have explored the girl's character and asked questions about why she might be so afraid of...
Maths investigation
The children in year 3 used cubes to investigate how many groups a number can be shared in to. The children used a systematic approach by starting with 1 in each group and increasing it each time. They discovered that some numbers were even, other numbers were odd. We...
Computing
The children have started their Computing lessons this half term looking at Computer Science. The children were able to explore different devices. They were introduced to the words input, process and output. The children were given a selection of pictures and were...
Seven Stories Visit
Year 3 have had a fantastic visit to Seven Stories today. We learned about why Seven Stories got its name and how it was linked to how many floors it has and different story types. We explored an exhibition which demonstrated examples of stories and how they would...
Finding a Number Bond Buddy
The children in Year 3 have been learning to identify bonds within 100. The children used their knowledge of tens and ones to work out which numbers would match to theirs. The children had a picture of part of a 100 base ten and had to find their matching friend....
Celebrating Black History
Black History Month is celebrated in the UK every October. Each week, in assembly, the children have been learning about significant Black people and the outstanding contributions they have made to society in Britain and worldwide. It has also been a time of...