Welcome to the year 3 Blog. Every week I will give you a little snapshot of what we are learning each week so you can talk about it with your child, so here goes....

Blog 6 Week beg 13.10.25

Thank you for coming to the assembly on Friday and seeing what we have been up to. A typical Monday  in year 3 looks like this...

assembly....reading....maths....english....story....maths fluency...spelling...history  and computing. This is just Monday so if your child is a little pooped when they get home, you now know why! Enjoy your half term next week!

Maths We were learning more mental subtraction strategies

Science We collected soil samples around the school and carried out different tests to see what sort of soil it was.

French We learnt more about colours and how to write them.

English We completed our draft poems based on The Magic Box

Spellings this week....was all about plurals

dogs children women families glasses patches  wishes  babies   ladies   pencils

Joke of the Week

Why did the golfer take two pairs of trousers to  play golf?

In case he got a hole in one!!

Over and out until after half term.......

 

Blog 5   Week beg 6.10.25

It's been another busy week in the year 3 classroom. We have been very enthusiastic with our learning this week!

History We were learning about Stonehenge...what an amazing place this is. Henge means ditch! We asked questions and tried to answer them using lots of books such as why was it built? What was it used for? How did they transport the stones? How did they get one stone on top of another? There are lots of other stone circles in the UK....there is even one in the sea made from wood. It is called (unsurprisingly) woodhenge.

English We have started to look at a poem called The Magic Box which is one of my favourite poems! It contains all sorts of impossible things such as a black sun and a fifth season. We started to write some of our own ideas based on this poem and nature. Come to our assembly on Friday at 9.00 to find out more!

Science We learnt more about the process of a fossil.

Computing We were writing code to make a 'turtle' draw a square!

RE We learnt the story of Abraham and Sarah.

Maths We were looking at mental addition strategies by picking out the bits we already know. eg 38+72 I know 8+2 equals 10 and I know that 7 and 3 make 10 so 70 and 30 must be 100....so 100 plus 10=110!

 

Please keep reading to and with your child plus TT Rockstars x3 a week.

Spellings for this week are... possess   possessive   possession   dispossess  dispossesses   possessed.

Joke of the Week

How does an astronaut get his baby to sleep?

Rock it! 

Over and out until next week.......

Blog 4 Week beg 29.9.25

This week we have been.....historians....writers...scientists....artists...athletes....musicians and so much more!

A polite reminder to hear your child read please AND TTR rockstars is expected 3x a week. 

Maths This week we were learning mental addition strategies. This includes Think 10/100. This is where you might turn a calculation such as 8+9 into 10 and 7 or 18+9 into 20+7 or...even bigger...318+9 into 327. The main stumbling block is knowing your pairs to 10 eg 7+3   8+2 and so on. Test your child by playing a game of 'Ping Pong' ask them for the rules!

Science We learnt how a fossil is made.

Art We drew the most AMAZING owl pics using chalk and charcoal. We would like to show you these masterpieces at our assembly on 17th October.

In Music we used the glockenspiels and in RE we learnt about covenants at a wedding ceremony. 

Spellings to practice....towards...forwards...backwards...awkward....awkwardly....afterwards.

Joke of the Week

What can a banana do that an apple can't?

Look round!

Over and out until next week.......

Blog 3 Week beg 22.9.25

The sun was out again this week but this is just a reminder that many children do NOT have coats and many are not labelled. PLEASE can you send your child in with a coat as the mornings are a little nippy. We aim to go out even if it's a little rainy, so please help us to help your child stay dry! so this week's snapshot of learning.......

In Maths we were ordering and comparing numbers. We have been using rounding slopes so you might like to ask your child what these are. They are great at helping with rounding numbers. They could even give you a little lesson on them! I have put a sheet at the bottom of this page to show you.

French We started to learn how to count up to 10 en francais.

PE Gymnastics and invasion games. On Friday we did some great intercepting. 

Art We used shading to complete the other half of an owl picture. We use 2B pencils for sketching. If you have ever wondered what HB stands for on a pencil.....ask your child!

RE We have been looking at the story of Noah and this week we learnt the word 'covenant'....a promise between a person and God.

Science We did some investigations to find out what rocks are permeable and durable. 

Another busy week of learning! Talking of busy....this word formed the basis of our spellings this week....

Spellings to practice....busy...busily....busiest....busier...business...businesses plus the words would/should/could.

Joke of the week

What food goes well with a jacket potato?

Button mushrooms!!!

Over and out until next week......

 

Blog 2 Week beg 15.9.25

Another busy week in the year 3 classroom! We are enthusiastic and keen with our learning  plus having a bit of fun on the way with our regular joke of the day!

Maths In Maths we have been learning to add/subtract 10 from a 3 digit number. Several children found it hard where it tips into the next 100 eg 78 88 98 108   or 142   132   122   112   102 92You might like to practice this with your child.

English We have been writing about Mini Rabbit Not Lost. We are using some lovely description in our work. We need to keep checking our work back for those pesky capital letters and full stops. We are also trying to include the spelling words from the week in our writing. These appear at the bottom for you to practice!

French We have learnt how to say My name is....How are you....How we feel....Goodbye and see you soon. We are almost fluent!!

PE Gymnastics and invasion games.

Computing We have been writing our own code on Purple Mash. 

Spellings to practice.....dramatically....occasionally...probably....strangely......carefully

Remember this is just a wee taster of what we are doing in the week, we do sooooooo much more!

Joke of the Week

Why did the man spread sugar on his pillow?

So he could have sweet dreams!!!!!

Over and out until next week......

Blog 1 Week beg 7.9.25

Maths  We were learning about place value, what numbers represent and how you can vary the order of numbers to make the same number.

English We have been writing a setting description using the book ' The Tree and the River'. We also wrote a Kenning poem....if you are wondering what one is, then it's a two words on each line poem!

Science We are started to learn about rocks and their properties. We used magnifying glasses to do close observations of different rocks.

History We have started to learn about the Stone Age. I love this topic! Did you know that the Stone Age is split into 3 parts.....Palaeolithic....Mesolithic and Neolithic. Expect these words to trip off your child's tongue!

Spelling words for you to practice.....

move  remove  unmoving  removing movement jumps jumped jumping

This is just a wee snapshot of the great learning we have done this week.

I always like to leave you with a joke to make you laugh

What do you call a strong vegetable?

A muscle sprout!!!!

 

Over and out until next week......