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Year 3

Welcome to Term 4!

Hello year 3 families. We hope you have an enjoyable half-term break with your families and friends. We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Monday 19th February.

Please ensure your child brings a PE kit to school every week. This term we have athletes lessons on Monday and swimming on Thursday.

Homework

Please ensure your child reads at least 3 times per week. Reading is at the heart of our curriculum!
Spellings are really important too! All spellings for the term are on the class webpage. We will practice throughout the week; spelling tests will be on Friday mornings. They can also use Spelling Shed – an online resource. Every child has their own login..

Super Skills

Term 1 – Communication

Term 2 – Resilience

Term 3 – Caring

Term 4 – Curiosity

Dates for the Diary

WC 26.02.24– Authors Week
Wednesday 28th February– Book Swap
Thursday 7th March– World Book Day– Dress Up Day!
Tuesday 12th March– Parents Evening
Wednesday 20th March– Parents Evening
Wednesday 27th March– Slimbridge Trip
Thursday 28th March– End of Term 4

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Hello and welcome to Year 3! Here you will find updates of what is happening in our classroom and around the school.

Term 4 – Sorting Foods

This term, the year 3 scientists have been learning about what makes us healthy. We looked at different foods and sorted them into groups. 

Term 4 – Freeze Frame!

This term, we have retold the story ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’. We created freeze frames to retell parts of the story. Ask your child which part of the story they were recreating! 

Term 3- Painting pebbles!

This term, we have been learning to retell the story The Pebble in my Pocket. To start our unit, year 3 painted their own pocket-sized pebbles! 

Term 3 – Artists

Year 3 have been learning about the colour wheel. We used watercolours and mixed them in a variety of ways to find secondary and tertiary colours. When then thought about how these could be sorted into warm and cool colours. 

Term 3 – Musicians

During term 3, Year 3 have been learning all about Just Three Notes. We have been looking at pitch and rhythm. They have begun to compose their own music using just three notes, C, D and E! 

Term 2 – Local Walk

This week, the year 3 geographers went on a local walk. We were looking at local landmarks and the different buildings in our area. 

We are going to use our findings to create our own maps!

It was a lovely way to start the day and year 3 enjoyed saying ‘good morning’ to people they passed by.

Term 2: Odd Socks for Anti-bullying week!

Year 3 showed their support for anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks to school.  We also made posters to encourage others to show kindness. 

Term 1 – Shadow Puppets

To end the term, year 3 made shadow puppets and retold The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.

Using their knowledge of how shadows are formed, they discussed how far away from the light source they should hold their puppets to make the biggest shadow and the smallest shadows.

Term 1 – Diversity Week

Year 3 had an exciting visit from Anvi’s parents. They came into school to talk about growing up in India and Scotland. We found out about animals native to those countries, listened to stories, took part in a quiz about languages and asked lots of questions!

A huge thank you to Anvi’s parents! We all really enjoy it.

Term 1: Writing Instructions

Before beginning their instruction text writing, the year 3 authors had a go at following instructions to make playdough and jam sandwiches. They then discussed the features of the instructions. Unfortunately for Mrs Kirley, Miss Lewis stole her sandwiches just like the scavenging seagulls in The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch!

Term 1: Whole class reading sessions

Year 3 have been busy this term using The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch in reading and writing sessions.

Term 1: Artists

Year 3 created some beautiful art work inspired by our class text- The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. The children used watercolours to create the eye-catching backgrounds before placing their lighthouse over the top.

Term 1: Mathematicians

Year 3 have been busy working on their place value understanding!

Term 1: Reading Buddies

Today, Y3 and Y6 enjoyed reading buddies. During this time, they shared books of their choice and discussed what they had been reading.