Farsley Farfield Primary School

Year 3 News

Happy Half-Term!

24/10/2025 · 1 comment

We have had a fantastic half-term and have loved getting to know the children! We are so impressed with how hard they have all worked and we’re already looking forward to next half-term! MathsIn Maths this week, the children have been learning how to subtract 1s and 10s where they have to cross tens Read More

A busy week

17/10/2025 · No comments yet

MathsIt’s been a busy week in maths! The children started the week quite confident in adding and subtracting 100s and spotting patterns in calculations. We ended the week by adding 1s across a 10. Children used maths resources to exchange and then looked at ways to break down the single digit that is being Read More

Stone Age Day

10/10/2025 · 3 comments

This week was Stone Age Day in Year 3 and what a fantastic day it was! Have a look at what we got up to! Cave PaintingsCave paintings from the Stone Age have been found all over the world and the children enjoyed looking at some examples of them today, before creating their own! Read More

Moments later.. we were in…

03/10/2025 · 2 comments

MathsThis week, we have come to the end of our first maths unit on Place Value. Throughout the week, children continued their work on comparing numbers to 1000 and used their understanding to order them in both ascending and descending order. Children then ended the week by counting in 50s and enjoyed completing tasks Read More

As I stepped into Year 3 this week…

26/09/2025 · No comments yet

MathsThe children are nearing the end of their Place Value topic and this week, they have focused on number lines up to 1000 and comparing numbers up to 1000. The children had to use their understanding of 3-digit numbers to help them complete number lines and estimate where numbers should go on number lines. Read More

Dear diary, it’s been a wet week!

19/09/2025 · 1 comment

Maths This week, the children continued their learning of place value, focusing on partitioning numbers up to 1000 using the base-10 and part-whole models. Children worked independently and in pairs, creating different three-digit numbers and partitioning them into hundreds, tens and ones. Once they were confident, they used strategies to partition the same number Read More

If I was in Year 3…

12/09/2025 · No comments yet

We have had another great week in Year 3! The children are settling into their new classrooms very well and showing super enthusiasm for their learning! MathsIn Maths this week, the children have continued with their place value topic, focussing on 3-digit numbers. At the beginning of the week, children explored number lines up Read More

Welcome to Year 3!

05/09/2025 · 1 comment

It’s been a busy first week back, and we have been very impressed with the attitude of our new Year 3s! Our first day was spent discussing our school rules, hives and sharing expectations. Children loved sharing what they got up to during their holidays and taking a short tour of their new building, Read More

One week to go!

11/07/2025 · No comments yet

Maths This week, Year 3 have moved on to a new unit on statistics. We began the week by working through tally charts and making comparisons. Children are already familiar with bar charts from our science and computing lessons, and they have enjoyed interpreting the data before moving on to create their own using Read More

Poems, PSHE & Preparing!

04/07/2025 · No comments yet

Maths In maths, we have continued with our learning of time, focusing on digital time and durations. Children read through several problems, using number lines to make jumps to the nearest hour and added on the additional minutes. We have also been working on changing time on a digital clock to match an analogue Read More