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Another busy week
Maths This week, we have continued learning about addition and subtraction and have been practising adding 2-digit and 3-digit numbers together. We used our number bonds to 10 to work out compliments to 100 and shared patterns that we found in pairs. We ended the week looking at estimation and will continue with this Read More
Read newsOur Week in Year 3!
It’s been a great week in Year 3! English In English, we wrote adverts to encourage someone to visit the circus. The children showed a good understanding of persuasive techniques, such as rhetorical questions, alliteration and use of imperative verbs. 3SB had a go at using their Chromebooks to create a final draft of Read More
Read newsWelcome back!
It’s been a wet but wonderful first week back, and we have been impressed with the way children have re-adjusted to being in school. Maths This week, we have continued learning about place value, focusing on using the formal method. We began the week using the column method with no exchange. We then moved Read More
Read newsLet Your Spirit Fly!
In our final week of the half term, both Year 3 classes performed the song we have been working on in our music lessons: Let Your Spirit Fly. The children have made great progress throughout the term, developing their understanding of rhythm and their technique when using the glockenspiels. A particular well done to Read More
Read newsWe visited the Stone Age!
What a wonderful week it has been! Even with the wet weather, we have been impressed with the children’s attitude towards their learning. Maths In maths this week, we have continued to learn more about how our number bonds to 10 can help us work out answers to 2- and 3-digit numbers. Using a Read More
Read newsThis week in Year 3
Here are some of the things we have been up to in Year 3 this week! English In English this week, we have planned and started to write alternative endings to the story of Stone Age Boy. It has been lots of fun hearing the children’s ideas. Will the boy be chased by a Read More
Read newsAnother busy week
Maths In maths, we have begun our new unit of learning on addition and subtraction. We have used place value grids and counters to make different numbers and identify the other columns that change depending on whether these involve 1s, 10s, or 100s. Next week, we will continue to explore this. Year 3 were Read More
Read newsHunting, Gathering, Composing and Tasting!
It’s been another jam-packed week in Year 3! Music This week, Year 3 became composers, making up their own set of four-beat rhythms using three notes, and recording their compositions so that they could repeat them on their glockenspiels. The children did really well with this task! History In history, we thought about the Read More
Read newsReading Rockstars!
Maths We have continued developing our understanding of place value, focusing on how different columns change when it is 1, 10 or 100 more or less than a 3-digit number. Children used base ten and place value counters to make the number and then showed how this changed each time. I SAW A WABUB! Read More
Read newsWeek Two!
We’ve had another wonderful week in Year 3! English In English we wrote diary entries all about our first week in Year 3. We tried to use conjunctions and ambitious vocabulary. We were very impressed with the children’s content and presentation. We also enjoyed reading more of Stone Age Boy in guided reading, particularly Read More
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