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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
Read newsAnother busy week in Year 3
Maths In maths this week, children have continued with their learning of time, focusing on the minute intervals, hours in a day, and what this might look like during am and pm hours. Children were given several reasoning questions, which included times like 11:00, and had to discuss with their partners whether it was Read More
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Maths This week, Year 3 have been learning about time. We began the week recognising Roman numerals and identifying numbers on an analogue clock. Children then moved on to making the time in 5-minute intervals using the terms ‘past’ and ‘to’. This was challenging for classes, and we continued to work with our clocks, Read More
Read newsReady, steady, paint!
Maths This week, Year 3 have learned more about parallel and perpendicular lines, followed by a discussion of where and why they might be needed in real-life situations. Children used their understanding and identified more than one pair of lines and different pictures with reason. They ended the week by recognising 2D and 3D Read More
Read newsAuthors, angles & armour!
It’s been a wet but wonderful week, and the children have enjoyed getting back into learning! We’ve been performing in music, researching history, problem-solving in maths, and, of course, having lots of fun! Maths 3B have been learning about different types of angles and enjoyed identifying examples of acute, right, and obtuse angles. Children Read More
Read newsYear 3 Weekly Blog – Volcanoes, Leaves and a Lot of Sewing!
EnglishWe’ve continued our exciting newspaper unit, this time putting ourselves in the shoes of Roman reporters on the day Mount Vesuvius erupted! After planning the layout, we worked in pairs to write our own newspaper articles. We worked hard to include headlines, paragraphs and dramatic witness statements like “The volcano just exploded in front Read More
Read newsYear 3 -Powerful writing and erupting volcanoes
English This week we explored direct speech – using speech bubbles to demonstrate what people might have thought or said when mount Vesuvius erupted. We then learnt how to punctuate direct speech for our newspaper reports. We “popped” thought bubbles and turned them into quotes, carefully using inverted commas (speech marks), synonyms for ‘said’ Read More
Read newsYear 3: What a Week – From Roman Tribes to Harlow Carr
Although the sunshine has been a little more temperamental this week, we’ve still had plenty of fun and learning packed in! Both classes have continued to build on their skills across all subjects, with lots of creativity, debate, and new discoveries. Trip to Harlow Carr3CW have just returned from their trip to Harlow Carr, Read More
Read newsYear 3 – Hot Days and Harlow Carr!
What a scorcher! It’s been hot and sunny all week, and while the sunshine has definitely lifted everyone’s spirits, it has also been important to stay sun-safe. We’ve made the most of the weather by taking some of our learning outside when possible – 3CW enjoyed reading their science books in the shade on Read More
Read newsYear 3 Weekly Blog – a start to exploring Pompeii
It’s been a shorter week for the children with the bank holiday Monday and a training day on Tuesday – but we’ve packed plenty of learning into the days we’ve had! This week, we began diving into our exciting new topic: Pompeii. In guided reading, we’ve already read the book Escape from Pompeii, a Read More
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