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Authors, 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
Read newsEnd of term!
Maths This week, 3CW have learned more about equivalences on a number line and recognising what this looks like as a bar model. Children compared different number lines and found equivalences. They then went on to explore bar models as another method for exploring equivalent fractions. Children compared models of equal length. Towards the Read More
Read newsAuthors, bodies and new beasts!
Maths This week, 3CW have been comparing non unit fractions and looking at the value of a whole. Some questions were challenging since children to figure out fractions in between using more than one <, > and = symbol. 3B have recapped their understanding of a fraction and used this to label several number Read More
Read newsA busy week
This week, 3CW enjoyed learning about perimeter and what this means, and applied this knowledge when measuring different shapes. The children found some parts challenging since they had to convert measurements using various units of measure, which threw them! 3B have continued their work on fractions focusing on comparing fractions using <,> and =. Read More
Read newsBooks, buddies and bright weather!
It has been a bright and brilliant week, uplifting everyone’s mood! The children have loved playing outside and having lots of fun! Maths 3CW have been working on adding and subtracting measurements using metres, centimetres and millimetres. This was quite challenging as children had to convert measurements first before moving onto adding the numbers Read More
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