Year 3

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13.12.24

Year three have had a busy but superb week of learning. Within English, we have innovated our information text 'monster' through story maps and drama. We can now look forward to the hot right and edit next week. During maths, we have continued to learn our multiplication facts through the use of arrays and visual resources. 

Within Physical education, this week we finished our orienteering topic all about the use of plants and how they help the world. It was wonderful to see how the children have developed their collaborative skills this term.

Alongside all this wonderful learning, the children worked so hard on our Christmas performance, learning all their lines and actions. The year three team would like to say a huge thankyou to all the children for being so brave and wonderful.

06.12.24

Year 3 have had an superb week! 

In our English lessons, we have been focusing on toolkits and boxing up our information text 'monsters' ready for next weeks innovation stage where the children will story map and write their own.

In maths, we have a brilliant start to our multiplication topic, using rolling numbers and arrays to support the children's engagement and understanding. 

After many weeks of learning all about greenhouses, the children have finally started to create their own models using a multiple selection of resources. To begin the festivities, we have been learning our Christmas songs for the performance next week.

22.11.24

This week, Year 3 have been working hard in maths to strengthen our understanding of word problems that include addition and subtraction. The children have been able to use bar models to show this and support their working out. In writing, we have used our non-fiction text ‘monsters’ to develop our understanding of subheadings and statistics. Within science we continue to explore plants including the key functions of each part and how this is imperative to support healthy growth. To finish the week, we enjoyed a challenging but fun orienteering task that linked to our geography on the rainforests.

15.11.24

This week has been amazing the children really enjoyed the school birthday celebrations - although they found the Victorian Classroom strange and especially as Master Maye and Mistress Gilkes would not allow the boys and girls to mix (they were not even allowed to play in the same area at morning playtime!), just like in the Victorian era.

As you are all probably well aware by now after our exciting hook lesson were we found some interesting white footprints and even a huge shiny silver egg! Our new writing genre has started 'Monsters' they will be creating their own information texts. Please ask the children to act out our class story map because they have been incredible at learning all these facts.

In maths we are continuing to use the formal method to subtract using regrouping and renaming (knocking next door and asking for ten/hundred more). We have started regularly assessing the children's times tables knowledge and we will be sending home their completed assessments and spare copies for them to practise at home. We have started right at the start with the 10 times tables progressing to the 5's, 2's, 3's and 4's. Each child will need to complete each table twice before they move onto the next one any practice that they can do on Times Tables Rockstars (all children will have their logins at the back of their reading logs).

Our new topic is the Brazilian Rainforest- and the children have been extremely engaged and are enjoying learning new facts about how the rainforest is vital for the continued health of our planet.

24.10.24

This week in Maths we have started to explore subtraction of three- digit numbers using column method- this will continue into next term but with some mixed word problems.

In English they have all become writers and wrote their own portal story through innovating the class text of ‘The Garden’ and they have been brilliant especially those that use the Power of three and personification to add more detail and make it more interesting.

As the Autumn 1 term draws to a close, so ends our exploration of Ancient Egypt and we begin to look towards our new topic of Rainforests- so if any families would like to visit the local library or google some interesting facts, please feel free.

Mr Maye and Mrs Gilkes would like to thank all the parents that attended the parent, teacher meetings this week we really do appreciate the hard work that you do at home it really does make a huge difference. On that note we will be sending home some homework sheets and reading books home there is no pressure in completing them all but to paraphrase Tesco (other supermarkets are available 😊) ‘Every little helps.’

We hope you all have an enjoyable break, and we look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 6th November.

11.10.24

This week has been a real test (no pun intended) of the children's resilience and yet again they have impressed of all the Year 3 team. Assessment week is always challenging but everyone of them have shown how they have embraced the Spring Lane values by not giving up and trying their very best. We are so proud of you all!

However, it has not all been assessment, assessments they have shown their creative flair and using the historical knowledge they have gained this term about the ancient Egyptians by creating their own canopic jars and even attempting to preserve their own 'mummy apples '. Do not fear no internal organs were removed during this process 😉. 

In our writing they have started the exciting process of becoming authors and will be starting to innovate and create their own version of this terms story The Garden and we cannot wait to see how these young writers adapt and innovate their own stories. In maths we are continuing to become more confident with using the column method and we will be beginning to challenge them by using this with more complex 3-digit numbers. 

Please look out for an important letter that is due out in the next few days, which will have details of our year group trip in December where we will be visiting the Art Deco theatre.

04.10.24

This week Year 3 have enjoyed learning about the Ancient Egyptian gods and how they were are used to support everyday life. Within English, we have been working hard to include verbs, adverbs and preposition into our writing. In Maths, we have continued to consolidate place value, addition and subtraction and the children have worked really well.

Furthermore, science has been super fun. The children loved the practical learning when we explored how magnets work from a distance. In PSHE this week, we enjoyed our workshop with the Mental Health support Team. The workshop focused building the children’s and resilience and independence.

For more information with this please visit; NHFT. Nhs.uk/HMST

Well done Year 3!

27.09.24

This week, Year 3 have been using the power of three and personification to add description and for their writing to become more exciting.

We would love to see more videos on seesaw of the children showing and retelling you this term's text 'The Garden'. In maths, we have been continuing to investigate 3-digit numbers and identifying patterns. Even adding in 4's 8's and even 50's! Please look on seesaw for some fantastic rolling 3 times table practice we have been doing. In history and art we continue our topic of Ancient Egypt and have been learning all about hieroglyphics and canopic jars.

We both would like to remind you that PE days are Wednesday and Friday and request that all earrings are removed on those days.

13.09.24

Firstly, Mr Maye and Mrs Gilkes would like to say how impressed we have both been with how well the children have settled into the demands of being in Key Stage 2 and Year 3.

This week we have been busy learning our new story " The Garden" through actions and story maps.

In maths we are focussing on place value and recognising hundreds, tens and ones and even into the thousands, alongside learning their 3 times tables and becoming fluent in their 2's, 5's and 10's.

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