Year 3: Blog items
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 10:30am
Today we held our second Spelling Bee of the school year. 4 children were chosen from each group to represent their house and were given 3 spellings each. They have been learning these words over the last few weeks and we could all tell. The children did brilliantly and did themselves (and their house) proud. We are already looking forward to the final Spelling Bee in the Summer term.
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 5:05pm
In our exciting science topic about light, we’ve been discovering all about shadows! Can you believe that different objects can cast different shadows? We’ve talked about opaque objects, like a solid book, which block light completely. Then, there are transparent things, like windows, that let light pass right through without any shadow at all! And don’t forget translucent objects, like rulers, which create softer shadows. It’s amazing how our world works! So, next time you see a shadow, think about what kind of object is making it. We looked at our shadows outside and discussed that shadows will be longer during the morning and evening as the light source (the sun) is closer to the object.
Year 3 – Primary Futures – Sky Explorers Exciting Jobs in Aviation!
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 10:12am
What an exciting day we had at school! We learnt all about amazing jobs in aviation. First, we met an aeronautical engineer who shared fascinating details about how planes are built. I never knew that they had to think about aerodynamics! Then, we met a police aircraft pilot who wowed us with pictures of the views from the aircraft (most impressingly, Buckingham Palace) and how each day is extremely different. He even mentioned that he'll be watching The Grand National next week as he'll be in an aircraft above. Everyone was on the edge of their seats! Finally, we listened to a lovely woman who is a research fellow. She told us how she investigates new technology to make flying safer. What a brilliant morning it was, and it made us think about what we want to be when we grow up!
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 9:33am
As part of Red Nose Day, the children in Year 3 came dressed with one item of red! The children wore red to raise money for charity, and thought about how we could be more considerate to those in need.
Year 3 - Science and Geography Day!
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 8:57pm
What an exciting day we've had today at Boundary - when Science and Geography come together...
We started off the day by looking at what extinct and endangered meant and then explored a range of animals that are now on the endangered list.
Then utter excitement erupted within our children as TeachRex came into school and we got to meet Thomas, the gorilla. We were told a story about Thomas and how his life has been effected by the hands of humans - poaching! Back in the classroon, we looked at the reasons why they were endangered and looked at the conservation efforts that are being done to save them. We then made a fact file about these animals, including their habitat, threats, conservation status and located where these animals live on a world map. Finally, the afternoon was spent creating videos on a greenscreen, where the children got bananas thrown at them by some very cheeky gorillas.
Date: 18th Mar 2025 @ 8:17am
Today we had Together Time were parents/carers were invited in to spend some time working with the children in class. In this lesson, we looked at our computing skills. We used the stop motion software to retell the story of The Tortoise and The Hare, which is a fable we have been learning about in Reading into Writing. The children created a storyboard first to plan out their animation. We then added the characters and backgrounds, and started creating our story frame by frame. The children used the skill of onion skinning to ensure the characters moved smoothly.
Date: 12th Mar 2025 @ 8:35am
In PSHE, we looked at how each one of us are different. We then looked at how we need to value and respect the differences between us all. We looked at some topic cards and had a class discussion about how we would act in different situations and how people would be feeling. We used our oracy skills to agree, build and challenge. The children looked at instigating the conversation and taking ownership of them moving the conversation on between themselves.
Date: 11th Mar 2025 @ 1:22pm
In Design Technology, Year Three have been learning all about Shell Structures. This week we used CAD software to practice making nets more appealing for our user. The children looked at changing the colour and adding images and drawings. We also looked at adding in text and changing the colour and the font. The children will use these skills when making their final product.
Year 3- Stop motion animation!
Date: 11th Mar 2025 @ 1:12pm
In this lesson, Year 3 looked at learning how to use the computers to create stop motion animation. Last week we created flipbooks looking at changing one thing per frame to make a smooth animation. This week we applied this to the animation software and used a white board to create simple animations using a stickman.
Date: 6th Mar 2025 @ 2:28pm
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, the children were invited to come in dressed up as a book character. We had a range of creative costumes from Harry Potter to an Ancient Egyptian! The children enjoyed going up into the library and reading a book, we also completed a book review and spoke about who we were dressed up as.
Year 3- Developing our key skills
Date: 3rd Mar 2025 @ 4:44pm
As part of our DT learning, the children have been looking at how the 3-D shell structures can be deconstructed into nets. Today we looked at developing our key skills of understanding and exploring nets. The children looked at making a range of different nets and also thought about which 3-D shape matched to which net.
Year 3 - Improvising and composing!
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 9:17am
In Year 3, we have been looking at composing and improvising skills. The children used the Glockenspiels to accompany the track “You’re a shining star”. Firstly, the children used the notes G, A, B , C, D to improvise with the music. When then uses a 4/4 score paper to compose our own piece along with the backing track.
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 8:53am
In Year 3, we have started our new Science topic of Light. In this lesson we looked at our key questions 'What is light?'. We looked at placing objects in a box and thinking about if we could see the objects inside. Slowly, we added more light and saw that we could see. From this we then looked at what produces light and what doesn't. We then looked at identifying, classifying and grouping light sources into natural and human made sources.
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 7:24pm
Today was safer internet day at school. In Year Three we watched a live lesson by the BBC that spoke about being careful for online scams. They taught us a helpful acronym to ensure we say safe and think twice before we click any pop ups. We then looked at different websites and links and thought about if they were reliable or not and how to protect ourselves.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 4:52pm
To celebrate the 100th day at school, we listened to the story, 'How many jelly beans' in assembly. In class we followed on from our learning of length and perimeter. The children looked at estimating the length of objects in comparison to jelly beans. Then, we used jelly beans as a unit of measurement to see how long different objects are. We then compared the different lengths.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 9:19am
Last Monday some of our KS2 children wowed audiences in The Winter Gardens for Schools Alive. The children have worked incredibly hard since September to create a piece called ‘We are all in this together!’. They should be very proud of all they achieved, well done!
Year 3- Developing our health and fitness!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 1:01pm
In Pe, the children have been learning about exercise, health and fitness. The children have been looking at developing their muscle strength and working on developing our growth mindset and resilience. This week the children enjoyed completing a circuit that included star jumps, step ups, cone weaving, high knees, long jump and wall squats.
Year 3- Comparing climate zones!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:28am
Over this half term, the children have been learning about 5 different climate zones. We have been looking at how they are similar and different. We also looked at temperature levels, precipitation and weather in each climate. The children did a research task using online sources to study different locations across the world. We then presented our research to the rest of the class and filled in a comparisons grid and discussed which location we would like to live in and why.
Year 3- Who are The Salvation Army?
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:22am
In RE, we have been learning about Christianity. We looked at what a disciple is and what it means to follow Jesus. In this lesson we looked at The Salvation Army and the fantastic work that they do. We looked at why their job is so important and who they support.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:16am
In Computing, Year 3 have been learning about how to read and create a branching database. The children have looked at organising yes or no questions and then using these to organise information. The children are currently looking at planning and creating their final working database.
Dan Worsley- Storytelling workshop!
Date: 22nd Jan 2025 @ 9:58am
Today the children had a visit from Dan Worsley, who is a fantastic local author! Firstly KS2 had a special assembly from Dan. He told us all about his writing journey and how he has to work as a team to create his book. He then told us a fantastic story called ‘Pat on the head’.
Then, Year Three has a writing workshop. Dan told us a story describing a witch, we looked at how to add detail into writing by focusing on different features. This children then described their own witch using what they have learnt.
Year 3- Diving a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number!
Date: 21st Jan 2025 @ 1:47pm
In this first lesson we looked at dividing a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number. The children looked at dividing with no exchanged. We used the stem sentence — divided by — is equal to —.
Year 3- Discussing stereotypes!
Date: 21st Jan 2025 @ 1:45pm
In this lesson we looked at the book ‘Julian is a Mermaid’. In this book it looks at a young boy who wants to become a mermaid. The children discussed people’s stereotypes and used our Oracy skills to discuss and share ideas on different topics. We discussed how people may think ballet it only for boys and football is only for girls, but how this is not true and we must challenge these stereotypes. From this book we will create a play script.
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 9:34am
On Wednesday the children in Schools Alive got the opportunity to professionally record the sound for their upcoming performance. The children loved singing into the microphones and worked hard to sing in unison. Some children even had solos and all did a fantastic job!
Year 3- Northern or Southern hemisphere?
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 9:31am
In Geography, Year Three have been learning about climate zones. Last week we learnt about the different lines of latitude and how the earth is divided into the northern and southern hemisphere by the equator. This week we used the atlas to explore the location of different countries and discussed what we thought their climate would be depending on their location. We then looked at the five different climate zones and discussed the key characteristics of each one.
