Year 3: Blog items
Year 3- Developing our Oracy skills!
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:06pm
In this session Year Three were developing their Oracy skills. The children looked at how to build a conversation and what was needed to structure talk effectively. The children then used this and took on a role in the conversation, to discuss different questions and listened carefully to the answers of other children.
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:01pm
This week has seen the return to Forest School for Year Three! It was an icy and snowy session for the children, in which they loved exploring the ice and snow and seeing their footprints!
Year 3- Identifying and classifying rocks!
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 3:53pm
In Year Three, we are beginning our new Science learning about Rocks. The children looked at a range of rocks to identify their qualities and discussed the different appearances. We discussed the three different rock types and made comparisons between them.
Year 3- Matching musical composers!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 9:36am
In Music, we have been looking at the History of music. Over the past few weeks, the children have explored a different time period each week and looked at different composers from this time period. This week we looked at all the composers and put them in timeline order. We discussed key vocabulary from each time period and what music they composed.
Year 3- Creating musical instruments!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 9:17am
In Computing, Year 3 have been using Scratch to create an algorithm. This algorithm created a musical instrument in which we programmed each note to play a different sound. We then played short rhythms and songs on this code.
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 1:31pm
Linking into our R.E learning we looked at the Nativity story. In RE, We created a silhouette to show the nativity art scene using pastels, thinking about the characters and the setting.
Year 3- Investigating insects!
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:25am
In Year 3, we have been looking at Animals including Humans. In this lesson we looked at a range of insects and explored if their leg and muscle size affected how far they could jump. We then compared how animals use their muscles to move, and compared the similarities and differences between them.
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:19am
In Maths, we have been looking at Multiplication and Division. In one of our lessons we focused on using and applying multiplication facts form the three timetables. The children looked at how to create fact families, use bar models and solve reasoning and problem solving questions.
Year 3- Artists exploring chiaroscuro!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:56am
In this lesson, the children explored the work of Heather Hansen. She is an artist who explores art through movement. She performs along with music and we re-created this in our dance studio. The children loved this expressive opportunity!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:52am
In Maths, we have been looking at Multiplication and Division. In this lesson we looked at the difference between sharing and grouping. The children used bar models to solve the problems and used base ten to also support them.
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:45am
Through our Reading into Writing the children have been working on our oracy skills. We have looked at what our body language should be when we are listening to each other. We then looked at how to work as a team. The children discussed the key skills they would need and then used these skills to play a teamwork game.
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:42am
The other week, Year Three invited parents in to come and see our learning. We focused on out KIRFs which have been four times tables this half term. The children and parents played a range of games to test these skills and completed a tarsia as well.
Year 3- What is the role of the skeleton?
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 1:41pm
As part of our Science learning, we were answering the question what is the role of a skeleton? To do this we looked at a range of animal and human skeletons and made comparisons between them. The children discussed the size, shape, length, width and amount of bones. The children enjoyed discussing the similarities and differences between them. We then went on to discuss why the skeleton is important and discussed it was needed for movement, protection and support. We noted that bones such as the skull and ribs were for protection.
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 9:31am
In Year Three, the children have music lesson by a peripatetic teacher focusing on Samba music. The children enjoy playing a range of instruments and creating and playing musical rhythms and patterns.
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 9:18am
In Year Three we have been wearing our spots and stripes for Children in Need. We have been raising money to give to this fantastic charity. The children will also be participating in a special assembly later today!
Year 3 - Adding across a ten and a hundred
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 8:29pm
We used place value mats and place value counters to practically add two 3-digit number across the tens and hundreds boundary. We physically 'exchanged' 10 ones for a ten before moving it into the tens column. We could see that although we had regrouped the ones, they were still worth the same, for example 13 ones is equal to 1 ten and 3 ones. We did the same when regrouping from the tens to the hundreds column. We used the mats and counters alongside the column method to help develop our understanding of the formal method.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:36pm
This half term we have been looking at our Core Vocabulary and Phonetics lessons. In this unit we will cover some of the common phonemes found in French words. We will also learn some core vocabulary that will help us with French lessons in Year 3.
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 4:25pm
In this lesson we did a range of activities to develop our understanding of the human skeleton. We used small models for observational drawings, looked at x-rays to compare bones and labelled the human skeleton using secondary sources for information. We also used our Chromebooks to explore key information about the bone names.
Date: 11th Nov 2024 @ 10:23am
As part of our Remembrance service, Year 3 made and planted poppies in our remembrance garden. Each of the children wrote names of soldiers and we thought about their sacrifice when we planted them. The children also took part in our whole school service.
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 10:26am
This week we have been looking at Anti-bullying. We discussed what bullying was and how to deal with it. We looked at how as a class we were going to be upstanders instead of bystanders. We discussed the importance of speaking out against bullying and how we can be a supportive friend. We then made a pledge to be an upstander.
Year 3- Identifying animal's diet!
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 10:20am
This week in Year 3 we have been looking at Animals including Humans in Science. Last week we looked at what makes a healthy and balanced diet and organized food into the different food groups. This week we went on to look at classifying animals into what they eat. We used the words herbivores, carnivore and omnivores and identified what makes each of these groups.
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 9:37pm
This week across school we have been celebrating Anti-Bullying week. We started the week off with the a whole school assembly based around this year's theme ‘Choose Respect’. Throughout the week the children have been learning about being respectful and why this is such an important skill for life. Alongside this they have also been exploring the theme of bullying including what it means, different types of bullying, what to do if you are being bullied, the difference of a bystander and upstander, how to solve conflicts and what discrimination means. We finished of the week by inviting everyone to wear odd socks to celebrate everyone’s differences and promote kindness. What a fantastic week we have had!
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 4:41pm
Through our Reading into Writing journey this half term, we are looking at Fairy Tales. The children identified that direct speech was needed as a feature of this genre. The children have been working hard to include inverted commas in their writing to create direct speech. They will then use this in their final piece of writing.
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 4:37pm
In Art, we have started learning about gestural drawing which will be the focus of our pathway this half term. The children looked at a range of poppies and drew observational sketches. This links to thinking about remembrance and the importance of considering those we have lost.
Year 3- Practicing programming!
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 4:29pm
This week we have begun to look at programming using the online program ‘Scratch’. The children learnt how to add sprites in and change their costume. We also looked at adding in a range of backgrounds and including code to switch between different backgrounds. The children also looked at adding in movement blocks to make their characters move. Over the next few weeks we will look at creating a sequence of instructions using the coding blocks.
