Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
The Year Three teachers are Mrs Stephens (3S), Mrs Chadwick (3C) and Miss Theakston and Miss Burton (3TB).
The teaching assistants are Mrs Strange, Mrs Beasley and Mrs Sturgess.
In Year Three we will set homework every Thursday which is due back in the following Tuesday each week. We know that reading is important to support your child's imagination, creativity and learning across all subjects. Therefore, reading for 15 minutes each evening will be expected as part of your child's weekly homework. We know it's important that children enjoy reading and so we are happy for this to be a school reading book, a library book, or a book from home so that your child has a wide range to choose from. Please ensure you listen to your child read, ask them questions and sign their reading record each evening. Please also let us know when your child needs to change their reading book.
Many thanks,
The Year Three team.
STEAM day in Year Three. We used watercolours to paint a volcano inspired by our topic on the Romans. Later in the afternoon, we had a STEM visitor come in to help us build wind turbines.
Year 3 created their own seawigs inspired by our book, Oliver and the seawigs.
Year 3 Roman Day
3C DT Sandwich making
Year 3 trip to Barleylands
World Book Day 2019
Maths Day 1st February 2019
3S Gymnastics using the apparatus
3S Moving Monsters- We used our understanding of pneumatic's to create monsters that open and close their mouths!
Our Rock Walk
This week in Year Three we have been investigating the permeability of rocks. We tested chalk, sandstone, limestone, granite and slate to see if they would absorb water or not. We discovered that rocks that absorb water are called porous. If it is porous then the water might run through and so it would not be waterproof. The porous rocks were sandstone and chalk which means they would not be used to make buildings or for roof tiles! Rocks such as limestone are impermeable which is why they are a good material for making buildings. Did you know that St Paul's Cathedral in London is made from limestone?
3S - Investigating the permeability of rocks
In 3S we have been finding out about pneumatics- using air to make something work. We created a simple pneumatic system using some tubing, a balloon, a syringe and an elastic band. We were able to lift a ruler from the table without touching it just by using air. We will use our investigation to create moving monsters- watch this space for the results...……..
3S- DT Exploring Pneumatics
Year 3 Reading Comprehension resources for parents
Year 3 and 4 spelling word lists for parents
Monday 8th July 2019
Dear parents and carers,
A massive thank you to those parents who came to celebrate the Year 3 group mass last Thursday. The children were very excited to be receiving Holy Communion for the first time in school!
In English this week we are writing our own narrative stories based on The Green Ship. We are using interesting adverbs and adjectives, as well as similes and metaphors to make our writing interesting.
In Maths, we are conducting a survey and will be learning how to present our data.
In our Science lessons we are learning about the different types of skeletons there are and sorting animals based on their skeleton type.
Many thanks,
The Year Three team