Beechwood Primary School

Year 3

2019-2020

Reading Morning

On Thursday the 5^th December, year 3 hosted a reading morning for parents.   Parents were invited in to read with their child and learn more about Accelerated reading and how the quizzing is carried out.  The children enjoyed demonstrating to parents how they used the IPads to take reading quizzes and it was nice to see parents sharing a book with their child.  Parents were also provided with ideas to support their child’s reading at home and it was an opportunity to discuss any reading questions with the class teacher.  Thank you to those who attended. 

September

To start the year in Year 3, we have been looking at rocks and soils. The children experimented on different types of rocks and used all their investigation skills. 

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May

As a part of Growth Mindset month, year 3 had a fantastic ‘Growth Mindset Morning.’ We invited parents to come into class and take part in a lesson promoting one of our four zones: love learning. First, we used a picture of a Rainbow Lorikeet to sketch out our first draft. We used feedback to improve the picture for the second draft. Then, we had another go at sketching the image whilst closely considering the feedback we were given from the first drawing. We then repeated this process twice resulting in a final and more accurate drawing that we added colour to for effect. It was lovely to see so many parents actively participate in the morning and supporting their children to improve through feedback.

March

In year 3, we have recently been on a school trip to Celtic Harmony where we experienced a day in the life of a Celtic warrior! We split into four groups: The Bears, The Snakes, The Stags and The Wolves. Each group took it in turns to complete lots of different activities. We had a go at archery, painting our faces, learning about the weapons and weaving headbands. We even completed a Celtic quest, solved riddles and found clues as we explored the forest. Finally we sat in the roundhouse and were told an old Celtic story by a Celtic warrior.

February - Monster making!

This term in year 3 we have been learning how to write non chronological reports in English. We will be writing our own reports based on our invented monster.   To kick-start this talk for writing unit, we had a really fun afternoon model making using junk boxes we had brought into school from home.   We worked together in groups to create our own monster models.   All of the monsters looked very different as each group used their own imaginative ideas to produce their final creation. 

December

On the 12^th November, the children in year 3 and 4 were surprised to see their teachers dressed up as rock stars!   The reason behind their strange attire was the launch of TT Rockstars which is a new system for learning times tables that year 3 and 4 are currently trialling.  The children will have access to a times table app both in school and at home that will allow them to practise specifically set tables in order to increase their speed and accuracy.   The children were particularly excited to choose their own rock star name and create their own avatar.  Already the teachers are noticing a huge improvement in the children’s speed at answering questions.  Feedback from the children has been positive, and they are enjoying the daily speed tests as well as the games practice within the app.  Hopefully, this will continue to support the children’s improvement in their times tables. 

October

As part of their Topic work, Year 3 walked to Leagrave Park and learned about the history and geography of the area. The children were able to use map and compass skills to suggest a route to Wauluds Bank and find the source of the River Lea. They walked along part of the River Lea through woodland and finished their journey at Marsh House where they were able to see and handle some artefacts found on Wauluds Bank in previous archaeological excavations.

Thank you very much to parent/carer helpers that accompanied us on the walk.

September

This term, Year 3 are learning about yoga. The children will be taking part in breathing exercises, yoga poses and fun activities during their P.E. time.