Year 3
2018-2019
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.
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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 12th 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.
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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.
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2017-2018
Year 3 Monstersaurus Hook Day
In Year 3, we have been learning all about the Monstersaurus! Before our lessons even began, all of the classes in Year 3 had received a special visit from the Monstersaurus. He left footprints all over the classroom, test tubes full of a strange liquid on the tables and lots of scientific equipment. The children had to investigate what had happened and who had made the dreadful mess! They were also left some instructions for scientific experiments by the monster which they all were keen to create. Year 3 especially liked using vinegar and baking powder to create a fizzy, bubbly mix as is shown in the image above.
Year 3 meets Fred the skeleton!
Fred has been helping us in our Science topic; food and bones. In groups we tried to create our own skeleton by piecing together the bones. Some of them looked very unusual! Come and have a look at our completed skeletons down the year 3 corridor.
September
At the start of year 3, children have been introduced to fables in their English unit. They have been identifying many different sentence openers which can be used to improve their writing such as, adverbials, problems, characters and settings. Children will then have the opportunity to implement what they have learned in the next section of the unit when learning the story ‘How the tortoise got his shell’. As part of this unit the children were excited to create their own tortoises; decorating card and paper bowls. Currently, children have been working in groups, creating their own actions for the story to help with retelling and creating story maps.
We have also been very busy with our place value unit, using lots of resources to understand the value of numbers and ordering.