We have started learning Spanish in Year 3. This week, we have learned to count to 10. We practised a song to help us to remember. Here is a recording of Y3DdeB singing the song as a round:

This week, we have been reading 'Stanley and the Magic Lamp' by Jeff Brown. In the story, there is a character called Tom McRude who is the best tennis player in the world and loves showing everyone how good he is. However, he is very rude to everyone.Based on his actions in the book, the children have…

There is no new homework this week because you are still looking after Flat Stanley. We are looking forward to hearing about what he has been doing! Please have a talk about his adventures at home ready to return him to class on Monday 16th September.

The children in Year 3 have now fully settled in and are enjoying a wide variety of lessons. One of the first activities they completed was to make a self portrait to display. This is to show that they belong here and to make our classrooms look welcoming. We are very impressed at what great artists…

We have been busy organising and decorating our class libraries. All of the children have now chosen their first reading books. They can choose two books each - one from the book band colour that the teacher has directed them to and one that is free choice from any colour/section of the library. We talk…

Welcome to the first blog of the new school year. The children have settled in really well and have been very busy already!This week, we have made self-portraits, written about our favourite books, written a letter to our teachers, made up our own number systems and thought about place value, played…

The first homework for Year 3 is to help Flat Stanley to have adventures outside of school! We would like an adult to look after Stanley for a week and take him in their pocket/wallet/bag everywhere they go. In a week's time, the children will bring him back to school and tell us all about where he has…

In Science lessons, we have been learning about the parts of a flower and what plants need to grow.For homework this week, the children will bring home a diagram of a flower to label the parts.This document will help you:www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/pdf/school-visits/rosemoor/activity-sheets/parts-of-a-flower-sketch-ks2.pdfYou…

In design technology lessons, we have been thinking about how we can use pneumatic systems to make things move. We all designed a moving monster and we enjoyed building the models this week. You can see some of them here:

We have been looking at Ancient Greek pots, vases, bowls and thinking about how the pictures are a good source of evidence about life at that time. For homework this week, we would like you to practise drawing some Greek patterns and then design your own pot to show what life is like in 2019.The sheet…