The children have been learning about making notes from their reading in literacy lessons this week. We have started finding out about the first Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. For homework this week, we would like you to find out as many interesting facts as you can and make notes that you can use…

This week was the last week working on geometry in Year 3. We have worked with 2D and 3D shapes and have used lots of mathematical vocabulary to describe them including:horizontal,vertical,parallel,perpendicular,right angle,acute angle,obtuse angle,clockwise,anti-clockwise,polygon,regular,irregular,and…

Here are the last spelling lists for this year. The first three lists follow spelling rules and then we will be learning further words from the Y3&4 key words list.

In Year 3, we have been working on geometry in maths lessons. We have looked at the names and properties of 3D shapes, and we have worked on right angles and comparing whether angles are bigger or smaller than a right angle. The children already know the names of 2D shapes and how to look for line symmetry.…

This half term in Y3 we have been learning about what it means to launch a campaign. As you may be aware, this year we have chosen as a school to campaign to try and reduce the use of single use plastics in our homes, school and the local area. We have been discussing the issues related to plastic pollution…

Over the last few weeks in Year 3, we have been practising the written column methods for addition and subtraction. We learnt that when the numbers in the calculation are too tricky to calculate mentally, we need a written method to help us. We realised how important it is to set out our working in clear…

This week in Year 3, we have started reading some Greek myths. We read 'Theseus and the Minotaur' and had fun making freeze frame pictures of the main events in the story using facial expression to show how the characters were feeling. We then retold the story whilst practising using adverbial phrases…

This week in Year 3, we have been reading and enjoying listening to different poems. We read The Magic Box by Kit Wright (see www.bbc.com/bitesize/clips/zkpmhyc) and used our imaginations to think of our own things that might be found in a magic box.In Y3D/deB, we took one line from every child in the…