Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
We hope you've had a relaxing summer and are ready for a great year in Year 3!
Miss Jackson will be teaching on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Miss Christie will be teaching on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; Mrs McDonald will be our teaching assistant all week. We are all excited to get to know the children, support them in their learning and have lots of fun along the way!
On this page, you should find everything you need to know - our Meet the Teacher Information Evening presentation, curriculum map, knowledge organisers and weekly blog are a full of information but please contact us should there be anything else you need.
Year 3 Class Blog
Anti-Bullying Week
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog
On Monday we all wore odd socks to school to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week. ‘Odd Socks Day’ is used to symbolise that we are all unique in our own different ways. There was certainly an array of colour in year 3 which brightened up our Monday morning!
Autumn Poetry
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog
The children have written some wonderful autumn poetry recently based on the senses. They are all really proud to have their work displayed in the classroom.
Exploring light sources
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog
This week in science, we started our new topic on ‘Light’. The children sorted different images, according to whether they were a light source or not. They then sorted the light sources into man-made and natural. We had some interesting answers to begin with! But it was a real insight into what the children already knew and we are looking forward to exploring darkness next week.
Maths Investigators!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog
The whole school were set a mathematical challenge by Mr Routledge this week using geometrical shapes and counters. The children had 36 counters each and had to arrange them in rows using different shapes in order to help create different packaging shapes for a sweet shop. There was some amazing mathematical discussions amongst the children as well as brilliant collaborative work. See if your child can tell you what we found out at home!
Does the person with the longest legs always jump the furthest?
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog
To complete our topic on ‘Animals and humans’ the children carried out a scientific investigation- Does the person with the longest legs always jump the furthest? There were some excellent reasons for predictions by the children including, does weight cause an issue, the amount of effort used for a jump and how much practice you do! The scientific enquiry focus was comparative testing and the children were able to analyse and compare their data to find the answer to the question. We had a real mixture of results!
