Year 3 Turtles 2024 - 2025

Miss Evans, Miss Huggins and Miss Fiddes would like to welcome you to the Year 3 webpage. 

Click the image below to see what is happening in our classroom each day. 

Autumn Term 2

Thank you to all who attended TLCs last week (11/11/24 & 13/11/24), it was lovely to meet and spend time talking about the children's progress. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me. (Miss Evans)

English - The Boy who Biked the World

wc 11/11 - The enthusiasm for 'The Boy who Biked the World' continues this week. The children have enjoyed delving deeper into the story line and are eager to know what happens next. This week, we have been looking at first and third person writing and the children have been identifying which part of our story is writing in first and third person. They have even had a go at changing third person writing into first person writing.

wc 04/11 - This week we have started a new text... 'The Boy who Biked the World'. The children have really got stuck in with the story and class discussions. We have spoken about whether we would want to bike around the world and have also explored the reasoning for some of the Author's choices in how they choose to start the book. In addition to this, we have created 'packing lists' of what we would take with us if we were to cycle around the world!

Maths

wc 11/11 - The children have begun adding and subtracting two 3-digit numbers! It is great to see how hard they are trying and they are considering the most effective ways to tackle the calculations. Keep it up!

wc 04/11 - In Maths, the children have been working hard adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers to 2-digit numbers with regrouping! It is a tricky skill but their place value knowledge from last term is helping them persevere through!

Geography - Why are deserts so dry and rainforests so wet?

wc 11/11 - Our lessons about climate across the United Kingdom continues... The children have been working hard to use key vocabulary to start describing the climate patterns seen during different seasons. Please look at the image below to see our fabulous display (well done and thank you Miss Fiddes) showing the different key vocabulary we have discussed. 

wc 04/11 - This term we have started our geography topic about deserts and rainforests. This week we started to explore why climate is different across the United Kingdom. The children worked together to locate the UK on a globe and also on a world map. We also began to discuss the different types of weather we experience in the UK and next week they will begin to explore climate patterns across different seasons. 

Science - Light, Earth and Space

In Science, Year 3 are continuing to explore the concept of light, Earth and Space. We have done a small recap of things learnt last term and this week begun our lesson about light and reflection. 

Music - Keyboards and Recorders

A polite reminder the children will need their recorders in school for their lessons on Thursdays.

wc 11/11 - Please see below for some images of the children's music lessons. They are working hard to recall information from last term and apply this to learn new songs. 

wc 04/11 - The children's enthusiasm for music continues, both during their music lessons and music assemblies! This week the children have refreshed their memories of last term's learning and will begin to rehearse for the Christmas Performance!

Art - Growing Artists

wc 11/11 - This week the children have started their new art topic entitled, 'Growing Artists'. They have looked at simple shapes and how these shapes can be used to help us sketch different objects. 

Art - Bonfire Night

wc 04/11 - As a back to school treat and as part of the celebrations, the children created some art work based of Bonfire Night and the firework displays. We learnt about Bonfire Night in our classroom assembly and created some posters. Then the children we eager to use a range of medias including wax crayons and black paint to create these beautiful pieces of artwork!

PE

A polite reminder that Year 3 PE days are Monday and Tuesday.

wc 11/11 - The children have tested their team work skills this week. Year 3 and 4 teamed up and completed an orienteering task relating to Black History Month. It was brilliant to see the children's communication skills being tested whilst trying to read a map and locate the markers. 

wc 04/11 - In PE this week the children were enthusiastically showing their skills in a dance lesson and showed great sportsmanship as they cheered everyone on with smiles on their faces! 

TLC Meetings - Monday 11th November and Wednesday 13th November

A massive thank you to all who attended TLCs. It was lovely to meet and spend time talking about the children's progress and share some of their work. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Remembrance Day - Monday 11th November

On Monday, the children did a small reflection about what Remembrance Day is. The discussions in the classroom were very reflective and we also coloured our own Poppy Wreaths and took part in the two minutes silence as a whole school. 

Anti-Bullying Awareness Day & Odd Socks Day - Thursday 14th November

This week (wc 11/11) was Anti-Bullying awareness week. We celebrated on Thursday by wearing odd socks! We went to a whole school assembly and also managed to design our own pair of odd socks based of things that we like to emphasise that we are all different and unique. 

Children in Need - Friday 15th November

The children had a lovely day wearing their yellow and spotty clothes in support of Children in Need. We watched the Children in Need Newsround special and the children designed some of their own eye patches that can be seen below and on the windows by the Year 3 outdoor area.

Whole School Reward - Friday 15th November

As a result of reaching 10,000 house points as a whole school, year 1-6 had a games afternoon. The children enjoyed playing a variety of new and known games together. There was lots of laughing and smiles as well as some healthy competitive spirit. Keep up the hard work and I'm sure there will be another whole school reward soon. 

Autumn Term 1

Take a look at what Year 3 Turtles did in Autumn Term 1 below...

Year 3 Turtles,

Just to say, a huge well done to the whole of Year 3! This has been a long and busy half term but we have made it through and I am so proud of everybody and their progress. The transition from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 can be tricky but you are all doing so well. A special thanks to all parent and carers for being so supportive and to Miss Fiddes, Miss Huggins and other members of staff that help the Year 3 team. Have a wonderful half term, I look forward to seeing you in November for Autumn 2!

Miss Evans

Year 3 Celebration Assembly - Friday 25th October

A massive thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch our Year 3 Celebration Assembly this morning. It was lovely to share Year 3's success and progress with you all! For anyone who missed our assembly or would like to look at the PowerPoint again, please click here.

Parent and Carer Meet and Greet - Monday 16th September

Thank you to all of the Parents and Carers who came to the meet and greet this afternoon.  If you were unable to come or you wish to read the presentation again, please click the image below. 

English - Stone Age Boy

Year 3 have been busy exploring the Stone Age Boy text. The children have also loved the link to our Stone Age History topic. We have read the story and explored the story through drama, specifically freeze framing. Most recently, we created a story map of the text and the children have planned their own Stone Age stories. This week we will be writing our own version using our story mountain plans and the original text for ideas!

Recently the library has been moved within school and the children have been enjoying using the new library. They had the chance to explore the new layout and some of the books. They are also enthusiastic to be reading in the space and enjoying quizzing and going to change their books.

Maths - Place Value

In Maths this term, the children have been exploring number and place value. The children have been working hard exploring the value of different digits and have started considering the most effective way to add and subtract 2-digit numbers. This week we have introduced 3-digit numbers and have been comparing and contrasting numbers using greater than and less symbols, as well as ordering the numbers.

History - The Stone Age

The children have loved learning about the Stone Age. We have explored the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and the children have had a discussion about the differences and any similarities of these time periods. The children have created some excellent double page spreads with information about the different time periods. 

 October is Black History Month. Following on from a whole school assembly, Year 3 have been considering Influential Black Musicians. We have learnt some facts about the artists and listened to some of their music.

Science - Light, Earth and Space

In Science, Year 3 are exploring the concept of light, Earth and Space. We have read facts about the Solar System and the planets, creating a lovely double page spread in our books. We have more recently done an experiment to help us understand the concept of daytime and night time and how this relates to the moon. 

Music - Keyboards and Recorders

A polite reminder the children will need their recorders in school for their lessons on Thursdays.

The children have been extremely enthusiastic to be learning the keyboards and recorders. They have begun by exploring the correct way to position your hands on the keyboards and how to hold the recorder correctly. 

Art - Prehistoric Art

Linked to History, our art topic this term is exploring prehistoric art. We have explored cave paintings that would have been found in the Stone Age period and recently we have been exploring natural pigment, such as; leaves, soil, sticks and even flowers. The children have experimented with enlarging and scaling sketches and have learnt some top tips when sketching. This week the children have been creating beautiful images on tea stained paper ready to add colour. 

Art - Autumnal Wreaths

On the last day of term, we made Autumnal wreaths. We spent time collecting fallen leaves, then we cut our paper plates into wreaths and arranged our leaves. The children enjoyed choosing different coloured leaves and sticking them on!

PE

A polite reminder that Year 3 PE days are Monday and Tuesday.

In PE, the children have been focusing on the personal bests. The children have been set a challenge, for example linked to balance, and have been working hard to beat their personal best. We are also enjoying exploring some basic defence and attacking tactics through bench ball. 

French

We have been working hard in French to begin to learn the days of the week and months of the year. Recently, we have been having simple conversations in French which include saying, "hello and goodbye," "what is your name?" and, "my name is _____." 

PSHE

 The children have been working very hard with Mrs Vikmanis in Year 3 this term! Recently, they have been talking about respect and why it is important to respect people around us.

Design and Technology

This subject will be taught in a block at the end of Autumn 2.

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