Year 3

Welcome to Year 3!

Hello from Mrs Leavesley, Mr Jones, Mrs Turner, Mrs Jeavons, Miss Leavesley and Mrs Watkins.

We are looking forward to a brilliant term finding out about different exciting topics and having lots of fun along the way!

P.E

3J will continue swimming up until February half term and 3L will continue their swimming lessons after half term.

We will also be developing their tag rugby, tennis and gymnastics skills.

Homework

Reading: Every child will be encouraged to read up to 3 times a week. (Books changed as required)

Spellings: A set of spellings will be sent home each week on a Friday and tested the following Friday.

Maths: My Maths weekly activity (tasks set each Wednesday)

Additional resources and links to websites can be found at the bottom of this page.

Newsletter and Dates

Plant Dissection

We are really enjoying our plants science topic this half term. In yesterday's lesson, we dissected plants looking at the different parts.

Visit to Himley Road Methodist Church - A Christmas Journey

We visited Himley Road Methodist Church to hear all about the Christmas story. We journeyed back in time to discover what it was like for Mary when she was visited by an angel, how the shepherds felt when they were surprised by an angel and why the wise men chose the gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. We also learnt about why the birth of Jesus was such a significant event. Whilst we were there, we also enjoyed completing different crafts all about the Christmas story. We all had a wonderful time learning about the meaning behind Christmas time.

Christmas Biscuits

This term in DT, we have been designing our own Christmas Biscuits. Firstly, we investigated biscuits by looking at and tasting a variety of biscuits to decide what made them appealing. We then adapted a basic recipe by thinking of a number of design ideas with different flavoured doughs and with different decorations. After this we designed our final biscuits and created a budget for our design. Today we made our final designs. The pupils worked hard in the kitchen to make the dough, shape, cut out and bake their biscuits. They then decorated their biscuits using their design. The children were so sensible and made sure that their biscuits looked fantastic. I think you would agree that we have a class of star bakers!

Open the Door

Stone Age Cave Art

Our art topic this half term has been all about Stone Age cave art. We have been learning all about drawings, marks and sculptures found in caves dating back over 40,000 years ago. We have been learning lots of new skills including cross hatching and colour mixing to make earthy colours. Today, we worked in groups to create our own Stone Age cave drawings. We used textured paper and a variety of drawing tools to create our images. We even attached paper under our tables to replicate what it would have been like to draw in the caves years ago.

Kingswood Trip - exploring life in the Stone Age

Maths- 3 Digit Numbers

In maths this week, we have looked at partitioning numbers, counting in hundreds and representing three digit numbers. Today, we used hundreds, tens and ones equipment to represent three digit numbers. Here are some photos of us working hard!

Stone Age Jewellery

We have had a brilliant time so far in Year 3. This term, we are learning all about the Stone Age. We discovered that people from the Stone Age made jewellery out of teeth. Using clay, we created our own teeth necklaces.

Stone Age Games

As part of our English, we are writing instructions for cleaning a Pre-historic Animal. As our Writing hook, we played a Stone Age throwing game involving: a mammoth tail, three wooden bowls and a stone.