In Year 3 this week, they have had lots of different activities going on. We have been learning how to create a fact file following our trip to Windsor. In Maths this week, we have been recapping our money skills by creating our own mini shops and learning how to give change. Some of our Year 3s have taken part in district sports after all their hard practice during lunchtime. They also had the chance to go into Year 4 on Move Up Morning to meet their new teachers and see their new classrooms.

This week, we have been taking part in Celebration of Us week. Year 3 has enjoyed lots of activities and welcomed some guest speakers who spoke to us about hidden disabilities. We had the opportunity to see a guide dog and hear about how it supports our visitor. We have also been writing our own poem, ‘I am Echelford’ and drawing our self-portraits. We were able to share our wonderful work with the rest of the school during our very own Proud Parade and with our buddy class.

Spellings: Common Exception Words

This week in Literacy we have been using our enquiry skills to answer our question of ‘How is Medieval Britain different to Britain today?’ using research The children  have focussed on food, transport, law and housing to support their answer. In Maths this week we have been looking at calculations strategies and place value using a variety of different methods. To continue on our learning in Science we have been looking further into the life of plants and how water travels. 

Spellings: Common Exception words 

This week in Year 3, we are looking at creating our very own stories and using a variety of themes around Good versus Evil. In Maths this week, we have been using our skills to look at subtraction and addition in a variety of different ways with the support of different resources. In Science this week, the children have been able to use their enquiry skills and look at plants and have been able to dissect the flower and label the key plants. Thank you to Petals of Walton for donating the flowers to the school to advance our learning.

Spellings: Common Exception words. 

This week in Year 3 we have started our new text of King Arthur learning about Medieval Britain in our Literacy lesson with our focus on prefixes and suffixes . In our Maths lessons we are exploring  multiplication looking at the six and eight times tables.  On Wednesday we took part in Sports Day and the children were able to demonstrate a variety of skills which included team work, being kind to all and determination. 

Spellings: Common Exception Words 

This week, 3IE enjoyed performing their class assembly to their peers across Year 3, revising all of the knowledge learnt throughout our ‘Mountains and Earthquakes’ topic. The children have also enjoyed finishing their DT projects by designing and building earthquake-resilient buildings which they have tested using mini weights. This has led to some exciting oracy opportunities where the children have pitched their projects in their own Dragons’ Den. 

Spellings: To spell words ending in ’-sion’. vision, confusion, division, television, invasion, erosion, collision, decision, fusion, revision

This week in literacy we have been planning and writing our newspaper report based on the scenarios from the Abominables book. In Maths, we continued to look at measurements and progressed to solving worded problems. In RaWV we explored various artefacts for our learning about Islam and why worship is important to Muslims. In PE we have been practising activities for sports day. 

Spellings: homophones 

Bear - bare     Fair- fare     Break-brake

Despite being a shorter week, it has been packed full of fun! From our class parties in honour of the VE and VJ Day celebrations to our parent oracy workshop, the children have definitely grown together as a community with our adults included! In Literacy, the children wrote diary entries inspired by our current class text, the Abominables, and in Maths we have continued to look at volume and measuring in millimetres and litres. 

Spellings: To spell words where the digraph ‘sc’ makes a /s/ sound. science, scene, discipline, scissors, ascends, scented,

fascinate, scenery, crescent, descend.

This week we continued our learning about mountains by exploring and researching the different types around the world; this supported us with our descriptive writing about mountains. In Maths, we have been introduced to a new topic, measuring, where we used weighing scales to estimate the measurement of various objects using the correct unit, for example g/kg. In RAWV, we have been learning about Islam. We learnt about the Muslims’ beliefs and explored Islamic stories in depth such as hidden messages within the story. Building on this, we created posters and poems with our own important messages about the world, family, friendships and God.

Spellings: words with the diagraph ‘ch’ and make the ‘c’ sound.

Scheme, echo, school, chaos

With our new topic being ‘Mountains and Earthquakes’, we have begun to explore Mount Everest! In Literacy, we have made predictions about our new books, ‘The Abominables’ and ‘Everest’, using our oracy skills to discuss the covers. In Maths, we have continued to look at 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. We have also started our new exciting Science topic which is all about magnets. 

Spellings: Words that end in -‘que’ like boutique and words that end in ‘-gue’ like rogue. 

This week in year 3, we have been continuing with our angles topic - focusing on perpendicular and parallel lines. In Literacy, we have been editing our work to ensure we have capital letters and commas in our writing. To finish off our skeleton topic in Science, we have been looking at the skeletons of animals and comparing the similarities and differences and considering if the way they are designed helps them to move in certain ways. We are looking forward to a restful Easter holidays! 

Spellings: common  exception words

This week in Year 3, we have been carrying on our learning about the Ancient Egyptians and have written instructions for how to mummify a pharaoh. In Maths. We have started a new topic all about fractions and have learnt about obtuse, acute and right angles and found them in different 2D shapes. In Science, we have consolidated our learning of the bones and muscles of the body and conducted an investigation to see how the length of our bones affect our movement. 

This week in Year 3, we have had an exciting week! On Tuesday, we took part in our Ancient Egyptian day where we experienced lots of fun activities, including hieroglyphic maths, board games and a quiz. This linked well with our writing this week where we have taken on the character of Howard Carter and written recounts of his discovery on Tutankhamun’s tomb using paragraphs. In Maths, we have finished our fractions topic by consolidating all our learning so far. 

Spellings: Egyptian topic words 

Tomb, hieroglyphics, pyramid, Tutankhamun 

This week, as part of Science Week we have focused on the Scientist Mary Anning. We have learnt all about her amazing discoveries on the Jurassic coast and the fossils she found. We created fact files to display all of the information we found. We also made our lava lamps and found out that they work because oil is hydrophobic so it actively moves away from water molecules. In Maths, we have continued with fractions and begun to compare different fractions and add and subtract them. We enjoyed a visit from the author Banji Alexander and were able to hear him read some of his books and ask him questions. 

Spellings: Words with the /ai/ sound spelled ei or eigh

Vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, sleigh

This week, Year 3 has been inspired by a performance of Aesop’s Fables. We focused on how the actors changed their voices and body language to engage the audience. We have been using our oracy skills to practise presenting and storytelling and planned and performed our own stories to a group in Year 6. We loved dressing up for World Book Day and sharing our favourite books with our class. In Maths, we have continued looking at fractions and how to find a non-unit fraction of a quantity.

Spellings: Common exception words

This week in Year 3, we have started our new topic ‘The Ancient Egyptians’ and are already fascinated by the way they lived and their rituals. In Science, we have begun exploring the human body thinking about our bones and what the names of them are. In Literacy, we have written about Egyptian artefacts and predicted what they may have been used for thousands of years ago. In PE, we are excited to be doing football, hockey and curling this term and have begun learning basic skills. 

Spellings: Prefix -re 

Redo,  revenge, return, refresh, review 

This week in Year 3 we have taken part in our Feet First walking training where the children have mastered new skills and are feeling ready to practice what they have learnt on their next walk. In Literacy we have finished completing our text Krindlekrax and have written our own version. In Foundation we have been busy completing all our learning for this half term. On Internet Safety Day we have been learning how to spot a scam and making our own Newsround version to inform others. 

Spellings: common exception words and words which end in ‘sure’ and ‘ture’

This week in Year 3, we have been focusing on the value of money for Maths Week. The children have been looking at clay items with different prices to compare their values. They have designed and created their own coasters to sell at the Echelford Expo next week. In Literacy, we have started exploring examples of animal fact files to understand what makes them interesting and useful for readers. The children will use their knowledge from the story ‘Krindlekrax’ to create their own animal fact files. Additionally, the children are continuing to develop their oracy skills by building on each other’s ideas, challenging thoughts, and summarising concepts.

Spellings: common exception words and words which end in ‘sure’ and ‘ture’

This week in Year 3 we have been looking at Digital and Analogue clocks and telling the time as well as building on from writing the time. In Literacy this week we have been reading into our text KrindleKrax further and writing our own direct speech around two of our main characters. We have continued to explore Cubism in Art and we are currently drawing our own version of KrindleKrax through the eyes of Pablo Picasso.

Spellings: Common Exception Words

This week in Year 3, we have been looking at time, such as minutes past and minutes to. We have been progressing this knowledge by learning how to write the time in words, for example, "20 minutes past 4." In literacy, we have continued reading "Krindlekrax" and explored the figurative language used to describe Lizard Street. We have developed our understanding of figurative language further by drawing and labeling our own version of Lizard Street and applying the various figurative languages we have learned, such as adjectives, alliteration, metaphors, and similes.

Spellings: common exception words

This week in year 3 we have continued to focus on our multiplications looking at the four times table.  In Literacy this week year 3 have been looking at persuasive language and composing a letter to Mr Lace, a character in our text Krindlekrax, to persuade him to give Ruskin a part in the school play. In PSHE we have been focusing on making our own garden of dreams and goals. 

Spellings: Common Exception words

In Year 3 we began to read our new text for this term KrindleKrax and  to look at what makes a hero in our Literacy lesson. In Maths we have continued securing our knowledge working on the 8 and 4 times tables. In Science this week we have been using our exploring skills looking at different light sources through reflecting with mirrors. 

Spellings: Common Exception Words

This week we have been busy practising for our Christmas Concert! We have also been finishing off lots of learning in Science about different soils. In Art, we went back to the Stone Age, created our own caves and used our knowledge of cave art to decorate them. In Maths, we looked at interpreting and drawing bar charts. We hope everyone has a lovely break! 

Spellings: Common exception words

This week Year 3 has been in full swing with our Christmas performance rehearsals and cannot wait to perform for our adults next week. We have also reflected on the story behind our Christmas celebrations with our Christmas/Hannukah pause day and looked at Hannukah and how this is celebrated. In Maths, we have been looking at pictograms and how to read and draw them.

Spellings: Common exception words 

This week in Year 3, we have been focusing on perimeter. We have learned what this means and how to calculate it using cm, m and mm. In Literacy, we have reflected on Stone Age Workshop from last week and have written a letter to a person of our choice, telling them all about it. We used our time adverbials to help us. In Science, we have learnt more about rocks and the 3 types of naturally forming rocks - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic and looked at how we can classify them based on their properties. We are also enjoying learning our songs for the upcoming Christmas performance. 

Spellings: Words that end with -al
Animal, medical, pedal, medal, petal, metal 

This week, Year 3 have been learning more about the Stone Age. In Literacy, they have written character descriptions about Om who is a girl from the Stone Age in our Power of Reading text. They focused on using expanded noun phrases to add detail to their descriptions. In Maths, we continued to look at multiplication and division with a focus on multiples and factors. In History, we became hunter-gatherers and thought about the threats and assets Stone Age people would have looked out for.

Spellings: Common Exception Words

In year 3, we have been starting our new topic of the Stone Age and have made predictions about what might happen in our book ‘Stone Age Boy’. In Maths, we have been exploring multiplication and division, looking at the inverse and commutativity. In History we have explored the timeline and where the Stone Age fits into this. In Science, we have been introduced to our new topic of ‘Rock, Fossils and Soils’. 

Spellings: Common Exception Words

This week Year 3 have been writing a book review to the class text of The Boy Who Grew a Dragon and sharing with their peers.In Maths this week we have been looking at estimation and inverse operations. To finish our D.T topic we have been making our sandwiches learning the techniques of spreading and what makes a healthy sandwich. 

Spellings: Common Exception Words 

This week in Year 3 we have been building our knowledge in literacy and exploring a wide range of poetry and writing our own poem about a mythical creature linked to our class text The Boy Who Grew Dragons. In Maths Year 3 have been using a variety of methods to solve word problems using both addition and subtraction. In Computing we have been practising our typing skills and creating our own list of ingredients for our sandwich task in D.T. 
Spellings: Common Exception Words 

In Year 3 this week we have been writing about our dream garden with a variety of different adjectives and noun phrases ,the children used lots of inspiration from their trip to Wisley Gardens. In Maths this week year 3 have been currently working on addition and subtraction using our knowledge to add and subtracts 1s and 10s. In P.E this week we have continued to work on our Netball skills learning about the rules and the different range of passing. 
Spellings: Common exception words.