Year 3JH: Blog items
Date: 3rd Dec 2024 @ 5:07pm
In science this half-term, year 3 have been learning all about light!
As part of our learning, we have learnt how shadows are formed when opaque objects block the light. We then created our own shadow puppets! We used the shadow puppets to perform exciting stories.
Date: 18th Nov 2024 @ 8:29am
What an exciting few weeks year 3 have had!
This half-term, year three have been learning many new skills.
In maths, we have explored measurements - focusing on centimetres, metres and millimetres. This was a challenge at first, but well done to everyone for persevering, because we are all now able to confidently estimate the height and length of objects. This week, we will begin to measure the objects using rulers and tape measures.
In reading and writing, we have written our very own dilemma story! Using the story 'the Great Kapok Tree' for inspiration, we have explored how to use direct speech in order to convince a man or woman to save the rainforest from deforestation. Direct speech is a very tricky skill, one that we are still practising and hope to use in more pieces of writing.
We have also begun our geography topic, 'what impact can humans have on the Earth?' Throughout this unit, we are exploring both the positive and negative impacts that humans have on the planet - including pollution, deforestation and recycling. What could you do at home to help the Earth?
Year 4 shares their writing with Year 3
Date: 19th Oct 2024 @ 7:32pm
Both Year 3 and Year 4 have worked extremely hard in their writing lessons this half-term. They've written myths, instructions, non-chronological reports, and diary entries! As part of their writing focus, year 4 chose year 3 as their target audience.
Year 3 were able to listen to year 4 share their amazing Maya myths, whilst providing positive feedback about the skills the children had clearly practised and worked hard at including.
This was a great experience for both year groups, and year 3 look forward to sharing their writing with year 4 soon!
Date: 28th Sep 2024 @ 3:29pm
Year 3 have been very busy these last couple of weeks.
In maths, we have been exploring addition and subtraction. Can you remember the meaning of all of our new vocabulary? Addend, minuend, subtratend, equation, sum and difference? It was challenging to begin with, but we alll worked incredibly hard and continued to persevere until we felt confident.
In english, we have been reading the Stone Age boy. We have practised our inference skills, and next week will write a diary as if we have landed in the Stone Age - just like the boy did in the story.
In history, we explored what it would be like to be living in the Stone Age. We learnt what a hunter-gatherer was, and role-played being a hunter, gatherer and farmer in the playground.
We have also begun our gymnastics journey in PE, and learnt how to do a shoulder stand. We even learnt a trick to do with a beanbag and a hula hoop!
Attached is a copy of this week's homework and spellings.
Date: 14th Sep 2024 @ 3:54pm
This week, we had an Archaeologist visit Year 3! Dr Ian taught us about the three periods of the Stone Age. We were able to explore real artefacts, make string, weave, make flour, create bracelets and even attempted making pottery with clay. Year 3 had an amazing day, and we can't wait to learn even more about the Stone Age this half-term.
Date: 7th Sep 2024 @ 12:40pm
Welcome to Year 3!
What a fantastic start to year 3 that we have had. We began the week, by beginning our journey to become a rights respecting school, by exploring the book 'Every Child a Song.' Using the story as inspiration, we then created acrostic poems with our names, that we can't wait to display in our shared areas. We also learned about the ABCDE of rights, and the difference between 'needs' and 'wants.' After we'd learned about children's rights, we created Class Charters to ensure that our classrooms would be respectful, safe and responsible learning environments - see them below.
We also completed maths learning, where we were able to use concrete resources to order, compare and represent two and three digit numbers.
We can't wait to see what next week will bring!
Rememeber: P.E days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 11:12am
Year 3 have worked incredibly hard over the last couple of weeks!
In writing, they have written their own, rhyming poems. They then invited their families to school, where they shared their poems in their very own poetry read! The children showed great performance skills, and were able to speak aloud to large groups. They had worked very hard on perfecting their poems, and were extremely proud of what they had produced.
In geography, year 3 have been learning all about erosion. They explored different types of coastlines, as well as the process of erosion. They then used a range of building materials, to demonstrate the process of erosion. When explaining the process, they used the language: cave, arch, stack and stump.
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 9:42am
On Tuesday a group of Year 3 and 4 children attended an event called the 'Great Science Share' at the University of Salford. It was an opportunity for 34 school's around Greater Manchester to gather and share their science investigations to each other. Each school had a stall which they used to share their investigation to the visitiors walking around the hall. We also got an opportunity to go and visit the other schools' stalls to listen and learn about their science investigations. The Lord Mayor of Salford attended as well as some professors from the University of Salford and Manchester who were going around the stalls quizzing the children about their investigations.
Ferdows and Ayaan in Year 4 even got chosen to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the event! It such an amazing opportunity for the children who were in awe of the actual building! I am hoping to attend this event each year!
Enjoy looking at the photographs and video!
Mrs Iqbal
Date: 25th May 2024 @ 2:11pm
On Monday, year 3 had an exciting, Roman visitor!
At first, we were all very confused as the Roman was speaking to us in Latin and we had no idea what was going on. He even thought we were barbarians!
But we soon learnt that he had travelled from Rome with his tent and materials, and was here to teach us all about Ancient Rome. We were able to try on Roman armour, wash our arms with olive oil, taste soup and bread as well as touch real artefacts that were over 2,000 years old.
Our favourite part of the day, was trying the marching exercises, where we worked as a team to link our shields and defend ourselves against the year 3 adults as well as the other year 3 class.
It was an amazing, educational day that we are sure to never forget!
Date: 19th May 2024 @ 1:30pm
Another busy week in Year 3!
In history, we have learning about the legacy of the Romans. We were very surprised to learn just how much the Romans had given us - roads, language, Government, money and much more! We can't wait to meet our Roman visitor on Monday. Don't forget - you can come to school in your Roman outfit, school uniform or P.E kit.
In our English lessons, we have been learning all about the warrior, Queen Boudicca. We were amazed to learn how she rallied Celt tribes in an attempt to defeat Roman legions. We have begun to practice different skills - such as formal writing, past tense and adverbials - in preparation of writing a biography all about Boudicca next week.
In maths, we have been focusing on multiplication - specifically, our four times tables. We have practising recognising our four times tables, and explored the relationship between the 2 and 4 times tables.
In music and dance, we have been practising for the KS2 end of year performance. 3JH have been practising their makaton skills whilst 3CB have been trying to perfect their ukulele talents.
Next week, we hope to visit Phillip's Park to carry out a science experiment about friction - hopefully the weather will stay sunny for us!
Date: 6th May 2024 @ 2:37pm
Year 3 have had another busy week!
We have begun to plan our disaster stories, using inspiration from 'Escape from Pompeii.' Children were able to use their imagination to create their own characters, settings and disasters - we can't wait to finally begin writing it next week!
In maths, we have continued to learn about fractions. This week, we have focused on non-unit fractions of amount. We made connections to our previous learning on unit fractions, and were able to use both concrete and pictorial representations to support us.
One of our favourite lessons of the week, was history. This time, we explored how the Roman's built their empire. We used role play to re-enact the Romans taking over other countries, so that they were strong enough to invade Britain - we then researched all the benefits Britain had to offer for the Romans. Learning all about the Romans has been a highlight of our Connected Curriculum topics so far, and we are all very excited to learn even more.
An exciting first week of the Summer Term!
Date: 21st Apr 2024 @ 11:53am
What an exciting week back year 3 have had!
Children were eager to return to school on Monday and began their learning with enthusiasm and smiles.
Our history learning this half-term is all about the Romans, with the focus question of "Why were the Romans so powerful?" We launched this exciting topic with a dedicated 'Roman Day!' The children looked amazing in their costumes and were all eager to play the role of a Roman. We spent the day learning Roman Numerals, creating amazing continuous line drawings of Roman Busts, creating laurel wreaths and our favourite activity...tasting Roman Food. The children particularly enjoyed tasting the mackerel - even though they didn't like the look of it at first, the majority of children asked for seconds and even thirds! We can't wait to learn even more about the Romans now.
Aside from our history learning, we also had some exciting RE lessons. This week, the children explored the celebration of Ramadan. As some children celebrated Ramadan over the half-term, they shared their celebrations with the rest of the class. In 3JH, the children also taught others how they pray when they visit a Mosque. It was wonderful to see the compassion in which the children both asked and answered questions.
In maths, the children continued their learning about fractions. This week, we focused on unit fractions, and explored how we could use every day objects to create unit fractions (such as 1/2, 1/3, 1/4). In english, we read the story "The pebble in my pocket," and have begun to write a setting description about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
This half-term has started off full of excitement and a joy of learning. We can't see what next week brings.
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 1:41pm
What fantastic entries we had as part of our Easter competition. Year 3 and 4 made some fantastic entries, and everybody's efforts deserve recognition. As a prize for entering the competition, every entry will recieve a chocolate lolly. Other prizes have been given for the most independent, and best use of every day materials.
Have a look at the entries on the attached document - you'll be amazed!
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:44am
For the last two weeks, Year 3 have been learning all about the artist Suzsi Corio and her marvellous mountain collages. We then created artwork using the following techniques: wax resist, brusho, sgraffito and printing.
Year 3 used their artwork to cut out different mountain shapes which they then combined to create amazing collages.
Date: 11th Mar 2024 @ 7:56am
On Friday, year 3 celebrated World Book Day!
We begun the day by inviting parents and carers to the hall, to join us in reading lots of different stories. The children loved being able to share their favourite story with the different grown ups.
When we returned to class, we began a puppet challenge - we had to use a cardboard tube, paper and felt tips, to create different animals from the Kapok Tree - which we studied in the Autumn term.
The day ended with a visit to Nursery. We were able to share a story with the nursery children, and listen to a story together. We really enjoyed spending time with different children.
Attached are some photos of our wonderful day.
Date: 3rd Mar 2024 @ 11:47am
Welcome back! Can you believe that we are already half way through the school year?
This week, we begun to explore our new Geography unit "Where are the World's Greatest Waterways?" by exploring many maps and atlases, to locate the rivers 'Yangtze, Amazon, Volga, Nile, Thames, Mississippi.' Can you remember which countries these are in?
Sadly, we were unable to visit the River Medlock due to poor weather - but will make sure to try again over this half-term.
In maths, we begun to explore angles - and identified right, acute and obtuse angles. We particularly enjoyed using our right angle finders, to identify different right angles within our classrooms.
In english, we begun to read 'Tara Binns Mighty Mountain Ranger' and have started to explore persuasive vocabulary in preparation for writing a persuasive letter.
Dates to remember:
Don't forget - on Friday we celebrate World Book Day. You can either come to school wearing something comfy, or dressed as a character from a book.
Fabulous Addition and Research Skills!
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 2:33pm
This week, year 3 have been working extremely hard in their maths, reading and writing lessons.
We begun the week by completing our instructions on how to wash a woolly mammoth. Now we are confident on washing any large animal! We have then begun to complete some research for our next writing challenge - a non-chronological report on the Stone Age. We thought about all of the facts we have learnt this term, and then used different non-fiction books to find evidence to prove if our facts were true or not.
In maths, we have continued exploring addition. We begun the week by learning how to add 3-digit numbers through the method of redistribution. This was challenging at first, but we persevered until we felt confident. We have now moved on to learning about column addition. We have used our base 10 resources to help us, and have learnt the mathematical names for the different parts of addition number sentences (addend + addend = sum).
Date: 5th Jan 2024 @ 7:41pm
Welcome back!
Year 3 have enjoyed their time back in school, and are extremely eager to learn all about the Stone Age.
We begun the week by reading "Stone Age Boy," where we were surprised to learn that there was no electricity and spoken language was different to today. We then launched our history topic through two exciting challenges - becoming archaelogists and searching through sand for a range of Stone Age artefacts, and becoming architects through the task of recreating Stone Henge with biscuits.
See below for our exciting creations!
Year 3 can't wait to learn more about the Stone Age over these next weeks.
Date: 29th Dec 2023 @ 11:41am
We hope you have all had a safe and happy break this Winter.
Attached is a copy of our Spring overview, which shares all of the exciting topics we will be learning about this half-term.
We can't wait to get learning when we see you all again on Wednesday 3rd January.
Miss Brookes and Miss Higgins
Date: 26th Nov 2023 @ 1:38pm
This week in year 3, we further explored the Amazon Rainforest. We learnt all about deforestation, and argued reasons for and against this - although most of us voted against, we have begun to understand the benefits for deforestation as well (such as space for farm land).
In science, we begun to explore the inside of a plant, and used this to understand the process of pollination and fertilisation - this was very confusing at first, but we continued to explore this until we felt more confident. We will have to keep revisiting the different names for parts of a plant, as there were a lot to remember!
In maths and english, we completed assessments. We're looking forward to moving on with our learning next week, where we will begin to write/read non-chronological reports about animals in the Rainforest, and learn how to compare and order 3-digit numbers.
Week 3: Maths Week, Diwali and Children in Need!
Date: 18th Nov 2023 @ 7:51pm
This week has been busier than most for year 3.
We began the week by celebrating Anti-Bullying Week. We explored this in assembly, and wore odd socks to school.
We then entered a times tables rockstars tournament against each other, as part of our maths week celebrations. It was a close competition, and we took part every day in hope of being the winning class. In the end, 3CB scored 9,184 points and 3JH scored 4,628 points.
On Thursday and Friday, we learnt all about the festival of Diwali. We then filmed our own play of the story, which we shared with Nursery.
Finally, the week ended with our Children in Need celebrations - including wearing Pudsy/Spotty clothes to school.
Attached is this week's homework, which is due on Friday 24th November.
Date: 12th Nov 2023 @ 1:56pm
A very busy week in Year 3!
In maths, we explored how to find 10/100 more than/less than 3-digit numbers. This was challenging at first, as we often wanted to change the wrong digit. However, we persevered and tried a range of different 'prove it' and 'think it' challenges.
In English, we continued to explore the Kapok Tree. We used drama to imagine ourselves as either the man, an animal or the Kapok Tree. This will help us when we write our dilemma story next week.
We also began our science journey - learning all about plants. This week, we focused on the different parts of a plant and their functions (did you know that leaves use the sun to make food for the plant?)
The homework is attached below, and must be returned to school by Friday 17th November.
Key dates to remember:
Monday 13th November - Odd Socks Day! Don't forget to wear odd socks to school to celebrate anti-bullying week.
Friday 17th November - Children in Need Day! As part of our children in need celebration, you can come to school wearing spots.
Please remember to wear your P.E kit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 2:46pm
What an exciting week back!
This week, year 3 have begun to explore their new geography topic, all about the Amazon Basin. We used 'now press play' to experience a Rainforest journey through our headphones. We also read the story 'The Great Kapok Tree' and began to identify which animals we hope to use in our own dilemma stories next week.
In maths we explored additive and multiplicative equations for 3-digit numbers! This was challenging at first, but we persevered until all of us were feeling confident.
Date: 13th Oct 2023 @ 1:20pm
This week has been very exciting!
On Thursday, we were taught some fantastic football skills and tricks by Rabaz! We needed to be resilient, but we could all share some tricks by the end of the session.
On Friday, we met Nathaniel who taught us all about Windrush as part of our Black History Month celebrations.
Date: 29th Sep 2023 @ 9:40pm
Year 3 will be exploring the 'Golden Mummies of Egypt' exhibition at Manchester Museum on Tuesday 17th October! This is part of our history learning, where we have already begun exploring "what was it like to live in Ancient Egypt?"
Attached is a copy of the letter that was sent home on Thursday.
Please return this to school as soon as possible.