Welcome to Year 3

Welcome back to school Year 3. We hope you had a brilliant summer and are ready for an exciting year of learning ahead. We have lots of fun learning opportunities planned for you throughout the year and we are looking forward to getting to know you all.

Please remember to bring your bookbag each day, with your reading books inside. You will take home two reading books each week and these will usually be swapped at the beginning of each week. It's really important that you practice reading your book every day at home. Please also bring a named water bottle with you and suitable clothing for the weather.

PE days for both classes are on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mr Sharp and Mrs Edwards

Topic Pathways 

Erupting Europe

Stone Age to Iron Age

Volcanoes: Vicious and Vivacious

Roman Invasion

Homework

Erupting Europe Homework

Week commencing 16.12.24

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This week, we researched what a pulley is and how they can be used. The children then created a winter decoration including a pulley for our Christmas market. Next, we evaluated our products to find areas of strength and areas we could've improved.

Week commencing 25.11.24

During our unit lesson, we looked at Stonehenge. We found out where it is located and what it was beilieved to be used for. We also looked at how it was built and produced an information report all about Stonehenge.

Stonehenge.pdf

Week commencing 04.11.24

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During this lesson, we explored what life would be like during the Stone Age, which was the longest period of time in our history. We learnt about the different stages of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic) and how life changed during these times. We also explored how clothing was made and why it was so necessary to keep warm. We also tried some food that would have been eaten during this time period and looked at different artifacts from the Stone Age.

 

Week commencing 14.10.24

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This week, we explored the structure of volcanoes, learning about their different features. We learnt about what causes a volcano to erupt and the differences between dormant, active and extinct volcanoes. Following this, we began creating volcano models in small groups using recycled materials and paper mache. We then painted our models and made labels for the key parts.


Week commencing 23.09.24

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This week the children explored some of the famous dishes from the Italian regions before designing and making their own Piadinas. They learnt how to use a grater and the bridge slicing technique to chop up their ingredients.

Week commencing 09.09.24

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In this lesson, we used an atlas to create a layered map of Italy. On our first layer, we looked at the different regions of Italy and added the names of the regions into the correct place on the map. Secondly, we added the names of the mountains located in Italy on an additional layer. On our final layer, we added the lakes, rivers and seas that either are a part of or surround Italy. Finally, we looked at key geographical information about Italy. Then, we labelled whether it was a physical or human geographical feature and located it on our map of Italy.

Alan Peat Sentences

Please refer to the attachment below and use the different types of sentences to enhance your writing.

Alan Peat Sentences

Year 3 Reading Spine

Regular reading is so important. Please have a look at the Year 3 Reading Spine which shows you some of the books and authors recommended for Year 3 readers. Many of these books will be available at our school library. If not, you may be able to borrow them from Loughborough Library.

Year 3 Reading Spine