Year 3

Y3 News 28.3.24

We have had a wonderful half term together and I cannot believe we are already at the end of it! We are so proud of everything the children have achieved this term.



In English, we have been exploring persuasive letters and greatly enjoyed learning our model text “The benefits of a pet walrus!” We then developed our understanding further by looking at the key features, such as modal verbs, rhetorical questions and emotive language. Following that, we wrote our own persuasive letters to Mrs Jones, attempting to persuade her for our very own class pet. We then developed our writing using fronted adverbials, conjunctions and paragraphs to write our own persuasive letters. The children have done incredible jobs and have produced exciting pieces of writing!

We have also thoroughly enjoyed our class text ‘Anisha, accidental detective.’ Through this text, we have been predicting, inferring and retrieving key information and have greatly enjoyed the comic writing style of the author. 

In Maths, we started off the term by exploring length and measure, focusing on the different units and moving on to looking at perimeter. Over the unit, the children worked hard at converting, comparing, adding and subtracting lengths, whilst also applying their understanding to different reasoning problems. More recently, we have been exploring fractions and have enjoyed identifying and ordering them. 

Over the past term, our budding scientists have been diving into the captivating world of forces and magnets. We have learnt about different types of forces and how they affect the world around us. We explored concepts such as pushes, pulls, gravity and friction. We then studied the properties of magnets, as well as conducting our own investigations looking at magnetic materials and how magnets are used in our everyday lives.

In Geography, we have explored where our food comes, firstly looking at foods that are produced in the UK and then those that are produced around the world. We then went across Europe, to look at the warmer climates of Italy and why certain foods grew there. We also had a very fun lesson tasting some of the Italian foods too! In addition to exploring global trade, we have looked at what fair trade means and investigated the advantages and disadvantages of buying locally and importing foods.

The children have blown me away with their sewing talent during our DT unit. Over the unit, they strengthen their cross stitch and applique stitches, leading them on to design and produced incredible final pieces. We definitely have some future designers in the class!

Wishing you all a restful and enjoyable break. 

Y3 News 9.2.24

Year 3 have had a fantastic half-term and we are so proud of the children for all their hard work. Inspired by our Talk for Writing text 'Elf Road', we wrote our very own Warning Tales and as you can imagine, the children's imaginations went wild! The children used incredible descriptive language, powerful verbs and noun phrases to add detail to their writing and this made their stories so interesting to read. In maths, we have been working hard on applying our knowledge of times tables to answer multiplication and division questions. We have now moved onto looking at comparing units of length and have been busy measuring different objects and problem solving. 

In science, we have been exploring Light and have conducted our own investigations on how light travels through different materials and have begun to investigate shadows. The children have shown their scientific understanding through their questioning and have been very keen to share their knowledge! In geography, we have investigated the human and physical features of Europe and have greatly enjoyed using maps to explore further. Our map skills have been strengthened by locating countries, rivers and exploring the climate of different countries. We have compared Buckingham to the Mediterranean area of Lake Garda, enjoying finding similarities and differences between the two places. This week, we also incorporated our maths skills by creating a bar graph of the different landmarks of Europe, we were very surprised to find out how tall the tallest building in Europe was! 

Y3 News 8.12.23

This half-term has whizzed by and it is very nearly time for a well-deserved rest. The children in Y3 have shown our values in abundance this half-term and have been working incredibly hard. In English, they have been writing their own wishing tale based on King of the Fishes. The children spent time learning about fronted adverbials, paragraphs, precise adjectives and similes. In maths, the children have been improving their knowledge and skills with multiplying and dividing. They are practising their times tables for the 2, 4 and 8 times tables.

In RE, the children have been learning about festivals of light, including Diwali, Advent and Hanukkah. The children have learnt about the different meanings behind these festivals, what the light symbolises and the different religions that celebrate them.

In history, the children have been learning all about the Stone Age and this included a trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum. The staff there truly made the children feel as if they were living in the Stone Age and shared so much knowledge with them.

We hope all of the children in Y3 have a lots of fun and rest over the Christmas holidays and we look forward to seeing them in January alongside Mrs Gray, their new teacher.

Y3 News 19.10.23

What a super last fortnight in Year 3. The children have been hard at work writing their final 'defeat the monster' stories and we have seen so much progress in their level of description and use of paragraphs.  As one child said, we are true authors now - learning how to edit and improve and fixing any mistakes. In the last week, the children have moved on to their non-chronological unit of work and we have started learning a report all about trolls which has captured their imagination! In maths, the children are getting to grips with adding and subtracting across the tens and hundreds, using a range of strategies. I have certainly seen an increase in resillience and confidence in the classroom. In science, the children have enjoyed learning about the lungs and the important diaphragm muscle.  They were quite sad to see 'Skelly' the skeleton go back into the box to take back to the musuem but there will be more exciting resources coming out next term to support their learning in history and science. The children also had a super time practising and performing their black history assembly. What a wonderful performance - the children said their lines so confidently and clearly! I am so proud of you all and have a super half term!

Y3 News 29.09.23

This week, the children have been innovating our model text, creating new monsters in the car yard.  The children have shown resilience and skill in their writing and we have been so pleased with their progress.  The children are understanding what it is like to be true authors, editing and improving their work as they write. In maths, the children have been practising finding ten more or less/one hundred more or less.  In history, the children have loved finding out all about Skara Brae and the significance of the site.  They created their own Skara Brae stone age houses and thought about what it would had been like to live there.

In science, the children have learnt the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates and have recorded different animals which fit under each category. They have also created their own healthy eating meal ( 3D!) to help solve the health issues of a client who was eating too much sugar and fat.

Y3 News 22.09.23

This week, the children have continued their amazing work.  We have been getting to grips with out class novel, 'The boy who grew dragons' and enjoyed finding out about dragon fruit! We have created a text map for our model text, 'Fowler's Yard' and have been learning how to create character descriptions, learning lots of new vocabulary on the way. In maths, the children have been developing their understanding of place value, by partitioning three digit numbers.  In art, the children have been learning all about the early stone age paintings, and have had a go at creating their own charcoal cave paintings.  We were amazed by the creative talent of our year 3s!

Y3 News 08.09.23

What an incredible start to the year! The children have just been an absolute joy to teach.  They have shown how hardworking and motivated they are and I am very proud of them and how quickly they have settled. We have started reading our class novel, with many giggles about the jokes! We have also started learning our 'Defeat the Monster' model text which is all about a car yard where the metal is crushed. The children were fascinated by this and we managed to find a video of the equipment being used to crush the scrap metal. In maths, the children have recapped their knowledge of partitioning and we have been busy using denes blocks to help us identify tens and ones, as well as find different ways to partition 2 - digit numbers.  Well done everyone for a hot but fabulous first week back.



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Y3 News 7.7.23

Another exciting few weeks in Year 3! 

We had sports day last week - the children worked so hard, showed great resilience and had a fantastic time. 

This week, Year 3 had their first experience of going into Year 4 with their new teacher! A rather familiar face.

On Wednesday we had the amazing opportunity of going to Pizza Express. The children learnt all about the importance of fresh ingredients and some fascinating facts about them. They also got the chance to make their own pizzas with a highly experienced pizza chef (Pizzaiolo)! 

Y3 News 9.6.23

What an amazing first week back we have had. The highlight was definitely our Roman day. Lots of the children dressed up as Romans and we really immersed ourselves in our learning. We met a Roman solider who told us all about the Roman army, showed us replica artefacts that would have been used in the Roman times, taught us how to work together as legion and played lots of fun Roman themed games. To top it off, we can't wait for our residential next week!

Y3 News 28.4.23

We have had a great 2 weeks back. In our writing we have been learning how to write newspapers - turns out lots of strange things have happened at Lace Hill school! In whole class reading, we have been enjoying Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong. In maths, we have been exploring fractions. So far, we have added, subtracted and found fractions of amounts. 

We have been exploring why Emperor Cluadius invaded Britain as part of our History, what makes plants grow as part of our science and how pneumatics work in DT. We can’t wait to carry on exploring these great topics. 

Y3 News 24.2.23

What a brilliant first week back after half-term we have had in Y3! The children have read and started learning our new text 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne. This story is a journey tale. In maths, we have started learning about fractions and what the numerator and denominator are.

Our new topics this half-term include: forces and magnets, Easter, Healthy me and mechanical systems.

Y3 News 20.1.23

It has been a busy week of writing in Year 3 as the children have been using their wishing tale 'The King of the Fishes' to help plan and write their own wishing tale. The children designed creatures who would grant their character a wish, and have been focusing on adjectives to describe and paragraphs to help structure their stories.

In maths, the class have been multiplying and dividing, thinking about using facts they already know to help them solve other calculations. In geography, the children have been learning about physical features, in particular rivers in Europe. In science, the children are learning about light and identifying objects that are opaque, transparent and translucent.

Y3 News 9.12.22

This week the class have been learning how to use their multiplication and division facts to solve worded problems. In English, we have begun to write our non-chronological report about Christmas, it is clear that the students are very excited as this is coming across in their writing! In art, the children have been recreating repeating patterns by identifying shape. We have also been lucky enough to watch the fabulous Christmas show and have been practising extremely hard for their concert!

Y3 News 2.12.22

This week it has been all about assessment! We have completed 3 maths quizzes and a reading quiz – students even asked for more! As well as this we have been learning about non-chronological reports, ready to start writing next week. Students have also been using their multiplication facts in maths. As well as this students have had a lovely art lesson where they created soft pastel pictures where they took inspiration from Georgia O’Keefe.

Y3 News 4.11.22

This week has been a lovely start to the term! It was lovely to sit down and chat to all parents at parents evening and discuss just how wonderful each child in the class truly is.

This week we have fully engrossed ourselves into our new class text – Elf road, a warning tale. We have sung our hearts out in music, recapped column addition and subtraction in maths as well as using the inverse to check our calculations. In art we have been identifying shape in objects, using this to help us with our observational drawing.

Y3 News 14.10.22

This week in year 3 we have been planning and writing our very own portal story. Students have fully immersed themselves in these stories and have let their imagination run wild! In maths we have been adding and subtracting multiples of three, using manipulatives when regrouping. We have also learned all about timelines in history, where we have looked at significant events in both BC and AD. In music we have been singing again, students are really enjoying this and are singing their hearts out! In computing we have been programming, using the repeat function and learning how to de-bug our systems. 

Y3 News 7.10.22

This week in year 3 students have planned and written their very own portal story! These stories are truly amazing, it is clear that they have all put a lot of thought into this. In maths we have been adding and subtracting hundreds, tens and ones and are beginning to regroup numbers when crossing the boundary between tens or ones. In science we have been classifying living beings by skeleton type, it is clear that some students really are experts! As you can see from the pictures students had a fabulous time in their music lesson, this week we have focused on singing where we sang our assembly songs all about kindness and respect as well as some more contemporary songs from the charts.

Y3 News 30.9.22

This week in English we have been working extremely hard. We have been learning all about the features of a portal story ready to box up and write our very own portal stories next week. In maths, we have been adding and subtracting tens and hundreds learning all about place value. In R.E, we have been learning about the two types of baptism, recognising the similarities and differences. In art, we had brilliant lesson making Stone Age paint using water, flour and a huge range of spices. 

Y3 News 23.9.22

This week in year 3 we have had a fun filled week!

As you all know we had our fabulous trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum where we learned all about Stone Age life. Students became archaeologists and went digging in faeces (fake of course) to discover what the Neolithic man ate, they pieced together pottery and discovered artefacts in the sand. As well as this they met a Neolithic woman who taught them all about how she lived. Students built homes, hunted for mammoth, made cave paint and created fire! During English this week we then wrote a letter back to Chiltern Open Air Museum thanking them for a fabulous time.

Y3 News 9.9.22

It truly has been a great first week in Year 3.

We have had so much fun immersing ourselves in the Stone Age with much more to come: this week students made their tables into caves and crawled inside to draw their own cave paintings. In English, students have written their first attempt at a portal story as well as expanding their vocabulary using dictionaries. In maths we have been expanding on our place value knowledge and representing numbers to 100 using dienes. In music we got the glockenspiels out and sang our hearts out all in one lesson. In R.E we have been discussing our prior knowledge of Christianity, using this we have discussed a sense of belonging and how we all show belonging to multiple communities.

Roll on week two!

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