We have had a busy few weeks here in Year 3! From World Book Day fun to play rehearsals and not to mention all of the fantastic work they have produced.

English:

In our English lessons, we have been really busy learning about different grammatical features. These have included modal verbs, relative clauses and the ‘rule of three’. Have a look below at some of the displays that we have created as a class to help us with our writing! The children have really enjoyed our model text of ‘Grandpas teeth’ and have written for a variety of purposes. Their handwriting is improving each week and we are really proud of the progress they are making here!

Maths:

We came to the end of our length and perimeter topic where the children were measuring shapes and practising their skills of using a ruler to find the perimeter. We focused on key vocabulary and ensured that the children were using these in their discussions. This has improved and there are lots of excellent language rich conversations going on. We have moved onto our topic of ‘Fractions’, and so far we have explored some of the key vocabulary and have identified that when the denominator is bigger, the means that the fraction is smaller. We’ve used a fraction wall to help the children see this visually and they have shown a great understanding of the topic already. We can’t wait to see what work they produce!

Music:

The children absolutely love their music lessons each week and we have come to the end of our ‘Junk Percussion’ unit. In this unit they explored sounds they can make with everyday objects including overlapping ostinato (see if your child can remember what this means!) We have now moved onto our second unit using the djembe, which is a drum from West Africa. I’m sure the children will really enjoy this and will tell you all about it!

World Book Day 2023:

A very exciting day for everyone in school is the long awaited World Book Day. The children had a fantastic day taking part in a variety of activities such as bookmark making, creating a patchwork door, buddy reading with year 6 and watching a live lesson where they had to add a twist to their favourite story. Not to mention the quiz at the end of the day, which was very exciting indeed! See some excellent examples of the work they produced and also the brilliant costumes!