Year 3 2016 - 2017

Mrs Edwards

Miss Murdock

Mrs Page

Welcome to Year 3

In Year 3 Mrs Edwards and Miss Murdock teach 3EM and Mrs Page teaches 3P. We also have Mrs Vincent, Mrs McGill, and Mrs Platt supporting our learning.

Our Lunchtime Assistant is Mrs Webberley

PE -with effect from 20.02.17
3EM/3P
PE outdoor Tuesday

PE indoor Friday

P.E. kits are to remain in school. Outdoor kits should be taken home following the lesson. Trainers are required for outdoor lessons.

Marvellous Maths !

During our Maths information evening, Mrs Down explained how the topics covered would now appear on the website for reference. Look out for weekly updates.

Chapter 1 - Numbers to 1000

Counting in hundreds, tens and ones

To understand the value of each digit in a 3 digit number.

To be able to compare and order numbers.

To be able to count in fifties.

To recognise, describe and continue a number pattern on to more complicated patterns.

To be able to count in 4s and 8s.

Chapter 2 - Addition and Subtraction

To understand the commutative law of addition and the corresponding addition and subtraction facts.

To understand simple addition where only the ones column will be affected.

To add multiples of 10 to a 3 digit number.

To add multiples of 100s to a 3 digit number.

To add 2 3 digit numbers.

To add numbers and rename 1s.

Summer 2 Around the World in 28 days!

Please find our overview for this half term below.

Friday 23^rd June

What an amazing group of sporting superstars we have in Year 3!

We were delighted to be able to award the whole year group with a Superstar certificate this week. Well done everyone!

The children competed with enthusiasm and sportsmanship throughout the morning, while encouraging other year groups as well.

We are certainly enjoying our current novel, Around the World in 80 days, and learning even more about the features of diaries. Next week, we look forward to sharing extracts from the diaries written for homework.

Time has also been spent identifying the key geographical features of the UK, using atlases and our Physical Geography Encyclopaedias. This enabled us to place well known human and physical features onto UK maps of our own. Fascinating!

We will be well placed to plot the journey of Phileas Fogg in the week to come - as long as he crosses the American plains safely …

Friday 16^th June

Another exciting week was had in Year 3!

We began our new topic Around the World in 28 days. We learned about the author Jules Verne and how he was born and raised in France. Although he studied law, his interest lay in the theatre which resulted in him changing course and becoming a writer. Lucky us!

This week also saw Year 3 learning new drumming skills with Gafro. The children had a fabulous time and look forward to spending time with him in Year 4.

Our focus in Maths has been fractions this week. The children thoroughly enjoyed the investigation tasks and sharing their findings. We look forward to more fun fractions in the weeks ahead.

Following Sports Day preparations, the children are really looking forward to Tuesday. We have reminded them to ensure they are wearing plenty of sunscreen and have a named water bottle with them as the forecast is for more sunny weather!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Spring 2 Healthy Humans

Please find our overview for this half term below.

Friday 17th March

Super Skeletons!

What an interesting time we had this week, sharing our knowledge about the human skeleton. We learned how it protects us, supports us and enables us to move. Why not take a look at our discussions?

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