Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Summer Term in Year 3!
Miss Jackson will be teaching on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Miss Christie will be teaching on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; Mrs McDonald will be our teaching assistant.
On this page, you should find everything you need to know - our Meet the Teacher Information Evening presentation, curriculum map, knowledge organisers and weekly blog are a full of information but please contact us should there be anything else you need.
Year 3 Class Blog
What is friction?
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This week in science, we have been learning about friction as part of our topic on forces and magnets. We carried out an investigation, focusing on fair testing, as well as finding out which material creates the most friction. When releasing a car down a ramp, we carried out two tests for each material and tried a different height of the ramp to see if this made a difference. Many of the children predicted correctly that bubble wrap and foam would create the most friction.
Practical maths
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This week in maths we have been learning about mass- comparing, ordering and equivalent weights. We used Base 10 to find different ways of making 1kg which we find really helpful to support our learning.
World Book Day
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Yesterday we celebrated world book day. We had a fantastic day where we enjoyed a secret mission of creating a book cover for our classroom door, discussing our favourite stories and books, as well as creating a chapter for our ASJ story. Thank you for all your efforts with the children’s costumes, they all looked amazing!
Herd Farm
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This week we had a wonderful trip to Herd Farm as part of our topic on the Stone Age. The children took part in spear throwing, exploring a round house, learning about different historic artefacts used by people during the Stone Age and they also learnt how to light a fire using flint. The children have now been writing a persuasive letter in English in order to persuade other schools to visit this exciting local, educational place. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped us during the morning. It was a cold one!
Water Safety Week
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Just a reminder that it is ‘Water Safety Week’ at swimming this week. The children are to come in their swim wear as usual, but please send them with a pair of pyjamas/shorts and T-shirt in a separate carrier. It is really important that they have a plastic carrier with them to put their pyjamas in after. Thank you.
