Welcome to Year 3
Miss Riches is our class teacher, supported part time by Mrs Pullan, and Mrs Starkey will cover PPA time.
PE days will be Tuesday and Wednesday (swimming).
The first swimming session is Wednesday 16th September.
Reading books will be collected in on a Thursday and sent home on a Thursday.
Spellings will be sent home on a Wednesday and tested on Wednesday.
Mental arithmetic will be tested on a Wednesday.
Please make sure water bottles are brought in each day and pumps are in school for each child.
Year 3 Class Blog
Meditation
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In RE, the children have been exploring Hinduism and the importance of meditation to Hindus. The children held their own meditation session and explored the importance of the Aum symbol.
Soil Layers
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We finished our last lesson on ‘Rocks and Soils’ with a quiz to see what we had remembered about our learning. We also enjoyed a special treat and made our own ‘Soil Layer Puddings’ using biscuits and chocolate! We used different ingredients to represent each layer and it was definitely enjoyed by all!
Geologists in the making!
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Practical Maths
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This week in Maths we have been learning how to divide 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number with remainders. To introduce remainders, the children were given a certain amount of lollipop sticks to create simple 2D shapes. They then had to see how many lollipop sticks were remaining and create division number sentences to demonstrate their working out. We then moved onto using manipulatives and pictorial representations to solve division problems. This was a challenge for all the children to begin with but with perseverance and practice the light bulb moments were buzzing around the classroom!
Gymnastics
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This term in PE, we are focusing on gymnastics as well as swimming. This week we have been learning about ‘patch’ and ‘point’- large and small parts of your body.
The children worked in pairs, using their bodies in unison to create a tick, straddle, dish, arch, front and back support and a pike. The children were really engaged throughout the lesson and it was great to see amazing collaboration by all. Here are some of these positions in action. We are looking forward to building on this knowledge over the next few weeks.
