07 Nov 2025 archive

Run Run As Fast As You Can!

Welcome back Apple and Lime Class! At the beginning of this half term we will be learning about traditional tales. This week we focused on the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and looked at different versions to make comparisons. We also retold the story using story maps and thought about what the characters might say …

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Macavity, Maths and Maya

It was lovely to see everyone back after the well-deserved break at half term.  This week in English, we have thoroughly enjoyed reading the classic T.S Elliot poem: Macavity.  This cunning feline, a notorious criminal, manages to evade the authorities whilst carrying out acts of treachery.  Next week, we will be using Macavity to inspire …

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Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a lovely half term. It has been a busy first week back. We have been busy exploring the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. We have enjoyed looking at the nonsense words and actually trying to make sense of them. There have been a lot of really imaginative ideas. We liked …

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The tear thief

After having a lovely week off, we have come back to school to start the Christmas half-term! In Year 3, we have begun many new units across various subjects. In English, we have started reading a new book called ‘The Tear Thief’. We have been discussing emotions and whether people react to them in the …

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Back to school!

Welcome back to the second Autumn term! Remember your rain coats and wellie boots for the playground as Winter draws in. This week we have been honing our addition and subtraction skills in Maths, problem solving and working on accuracy. In English, we created flow diagrams, using cause and effect language, to retell the story …

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The Gunpowder Plot!

Hi everyone. Welcome back. English and History are linked this week as we have been reading the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.  We learned about the reason for the plot and the key events that occurred. We used a timeline to show when it happened.  The children made predictions about what might …

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