Welcome to Year 3.
Our Teachers are Ms D’Souza, Mr Bushell and Miss Hobbs. Our Teaching Assistants are Mrs Parikh, Mrs Da Palma and Mrs Davies.
Jul 172026
Mini market stalls
We can’t believe that this week is our final full week of the year!
In English we have been planning and writing a poem based on the Giant Arctic Jellyfish book. We spent the first couple of days finding and improving adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Then we wrote a poem that includes all of our focus words from the week.
In maths this week we have been looking at money. The children began by identifying money and distinguishing between pennies and pounds. We then used money to add and subtract money, using the column method to help us. We then set up our own stalls to practise using money.
We have used some of the final lessons in our topic subjects to show off all of the things we have learnt over the year, creating posters and mindmaps.We also had the privilege of an art teacher visiting our school and helping us create some fantastic portraits of ourselves! The children had a brilliant time and were all focused and loved the activity.As we are nearing the end of the year we will be sending the childrens books and pieces of work home with them. Could the children please bring in a plastic bag to carry their things home in, thank you.We hope you have a lovely weekend,The Year 3 team.Jul 122026
Roman battles
We have had a very busy week this week in Year 3. With transition day. open evening and even recreating a Roman battle using shields and weapons the children made themselves.
We have been learning about different tactical formations the Romans would have used. We tried them out on the playground, they were a lot more difficult than we thought.
In maths this week we have been focusing on shape. Identifying 3D shapes using mathematical terminology to describe them. We even played a game of ‘Guess who’ but used shapes instead. The chn had to use properties such as how many faces, edges and vertices they have.In English we have started looking at a new book called ‘The search for the giant arctic jellyfish’. We had to imagine we wanted to search for the elusive creature and write persuasive letters to members of a crew to help us.In science we learnt about how plants create food for themselves using photosynthesis. At first, we found this big word scary however, after learning more about it the children were able to draw and label a diagram of the process.Next week we have our recorder concert on Tuesday at 9am. Please could every child have their recorder on Monday to practice and then it will be kept at school for the concert the next day.We hope you have a lovely weekend,The Year 3 team,Jul 032026
Grow a £
This week in Year 3, we have been planning and publishing our graphic novels. We have really enjoyed creating these but have found it difficult to limit our writing and choose the best sentences possible. We have been continuing to focus on onomatopoeia, speech and contrasting conjunctions in our work to improve it. The children especially enjoyed creating the illustrations for their graphic novels.
In maths we have moved onto learning about shape. We began by recapping 2D shapes and their properties, which then helped us understand the properties of 3D shapes. Understanding the differences between faces, edges and vertices and what they mean.
In science this week we have looked at how plants reproduce, using pollination. We looked at the different pollinators and how the actual act of pollination works. In history we were discussing why the Romans decided to leave Britain. We thought that the best way to do this would be to reenact it. The children used freeze frames to show different parts of the time period. Then we went outside to show what would happen if they were outnumbered by an enemy tribe.
We have also been preparing our ‘grow a pound projects’. Where we will be selling multiple items such as bookmarks and pet rocks and will be selling them on our open evening next Thursday. We hope to see as many people there as possible. Alongside this, on Thursday during the day, our school is having our move up day. The children will have the opportunity to meet their new teachers properly and be in their new classrooms.
Spellings have been stuck in their books and posted on Google classroom and the homework is still to create a Roman shield to be brought into school this coming week.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
From the Year 3 team.
Jun 202026
‘Inverted commas, talking talking talking, a piece of punctuation, inverted commas’
This week in Year 3 has been a very busy one, full of experiments, test and very hot weather.
In maths this week we have been continuing to look at decimal points and what a tenth is. At the beginning of the topic the children found the concept quite difficult. However after using lots of practical ways to understand it, the children are getting more confident with it. We have also looked at estimating and rounding numbers to the nearest whole number.
In English we have been planning and writing a diary entry based on our new book ‘The tower’. We have also had a focus on speech punctuation, using a fun and engaging song to remember the rules of it when writing it.
In history we have been continuing to look at the Romans, in particular the difference in Roman soldiers. The children were really good at comparing the two types and chose which one they would have preferred to be. Our homework for the next two weeks is to create a Roman shield, out of cardboard, and bring it into school to show the class. In art we have started to create our own catapults out of lolly sticks. In science we have been continuing to look at plants and the functions of them. We have conducted some experiments to actually see how the roots and stems work.
The homework is on google classroom as stated above and the spelling are also on google classroom.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
From the Year 3 team.
Jun 052026
Learning outside
It has been a lovely first week back after half term, getting to know what the children got up to over the holiday.
This week we have been aiming to do lots of our learning outside and have it focused on nature. We spent an English lesson focusing on onomatopoeia and decided to walk around the school listening to sounds. Then we used the words we heard outside to create short poems about sounds in our school. In English we have started a new book called ‘Our Tower’ and focusing on how the author uses onomatopoeia and personification to describe the settings in the book.
In maths we have continued our ‘telling the time’ unit. Our main focus this week has been on duration, knowing that we have to work out the start and ending time of the journey and then figuring out the difference between the two times. We have been very impressed with how well the children have understood this concept.
We have begun new topics across the board this half term. In science we have been looking at the main features of plants and the importance of them. In history we are looking more in depth about the Romans and the contributions they made to Britain. We had some amazing discussions about whether the contributions the Romans made were beneficial or not. In DT we have started looking at strong structures and what makes them strong. We experimented with what shape they thought was the strongest and determined it was a triangle.
On Friday our school participated in a learning outside day and Year 3 where fortunate enough to go down to our school field and take part in more active learning.
As usual the homework is on google classroom.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
From the Year 3 team.
May 222026
Pottery and sports day!
We have had a very busy last week of this half term.
On Wednesday we had a pottery workshop. A professional artist came in and began our day by leading an assembly about the different techniques she uses to create her pots. She then showed us some of her creations she had made. Then in our classes we made our own clay pot and made them look like faces. They are going to be taken away and fired in her kiln and we will be able to take them home.
On Friday we had our sports day. All the children participated really well and showed really good sportsmanship. Vermillion came second and Amber class won!
This week, in class, we have continued understanding time. We are learning to accurately tell the time and convert analogue into digital time. In English we have finished the Dream Giver and have been editing and publishing our work so we can show the rest of the school it on our class display.
In science we have finished forces and magnets and have created posters explaining everything we have learnt over the last half term. In computing we have been creating stop motion animations. We created moving animals in our DT lessons and put them into a scene using the chromebooks and ipads.
We have sent PE kits home with the children, please could they be brought back in on the first day washed. There is no spelling set this week.
We hope you have a lovely half term. We are very excited for the last half term of the year!
From the Year 3 team.
May 092026
What a walk!
Even though this week was a shorter week, Y3 have managed to fit in a lot!
SCHOOL TRIP
On Tuesday we went on a school trip to Verulamium park and museum. We explored the Roman remains that can be found in the park and imagined we were Romans. We looked at part of a gateway that people would have used to enter the city and an intact Roman wall. Then we made our way to the museum where we explored Roman artifacts in a ‘market place’ and had the opportunity to investigate what the museum has to show us. We had a really lovely day out, even if the the children (and adults) struggle with the walk back to school.
In maths this week we have been solving worded problems where one of the parts is ‘unknown’. The children struggled to understand the concept to start with but when we practised and used manipulatives to help us, they began to grasp the concept more. We will continue to look at this over time.
In English we have finished writing instructions on how to become a trainee dream giver. The chn have been focusing on including adjectives, adverbs and fronted adverbials in their writing. They have enjoyed this topic as it can be individual to them.
In science this week we have put all of our knowledge, about forces and magnets, to create a poster. We included push and pull forces, contact forces, friction, gravity, magnetic force, attract and repel, and north and south poles. It was lovely to see all of their hard work come together.
The spellings and homework are on google classroom and we will have paper copies outside the classrooms if you would like to take one.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
From the Year 3 team.
May 012026
Finally the bus stop method!
It has been another lovely, surprisingly warm week.
In maths this week we have continued division but have progressed into using short division methods such as ‘the bus stop method’. We have been using different manipulatives to help us understand the new method. We have also been focusing on our times tables as knowing them will help throughout these lessons.
In English we are continuing to use ‘The Dream Giver’ as inspiration. We have started to plan instructions to help a trainee dream giver at their new job. We have been looking at ways that we can improve simple sentences and using a thesaurus to help us.
In science this week we conducted an experiment to see if all magnets are the same strength. In history we have been using clues to figure out what a Roman town would look like. In PE we have been lucky enough to have members of the SPURS football organisation to teach a PE lesson.
Next Tuesday Year 3 are going on their school trip to Verulamium museum and the surrounding area. Please can children ensure that they bring a waterproof coat, a water bottle, a snack and a packed lunch. Children are welcome to wear comfortable footwear as there will be lots of walking. An email has been sent to all parents giving them all the information you need. We are really looking forward to a lovely day out.
There is homework on Google Classroom and spellings are in their books and on Google Classroom.
We hope you have a lovely long weekend,
The Year 3 team.
Apr 242026
The dream giver
We have had another lovely, busy week in school this week.
In English we have been continuing to look at the story of the Dream Giver. We have had a great time creating a non-chronological report about our own dream givers. We first created images using adjectives and expanded noun phrases and then wrote paragraphs about their appearance, habitat and job description.
In maths we have moved onto division. We have been focusing on dividing two and three digit numbers by a one digit numbers, with exchanging. We have been using different manipulatives to help us when exchanging one ten for ten ones. We will be moving onto short division next week and begin to understand how to use the bus stop method to help us with dividing.
In history we have been looking at the Romans invading Britain. We have looked at the who, what, where and why questions about the invasion. We also discussed whether or not we thought it was a good idea, for the Romans, to invade. In science we are continuing to look at magnets and how they work. We have experimented with magnets by finding things in our classrooms that are magnetic. We have began looking at the north and south poles and why they either attract or repel.
The homework this week is on google classroom but it will also be printed outside the classroom if you would like a paper copy. The spellings are set the same as always.
A reminder that we are going on a class trip on 5th May. An email has been sent out but if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask during soft start.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
The Year 3 team.
Mar 282026
Happy Easter
Our final week of this term has been very busy!
In Maths we have begun learning about short multiplication and using the column method. We realised that we have to start by multiplying the numbers in the ones column first and then the tens. We progressed onto regrouping and will continue to look at this after the easter break.
In English we finished looking at the book ‘Escape from Pompeii’. We finished the unit by writing a newspaper report about the event. We had to include the main features of a newspaper report; headlines, subheadings, introduction and eyewitness accounts.
Throughout our DT topic we have been researching and designing pizza. Both classes have made them and we have rave reviews.
We also had lots of fun designing and creating animals out of plasticine. We also created the animals habitat out of recycling that we brought into school. We will be finishing these after half-term.
We haven’t given the children any spellings to learn of the two week break but I would be great if the children could continue with their reading and practice their times tables on TTRS.
We hope you have a lovely Easter and we are looking forward to the final term of the year!
From the Year 3 team
