Welcome to Year 3! 

In Year 3, the class teacher is Mr Andrews. 

If you have any questions, please come and speak to Mr Andrews. If he is not around at the beginning and end of the day, you can contact the school office and request an appointment. 

Keep referring back to this page for regular updates about the children's learning. 
 

PE DAYS FOR SUMMER TERM
Monday - Swimming
Friday - Outdoor PE

Curriculum Newsletters

Below are our half-termly newsletters which provide detailed information about what the children will be learning about in class. 

Update - Monday 11th May

English

This week in our English learning, we have been looking at our new writing outcome which is writing to inform. We have decided to make links to our class guided reading text called 'Me and Mister P' and take the main character, Mister P and write non-chronological reports about polar bears. The children have started to look at the vocabulary used in non-chronological reports as well as gathering facts to help them with their final piece. The children have also been busy developing their understanding of how paragraphs are constructed in a non-chronological report and have practically made their own. 

Maths

The children have continued to do a fantastic job with their current maths unit of work on 'Money'. This week we have been looking at finding and calculating change. They have solved a range of problems including those with one-step and problems with more than one-step. The children have been using bar models to help them visualise the problem as well as using an unstructured number line to help them count on to find their change total. 

History

We are continuing to learn many different things about the Romans and this week is no exception. We have looked closer at the Roman Army and how there were many different roles and responsibilities. We even had a go at acting out our own Roman Army and learning about how soldiers were punished for not following the rules. Later on in the week, the children discovered further information about the first Roman invasions of Britain and looked at the cause of the invasion and what the consequences of the invasions were. 

Spanish

In our Spanish topic this half-term we have been visiting the ice-cream shop. The children can now recite 10 different flavours of ice-cream including: un helado fresa, un helado menta, un helado de cafe and un helado de caramello. The children have also looked at ordering ice creams with a cone or in a pot. 

Update - Tuesday 5th May 2026

This half term is certainly speeding by! What another great week in year 3 albeit a little shorter than normal. 

English

The children have been crafting their final piece writing inspired by 'The Dark' by Lemony Snickett. The children have been writing in chunks of writing developing their paragraphs over a whole story. They have been using a range of writing techniques including: fronted adverbials, coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and inverted commas for direct speech. The children have also been learning to check their writing carefully by reading back with a checklist.

Maths

We have started our new unit of work on 'Money' this week. The children have begun recapping previous learning from year 2 where they have been identifying pounds and pence. They have retrieved their knowledge around the value of different coins and notes. We have progressed learning on from their to look at converting between pounds and pence. 

RE

This half term, the children have been busy studying the key religion 'Hinduism' with a particular focus on looking at Hindu beliefs around God and how this is made up of different parts. The children have been comparing this idea to other known religions including Christianity having a focus on one God and the same as Islam. They made sensible and considered comparisons demonstrating the fundamental British value of 'tolerance'. 

Update - Monday 27th April 

What a fantastic week we have had in year 3! The sunny weather has certainly helped. 

Swimming

The children have enjoyed their second swimming lesson at Basingstoke Aquadrome this week. They were exceptionally behaved and participated in the session with great determination and resilience. 

Portals to the Past - Romans! 

This week the children welcomed back Martin from Portals to the Past. This time, Martin was working with the children on a Romans inspired and themed workshop. The children spent all day with Martin discovering more about the Romans and their invasion of Britain. The children loved all of the different active parts of the day; a special thank you to those of the children who dressed up for the occasion. 

English

This week in English the children have been writing their 'Apprentice Piece' for 'The Dark' by Lemony Snickett. The children have been using and applying the skills taught so far including: inverted commas for direct speech, expanded noun phrases and sentence structure variation. The children also worked hard to edit and improve their apprentice piece ahead of starting the final piece. 

Times Tables

The children continue to impress me with their enthusiasm for learning their times tables. After 2 weeks of learning the 7 times tables and with improvements in our weekly testing scores, the children have moved onto the 9 times tables. This is a great achievement at this stage of the year as more fluent times tables knowledge will continue to boost their confidence across the mathematics curriculum. Keep encouraging your child to log onto Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) for at least 3 times per week so that we can continue to track their progress carefully. 

Update - Monday 20th April

Swimming

This week in we commenced our swimming lessons at Basingstoke Aquadrome. The children were assessed by the instructors and placed into the relevant groupings. The children practiced swimming on their fronts using a range of buoyancy aids including noodles and floats. The children also used accurate kicking techniques to travel on their front including the appropriate action for front crawl. 

Maths

During our Maths lesson this week we have been concentrating on finding unit fractions of amounts. The children have remembered that a unit fraction has 1 as a numerator. They have used counters to share their whole into equal parts to find the unit fraction of amount. The children have then progressed into their white rose work books to answer a range of questions. 

History

This week we have in our history lessons we have continued learning more about the Romans. We looked at the founding of the city of Rome and looked at different viewpoints. One viewpoint we looked at was the Roman story of Romulus and Remus. The children also studied another viewpoint which was looking at historical evidence surrounding the founding of Rome including the building of small villages along the River Tiber. Later on in the week, the children were also looking at the different stages of the Roman era including: Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire. The children studied how they were different including having a king, voted representatives or an Emperor. This will set the children up well for our forthcoming visit by 'Portals to the Past' next week. 

Update - Monday 13th April 2026

Welcome back to another amazing term of learning in Year 3! It is quite hard to believe that we only have 1 term left until the end of the year. The children have settled back into school really well and have had a great week of learning. 

English

During our English lessons this week, the children have been exploring the story 'The Dark' by Lemony Snickett. The children have been introduced to the main character, Laszlo. Laszlo has one great fear which is 'The Dark'. We have used different immersion techniques to help the children explore the text and its characters including freeze frames. The children worked in small groups to recreate key moments of the story to show Laszlo and his fear. Later on in the week, we looked at hot seating as well as recapping previous learning on writing descriptive sentences. 

Maths

This week we have begun our second unit of work on Fractions. The children have been mastering adding fractions with the same denominator. They have remembered that when adding fractions with the same denominator that we only add the numerator. We used numicon to represent the different parts of the whole. Later on in the week, we also subtracted fractions with the same denominator, again using numicon to help us see the relationship between the part and whole. 

History

After much patience, the children have started the history topic about 'The Romans'. I know that this has been a keen interest of them and now the wait is finally over! We started the topic by thinking about what questions we would like to find out about the Romans before we finish the topic before the summer holidays. After that, we made a class timeline to understand the chronology of key events in the Roman Empire before creating our own versions in our books. 

Update - Monday 23rd March 2026

Maths 

This week in Maths we have been finishing our current unit of work on mass and capacity. We have been adding and subtracting with capacity as well as comparing and ordering capacity. 

English

In our English lessons this week we have been continuing with learning about descriptive writing including using prepositions, fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. The children have been using these descriptive writing and expanding our ideas with more than one clause. 

Art

During our art lessons this week, we have been thinking about our key artist (LS Lowry) to inspire our own final piece art work. The children looked at a key piece of art work called 'Coming out of school' looking at the key skills, use of colour and texture. We created our own version of 'Coming out of school' with Mr Andrews taking our class photo outside on the playground. We then used this as a stimulus for their own art work resulting in their finished products.

Update - Monday 16th March 2026

English

This week in our English lessons, the children have moved onto their next unit of work. We have been using our reading text ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes as a stimulus for our next written outcome. The children have looked at a range of vocabulary to make their ideas more precise and specific. They also created expanded noun phrases using word cards. Later on in the week, the children recapped using fronted adverbials at the start of their sentences. We finished the week building sentences by extending them with a range of conjunctions. 

Maths

During our Maths lessons this week, the year 3 children have been learning about mass and capacity. They have been measuring using grams and kilograms. They also looked at adding and subtracting with mass. Later in the week, they began exploring capacity by measuring using millilitres and litres. 

PE

Thankfully, the weather has been kinder to us this week meaning that the children have been able to get outside to play hockey matches. They have used different passing skills, striking the ball and shooting to the goal. 

Update - Monday 9th March

English

This week during our English lessons, the year 3 children have been writing their final pieces - persuasive letters - to convince people to stop feeding the bear. They have taken inspiration from the story 'Don't Feed the Bear' by Kathleen Doherty. The children included a range of skills to structure their final piece including: fronted adverbials, complex sentences with a range of subordinating conjunctions, paragraphs and more specific vocabulary. The children finished the week by editing and improving their work. 

Maths

We have started our new unit of Maths work around 'Mass and Capacity'. The children have been looking at measuring objects using grams and kilograms. They have read a range of scales with different intervals - using and applying previous learning from number, place value and fractions. They have also been thinking mathematically to answer some reasoning problems about measuring in grams, supported by using sentence stems and key vocabulary. 

Times Tables

The children have been working hard to compete in a times tables rock stars battle against Year 4. They have worked hard to recall core times tables facts and managed to beat year 4 for the second week in a row!

Fundamental British Values - Mutual Respect

During our assembly on Thursday, the children were thinking about the fundamental British Value of 'Mutual Respect' where they were building their understanding of a special celebration to Muslims. Zehra from Year 6 spoke to the children about how she marks the time of Ramadan and how the end of this is celebrated Eid. 

Update - Monday 2nd March

Maths

This week in our Maths work, the children have continued learning about fractions. They have looked at fractions on a number line, counting forwards and backwards with fractions on a number line and comparing equivalent fractions on a number line. The children have also continued to solve a range of reasoning problems to extend their thinking. 

World Book Day
This week saw our annual World Book Day here at Chiltern. The year 3 children certainly did the school proud with their excellent costumes that they crafted and wore for the day. We had great fun taking part in several World Book Day activities including a character treasure hunt where there were different book characters stuck all over the school for them to guess. They also swapped classes with year 1 and shared different books together. Later, the children used the reader’s theatre approach to read an extract of text, working on smoothness, to perform to the rest of the school in assembly. Before the end of the day assembly, we also shared ‘The Masked Reader’ where there were different members of staff reading a well-known story book wearing a mask. They had great fun taking part in making the guesses and the children got all of the guesses correct. Well Done Year 3! 

Geography

As part of our rocks, rumbles and relics topic, this week we have looked at an earthquake case study by looking at an earthquake that took place in the town of Amatrice in Italy. The children looked at the short-term and long-term impact of the earthquake. They also had fun exploring about earthquakes can cause a tsunami. We studied one of the most powerful and destructive tsunamis from Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean where they used their map skills to locate different countries that were affected by this natural disaster. 

Update - Monday 23rd February 2026

Welcome back to another half term in Year 3! It is quite unbelievable that we are half-way through the academic year. The children have been getting up to all sorts of amazing things this week with their learning. 

English

We have started our new English learning journey using the key text driver ‘Don’t feed the bear’. The children have been starting to think about persuasion and stopping people from feeding the bear. They have explored character thoughts, feeling and emotions so that they can understand how different events in the story have made people feel. We have made the connection to persuasion as when we persuade people, we are appealing to their emotions. The children wrote questions for one of the main characters in the story and we used hot seating to bring this to life. Towards the end of the week, the children were looking at improving their vocabulary and using this in their own sentences. 

Maths

This week in Maths the children have started learning about fractions. They have been identifying and understanding unit fractions as well as non-unit fractions. We have challenged them all through the use of problem solving and reasoning questions to get them really thinking mathematically about these maths concepts. 

Geography

As part of our Rocks, Relics and Rumbles topic, we have been looking more closely at Earthquakes this week. The children retrieved their previous learning about tectonic plates to help them understand further about how Earthquakes happen. We labelled a diagram of an earthquake/tectonic plates to help us see how this natural disaster occurs. The children then also wrote their own explanatory sentences about how earthquakes happen. 

Update - Monday 9th February 2026

WOW! I can’t quite believe that we have reached the end of another fantastic learning in year 3. The children continue to make me very proud each day and know that they will continue doing so. 

English

This week have the children have finished their ‘Man on the Moon’ inspired story writing. They used a range of skills such as: subordinating conjunctions, fronted adverbials, past tense and inverted commas. The children also then had the opportunity to edit and improve their final piece before sharing it with other children. 

Maths

The children have been getting to grips with perimeter in our maths lessons this week. The children have learned what perimeter is and what perimeter is not. They have also measured perimeter as well as calculating perimeter. We finished off the week by solving a range of reasoning problems to use and apply our knowledge of perimeter. 

History

This week in History the children were recalling and retrieving key knowledge from our Autumn term topic about Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. The children completed a range of activities including: matching vocabulary to definitions, writing facts about different artefacts and answering true or false statements. 

Music

This week in Music we have been listening and responding to a song about Chinese lanterns. We have listened to the song and learned to sing it using the correct melody and rhythm. After that, we then learned to sing the song in the ‘round’ where different groups started and ended at different times. We then progressed learning further by looking at playing tuned instruments such as xylophones. We began learning the pentatonic scale of - C D E G A - practicing this with precision and confidence. We then used these notes to play different bars of the song inspired by Chinese lanterns. 

Update - Monday 2nd February 2026

English

The children have been diving into sentence level work this week looking at complex sentences. The children practically built complex sentences thinking about the main and subordinate clause. They also then wrote their own thinking specifically about the subordinate clause at the beginning of their sentence. 

Maths

In Maths this week, the children have continued to explore length. They began the week comparing different lengths including mixed lengths: mm, cm and m. They solved a range of problems including converting mixed measurements into the same unit of measure. Towards the end of the week, the children have been adding and subtracting lengths using previous methods taught in Autumn term.

Art

This week during our Art lessons, the children have been creating a 3D form. They used clay and clay tools to create their very own sculpture of an ammonite. They worked using different techniques including: rolling, joining and carving. The children then evaluated their work to ensure that it met the expectations and success criteria. 

Update - Monday 26th January 2026

What another amazing week of learning we have had in year 3! 

English

This week in English has seen the year 3 children starting their new unit of work. They began the week by making predictions about details stated and implied using different pictorial clues. We used sentence stems to help construct our predictions. We then watched a video clip to see if our predictions were correct. We realised that the story we are learning about in English is called ‘The Man on the Moon’ with the main character of the old man being isolated on the moon. Later on in the week, the children developed their vocabulary and orally retold the story in different chunks. 

Geography

During our Geography lessons this week, the children have continued to learn lots about volcanoes. We started the week learning more about the ring of fire and how this particularly fiery and rumbling area of the world has the world’s most volcanoes in it. We also then moved learning on to find out more about the different parts of a volcano including: the crater, throat, magma chamber and vent. 
 

RE

This week in RE we have continued to be learning about the idea of miracles. We have investigated further Christian teachings about miracles where we read a story about Jesus healing a paralysed man. We read the story as a class and then acted it out to help us remember the different parts. After we had acted out the story and showed the class, we then reflected about how this story showed or told a miracle. 

Update - Monday 19th January 2026

English
This week in our English lessons, the children have been writing their final pieces about Meerkats. They have drafted and edited their non-chronological reports about Meerkats including using: headings, subheadings, subordinating conjunctions and fronted adverbials. The children have really impressed with their writing craft and the improvements made in their handwriting is truly commendable. 

Maths

We have looked at a new idea when dividing this week in Maths by using division with remainders. The children used lots of practical resources to help them share and group equally, this helped them to see that a remainder is an amount left over that cannot be shared equally. The children also made great connections to their times tables knowledge to help them with this learning. 

Geography

We are continuing to learn a lot about our 'Rocks, Relics and Rumbles' topic. The children have been exploring about tectonic plates including the supercontinent 'pangea' and how continental drift caused our world to look the way it does. The children also made comparisons between the different types of tectonic plate boundary. 

Update - Monday 12th January 2026

WOW! What a fun filled week we have had in year 3 this week. 

QMC Science Centre Trip
This week we visited QMC Science Centre for a trip all about Science. We completed different investigations that helped us to understand more about forces and magnets. 

• Investigation 1 - we had to investigate the strength of magnets in attracting a metal aeroplane 
• Investigation 2 - we had to investigate which magnet was the strongest based on the amount of grams it could pull across a surface. We also looked at the different types of surface that changed how easy or difficult it was to pull the tin across. 
• Investigation 3 - we looked at different trays of materials and had to first of all predict whether we thought the material was magnetic or not. After that, we tested our predictions and noted down our results into a table.
• Investigation 4 - we had to use what we already knew about magnets to create a magnetic fishing rod game. 

Update - Monday 5th January 2026

English

This week in English we have started to learn about Meerkats. We have read the key text 'Meerkat Mail' and have started to explore where Meerkats live, what they eat and how they behave. The children have also used the Reader's Theatre approach to learn and perform different extracts. 

Art

In our Art lesson this week, the children started to explore ammonites including looking at different images. We discussed the different images and described them using artistic vocabulary such as: tone, texture, shape and form. The children then used different drawing media (pencils, biros and charcoal) to create their own sketches of ammonites. 

PE

During our indoor PE lesson this week, the children were introduced to our new topic 'Parkour'. The children started by watching a video of Parkour to see how different techniques and skills were used. After that, the children went into the hall to begin different standing jumps including on and off mats. The children then also progressed to jumping onto and off apparatus. 

Update - Monday 15th December 2025

Christmas Performance at Buckskin Church

WOW! What a week in KS2. The children have put together their final rehearsals for their Christmas Performance at Buckskin Church. They have been singing beautifully the different songs that we have learned. They have also worked through putting together a Christmas tableaux of the traditional Nativity including costumes. 

English

The children have come to the end of their current writing journey of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' by Mac Barnett. They have written the middle and end of the story using a range of skills such as: direct speech, conjunctions, adverbs and a range of sentence structures. The children then progressed their writing even further by writing a twisted version of the ending of the story - telling us what could have happened to the troll after he fell down the waterfalls. 

Spelling

During their spelling lessons this week, the children have been revising statutory spellings as detailed in the national curriculum. Unlike other spelling lessons, the key focus words unfortunately do not always follow a rule or pattern, therefore, we have worked on different ways to learn these words by heart including: word shapes, dictation sentences, rainbow spellings, pyramid writing and in word searches. Please continue to help your child at home by learning these words so that they continue to remember them. 

Update - Monday 8th December 2025

English

This week we have continued looking at the our key text 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' by Mac Barnett. The children have been learning about using adverbs to describe time, place and cause. The children have also looked at using different suffixes to change root words e.g. bigger, biggest. This has helped to improve their descriptive writing when talking about main characters such as the troll and goats.

History

The children have completed their final lesson on our current 'Through the Ages' topic about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. The children have impressed with their retrieval of key facts and have written these into their own information texts. The children have remembered key events and facts that we have studied during our topic and used these in their own written work. 

PE

As we come to the end of the term, the children have been using their new skills developed in Badminton and Netball to a range of practices. During Badminton, the children have been progressing to striking and returning the shuttlecock over the net. During Netball, the children have been using and applying different passes (chest, bounce and shoulder) to a partner and team. 

Update - Monday 1st December 2025

Maths

The children have continued to impress with their multiplication and division knowledge where they have continued to solve a range of problems using the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. They have been looking for patterns and using sentence stems to support their responses. 

An example of a problem we have solved is: 
How can 3 x 3 = 9 and 2 x 3 = 6, help you to solve 5 x 3? 

The children have used scaffolded sentences such as "If I know that 3+2 = 5, then I know that 9+6 = 15" 

Reading

The children have continued to enjoy reading 'Stig of the Dump' as their key text in Reading lessons. The children have been working on improving their reading fluency by using the EARS reading scale. They have learned to develop their Expression, Automatic Word Reading, Rhythm and Smoothness. 

Music

During our Music lessons this half term, we have continued to learn different Christmas songs as part of our Christmas Performance scheduled at Buckskin Church on Thursday 18th December. 

Update - wb Mon 24th November
 

English
This week in our English lessons, the year 3 children have been starting to explore our new key text “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by Mac Barnett. This version of the story is a twisted version with an alternative ending. The children have spent time learning to orally retell the story by reading it aloud with actions. 
 

Maths

What an exceptional week of Maths learning! The children have been diving into the 4 times tables by learning to multiply and divide by 4. They have also used known facts to solve problems. 
 

DT

As part of our food technology unit, this week, the children have made and tasted a recipe of ratatouille. They enjoyed tasting it and evaluating their thoughts including how easy it was to cook and the healthiness of it. Also, the children have been thinking about their final piece product - making tacos! They have planned their taco fillings and are now ready to start making and preparing them soon. 

Update - wb Monday 17th November

This has been another busy week in Year 3! 

English

During their English lesson this week, the year 3 children have been drafting their final piece writing on Sir David Attenborough. They have used a whole range of different skills to ensure that their final piece writing is as effective as it could be including: simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, expanded noun phrases, adverbials and inverted commas to show direct speech. 

Maths

This week has been full of multiplication and division. The children have followed several different small steps including multiplying by 3, dividing by 3 and using the 3 times tables. The children have also been applying their knowledge of odd and even numbers to determine whether a multiple of 3 is odd or even, and more importantly how they know. Keep supporting your child at home with their times tables! 

Art

The children used their knowledge of the Beaker Folk who came to Britain during the late Stone Age and Early Bronze Age. They used clay to create a bell beaker style pot by following a step-by-step task plan to help them to be successful. The children finished their designs with simple patterns on the outside of their pots similar to those used thousands of years ago during the time of the Beaker Folk! 

Update - wb Monday 10th November 

Assembly with the local Police Officer

We were lucky to have an assembly with our local beat officer, PC Boxall who spoke to the children in KS2 about Anti-social behaviour. He spoke to the children about the job of the local police officers in supporting the community and keeping everyone safe. 

History

This week we have almost come to the end of our current History topic of ‘Stone Age to Iron Age’. In our history lesson this week we explored Iron Age hill forts and roundhouses. We also discovered how Iron Age roundhouses were built and what it was like to live inside them. 

Update - wb Monday 3rd November 

English 

This week we have started our new unit of work on David Attenborough. We have read the ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ story to help us understand key achievements of his life. We then used the text to help us orally retell key facts of David’s life. This will help us to write a special biography that we will publish as part of David’s 100th birthday celebrations next year. 

Maths 

In our Maths work this week, we have been continuing with our addition and subtraction unit of work. This has included using our formal written methods to solve problems. 

Reading

This week we have started reading our new class novel which is called ‘Stig of the Dump’. We have started reading this aloud to develop our reading fluency. 

Update - wb Monday 20th October

English 

Our English lessons this week have taken a 'Poetry' focus. We have read, responded and performed a range of different poems. We have also focused more specifically on 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright where we did some shared writing in groups to write a shared version of this poem. After that, the children have then written their own version of the poem. 

Reading 

During our Reading lessons this week, we have finished reading our class novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. The children used their select and retrieve skills to answer a range of questions about Chapter 17 and 18. Once we had finished reading the text, we had a 'Book Talk' where we talked about our favourite parts of the story including events and characters. We finished the week writing a book review of the text and why others may wish to read this.

Maths 

This week we have been continuing using the formal method of column subtraction. The children have been learning about exchanging through tens and hundreds. To help them with this, they have used practical maths resources such as dienes or place value counters to help them understand how exchanging works. 

Please continue to help them with the formal methods of addition and subtraction at home. 

Geography 

The children have had several Geography lessons this week which have included learning about lines of longitude and latitude. They used these lines to identify specific places around the world using a world map. Elsewhere, they have also located using a map of Europe different countries within the European continent as well some capital cities. 

Update - wb 13th October
Well done on another fantastic week in school. I am proud of you all! 
 

English

This week has seen the children writing their final pieces of their current unit of work about ‘Robin Hood’. The children wrote their final pieces over 3 sessions and had the honour of sharing their final craft with the year 4 children. 
 

Maths
The children have been using one of our 4R’s this week in maths of resilience. We have been introduced to the formal column method for addition which has included adding numbers with up to 3 digits. We have also been challenging the children to exchange in the ones and tens columns. This has been supported through the use of practical maths resources to help them understand how exchanging works. 
 

RE

The children have had their final lesson on our current unit of work about Diwali. The children had a mini Diwali celebration including making their own Rangoli patterns. 
 

PE

During our indoor PE lesson this week, we used a range of apparatus to perform 1, 2, 3 and 4 point balances ensuring control and stability. During our outdoor PE lesson, we have continued to develop our passing and receiving skills when using footballs. This will help us especially ahead of our mini football tournament next week. 

Update - wb Monday 6th October

Wow! What another great week in Year 3. 

English

The children have been continuing with their English writing journey on 'Robin Hood' by Bethan Woollvin. They have been learning about using adverbs to show time, place and cause also, they have been learning about varying nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition. Next week, the children will be writing their final pieces. 

Maths

The children have been learning the most efficient way to add and subtract by counting on and back. This has included counting on and back through 10s and 100s. Elsewhere in Maths, the children have been continuing to recall their times tables as quickly as possible, specifically focusing on the 3 times tables including the division facts. Try and test them at home! 

PSHE

As we come towards the end of the current unit of work, the children have thought further about kindness and how we can spread this in our class and around the school. The children created different ways to show kindness such as: certificates, badges, postcards and awards. 

Update - wb Monday 29th September
It has been another busy week of learning in year 3 where the children are continuing to follow our school rules of: Respect, Resilience, Responsible and Ready to Learn. 
 

English

In our current English lessons, the children are using the key text ‘Robin Hood’ by Bethan Woollvin. The children have been orally retelling the story using a range of actions. In readiness for our final piece in the coming weeks, this week the children have been working on their simple and compound sentence structures. 
 

Computing

In our Computing lesson this week, we have been thinking about how computers change the way we work. We compared our recent art work project on using watercolours to using digital painting tools. 
 

Promoting the fundamental British Values - democracy

This week the children have been thinking about who they would like to vote for as their school councillor. On Monday, children listened to those of the children in the class who put their names forward to apply for the rule. The applicants read their application forms to the rest of the class. We then voted for the top 3 children who then went through to the final vote. On Thursday, the polling station opened where we went and voted for the year 3 councillor. Congratulations to Blake who will represent our class this year! 

Update 4 - wb Monday 22nd September

This has been a very fun and exciting week in Year 3! On Wednesday the children were visited by ‘Stone Age Martin’ from Portals to the Past. The children spent the day with ‘Stone Age Martin’ with a full day of interactive learning and activities all about the Stone Age. 

Also, in our English lessons, we have had a special delivery from ‘Robin Hood’. She sent us a box of clues as well as her very own story book. Inside the story book, she set us a challenge of telling everyone the real story about her. 

Update 3 - wb 15th September 

As part of our Art project with ‘Contrast and Complement’ we have created our own watercolour montage using shapes and water colour mixing. Here we are in action! 

Update 2 - wb 8th September
Year 3 have been busy in English learning about the key text ‘How to wash a woolly mammoth’. We have been drafting our own set of instructions. 

Update 1 - wb 3rd September

This week has been a fantastic start to the year. The children have been eager to start some of their new topics especially Art. We have been looking at contrasting and complementary colours including making our own colour wheels.