Year 3 have had an amazing half term. Pupils have worked hard to develop their writing to become more confident and imaginative writers. They have developed their mental maths skills to become faster at recalling their times tables and division facts.
Not only that, but all pupils have revealed their hidden talents and creative skills to produce excellent pieces of work across all subjects.
Read our page to find out what we have been learning!
Congratulations to the following pupils who have achieved the Pen Licence Award this half term.
Their handwriting has been of an extremely high standard across all areas of learning.
3NB - Aahana, Taranveer, Avneet G and Prabaljodh
3SW - Mehar, Joel, Advitha, Aishleen, Vinika, Praneesh and Fateh
DOJO Champions
Congratulations to our DOJO Champions for this half term. Great work!
3NB - Dilsheen, Ashwika, Sahib, Gursikhya, Ekam, Utkarsh, Arvin,
3SW - Joel, Angad, Samarjot, Sahibpreet, Eliza
Ryan the Reader helps us to develop our reading skills.
Reading is a skill for life so it's very important to read for at least 30 minutes every day to become a confident reader!
Come and find out what some of our Year 3 pupils' have been reading.
"I chose this book because I liked the front cover. The story is about somebody who kidnaps a girl and then she meets a boy who comes to help her."
Avneet Sandhu (3NB)
"I like this book because I like to learn about when baby chicks come out of their egg. I like when the baby chicks take care of each other because it looks like they are hugging eachother."
Arjun Uppal (3SW)
"I like this book because the characters put make up op and it's funny and the story made me laugh."
Gursikhya Kaur (3NB)
Into the Forest
Year 3 pupils have been focusing on recounts this half term and have been learning about the features of a recount.
Pupils enjoyed planning, drafting, editing and writing their final versions of the recount of the story 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne.
Come and read the beginning of our recounts!
In DT this term, the pupils have been learning all about castles. After studying the different features, and what is needed to create a strong and stable structure, they designed a castle for a special person - we had footballers, superheroes, film characters and even Santa!
The children then used a range of junk materials to bring their castle to life and created some wonderful structures, fit for royalty. Some even had working drawbridges, all made out of unwanted items!
In Maths, pupils' have been learning how to practically and mentally solve multiplication and division calculations for the 3x, 4x, and 8x tables.
They have been exploring the number facts to find out the relationship between multiplication and division to help us understanding how we can use our knowledge of the times tables to solve multiplication calculations.
Pupils have also been learning how to measure length and height using rulers and measuring tapes and built on this by converting centimetres to millimetres.
In our final week before the holidays, the pupils had an opportunity to make some chocolate truffles. They used their mathematical knowledge to ensure the ingredients were weighed out correctly and great teamwork to prepare the mixture. A lot of fun was had as they rolled the chocolaty mixture into delicious, bite-sized treats which were then covered in the sprinkles of their choice. The children demonstrated amazing skills in the preparation of Rudolf's Christmas Truffles and hopefully will have a go at home, during the holidays.
