Year 3 - Archive
Year 3 - Archive
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FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Congratulations to all of the Year 3 children who took part in this week's swim meet. It was great to watch you all and see how fast you all were in the pool!
In English, we have been reading the Stone Trolls text to understand the structure of a 'tale of change'. We have been analysing how this is written and have started to think about our own stories of change. All classes performed their retelling of the Stone Trolls on our stage and to another Year 3 class. This was a great chance for them to practise being confident and clear in front of an audience. Something we are focusing on this year is to develop their public speaking skills.
In Maths, we are learning how to use known number bonds and facts to help us with our addition and subtraction calculations. Together, with our place value knowledge, we have been adding and subtracting numbers and tackling word problems.
In Science, we put our Palaeontologist hats on and became fossil hunters, learning about the process that makes fossils and how this relates to our Rocks unit.
In Humanities, we are learning how to create our very first video logs at school in the role of migrants. Our students are in groups where they have brainstormed their push and pull reasons for leaving their origin country and are going to take on these roles to document their 'journeys' in a 'vlog' format.
In Art & Design, we explored how the colour wheel is used within famous works of art. Our Year 3 students continue to amaze us with their artistic knowledge and ability to use 'the language of art' to describe the elements of their artwork. We then painted some incredible colour wheels of our own.
We hope to see you all at the PTA Summer Fair tomorrow, you might even spot some teachers in the Sponge the Teacher!
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE CONFERENCE
Wednesday 1st October 8.15 - 9.45 am. Secondary campus. Join our online safety team for an informative session on helping your child navigate the digital world safely. Learn practical strategies to support safe, responsible and balanced online use at home and school. Suitable for all ISP parents and families. Register your attendance here
ARRIVAL TIME
A gentle reminder that, unless they are attending an early CCA or Sports team training, children should not arrive at school before 7.30am, when staff are on duty to supervise them.
A polite request from Year 3 teachers for drop off time. To help us with your child's school readiness and transition from home to school, please let your child put their own things away and encourage them to play in the shared area. As the bell rings they are expected to be ready for class and registration time.
PINK DAY EVENTS
Our annual Pink Day fundraiser will take place on Friday 10th October with the Pink Walk on Saturday 11th October. More details to follow!
IPAD SPOT CHECKS
At ISP, we are committed to supporting children in developing safe and responsible digital habits. As part of this, we will be carrying out regular spot checks on students’ iPads to ensure they are being used appropriately for learning. Please see this graphic for more information.
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Y2 - 6: Student Leadership Summit - Monday 29th September
All Y2-6 student leaders (Primary Prefects, Student Council, Sustainability Ambassadors, Sports Leaders, Digital Leaders & Vice Captains) must wear their neat ISP white uniform for this fantastic event! There will be lots of photos and videos taken and we want all our leaders to look their best.
SUMMER FAIR
@ ISP
Saturday 27th September from 10.00 AM - 2.00 PM. Join us for a day of fun and celebration on the Secondary Campus, where there will be lots of food, music and fun for the whole family. Entry is free.
FOBISIA WRITING COMPETITION
We’re excited to announce that our school will be taking part in this year’s FOBISIA Short Story Competition! Open to students in Years 3–6, the competition invites young writers to explore the theme “Being Human” through their creativity and imagination. Entries are due by January 9th 2026, and posters with more details can be found in classrooms. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Miss Eden. eden.f@isp.edu.my
We can’t wait to see the wonderful stories our students will create!
LEGENDARY LEARNERS
Congratulations to :
3CW: Aleeia - showing excellence in ALL her English writing tasks and displaying courage by applying for a leadership role, confidently delivering her speech in front of the class.
3SB: Rayun - for being a critical thinker. Thinking about what you are learning, asking questions to explore topics more deeply.
3LC: Sofia - for bringing a joyful and fun personality to the classroom; for showing lots of enthusiasm for learning; for using her creativity in our Drama activities and on the playground stage!
3MD: Mark - for bravely sharing his ideas with the whole class after talking them through with his partner and trying hard to join in discussions.
3MM: Isa - for showing great effort and focus, impressing us with her expressive Stone Troll actions and careful layering technique in her art.
3SH: Helena - for risk-taking! She always gives everything a go before asking for help, showing real independence and resilience in her learning. Helena also gave a fantastic performance of our story The Stone Trolls, speaking with confidence and expression.
FRIDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Although it has been a short week, we have managed a lot of learning in Year 3.
In English, we have been using our model text to inspire our retelling. Each class performed their retell of the Stone Trolls to another class this week. It was great to see the confidence our Year 3s are developing in speaking and listening. We also wrote poems using the rainforest as inspiration.
In Maths, we have completed our place value unit and are now moving onto addition and subtraction.
In Science, we explored igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and discovered the areas in Malaysia where we could source each of these.
In Humanities, we learnt about the push and pull factors of why people travel from place to place. We read a story called My Two Blankets that showed the challenges and positives of moving to a new country.
In Art & Design, we learnt more about Colour Theory, what primary, secondary and tertiary colours are and how they are made. Our students are developing some excellent colour knowledge in this unit and showing improvement in their painting skills.
Congratulations to all of our children who put themselves forward for our school leadership roles. Our candidates were announced yesterday, and the whole Year 3 team are very proud of the confidence and genuine happiness our students showed towards each other during these selections.
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE CONFERENCE Conference - Wednesday 1st October 8.15 - 9.45 am. Secondary campus. Join our online safety team for an informative session on helping your child navigate the digital world safely. Learn practical strategies to support safe, responsible and balanced online use at home and school. Suitable for all ISP parents and families. Register your attendance here
ARRIVAL TIME
A gentle reminder that, unless they are attending an early CCA or Sports team training, children should not arrive at school before 7.30am, when staff are on duty to supervise them.
A polite request from Year 3 teachers for drop off time. To help us with your child's school readiness and transition from home to school, please let your child put their own things away and encourage them to play in the shared area. As the bell rings they are expected to be ready for class and registration time.
CCA PICK UP
As shared by Ms Sharon in her Newsletter, dismissal after CCAs is by collection from the Ground Floor Playground by the Primary office. This is for all children unless they have an exit pass or they are on a JPR bus.
SUMMER FAIR
@ ISP
Saturday 27th September from 10.00 AM - 2.00 PM. Join us for a day of fun and celebration on the Secondary Campus, where there will be lots of food, music and fun for the whole family. Entry is free.
FOBISIA WRITING COMPETITION
We’re excited to announce that our school will be taking part in this year’s FOBISIA Short Story Competition! Open to students in Years 3–6, the competition invites young writers to explore the theme “Being Human” through their creativity and imagination. Entries are due by January 9th 2026, and posters with more details can be found in classrooms. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Miss Eden. eden.f@isp.edu.my
We can’t wait to see the wonderful stories our students will create!
LEADERSHIP PHOTOS
Leadership photos will be taken next week. If your child is a Sustainability Ambassador, Student Council please come in white uniform on Thursday.
FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Another fabulous week in Year 3! A huge thank you to all of our students who bravely spoke in front of their classes to deliver their leadership speeches. We had such a huge number in each class apply for these roles and were very impressed by the time taken to write them and the quality on show.
In English, we have been working on our storyteller's voice, and how to use expression, actions and the vocabulary from the story to help us retell 'The Stone Trolls'. Through story mapping, we have discovered descriptive language to use in our own short pieces of writing.
In Maths, in our final week of place value for this unit, we have been using our knowledge of the value of each number to calculate 1, 10 and 100 more and less. We have been ordering these numbers on number lines and using our skills to work out missing numbers.
In Science, we are in full swing with our Rocks unit and are learning about how to carry out a fair test. We discovered which rocks are permeable and impermeable, and how we can plan an investigation with 'variables' and what we 'observed'.
In Humanities, we explored how humans have stayed connected throughout history. What was a telegraph and why was it used? How could we group these ways of being connected into groups? The children used their critical thinking skills to discuss and explain their reasons. We were so impressed with their reasoning and use of historical language!
In Art & Design, we continued learning different watercolour techniques. The children have been building up their art workbooks with their work samples, and we look forward to seeing this evolve into works of art towards the end of the term.
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
SUMMER FAIR @ ISP
Saturday 27th September from 10.00 AM - 2.00 PM
Join us for a day of fun and celebration on the Secondary Campus, where there will be lots of food, music and fun for the whole family. Entry is free.
CCAs
All CCAs have now started.
CCA PICK UP
As shared by Ms Sharon in her Newsletter, dismissal after CCAs is by collection from the Ground Floor Playground by the Primary office. This is for all children unless they have an exit pass or they are on a JPR bus.
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Due to Public Holidays, school will be closed on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th September.
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL REMINDERS
Arrival
As our Yr 3 students have settled into school life, we would like to encourage their independence with your help. We ask that they come to level 1 by themselves in the morning. We appreciate that not all children are ready for this and, therefore, ask that if you do come to the classroom that you encourage them to put their belongings in their cubby and join their friends to play in our wonderful shared area.
Our CA's will be there to help them if needed.
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Children are welcome to enjoy supervised play in the ground-floor playground before 7:55am. All children must be in classrooms by 7:55am.
FOBISIA WRITING COMPETITION
We’re excited to announce that our school will be taking part in this year’s FOBISIA Short Story Competition! Open to students in Years 3–6, the competition invites young writers to explore the theme “Being Human” through their creativity and imagination. Entries are due by January 9th 2026, and posters with more details can be found in classrooms. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Ms. Eden: eden.f@isp.edu.my
We can’t wait to see the wonderful stories our students will create!
THURSDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Although it has been a short week, Year 3 has been a hive of activity.
Thank you to all parents for joining us for PTCs this week. It was great to be able to meet you all in person and share how well your children have settled into the start of the Year.
In English, we were lucky to experience Mr Matt's retelling of The Stone Trolls. Please ask your child to retell this to you. It is such a fabulous story, with ambitious vocabulary that the children will be learning and using in their own writing soon! We have a wonderful year group of aspiring actors (including some of our teachers!), and it has been great to see this story come to life.
In Maths, we have continued with our understanding of place value and discovered the possibilities when changing these values. What numbers can be created if we move our Hundreds? Tens? or Ones?
In Science, our Rocks topic is in full swing. We are becoming excellent observers of materials (rocks) and can use our scientific vocabulary to describe them.
In Humanities, our 'Quest' unit continues with exploring how goods were transported from Asia to Europe. Our students are excellent investigators and have been using Google Earth to discover different terrains and answer questions such as: What transport would you use to get there? Would this transport change? What is the weather like in the countries you are going to? Would this impact your choices?
In Art & Design, we began learning the techniques of watercolour painting and their different effects. We learnt about the techniques 'wet on wet' and 'wet on dry'. The children then chose which technique they liked the most and were able to explain why using their artistic vocabulary.
As always, it has been a joy watching our Year 3 students soak up the many learning and social opportunities they have here at ISP.
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
CCAs
All CCAs begin next week.
As shared by Ms Sharon in her Newsletter, dismissal after CCAs is by collection from the Ground Floor Playground by the Primary office. This is for all children unless they have an exit pass or they are on a JPR bus.
CLASS PARENTS
Thank you to all of the fabulous parents of Year 3 who came together to represent their child's class as the Parent rep. We can't wait to work with you all this year!
LEGENDARY LEARNERS
Congratulations to our wonderful Legendary Learners for the first week of term:
3CW - Joon - for being extra helpful and attentive.
3SB - Rayyan - for your wonderful self-portrait.
3LC - Zoe - for being kind and creative, showing lots of enthusiasm for learning.
3MD - Maya - for contributing to class discussions sharing your fantasic ambitious vocabulary.
3SH - George - for thinking critically and refelcting on your work.
3MM- Joel - for his confidence in learning and always trying his best (especially in his frame freeze frame!)
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL REMINDERS
Arrival
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Children are welcome to enjoy supervised play in the ground-floor playground before 7:55am. All children must be in classrooms by 7:55am.
Dismissal
Year 1: 2:45 p.m.
Years 2 & 3: 2:50 p.m.
Years 4–6: 2:55 p.m.
The pick-up lane in the new car park is open, with children brought down by 3:00 p.m. Any children not collected by 3:15 p.m. will be taken to the Primary Office.
Siblings
Older siblings will always dismiss from the area of their youngest sibling.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Due to Public Holidays, school will be closed on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th September.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
A reminder that Year 3 teachers and their classes will be listening to the children's leadership speeches for Sustainability and Student Council roles on Tuesday 9th September. Here is the summary of our student leadership opportunities to view.
FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST 2025
Our Year 3 students have continued their enthusiasm from week 1 into week 2 with a strong start to all of our units.
In English, we took inspiration from a stormy sea picture to generate exciting vocabulary to use in our own setting descriptions. Thank you to Ms Laetitia for planning a well-received and extremely fun drama lesson. Our Year 3's really know how to express their emotions and show what it was like to be on the stormy seas!
In Maths, we have begun our place value unit. What is the value of our ones, tens and hundreds and how can we use this knowledge and understanding to help us with addition? The students were very excited to point out Mr Scotty's 'mistakes' in his 'How to present our work in books' lesson and were great at offering solutions to make it more presentable. We hope this carries through in our students' own workbooks!
In Science, our classes have started our Rocks unit. Learning about the properties of materials and having this language developed has helped them in their own rock investigations. Describing the properties of rocks and where they might find the different types.
In Humanities, our Quest unit has explored where we come from in the world and the journeys it our families took to get here. We ended the week with a great 'trading' lesson where they discovered the very beginnings of trading and how it was one of the first ways of connecting global communities. We have some very strong and convincing 'traders' in Year 3.
In Art & Design we learnt all about colour theory, how and why artists chose the colours they did and how it makes us, as the viewers, feel about them. There were some very interesting student responses to the artwork. Please ask your child about this, as they were fantastic 'gallery walkers' and we enjoyed their expressive discussions.
A huge thank you to parents for your continued support for your child's first few weeks back at school. Year 3 is an exciting year, and the teachers have been buzzing at the end of each day when sharing their students' successes.
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
CCA START DATES
On Tuesday 2nd September all paid CCAs start.
Monday 8th September - Teacher led CCAs start.
SETTLING IN CONFERENCES
We look forward to seeing you next week for the Settling In Conferences. Please note that these are an opportunity for you to share information with the class teacher about your child, and for them to let you know how they are settling into the new class. As it is so early in the term, the teachers will not be discussing academic attainment. If you have missed the sign up for these, please email your teacher directly to request an appointment.
CLASS PARENTS
Thank you so much to those of you who have already volunteered to be class reps this year.
We still have 2 classes that need a parent rep. If you would like to become a rep please let these teachers know.
LEGENDARY LEARNERS
Congratulations to our wonderful Legendary Learners for the first week of term:
3CW - Mia - Hardworking giving her best in writing activities this week.
3SB - Cary - for making sure that our new students feel welcome at ISP.
3LC - Dani - for being super kind and responsible, and showing great listening skills.
3MD - Aco - for bravely trying her best to communicate with peers and adults.
3SH - Kara- For showing great responsibility.
3MM- Kiki - For confidently sharing ideas and being engaged and enthusiastic in class.
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL REMINDERS
Arrival
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Children are welcome to enjoy supervised play in the ground-floor playground before 7:55am. All children must be in classrooms by 7:55am.
Dismissal
Year 1: 2:45 p.m.
Years 2 & 3: 2:50 p.m.
Years 4–6: 2:55 p.m.
The pick-up lane in the new car park is open, with children brought down by 3:00 p.m. Any children not collected by 3:15 p.m. will be taken to the Primary Office.
Siblings
Older siblings will always dismiss from the area of their youngest sibling.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
A reminder that Monday 1st September and Friday 5th September are public holidays, and the school is closed.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Please see this summary of our student leadership opportunities as an overview of all the wonderful ways our students help lead parts of our school.
FRIDAY 22nd August 2025
It has been a pleasure to welcome back our Year 3 students this week. The atmosphere in school has been incredibly positive, with students settling in quickly and engaging enthusiastically with their lessons and new routines. It’s been lovely to see friendships rekindled, new connections forming, and a strong sense of community already developing.
A huge welcome to our new students: Hanzhe, Hyunjoon, Kiki, Lyana, Lynn, Mert, Miori, Mya, Sebastian, Tariq, Yu-Ching and Benny. The whole of Year 3 have welcomed them and made sure they are part of the wonderful ISP community.
This week, our focus has been on helping students transition smoothly back into school life. Alongside academic learning, we’ve spent time revisiting expectations, setting goals, and encouraging a confident and calm start to the year. We’ve also had sessions on wellbeing and time to reconnect with teachers and classmates.
Our Year 3's have been enjoying our new shared areas, with lots of choices to make their break times and lunchtimes even better!
Thank you to everyone who attended today's Parent Information Briefing. You can view the session slides here.
Ms Sarah and the Year 3 Teachers
CCAs
Sign-up for CCAs is on SchoolsBuddy and closes at 4pm today.
CCAs START DATES
On Tuesday 2nd September all paid CCAs start.
Monday 8th September - Teacher led CCAs start.
WHATSAPP GROUPS
Groups have been set up for each class. Teachers have the QR codes displayed on their class windows.
Class teachers will email them to you via Schools Buddy.
Please note that these WhatsApp groups are created by parents for parents, and are not affiliated with the International School @ Parkcity.
CLASS PARENTS
Thank you so much to those of you who have already volunteered to be class reps this year. Should you feel you would like to join this group, please let your child's class teacher know.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 1st September - Public Holiday - School Closed
2nd & 3rd September - Settling In Conferences
5th September - Public Holiday - School Closed
Tuesday 2nd September - Paid CCAs start
Monday 8th September - Teacher-led CCAs start
START OF THE YEAR COFFEE MORNING
All parents are warmly invited to Mr Nicholas's Start of Year Coffee Morning. This will be held in the Secondary MPH on Thursday 28th August at 8.15am.
GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUMS
Alll parents have been added to their child's class Google Album. Please let your child's teacher know if you have not recieved this invite to your school email.
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