RE

Listening and Sharing

In this topic our learning outcomes were to know and understand:

Explore Listening and sharing with one another.

Reveal Listening to the Word of God and sharing in Holy Communion.

Respond Assimilate, apply and celebrate the skills above.

Giving All

In this topic our learning outcomes were to know and understand:

Explore How people give of themselves.

Reveal Lent, a time to remember Jesus' total giving.

Respond Assimilate, apply and celebrate the skills above.

Maths

Money

Year 3 have been learning about naming amounts of money in pounds and pence, using different ways to show the same amount of money, adding and subtracting money in pounds and pence, calculating change and solving word problems involving money.

Time

We have been learning to tell and write the time in a.m. and p.m., tell and write the time using ‘past’ and ‘to’ and  tell and write the time shown on different types of clocks. We have also been learning to measure time in minutes, seconds and hours, find the starting time, ending time and duration, change minutes to seconds and seconds to minutes and find the number of days using a calendar. We have also talked about the number of days in each month, year and leap year.

Geography

We have been learning about different countries in the Northern Hemisphere . We tried different foods from around Europe. 

English

The children started this half term planning and writing non-chronological reports. We read non-chronological reports about Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Year 3 then used these to inspire their own non-chronological reports about an Egyptian god or goddess that they had created. They produced some excellent pieces of writing and we are very proud of their work. 

Our next unit is ‘Tales of Quest’ where we are writing our own Greek myths. We have been reading Theseus and the Minotaur. We are using this story to help plan and write our own Greek myths. The children have had some great ideas and have been doing some brilliant writing.

Rocks and fossils project

We have had some absolutely fantastic projects from Year 3. We have been really impressed with the effort the children have put into their work; we can see that they have done some great research at home. Well done Year 3!

Art

This term we have been looking at different ways to create prints through the topic of butterflies. We have created monoprints and print plates and have experimented with different colours by looking at the colour wheel. 

Science

This term we have been studying the life cycle of plants. We have learnt to label the different parts of the plant and have investigated how water travels in plants and what plants need to grow.

RE

In RE we have been studying the topic of Journeys. We reflected on our own journeys through the Liturgical year and looked at the main feasts celebrated by Christians. We retold some of the stories of the Mysteries of the Rosary and discussed how prayer can lead to good actions. 

Maths

The children worked hard this term on our maths topics: length, mass and volume. We learnt to convert centimetres into metres and metres into kilometres.  In mass we learnt how to read scales in kilograms and grams and looked at how to calculate the value of increments on the scale. We learnt to measure volume in millilitres and litres.

English 

This term we have been planning and drafting stories about defeating a monster. We used Jack and the beanstalk as our inspiration and then changed the characters and settings to make the story our own.

The children did some fantastic pieces of work that they should be proud of - well done year 3!

History

We had a visit from Manchester Museum and their inflatable Egyptians to kick off our new History topic - Ancient Egypt in Spring term 1.

Snow day

Here are some pictures of our snow day. We had lots of fun!

English

This term we have been writing some wonderful wishing tales based on the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

The school had a visit from a dragon who left her eggs for us to find! Luckily we had a set of instructions which helped us to capture her. We wrote our own set of instructions for how to trap different creatures.

Maths

We have been working hard on our maths topics this term learning about measurement.

Geography

We have had a great time in our geography lessons this term learning all about lines of latitude and longitude, time zones and maps and globes.

Autumn Term 1

Science

This term we have been learning all about the human body in our unit Animals including Humans. We have been learning what we need to eat to have a healthy diet, and the function of different bones.

English

This term we have created some wonderful recount writes after a trip to Platt Fields Park. . 

Maths

This term we have been working very hard in maths. Our topics have been place value, adding and subtraction.

Dear children and parents... WELCOME TO YEAR 3!!

You've now had a chance to meet your new teachers and we can't wait to start our journey together. 

In the meantime, have a restful 6 weeks off. 

Remember to keep checking this class page for regular updates in September. 

Mr Campbell & Miss Alldred