Friday 15th May 2026

The children in year 3 have enjoyed Swimming, Forest school and PE with Joe Wicks this week. 

During our last swimming session the children were assessed. The children have made great progress since the lessons began after Easter and it's great to see their confidence and abilities grow and improve each week! 

We had a very special PE lesson yesterday and the children got to follow along to a Live PE lesson with The Body Coach Joe Wicks! 

School trip to Woodmatters, Windermere 22.04.2026

Year 3 were really lucky to go to Woodmatters to take part in a special stone age workshop. The day was split into two session were the children explored the forest and looked for objects that might have been useful to people who lived during the stone age period. The children then had a go at lighting fires and discussing the importance of the fire, objects and animals that would have been available during the stone age. 

The second session saw the children make their very own stone age axe! The children chose their materials and had to follow the instructions carefully on how to make it. The children used slate to create the head of the Axe, a branch for the handle and string made from leaves to tie it all together. The children then used their skills to sharpen the head, split the wood and had to learn how to tie the knots to keep it all secure. The children listened and followed along brilliantly! They worked safely and were very sensible with the finished article.

We had a wonderful day surrounded by beautiful scenery!

Friday 17th April 2026

This week the children in year 3 have started their swimming lessons. All the children tried really hard and showed maturity, resilience and had a great attitude towards swimming and their peers. It was lovely to see so many cheering each other on and sharing words of encouragement to their friends and classmates. It was a wonderful and very positive start to our 12 week swimming schedule! Well done year 3!

Just a reminder to those parents of children in 3HN due to start their Forest School sessions next week. A letter has been sent home stating the dates this will be taking place and the items of clothing and footwear that will be required for these sessions. Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us or speak to us regarding this.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Kind regards, 

From all the Year 3 staff 

YEAR 3 HOMEWORK

Children have an option to practice the dance from 'Dance from the heart' as part of their homework. This is the link to the dance. 

• https://vimeo.com/1140440752/baa214f1d8?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Friday 20th March 2026

Some of the children in 3HN this week attended forest school, the others spent some time taking a closer look at the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza. The children discussed theories on how these great monuments could have been built, and which might be the most plausible explanation. The Children then had a go at building them using Lego. 

3M won attendance this week, and were rewarded with Tuck on Friday, they also got a fun afternoon in the sunshine to enjoy sports activities. Well done 3M!

Friday 13th February
 

This week across year 3 and across the school the children have been taking part in various activities as part of our creative arts week.

On Monday year 3 took part in a dance workshop to learn a Bollywood dance routine. The children put in a lot of effort and performed it brilliantly!

We also took part in The Beat Goes on workshop, where the children expressed themselves through movement and music.

On Thursday we had our bake sale and saw a huge amount of cakes and treats donated, the children of year three really enjoyed taking part!

On Friday we created prints in an ancient Egyptian style. The children worked really hard and the prints were fantastic!

Friday 12th December

This week the children in year 3 have been getting Festive. We have been busy sewing as part of our design and technology project. The children have been practicing back stitch and have created some fantastic pieces! 

On Thursday we held our annual Christmas jumper day and enjoyed a special lunch of Christmas dinner.

On Friday we also took part in the Reindeer run which saw lots of parents get involved in raising money for charity, as well as a surprise visit from the Grinch! 

Friday 28th November

The children put on a fantastic poetry performance earlier in the week, was fantastic to see so many parents present too! 

The children have been busy planning sandwich recipes and will be making them on Tuesday 2nd of December in school. They have created some great ideas and we look forward to seeing them make them!

Friday 14th November

It has been an exciting week this week in year 3 as we have begun practicing for our upcoming poetry performance! The children are working really hard and are currently busy learning their lines and lyrics to the songs in preparation for the show. Children are being encouraged to learn these both in school and at home and will no doubt be excited to share with their grown ups! We are currently looking for the following costumes for our performance and kindly ask that if children have anything suitable, could it please be passed onto the class teachers of year 3. We will return all items once finished.

• Red riding hood
• The wolf
• Snow white
• Cinderella
• Goldilocks
• Jack and the beanstalk

In year 3 and across the school children have taken part in anti-bullying week with an emphasis on prevention and effective responses to bullying and how we can use our 'power for good' to tackle bullying. The children have produced some wonderful posters which will be displayed around school to keep spreading the message!

On Friday, Year 3 were invited to come to school in their own clothes and make a donation to charity in support of Children in need. Looking fantastic year 3!

Friday 7th November

This week in Year 3 we have started our new class novel Grimwood. If children would like to review this story so far, they are welcome to update Padlet and write a summary of the first few chapters we have read in class. 

Also in English we are looking at introduction writing relating to the book how to wash a woolly mammoth. We have been practicing using bossy verbs and adjectives to make our instructions interesting and funny. 

We have received feedback from parents and some children about the most recent spellings, notably the phoneme maps section. Children have been reminded again about this. 
In Art the children have created self portraits using the method of tracing and carbon paper. The results have been fantastic and we can't wait to display them here in Year 3.

Home Learning 03/11/25

English

Look at the front cover of our new class novel, Grimwood. What do you think the book will be about? What things can you see on the front cover? What sort of story will it be? Who might enjoy it?

Read the extract from the story https://www.readingzone.com/media/xmbffmlo/grimwood_chap1.pdf and answer the following questions. 

1. What are the foxes called?

2. Where do they live?

3. How did Ted sometimes calm Nancy down? 

4. Why does the pigeon have one foot?

5.What are Nancy’s friends called?

Extension: Summarise this chapter as precisely as you can.

Spellings

Practise this weeks spellings that are in your Spelling Homework folder.

Maths

Complete this weeks TT Rockstars. Log in details are in the green Reading Journals. If you are unable to access this please complete ten minutes  on Hit The Button. 

Practise using the interactive resource https://whiteroseeducation.com/digital-tools?code=cup-did-mid. Go on to the Place Value chart and complete the following calculations. 

232+ 5 =

232+50 =

232+ 500 =

441+ 3 =

441 + 30 =

441 + 300 =

History

Complete some independent research to deepen your knowledge and understanding about the Stone Age. Use the link to help you https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk.

Art

Create your own Stone Age cave paintings, using crayons and paper. Refer to the images below to help you.

Friday 10th October

This week has been Life Skills Week. It has been an exciting, busy week learning lots of practical skills from tying our shoe laces to lighting a fire. We enjoyed two workshops. One from HSBC bank learning about the importance of ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ and the importance of budgeting. Our other workshop was about looking after our Mental Health where the children worked together to act out and solve different scenarios. In Maths, we looked at telling the time and Months of the Year. 
 

Just a reminder that TT Rockstars log ins have all been set up and given out. Children will be set tasks to complete each week to practise their recall of important times tables facts.

Thank you for your support.

The Year 3 Team

Friday 19th September

The children have settled into Year 3 well and our gaining confidence and indpendence in their new routines in KS2. In English, they have been reviewing key grammatical features to help with sentence structure in their writing. In Maths, they have been introduced to our first topic of Place Value and looking at numbers to 1000. Children have been provided with spelling homework. We would like children to practise thier spellings and complete their homework sheet weekly. Children will be tested on these every Friday. The half termly homework has also been given out. For reading, children have all been shown how to use Padlet in school. We encourage children to record any indpendent reading on Padlet. Please click on the Home Learning link to access this.