Year 3
Welcome to Year 3 2019-2020
Welcome back. I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer holiday and are excited as I am to begin the new school year! Adults working in Year 3 will be: Mr Randall and Miss Gales. Mrs Jones will be taking the class on a Tuesday afternoon for P.E.
Trip to Durham Cathedral
As part of our history and geography curriculum, we went on a trip to Durham Cathedral. We learned about Historic Durham. However, we focused on Durham Cathedral being built as a sanctuary for Saint Cuthbert and we also learned about the Prince Bishops of Durham and the importance that they held within society.
We explored Durham Cathedral and the surrounding areas looking for different examples of human and physical geography. We found the location of Durham Cathedral interesting as it is surrounded by the River Wear and hills on 3 sides. We conducted some fieldwork and then located different landmarks on a map using grid references.
Durham Cathedral
Homework and Reading
Homework and spellings will be given on a Friday and children have till the following Friday to return them. Reading books should be brought into school everyday and will be changed weekly, only if they have been read at home.
Times Tables
This half term, the children have worked extremely hard to learn and remember their 4x and 8x tables. They have particularly enjoyed learning songs and actions to help them. We encourage the children to practice the times table they already know to become even faster.
We have started reading our class novel by Roald Dahl which is George’s Marvellous Medicine. An exciting, mischievous tale of a young boy who swaps his grandma’s medicine for a surprise concoction of his own.
Visit the BBC Super movers website to find our FAVOURITE video to help us remember our 4x table.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/supermovers/43217417
In English, we remembered fallen soldiers by creating World War inspired posters as well as creating information texts about World War I. The children enjoyed researching different aspects of the war and even got the chance to hold a soldier’s medals and trophies. We concluded our week of work by holding a 2-minute silence in class.
We have also been reading another class novel, The Legend of Spud Murphy. A tale of two boys, Will and his brother Marty who are doomed to spend their holidays in the library. Doesn't their mum know that the library is no fun? Worse, it is the home of the legendary librarian Mrs. Murphy.
Welcome back!
We hope you all had a wonderful summer. Mr Randall, Miss Gales and Mrs Stewart are excited to be working with Year 3.
Marvellous medicines of our own.
Find Year 3 2017-2018 below
Welcome to Year 3's class page. Here you will find what we are learning about this year. Throughout each term we will update our page on activities and learning across the curriculum.
I have recently joined the excellent teaching staff and family of Prince Bishops Community Primary School and I have thoroughly enjoyed my first few weeks. Year 3 have been a pleasure to teach and I hope you enjoy looking at their amazing achievements during the year!
Staff in Year 3
Mr Trewhella (Teacher)
Miss Taylor (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Williams (Teacher Assistant)
Mrs Jones (P.E Teacher)
Weekly Timetable
Spelling test every Friday.
Homework to be handed in on Monday.
P.E every Tuesday afternoon (Please bring your kit on a Monday and leave at school all week).
Reading books to be brought in daily.
Our Learning Zone
In Year 3, we are passionate about coming out of our 'comfort zone' and in to our 'learning zone.'
World Book Day! As a school we had a create your own underpants competition. This was inspired by the book Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. In class 3 we were inspired by famous author David Walliams. We created a fact file about David's life then created our own versions of characters from his books!
Mass Vs Weight
In Maths, we discovered the difference between mass and weight.
We have explored how to read scales and weigh the mass of an object.
We have enjoyed reading myths and learning about the different mythical creatures and heroes. In groups, we acted out Theseus and Minotaur and discussed whether Perseus, in Perseus and Medusa, was brave to kill Medusa whilst she slept. We then wrote our own myths which were fantastic!
Year 3 acting out Theseus and the Minotaur!
Our wonderful artists in year 3 have created their own cave paintings using pastels.
In science we have been looking at light. We have explored how light travels in straight lines and completed experiments using light creating our own shadow puppets!
In religious studies we have looked at Hinduism. We created fact files on the Hindu Gods and discovered where Hinduism was founded. We also studied the religious holiday of Diwali and created our own rangoli lights.
Our Rangoli lights to celebrate Diwali
