Year 3

25 Apr

In Science, Year 3 were identifying magnetic and non magnetic materials. We were amazed that some things we thought would be magnetic, were not. [gallery ids="11857,11858,11859"]...

10:30 / 25.04.25 / Year 3
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30 Nov

In maths this week, year 3 have been measuring the mass and volume of different items. They are able to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure mass (kg/g and capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit. They really enjoyed using scales...

18:38 / 01.12.23 / Year 3
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24 Nov

In Science, year 3 have continued learning about light sources. They carried out a reflection experiment to find out which surface was most reflective. They tested foil, cling film and parchment paper. They observed what happened when they held a torch up to the different...

09:22 / 24.11.23 / Year 3
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17 Nov

In history, year 3 debated whether or not the Benin bronzes should be returned to Nigeria. The children developed arguments for keeping the bronzes in Britain and returning them to Benin. The children chose one argument to share with their groups. They focused on their...

08:22 / 17.11.23 / Year 3
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03 Nov

Year 3 had an amazing trip at the British Museum. They gained more knowledge about the Ancient Kingdom of Benin. They  explored the Museum and identified some elaborately decorated Benin Bronzes. They were ecstatic when they spotted Benin Bronzes, ivory carvings of Queen Idia, and...

07:35 / 03.11.23 / Year 3
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20 Oct

This week in maths, year 3 have been using their knowledge of place value to represent three digit numbers in different ways. One way was to use a Gattegno chart. The children partitioned the number into ones, tens and hundreds. For example, the number 342...

08:38 / 20.10.23 / Year 3
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13 Oct

Year 3 have been enjoying reading the book, ‘The Legend of Spud Murphy’. Two new vocabulary words they have been practising using are boredom and adventure. They have been enjoying their partner reading sessions. Partners take it in turn to read each page and summarise...

08:16 / 13.10.23 / Year 3
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29 Sep

In maths, year 3 have been learning about 3 digit numbers. They started the week using concrete resources to represent different 3 digit numbers. They then moved on to using pictorial representations of 3 digit numbers to work out place value to the hundreds in...

10:51 / 29.09.23 / Year 3
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