Year 3 2017-18

Welcome to the Year 3 Class Page!

Class Teacher - Mrs McShane

Teaching Assistant - Miss Rampling
 

Throughout the year we will be adding photographs, examples of work and details of the things we have been learning about in class.  Please check back regularly to see what your child has been doing and to find out the latest class news.

Homework

Homework will now include one piece of Maths and one of Literacy each week as well as spellings, reading and timestables. Children should spend 20minutes each night on their homework.

Words of the week

(Children should practice the highlighted words in their book)

New spellings are sent home on a Monday and then children are tested on a Friday

Multiplication Tables

We are continuing to practice our 2, 3, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

We are starting to learn 4, 6 and 8 multiplication tables.

This week we have been learning times table songs with the help of Teacher/Youtuber Mr. DeMaio.

You can watch at home here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XzfQUXqiYY

Latest News

Smoothie tasting!

A letter has now gone home to check for any allergies before we begin our DT research next week.  Please return the slip as soon as possible so your child is able to take part.

Kingswood

We are excited to announce that Year 3 will be going on residential in Spring.  Please return slips and £20 deposit by 13th October to indicate if you would like to go.

'Find out about Year 3'

Thank you to all those parents who were able to attend the meeting.  The presentation is now at the top of our class page for anyone who was unable to attend.

What have we been learning?

Take a look at some of the things we have been doing in class...

Maths

Year 3 have been investigating how to make 3-D shapes.

At first it was tricky but we didn't give up!

Take a look at what we made, can you name the shape?

Science

We have just finished our Science Topic of 'Forces and Magnets'

Take a look at some of our investigations

Art

We have been critiquing the artwork of others this week to help us become better artists!