Year 3 Friday Blog - 28.02.25

Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 8:39am

Dear parents,

Welcome to the Year 3 Friday blog!

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings and times tables and lots more.

Germany

Each half term we will be learning abouit a different country. You will find a new fact about that country on our blog each week. This half term, we are learning about Germany.

This week, we have found Germany on a world map and a map of Europe. We looked at which seas are on Germany's coast line and which countries it borders.

Can you spot Germany and its neighbouring countries on this map of Europe?

Science Week

Next week we are going to celebrate British Science Week.  From science shows to STEM activities, we are really looking forward to getting to grips with the world of science.  To accommodate this, there will some changes to our timetable.  Key stage 2 sporty-clothes day will be on Thursday instead of Tuesday.  We are also kindly requesting that all Key Stage 2 children bring in a 500ml bottle of diet coke (this will not be consumed).  Thank you for your support with this.  Don't forget to check the class blogs for lots of pictures next week!

 

Homework

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Remember to ask questions as this will improve key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference. Children should also have their school reading books in school every day so that an adult can read with them.

 

Spellings - For our spelling quizzes this half term, there will be a list of 12 words sent home to learn. These words will all follow a spelling rule that we are learning in class that week. Our spelling quiz each Thursday will then consist of 8 of these words as well as 2 words the children have previously learned. As homework, each child should still log into SpellingFrame and complete this weeks test using the link below.

          Times tables - Times tables are a vital skill, which will be used throughout the year and through the rest of the childrens school journeys and lives. In order to prepare every child as well as we can, we ask that children log in to times table rockstars as many days as possible each week. On there, the children can practise all of their times tables by playing different games.

We will also have a times tables quiz each week. Next week, we will test division facts related to the 4 times table.

I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes on both, as many nights as possible. If you are struggling to find time to log in to SpellingFrame or TT Rockstars on a device, please find alternative ways of practising our weekly spellings and times tables, such as verbal tests/chanting in the car, or using one of the attached spelling strategies.

An overview for spellings and times tables can be found at the bottom of the blog. 

 

Our learning this week in Year 3

English

This week in English, we have started reading a new story; The Iron Man. We have made predictions about what we think will happen, identified different features used in the writing and made a story map to help us learn the opening of the story.

Maths

This week, we have been learning about 2D shapes. We have identified parallel sides and perpendicular sides in shapes as well as drawing shapes with parallel and perpendicular sides.

RE

In RE, we have started a new unit all about the Easter story.

Our big question this half term is 'Is the cross a symbol of sadness or joy?'

This week, we looked at some of the events in the Easter story and considered how the people who witnessed these events would have felt.

PE

In PE this week, we started to learn some skills used in netball. On Tuesday, we learned how to correctly perform a chest pass and the importance of moving after the ball is passed. Then on Thursday, we learned how to perform a bounce pass and played a game in which the attackers had to use these passes and their movement to keep the ball from a defender.

Have a look at our gallery to see our visit from American football player Isaac.

Have a fantastic weekend!

The Year 3 team

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