A huge thank you to everyone who visited our Book Fair this week and who got involved in celebrating Roald Dahl’s Birthday on Wednesday by bringing a prop, a book or wearing an entire costume! It has been lovely to see so many children excited about buying and looking at the books on sale. The fair and […]
Category Archives: Year 3 Blog
Thank you and Happy Holidays
What a fantastic end to the term with the junior performance of Sleeping Beauty. The whole of the junior department including pupils and staff really threw themselves into the performance with fantastic results. The effort and support from parents and carers regarding costumes, learning lines and practising acting skills is also greatly appreciated. It was […]
Superhero stories
This week Y3 have been getting to grips with different terminology such as nouns and adjectives and have been experimenting different ways to use description in their own sentences. Some of the children have also been exploring dialogue between characters and I have been impressed with their ability to weave this into their own story […]
A great start to the juniors
Y3 have been getting to know their daily routines and have created their own class rules. They have also been reminded about the importance of the school’s golden rules and how we can all promote the rules around school. They have also enjoyed learning their new seating arrangements and are now familiar with the new […]
Y3 step back in time!
Y3 were greeted by our friendly tour guide Gemma today at Salford Museum. Gemma asked the children to share what they had already learnt about the Victorians and she was very impressed with their enthusiasm and the interesting facts they had to share. Next Gemma shared some very interesting Victorian household artefacts with the children, […]
Painting and performing
Y3 have had an eventful week filled with dancing, singing, painting, writing and map reading! On Monday the children joined the rest of the school for a special Olympic themed assembly. It was here that they first heard that their chosen value was to be excellence! We discussed the meaning of the word excellence with […]
Rocks, cricket skills and information texts
Year 3 have had a great start to our striking and fielding unit of work in PE. They have been learning about different fielding and batting skills and have started to play some simple games of cricket. They have enjoyed working alongside Dom our cricket coach from Cricket Asylum. Dom has been really impressed with […]
Collaborative learning and problem solving
Another exciting and enjoyable week in Y3! This half term we have been joined by a coach called Dom from cricket asylum, who work alongside Bury Cricket Club. We had our first session on Tuesday where the children enjoyed playing simple bowling and catching games. The children always really enjoy any form of competition during […]
Victorian societies
Over the next two weeks, we will complete our learning about Victorian societies, workhouses and schools. This week we will be using the following links in class to support our learning, so you might want to have a look at them at home too. Click here to find out about Victorian schools and the punishments […]
Sports Relief 2016
On Friday 18th March, each class took part in a sponsored race outside. The children were given a time limit to complete the events as a class. Events included skipping, press ups, hula hooping, bench presses, sit ups and ladder jumps! Music was also played to keep the children motivated. Some children even managed […]