Welcome to Year 3!

Important Notices:

Spellings and Rapid Recall:  Will be sent home on a Monday and tested on a Friday!

PE Kits:  Our PE days are Monday and Thursday. Children need a full PE Kit in school for both indoor and outdoor PE.

Reading Books: Reading books can be changed daily.

Topic: Our topic unit this term is World War II. We will be learning all about this period in history and travelling a bit further around the world to discover more about this time in history, we cannot wait to share what we get up to! 

Science: Our topic this term in Science is all about Plants, we will learn all about the parts, functions and requirements to grow a plant. Keep a look out for our experiments and investigations!

Summer Term

Kings Coronation Day 

Last Friday, we celebrated King Charles' Coronation and came to school in red, white and blue. We spent the day learning all about the day and took part in some lovely activities. Take a look at what we got up to! 

TT Rockstars Tournament! 

Starting today Tuesday 2nd May 2023 until Tuesday 16th May 2023, there is a new tournament set between 3G and 3S on TT Rockstars. Make sure you log on, get us some points and try and get us to win! There is a 60 minute limit to your play each day for this specific tournament, so use your time wisely! Good luck, and at the end of the tournament keep a look out for the overall winner. 

Coding in Computing! 

This week we started our new unit of Coding in Computing, focussing on writing algorithms. We used Scratch to help us create our character and made them move, spin and added a sound! Take a look! 

Spring Term

DT- Mechanical Posters 

As part of Design and Technology this term, we researched, created prototypes, designed and made our own mechanical posters. Our posters were based on a theme all about Recycling, we worked hard with these posters and made sure we had moving parts using a pulley lever system! 

SCIENCE 

As part of our new unit, Forces, we have been experimenting with magnets in the classroom and having a go at some fun in class experiments. Take a look at what we got up to yesterday with finding magnetic materials and testing how many paperclips we can hold in a chain! 

ART - This term we have been looking at Art based on Autumnal settings and focussing on leaves. Today, we went around the school and collected a few leaves as inspiration. We then used different mediums of art to add colour which included crayons, pencils, chalk and pens. Take a look at our lovely lesson where we drew leaves and added detail through colour! 

SCIENCE

In Science this term we will be learning a little more about light. Today, we had a real FUN lesson. First, we experimented with how light reflected through different surfaces and how different colours may change the way we see things. We made our own class fort and used torches as our source of light. Once we had completed our experiment, we had a little fun too! Take a look :) 

Printing in Art. 

This week, we developed our skills further and created our very own prints based on our prior learning from the weeks before. We looked back and remembered drawing basic leaves which we then applied onto our own printing tile. Take a look at our lesson, we had such a great time with only a little mess! 

World Book Week! 

This week in 3G, we will be celebrating world book week and taking part in different activities to raise the profile of reading. Today, we visited our library bus and the children rented a book for the week where they will read in class during their own time. Below is a link for the website all about World Book Day, lots of lovely activities and a range of free audiobooks! 

We recently went on our local walk around South Ockendon and we took our class bear, Beary Bear, with us. The children were able to see the different features of the local town, follow a route and recognise road signs. Take a look at the pictures below! 

This week in our Art lesson, we learnt about the artist Howard Hodgkin and focussed on portraits. The children then invited Fry into our class to use him as a live model and painted him as a portrait!