Year 3
Welcome to Year 3’s class page…
A very warm welcome to Year 3! Year 3 are taught by myself, Mrs. Wilks, and I am so happy to become part of The Willows’ family. It’s been lovely to meet lots of you and I am looking forward to getting to know you all better throughout the year. Please feel free to come and see me anytime!
I am very fortunate to be supported by three wonderful assistants, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Heaney and Mrs. Noble. On Wednesday mornings, Miss Mallinson will be teaching Music and Mrs. Spacey will be teaching French. We are also very lucky to have Mrs. Hayes, who will be taking our Forest School sessions throughout the year.
Year 3 is an exciting year for the children as they move up to the juniors, and we will be working on making the transition as smooth as possible for them to ensure that they settle in to their new learning environment.
Take a look at the information below to see what we have been getting up to!
This term’s Stars!
Now that we are allowed to have assemblies together again, we have restarted our Star Award Assembly on Friday morning. This is a very special assembly where Mrs. Burdett tells us how amazing one of our friends has been this week – our parents are even allowed to come! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Important things to know about…
Times Tables – Every week, we are given Times Tables to learn and we are tested on these every Friday. Please try and practise them at home – we’ll be practising in school too.
Spellings – Each Friday I will give the children their new spelling list. At the same time we will run through the spellings they have been learning throughout the week. Make sure you’re practising them at home!
Reading at Home – We should read at home (independently or with an adult) every day and it should be logged in our Reading Diary. Reading Diaries will be checked daily. Reading is EXTREMELY important because it helps our children to unlock more of the curriculum.
Maths and English Homework – I set homework every Friday on Seesaw and it is to be submitted on or before the following Friday. Homework will be based on our learning in school and will alternate between maths and English each week.
Year 3’s Latest News
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Handball Competition
Reception Forest SchoolWhat a great time we all had at Forest School. This week we were using the saw to make wood cookies. We also looked for dandelions to make dandelion tea.
Year 3 – Volcanoes!
Year 3 are enjoying their new Geography topic 'Volcanoes and earthquakes'. They have been learning about volcanoes, what they are and how they are formed. To try and understand what happens when a volcano erupts, they created their very own volcano in a cup using...
Year 3 – World Book Day 2023!
On Thursday 2nd March, all classes at The Willows celebrated World Book Day. In Year 3, we created our own book and wrote our very own moral story based on Aesop's fables. We went on a 'Book Trail' around the school grounds, took part in reading quizzes and also took...
Year 6 World Book Day 2023
On Tuesday 28th February, 10 children from Year 3 and Year 4 took part in the Carr Hill Dodgeball tournament. The children played competitive dodgeball games against children from other local schools. The children had a fantastic afternoon, showing great sporting...
Year 3 – Collage
Children looked at the work of Paul Klee, Victor Vasarely and Henri Matisse, investigating their use of complementary colours and shapes. They have worked on their ability to draw and cut straight lines and created their own responses to 'Castle and the Sun' by Paul...
Year 3 – Romans!
The children have loved learning all about Roman Britain and their topic came to an end with a full day of learning all about the Romans. They looked at Roman Numerals and created numbers outside, designed and created a mosaic for a Roman villa, practised using Latin...
Year 3 – Forest School Fun!
Year 3 enjoyed another fabulous Forest School sessions with Mrs. Hayes in our Forest School area. The children love exploring and are becoming more and more independent, taking ownership of their learning and discovery.
Year 3 – Roman Spies!
Year 3 started their new history topic 'Roman Britain' by spying on Britain! It was their job to spy on Britain and report back to the Romans to give them information before they invade. They found out lots of facts about Britain in 50 BC and focused on people,...
Year 3 – Dirt Pudding!
Year 3 made dirt pudding to help them with their understanding of the how the Earth is made up of different layers of rocks and soils! At the bottom of the cup we squirted red sauce to represent the mantle, inner and outer core. Then we added biscuits for the Earth's...
Year 3 – Christmas Fun!
Year 3 had lots of fun on the lead up tp Christmas! They enjoyed Christmas crafts and challenges, had lots of fun at the disco and even had a special visit from a rather exciting visitor!
Year 3 – Jesse Tree
During Advent Year 3 created their own Jesse Tree in the classroom to help them to prepare for the birth of Jesus. The Jesse Tree is a lovely tradition where, each day of Advent, a new ornament is added to a tree to symbolise a different story or person from the Bible...
Year 3 – Our Advent Promises
After an amazing Advent Liturgy led by Year 4, we all made Advent promises to hang on our beautiful tree. We thought about what we were going to do during this special time to prepare for the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Year 3 – Christmas Lunch!
The children all enjoyed feeling festive in their Christmas jumpers for Christmas lunch. A very big thank you to the wonderful ladies in the kitchen for such beautiful food!
Year 3 – Forest School
Year 3 loved getting muddy during their half termly Forest School session with Mrs. Hayes and as always, they had lots of fun exploring and adventuring in the Forest School area.
Year 3 – Skateboarding!
Year 3 enjoyed their skateboarding session outside. The children tried pancake flips, push offs and turns - they were fearless and loved every minute! A big thank you to Issy from Team Rubicon for teaching us some amazing new skills and sharing his talents with us!
Year 3 – World Cup Workshop!
Year 3 are very excited about the World Cup and had a fabulous time at the world cup workshop on Tuesday. They had a great time dancing, playing ball games and looking at lots of different flags. The children then used atlases and maps to locate the countries of the...
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Dodgeball Tournament!
This week, the children took part in an Inter-House Dodgeball competition and the children in years 3 and 4 teamed up to play dodgeball matches in their house teams. The children had a great time and a big congratulations to Saint Theresa (red team) who won!
Year 3 – Turkish delight!
Each lunchtime when the children come in from outside, they get comfy and listen to a story. The children have been listening to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and this week the story finally came to an end with Aslan defeating the White Witch. To...
Year 3 – Glow Dodgeball Day!
On Monday, each class had an allocated P.E. slot in the hall under U.V. lights playing glow in the dark dodgeball. The children came dressed in their own, pastel coloured clothes which shone in the dark and we covered our faces in exciting glow in the dark face paint!...
Year 3 – Outdoor Learning Day!
Mr Sharrock organised a wonderful whole-school Outdoor Learning Day yesterday. We were so lucky with the weather and the children loved spending the entire day outside. Every class took part in activities provided by external instructors in ForestSchool, Dance and...
Year 3 – Rocks!
Year 3 started their new science topic 'Rocks and Soils' by comparing and grouping together different kinds of rocks based of their appearance. Children worked together to group different rocks and used a magnifying glass to look at them more closely. The children...
Year 3 – DT!
Year 3 enjoyed their first DT project and were tasked to create a package for the Natural History Museum. They are constantly filling their museum with artefacts and needed help with their packaging as items keep arriving broken or damaged! Year 3 needed to design a...
Year 3 – Magnets!
Continuing with their work on forces, Year 3 used magnets to investigate which materials are magnetic, and which materials are not. Children investigated using different magnets and explored how they can pull (attract) and push (repel) at a distance without contact!
Year 3 – Visit to Church!
Year three joined the Parish for Mass this week and they were amazing! It was our first class visit and we were so proud of how reverent and prayerful the children were, and how wonderful they were at answering questions and listening to Father Andrew talk to us about...
Year 3 – Scoot at School!
Today we brought our scooters to school and enjoyed scooting throughout the day to keep ourselves fit and healthy. We had lots of fun zooming around the playground and we can't wait for another day scooting at school!
Year 3 – Stone Age Day
Year 3 had a fabulous Stone Age Day packed full of fun and adventure! The children spent part of the day in our Forest School area completing lots of different Stone Age activities. They enjoyed grinding natural materials to make prehistoric paint and smashed willow...
Making Diwali Candle Holders
This week, Reception and Year 3 have been looking at Diwali. The children have enjoyed looking at Rangoli patterns and Mehndi hand patterns. Reception were so lucky to have the Year 3 children as their Art buddies for the past 2 days. Year 3 have helped the reception...
Year 3 – Adventures in Forest School!
Year 3 enjoyed another Forest School session with Mrs. Hayes and absolutely loved exploring outside! The children had fun making sensory smoothies, climbing trees and building dens - it is so wonderful to see their confidence and teamwork skills grow with every...
Year 3 – Budding Gymnasts!
Year 3 have been working hard on their gymnastic skills in PE! They have been perfecting how they travel around a room; practising their balances on 1, 2, 3 and 4 points; perfecting their rolls and have started to create a sequence of moves with a partner. The...
Year 3 – Forces!
Year 3 have been learning about simple forces - pushes and pulls. We push and pull objects to do many different things. When we push or pull objects we can move the object, change the shape of the object or make the object change direction. We push and pull objects...
Year 3 – Our First Forest School Session!
The children enjoyed their very first Forest School session in Year 3 and it was lovey to see their creativity and independence shine! Many fabulous dens were build, trees were climbed and beautiful leaf pictures were created. We can't wait for our next session!
Year 3 – Hunter-Gatherers!
We are loving learning about the Stone Age in Year 3. We are learning all about the different periods of the Stone Age and know that during the Mesolithic period (middle Sone Age), people had to be hunter-gatherers in order to survive. In teams, we thought about what...
Year 3 Stanley Park Trip
On Wednesday 29th June, Year 3 spent an amazing day at Stanley Park and the Outdoor Revolution climbing, low ropes and caving facilities. After a brief coach trip to Stanley Park, the children were quickly fitted with harnesses and helmets to tackle one of two...
Golden Mile Spring Competition Winners!
At The Willows, we try to provide lots of opportunities for our children to be active and achieve the recommended 1 hour of physical activity every day - one way we achieve this is by running in our Golden Mile competition. After 8 long weeks of running during active...
Year 3 – Blue Moose Dance
During the topic of Roman Britain in year 3 we had the Blue Moose Dance Academy come in and take a series of dance sessions while linking this in with our topic of Roman Britain. Over the weeks, we introduced new elements of dance to eventually have a whole class...
