Year 3
Welcome to Year 3’s class page…
A very warm welcome from myself, Mrs. Burdett. I am so excited for this year, as it is a fresh start to a brand new academic year that everyone has been waiting for! I will ensure that everyone in Year 3 will have the most amazing time learning inside and outside the classroom whilst staying as safe as possible.
I teach Year 3 and with the support of Mrs. Heaney and Mrs. Noble who are both amazing and wonderful, all at the same time! On Wednesday mornings, Miss Mallinson will be teaching Music and Mrs. Barnett will be teaching RE.

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 the spellings and times tables that are given that day. Repetition is excellent practice for our children and will help them to remember their spellings and time tables.
Year 3’s Latest News
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...
Year 3 – World Book Day 2022
The whole school celebrated World Book Day by coming into school dressed as a book character. It was fantastic to see all the children in their costumes, sharing with each other different books and stories. The children had a brilliant day taking part in lots of...
Festive Reading Challenge – The Entries
Well done to all of our children who entered the Festive Reading Challenge. It has been so lovely seeing so many children enjoying reading and thinking outside the box in where you can enjoy reading a story. Staff have been blown away by the creative, original photo...
Festive Reading Challenge
At The Willows, we strive to provide opportunities for our children to engage in reading activities and actively read for pleasure. During this festive season, we would like to set you a reading challenge that shows how fun and creative reading can be. You need to...
Brass, String & Woodwind Christmas Concert
Tuesday 14th December saw all of our musicians join their families in the school hall to celebrate their musical talents and progress. Throughout the pandemic we have been incredibly keen to continue our music lessons in one way or another. Our peripetetic music...
Inter-House Dodgeball Competition Results
A big well done to all of our pupils across school who participated in our first inter-house competition of the year, playing dodgeball. Pupils from each year group competed against their peers from the other house teams in our dodgeball tournament. Each classes...
Spring Term Golden Mile Challenge
After the success of our first term's Golden Mile whole-school competition, I am excited to announce the start of a new competition for the Spring Term. At The Willows, we are passionate about encouraging children to live a healthy, active lifestyle and our Golden...
RE Inspection
Mrs Johnson (our Chair of Governors) was delighted today to be able to share the report from our recent Diocesan RE Inspection in which we achieved 'Outstanding' in all areas. This Section 48 Inspection, as it is known, covers all aspects of the Catholic Life of the...
Year 3 and 4 Quidditch Club
This half term, Year 3 and 4 children have been invited to take part in Quidditch Club, after school on a Monday evening. Quidditch is a fast paced, multi-skilled sport which is probably best described as a mixture between dodgeball and handball. The children have...