Autumn term after school clubs
Nouns and verbs
This week, in writing, we’ve been identifying and using nouns and verbs.
A noun is a person, place or thing.
A verb is a doing or being word.
In today’s lesson, Year 3 enjoyed a free write about a picture of their choice. Take a look at their wonderful writing below.
Help at home by playing I Spy to look for nouns or Charades to practise verbs.
Bridging through ten
Today, we’ve been practising how to add two addends which bridge through ten. For example 7+5. First, we partition 5 into 3 and 2. Next we add 3 to 7 to make 10 and then add the 2 to make 12.
We used ten frames and cubes (plus a partner) to help us if we needed it.
Help at home by practising these core number fluency facts within 10 and 20.
Leeds Rhinos ticket offer
Here’s an offer for tickets for the final Leeds Rhinos home match of the season against Hull FC on Friday 11th September.
Junior tickets can be purchased for just £5 in all standing areas of the stadium. Up to two £5 junior tickets can be purchased per adult.
Living and Learning: rules
Year 3 have made a magnificent start to the school year by being respectful, ready and safe. Everybody has done a great job at following the school rules.
You might notice some changes to what 3, 2, 1 stop means. It now stands for these three things:
- silent voices
- positive body language
- focus on the speaker
There’s also a Year-Three-specific GOLDEN RULE which the children have already been acing:
“I don’t know that yet. Can I pass it on?”
It’s ok not to know things or get things wrong – you either win or you learn.
We’re off to a flying start
This week, in PE, we’ve been playing team building games as part of our Outdoor Adventurous Activities unit.
We needed to communicate effectively, be creative and think about everyone in the team. This learning really liked to our school rule of being respectful.
Help at home by talking about this rule and the other two rules (we’re ready and we’re safe) and what they might look, sound and feel like at home and at school.
We had a lot of fun. I was also very impressed with how many versions of tig we could come up with! Y3 are clearly an imaginative bunch!
Welcome to Y3!
Welcome back!
I hope your summer was happy and healthy. Hopefully, you’re ready to hit the ground running for a super year. We’ve got some awesome subjects coming up this half term like learning about Ancient Greece in History and skeletons, movement and nutrition in Science.
Some key information:
- In Y3, our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please make sure earrings are taken out before school.
- We visit the library every Wednesday so please have your library book in school every week on this day.
- We have Book Club in KS2! Children will get a Reading Record that we review and celebrate every Friday. Please bring it to school every week. (More information will follow next week about Reading Records and Book Club.)
Myself, Mrs Simpson and Mrs Burgess are really excited to get cracking.
Wishing you all a wonderful year!
What a year!
It’s the final day of the year before the summer holidays begin! We just wanted to write a final message to say a huge well done to all the children for such a fantastic year. It really has flown by and they have progressed and learnt so much along the way.
Also, thank you to all the grown ups and families who have worked with us to support their children and thank you for any gifts you have given too!
Have a great holidays,
from Miss Birch and Miss Kidd.
Here are some great memories from Year 3…
Science and Media Museum
Today, Year 3 and 4 visited the Science and Media Museum in Bradford.
There were loads of interactive stations that taught us about sound, music, gaming and photography. We explored these areas by reading the information and testing the machines.
We also had a workshop that taught us more about sound, how it travels and how it can be manipulated. We changed the pitch, speed (tempo) and added sound effects!
Help at home by trying to add sound effects to your favourite film ending using objects from home. Could you use tupperware for horse hooves or hand clicking and clapping for rain?
Football Festival
Some girls from Y3 and Y4 took part in a football festival today at Boston Spa Academy.
First, we took part in lots of fun games and drills to get our bodies warm and our feet used to football! We worked on things like passing, dribbling and communication.
After lunch, we played a mini tournament! It was really exciting to put our skills into practice against other schools.
Risk-taking, being ready and responsible weren’t the only 8Rs we were showcasing – we also had to be very resilient because it was extremely windy!
We represented Moortown by being polite, listening well and most importantly having lots of fun.
