Year 3 Class News

Summer term after-school clubs

Posted on Thursday 01 May 2025 by Mrs Taylor

We’ve had a great start to our summer term clubs this week. While most of the clubs are now full, it’s not too late to sign up to the following clubs that have some places available.
Monday
Skipping Y2-4
Lego KS2
Tuesday
Skipping Y4-6
Wednesday
Girls football Y2-6
Wake up Shake up Y3-6

Living and Learning: allergies

Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2025 by Miss Birch

Last week, Year 3 learnt all about allergies.

What is an allergy? An allergic reaction happens when a person comes in contact with something that their body thinks will be harmful to them (called an allergen).

We discussed how all our bodies are different and something that may not harm us could make somebody else very poorly.

There are 14 main food allergens:

What Your Food Business Needs to Understand about Allergen ...

Even though we might not see an allergen in our food, doesn’t mean it isn’t in there. To make sure we’re being careful and only eating foods which are safe for us, we must always look at the packaging. The main allergens are always in bold!

We discussed some signs of an allergic reaction and what we could do if we or someone else was experiencing these…

Mild/moderate signs:

  • itchy skin rash
  • tummy ache or being sick
  • puffy eyes or lips
  • itchy/tingling mouth

Serious signs:

  • difficulty breathing or noisy breathing
  • difficulty swallowing
  • feeling dizzy, floppy or sleepy

Help at home: From the fridge or food cupboards at home, choose an item and see what allergens you can find on the back of a pack.

Maths: perimeter

Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2025 by Miss Birch

The perimeter is the distance around the outside of a 2D shape.

We’ve spent the last week calculating the perimeter of 2D shapes.

There are a few different ways to do this…

  1. If we know the shape has equal length sides, we can multiply one length by how many sides the shape has.
  2. If the shapes are drawn on grids, we can use the squares to count the perimeter. Be careful not to include the corner squares!
  3. If asked to, we can use our rulers to measure the length of each side and add them together.

We tried to choose the most efficient methods to find the perimeter. For example, when each side is equal length, using multiplication to help us!

Help at home by answering this question:

Writing: Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen

Posted on Friday 25 April 2025 by Miss Birch

Year 3 are going to write a narrative based on Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen.

A narrative is a story and its purpose is interest and entertain.

We’ve watched Michael Rosen perform this poem and it really makes us laugh! Give it a watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWrOeNKvtHI&t=46s

Our narrative will be inspired by this but we’re going to tweak it so that we are sneaking up to the teachers’ staffroom to steal their food.

In our narrative we’re going to include; description, action and dialogue (direct speech).

We’ve began practising our use of inverted commas for direct speech…

Help at home by practising writing direct speech. Have a conversation with someone at home and write it down using inverted commas. Use the list of R2s above to help you!

 

Year 3 and 4 footballers

Posted on Thursday 24 April 2025 by Mrs Taylor

Today, ten of our year 3 and 4 footballers took part in the Leeds Well School Partnership Year 3/4 football competition at Goals.

We had a great day of back to back matches and all the children were determined, resilient, focussed and worked together as a team supporting each other.

The team fought to secure second place in their first round league and put in some brilliant performances across the day.

A special mention to our goalkeeper who made some amazing saves throughout the day.

Well done to all the children for representing our school so well.

Maths: length and perimeter

Posted on Tuesday 22 April 2025 by Miss Birch

Hello!

I hope you had a restful and enjoyable 2 weeks off and are ready for our final term!

This week in Maths, we’re learning about length and perimeter…

We’ve been measuring in metres, centimetres and millimetres and have measured things like our heights and the length of objects in our trays.

Here are our R2s for measuring with a ruler:

  1. Decide if you are measuring with centimetres or millimetres.
  2. Line the first measuring line on the ruler up to the line or object that you are measuring.
  3. Make sure the ruler is running parallel to the line or object.
  4. Take your time!

These tips have helped us be successful with this learning! Help at home by discussing these 5 questions…

Next up is perimeter.

The perimeter is the distance around the outside of a 2D shape.

Check back here to see how we get on with measuring the perimeter!

Leeds Rhinos Easter activities

Posted on Wednesday 02 April 2025 by Mrs Taylor

On Friday 18 April, Leeds Rhinos are hosting their annual family day, where all child tickets (seating and standing) are just £5. As well as the Rhinos match against Huddersfield Giants, there are a host of activities that the whole family can enjoy – all included in the price of entry.

There is also a free open training session and meet the players event at AMT Headingley Stadium, during the Easter Holidays, on Tuesday 15 April. Children and families will have the opportunity to watch the Rhinos train, meet Ronnie the Rhino and get autographs/pictures with the players at the end of the session.

Performance poetry

Posted on Wednesday 02 April 2025 by Miss Birch

This week, we’re reading a poem – My Iguana by Brian Moses.

Walking with my Iguana

We watched Brian Moses perform it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoqCyDyc5Rc

We had a think about what made his performance so good! These are the R2s (remember to) that we took from him:

  • read with prosody
  • add actions
  • change tone of voice
  • change volume of voice
  • involve the audience
  • well-rehearsed

We then used these R2s to do our performances! We worked in small groups to add actions, rehearse and practise reading with prosody. The performances were fantastic with some even memorising the words after 20 minutes!

Help at home by reading this poem at home and performing to each other! Can you use all the R2s?

Science: Which soil is the most absorbent?

Posted on Wednesday 02 April 2025 by Miss Birch

Enquiry question:

Which soil is the most absorbent?

Science strand: We are chemists!

How we were scientists: We planned and set up a comparative test.

What we changed: the soil types; loam, chalky, sandy and clay

What we measured: how much water drained through the soil and was collected

What we kept the same: the amount of water and the amount of soil

What we found:

Our conclusion: Clay soil was the most absorbent.

 

Moortown netballers

Posted on Wednesday 26 March 2025 by Mrs Taylor

Well done to our Year 5/6 netballers who competed in the Bee Netball competition at Allerton High.

In each match, the team showed great teamwork and resilience. It’s great to see their netball skills progressing. Well done!

We’d also like to thank parents for helping with transport for this event.

Through our partnership with Leeds Rhinos, have a look at this special offer to see some more live netball this weekend.

Here are some local netball opportunities too.

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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