Year 3 Class News

Living and Learning: rights and responsibilities

Posted on Wednesday 08 November 2023 by Miss Birch

In Year 3, we know that we have many different rights and with these rightscomes responsibilities.

Here are just some of the rights that we’ve discussed:

  • We have the right to think and say what we think so we have the responsibility to be respectful to other’s thoughts and beliefs.
  • We have the right to an education therefore we have the responsibility to come to school and engage with our learning.
  • We have the right to have food and therefore we have the responsibility to make our own healthy choices.
  • We have the right to feel safe at home and at school and have a responsibility to make other people feel safe. For example, play safely and sensibly with our friends and family.

Help at home by asking your child to think of their rights and therefore what responsibilities come with these rights.

Living and Learning: Democracy

Posted on Wednesday 08 November 2023 by Miss Birch

At the end of last half term, Year 3 learnt about what is democracy and how we can become involved in democratic decisions.

Democracy, one of the British Values, means ‘rule by the people‘. It comes from the Greek words dêmos (people) and krátos (rule or strength)Latin is everywhere!

We learnt about how democracy works in this country. This included learning about central and local government, what services government provide for the people and the role of political parties.

After that, we had our own democratic vote to elect our new JLT members for this year.

Congratulations to our two new JLT members and well done to everyone who took part! All the speeches were great!

Me and My Money week – school charity donations

Posted on Wednesday 08 November 2023 by Mrs Taylor

Donating money is one choice people might make when using their money.

As part of our Me and My Money themed week, we welcomed visitors from St Gemma’s Hospice, our current school charity, to hear how they have been using our donations over this year.

We have raised a staggering £1500 across the year so thank you for all of these donations. St Gemma’s Hospice are very grateful for this support.

There is one more way we can donate money this week and this is by bringing any spare 1ps or 2ps into class to deposit in each class’ saving jar.

On Friday, we shall be having a money trail with all the coins donated so please bring any spare change before then.

Here are Year 2 counting their coins so far.

 

We are readers!

Posted on Thursday 26 October 2023 by Miss Wilson

This half term, teachers have been keeping an eye out for children impressing them with their reading.

In KS2, teachers were looking out for Reading Records where the weekly activity had been completed with time and care, book reviews had been done or challenges ticked off!

In KS1, teachers were looking for children who were putting the most effort into learning to read fluently.

Well done to our winners for this half term and welcome to the Library Team! They’ll meet with Miss Wilson occasionally to share their ideas and help make decisions about our library.

Take a look at some of their fantastic efforts:

Did you know?

Those who read for pleasure…

  • Know more words
  • Are better writers
  • Have more empathy
  • Have better general knowledge
  • Have a better understanding of other cultures
  • Are better at making decisions
  • Do better in school generally!

Keep up the fantastic reading, everyone. There were so many people to choose from and you never know – it could be you next time!

Geography – I can investigate land-use in my locality. Part 2!

Posted on Thursday 19 October 2023 by Miss Birch

Last week, during Geography, we planned a walk in our locality so that we could investigate what the land is used for. This week, we walked the walked!

Here are the types of land-use we saw:

  • residential – flats and houses
  • commercial – shops and restaurants
  • recreational – Moortown Park
  • transport – roads

We really enjoyed getting our steps in while being geographers! We stayed safe by wearing high-visibility jackets, walking in pairs and taking care when crossing the roads.

 

Yorkshire Dance School Trip!

Posted on Thursday 19 October 2023 by Miss Birch

Yesterday, Year 3 went on their trip to Carriageworks Theatre to join Yorkshire Dance School in a day full of great activities!

Our first task of the day was to rehearse our performance on stage with lighting and music. The children were a bit nervous after seeing how many seats there were in the audience but they did a fantastic job!

Then, we had a talk from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Phoenix Dance about a career in dance. They spoke about dancing at all different stages of life and how inclusive dance is! They also discussed how dance can be just a hobbie as well. Both these schools run clubs during the holidays, after school and in schools!

Before lunch, the children experienced an amazing workshop where they learnt and performed Afro dance which originates from Africa and countries like Nigeria! The children got stuck in and created a choreographed dance from their six moves.

Year 3 workshop

Finally, the day ended with our final performance! We performed a dance to the song, Believer by the Imagine Dragons. We chose this as we thought it linked well to the theme of ‘dreaming’ – that we can dream to achieve great things and if we believe in ourselves then we will achieve them. Year 3 were the youngest there and they had the whole audience cheering and clapping along so a big well done to all of them! Our hard work paid off!

Year 3 final performance

Tom Palmer local events

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2023 by Mrs Lake

This year, some children at school attended an online workshop with author Tom Palmer. Tom Palmer has been in touch to let us know about some local events he is attending in half term.

Message from Tom

For children and families – I am also coming to Leeds on Thursday 2 November
2023 :
*       Farsley Book Festival – 10am-11am more here
https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/flf-kids-day
*       Chapel Allerton Library – 2pm
*       Pudsey Community Hub and Library – 4pm

Wednesday 18th – Yorkshire Dance at Carriageworks Theatre!

Posted on Monday 16 October 2023 by Miss Birch

Hello!

As you will know, Year 3 have their school trip this Wednesday 18th to the Carriageworks Theatre.

During this trip, Year 3 will have two workshops and experiences that Yorkshire Dance are leading. These will be active and engaging! In the afternoon is the performances where each school with perform their dance that they have been practising at school.

In between these sessions, will be lunch time where we will eat, drink and relax. Please make sure your child has a packed lunch and a water bottle. They should also be wearing PE kit so that they are comfortable to move throughout the activities.

Reminder that they won’t need swimming kits as we are out all day!

We’re looking forward to it!

Miss Birch

Geography: I can investigate land use in my locality.

Posted on Thursday 12 October 2023 by Miss Birch

This week, during Geography, we’ve planned a walk in our locality so that we can investigate what the land is used for.

There are five main types of land-use:

  • agriculture – land used for farming
  • residential – land used for housing
  • commercial – land used for businesses e.g. shops and restaurants
  • recreational – land used for recreational activities e.g. swimming pools and golf courses
  • transport – land used for roads, railways and airports

We used a map of Moortown to decide what route we’ll take. We thought about trying to create a loop and to try and pass as many different areas as possible. Have a look at what we decided on:

We’ll hopefully pass areas of residential, recreational and commercial land-use while walking along land used for transport! We’ll take pictures of each and label these in our books.

We look forward to showing you the pictures!

Leeds Diving opportunities

Posted on Wednesday 11 October 2023 by Mrs Taylor

Recently, Year 2 and 3 welcomed Leeds Diving as part of their talent in diving programme.

If your child is interested in learning to dive, please see the information and requirements below.