Year 3 Class News

Living and learning: RSE

Posted on Monday 19 June 2023 by Alice Needham

Last week in Living and Learning, Year 3 were learning all about pants from Pantosaurus!

While we had a lot of fun singing along, the lesson carried a very important message. We had a very mature conversation about how what is in our pants is private and what to do if someone makes us feel uncomfortable.

Help at home by reading the NSPCC guidance on how to speak to your child about pants.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/

 

Circle time

Posted on Saturday 10 June 2023 by Alice Needham

This week, Year 3 took advantage of the sunshine and had our circle time outside on the new grass.

Our circle time this week revolved around speaking about people we trust. The class offered examples of people in their lives that they trust and explained why.

We then talked about keeping secrets and how we should always tell a trusted adult if we are worried about someone, even if they have asked us to keep it a secret.

Spellings 3.2

Posted on Saturday 10 June 2023 by Alice Needham

Welcome back!

I can’t believe it is already the last half term of Year 3 – the year has flown!

This half term, we are continuing to practise the 40 spellings from half term 2.2. There were a few tricky words in the list that I feel the class will benefit from some extra practise with.

Instead of learning eight different words each week, we’d like your child to learn these 40 words over the whole half-term. Lots of research suggests that learning more spellings over a longer time leads to better remembering how to spell them in the long term.

adventure

anticlockwise

ball

bawl

capture

caught

delicious

feature

forward

history

immaterial

impatient

impolite

important

impossible

independent

inexperienced

infamous

international

machine

mail

male

measure

mention

naughty

ordinary

pleasure

position

possession

pressure

quarter

scene

seen

should

special

sugar

supernatural

therefore

thought

treasure

Any questions please ask!

Living and Learning: physical health

Posted on Sunday 04 June 2023 by Alice Needham

During the last two weeks of half term, Year 3 focussed on the importance of physical health in our Living and Learning lessons.

We learnt about the benefits of being active for 60 minutes every day. Some examples are:

  • exercise warms you up
  • your heart gets stronger
  • improves your attention span
  • helps you learn
  • improves your memory
  • helps you sleep better
  • makes you feel happier

Help at home by asking your child how much physical activity they have done that day!

We are physicists!

Posted on Thursday 25 May 2023 by Alice Needham

Today, Year 3 continued their learning about magnets.

We learnt that magnets are a non-contact force. We also learnt that magnets having a north pole and a south pole .

We then conducted an experiment to see which poles attract (pull together) and which repel (push apart).

Help at home by asking your child if they can remember which poles attract and which repel!

Basketball

Posted on Sunday 21 May 2023 by Mrs Taylor

City of Leeds Basketball, who provide our after-school basketball clubs, have a range of sessions for children of all ages.

Visit their website to book.

Living and Learning: healthy eating

Posted on Tuesday 16 May 2023 by Alice Needham

Over the past few weeks, Year 3 have been learning about healthy eating and how to make healthy choices regarding food.

As a school, we promote a happy and healthy lifestyle. Eating and drinking healthily doesn’t necessarily mean only eating fruit, broccoli and peas but it means having a balanced diet.

As part of our lesson, we discussed this pie chart called the Eatwell Guide. It shows us how much of eat food group we should aim to be eating in a day.

Aiming to have at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day means that our body is getting the important nutrients and vitamins that it needs.

Help at home by challenging your child and see how many different fruit and vegetables they can name!

We are physicists!

Posted on Tuesday 16 May 2023 by Alice Needham

This half term, we are physicists. Our topic is all about forces and magnets.

Last week, Year 3 explored which objects were/were not magnetic using magnets.

After careful observation, we concluded that some metal objects were magnetic.

We then recorded this information in a table in our books.

Help at home by asking your child what a metal needs to contain for it to be magnetic.

Coronation Day!

Posted on Saturday 06 May 2023 by Alice Needham

Yesterday, we celebrated the King’s coronation!

We came to school dressed in the colours of the Union Jack: red, white and blue. At lunchtime, we came to the hall to have an indoor picnic. We then spent the afternoon making crowns, decorating bookmarks and making coronation collages!

 

Living and learning: Sun safety

Posted on Wednesday 03 May 2023 by Alice Needham

This half term in Living and Learning, our topic is ‘healthy me’. We are learning about the different ways we can keep our bodies healthy.

Last week, Year 3 learnt about sun safety and the positives and negatives of being out in the sun.

Have a look at some of Year 3’s suggestions for how to stay safe in the sun!

Help at home by asking your child how they can stay safe in the sun this summer.