Year 3
Year 3 Blog:
Week Beginning 7th May 2024
We have been completing many different tasks this week in Year 3. In Maths, we have continued our work on fractions and using the bar model, we have been finding out fractions of amounts. In English, we have been completing our biography on Micheal Morpurgo. Mrs Broda-Kaye and Ms Tinnon have been really pleased with our writing and structure. In Art, we have completed out relief clay tile and painted them. We used small details to add more description to our clay designs. In Geography, we have looked at Western Europe. We identified the countries in the atlas and then found popular landmarks. It made us want to visit all of the countries!
Week Beginning 29th April
This week we had a special visit from Fenland Activity. When they arrived, we got to complete archery or wall climbing. Mrs Broda-Kaye and Ms Tinnon were amazed at how close we were to getting a bullseye on the target board. One of us hit the bullseye balloon! On the wall climbing activity, many of us reached the top with the support of our class. In Maths, we have continued our amazing work on fractions. In Art, we have used clay to create a relief tile. Many of our designs were really decorative and relaxing.
Week Beginning 22nd April
This week, have complete amazing reports on Alfred the Great. In our writing, we carefully focused on our sentence openers and how these make our sentences more detailed and interesting for the reader. In mathematics, we have investigated fractions and compared them using a fraction wall. Mrs Broda-Kaye was really impressed with how well we could find each fraction on the fraction wall. In PSHE, we looked at the importance of food groups and what the different food groups do for our bodies. In science, we have looked at the different types of rocks. Mrs Broda-Kaye showed us a silly way to remember the complicated vocabulary- sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
Week Beginning 16th April 2024
What an amazing start to the Summer Term! We have got straight back into our learning with lots of challenges. In english, we have started looking at our new book Beowulf. We have found out that Grendal is a deadly beast that is fiercely evil. In Writing, we have been looking at Alfred the Great and how we can use different openers to keep the reader interested.
In maths, we have worked really hard on adding and subtracting fractions. We have used bar models to support us and now we are mentally completing the challenges!
We have had a special visit from the Life Education Bus. We learnt about the brain and how we keep healthy. The bus was a really exciting experience with lots of knowledge.
Week Beginning 25th March 2024
Our final week before the Easter celebrations. It has been a fun and active week with lots of exciting days. At the beginning of the week, we performed our Year 3 & 4 performance called The Greatest Show to our families. We received a huge amount of applause and some of the adults went home rather wet after our clown antics. In Art, we have completed out Anglo-Saxon projects. We have painted our letters using water colours. We used fine paint brushes to add detail and create beautiful pieces. Our final art piece completed this week, was our Bayeux Tapestry. We drew a ship from the tapestry and then used felt to complete our piece. Our Easter morning was a huge success. Happy Easter from all of us in Year 3!
Week Beginning 18th March 2024
We have had a busy and brilliant week. In maths, we have been looking at fractions and finding a fraction of an amount. We carefully looked at the denominator and then used this to complete the groupings. In Art, we have been creating our own Anglo-Saxon letter using the drawing styles they used. We are hoping to paint these after Easter. In Geography, we have been looking at the South West and why tourism is so important to the region. Whilst doing this, we found many interesting places to visit. In English we completed our final write up of Lila meeting Razvani. Mrs Broda-Kaye was super pleased with our hard work.
Week Beginning 11th March 2024
Wow! What a week. In English we created our mini narrative about Lila meeting the fire-fiend Razvani. Mrs Broda-Kaye and Ms Tinnon were blown away with our description. We added speech and similes too. In Maths, we have been working on fractions and looking carefully at the denominator and numerator. We carefully completed missing number line challenges. In History, we have looked at the family life of Vikings and what each family member would have to do. A Viking boy would be hunting and training for battle at our age! We found this exciting but also a shock. In Science, we carried out a water transportation experiment to see how water travels up the stem. We have has some time to rehearse our performance too.
Week Beginning 4th March 2024
Year 3 have had a full and very educational week. In Maths, we have been focusing on fractions. We looked at the meaning of a fraction and then completed a task to see if 2/4 was equivalent to 1/2. We used shapes to fold and shade to see if this mathematical fact was true. In History, we have been looking at the Vikings and how they attacked a monastery in Lindesfarne. We found out the the 'Beserkers' were the most scariest of Viking warriors. In Art we painted our Anglo-Saxon should clasps. Mrs Broda-Kaye was amazed at how delicately these were painted and the detail we included. In English, we created some amazing character descriptions and also has fun on World Book Day. A busy but exciting week!
Week Beginning 26th February 2024

Year 3 have had a fantastic first week back. In English we have been working on using similes to add more detail to our character descriptions. Mrs Broda-Kaye was really impressed with our comparisons to Razvani's sharp horns and firey features. In Science we looked at the features of plants and the famous botanist called Joseph Banks. He discovered so many different plants around the world. In Art, we drew our Anglo-Saxon shoulder clasp ready to paint next week.
Week Beginning 12th February 2024
Year 3 have had an amazing final week before half term. In English, we have completed our letter to Lila's father explaining that we are leaving for the adventure to Mount Merapi. In Maths, we have been busy working on measuring using capacity, measure and volume. We have then completed some problem solving challenges. In Art, we have completed our Papyrus paper and drawn our Egyptian Gods/Goddess. In Science we completed a detailed description on what we know about light. Mrs Broda-Kaye was really impressed with the knowledge we wrote. Have a lovely and restful half term and we will see you back on Monday 26th February.
Week Beginning 5th February 2024
Year 3 have been working on measure this week in Maths. We began the week by looking at using m, cm and m. We gathered a range of different items and then measured these using the correct units of measure. For our English this week, we have been busy drafting our letters to Lila's father. We wrote in the first person and included lots of emotive language to keep our reader engaged. In Art, we have had a busy afternoon, creating our own papyrus paper. We mixed flour and water then dipped strips of paper to over lap and create a base. Even though we had a messy classroom, the final papyrus paper looks amazing.
In Science, we have investigated our shadows. We went outside during different times in the day and drew around our shadows and then measured them. We discovered that our shadows move due to the position on the sun.
In History, we have been busy creating a piece on all we know about the Anglo-Saxons. Mrs Broda-Kaye was really impressed with our knowledge, particularly our facts about Sutton Hoo.
