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Year 3 - Hippo & Tiger
Year 3 - Tiger Class and Hippo Class
Welcome to our class page!
Term 3
Term 3 spellings
Term 2
Term 2 BINGO homework
Term 2 spellings
Weeks 5,6 and 7
We have been SO busy this term. Over the last few weeks we have: created routes for Beebots to follow and then applied this coding to Scratch where we controlled characters and changed the background, we survived the mischief of naughty elves, created some interesting Christmas creatures and described them using adjectives, we have learnt the 8 compass points and used compasses to find North, we have visited the local Methodist church for our Christingle service, investigated iron filings and magnets and created our own times table board games!
Weeks 3 and 4
Over the last week we have been doing lots of investigations using magnets, playing ball games in PE, using manipulatives to help us with our times tables and learning about the 4 countries in the UK.
Weeks 1 and 2
So far in Term 2, we have explored multiplication and division using manipulatives like Lego and counters, we have taken part in Numeracy day with snowflake challenges, we have investigated friction, started learning a line dance in PE and made poppies for Remembrance Day.
Term 1
Weeks 5, 6 and 7
We have been working hard in spellings, sharing our descriptions, completing drama activities like hot seating to interview characters, we have explored the rock cycle with sweets, retrieved information from The Wild Way Home, built Lego homes using our Skara Brae research, worked on our skipping skills and considered the how our senses help us to describe. Also, not pictured, the children have been working SO hard on their column addition and subtraction over the last few weeks and should be really proud.
Weeks 3 and 4
We have been busy writing setting descriptions, ordering and comparing numbers, drawing from observation, creating 'Rock Trump' cards to compare rock types, considering what we need to learn in a 'dream' school and considering our rights and responsibilities as learners.
Weeks 1 and 2
We have had SUCH an exciting start to the Juniors. Over the past fortnight, we have been using base 10 to work with place value in maths, we have learnt about using dictionaries and looked up the meanings of our star words, we had fun balancing in PE (before it rained on us), we have used sketching pencils to shade dark and light areas to make our drawings look 3D and we have all had an amazing science workshop all about rocks with Mr Berry.
Term 1 spellings
^ 2025-2026 ^
Term 6
Week 5 and 6
Over the last two weeks, Year 3 have been learning about time, writing descriptive sentences and taking part in the Korfball competition day! They've also had library visits to find out about the Summer Reading Challenge.
Week 3 and 4
Over the past two weeks, Year 3 have enjoyed Sports Day and their IMPACT Korfball day. They've also been learning about the UK and designing their own castles! In computing, we've been exploring branching databases and using software to help us with this.
Week 1 and 2
A fantastic first few weeks back in school! The children represented the school well at Wingham Wildlife Park and asked many excellent questions during our workshop. We've also begun our new topic learning about the UK and had lots of fun using money in maths.
Term 5
Week 5
In the final week of this term, the children have been investigating seeds and flowers, completing their Egyptian scrolls, writing poetry and taking part in the IMPACT archery day.
Week 3 and 4
Over the last two weeks, Year 3 have been planning, designing and making their Egyptian scrolls. They've also been exploring seed dispersal in science by identifying different types of seeds around the school. In history, we have been looking at the eight main achievements from the Egyptian civilisation. We also celebrated and learnt about VE day. We had lots of fun eating fish and chips outside with the whole school!
Week 1 and 2
We've had a great start to Term 5! The children had fun creating their Earth Day arts and crafts. We also begun our volume and capacity topic in maths so the children were measuring different liquids as accurately as possible.
Term 4- Weeks 5 and 6
Over the last 2 weeks, we have celebrated our Ancient Egypt homework, learnt about scales and kilograms, investigated which sunglasses were the most effective, written interesting setting descriptions and completed our Egyptian collars using appliqué and cross stitch!
Term 4- Weeks 3 and 4
We have been very busy over the last couple of weeks! We have been cross- stitching and using the running stitch, we explored the school for reflective surfaces and then used mirrors to change the direction of light, we have explored historical sources and what they might tell us about people of the past, we investigated how shadows change throughout the day, and we have continued working on our attacking and defending skills in football!
Term 4 Weeks 1 and 2
We have been freeze framing, exploring the Ancient Egyptians, learning to dribble with accuracy in football, coding characters on Purple Mash, measuring perimeter and learning to cross stitch!
Term 4
Term 4 - Spellings
Term 3
Term 3 - Homework
Term 3 - Spellings
Term 3- Weeks 5 and 6
Over the last 2 weeks of term, the children have completed their pneumatic toys, experimented with our PowerPoints (using transitions and animations) worked in groups to design gardens in RSE- then presenting their projects to the class and enjoying all Science Week had to offer!)
Term 3: Weeks 3 and 4
Over the last couple of weeks we have been busy learning how to speed up and slow down when running, we've started learning the rules of Quidditch, we have continued to create our pneumatic toys, we have been exploring division using partitioning, creating our own powerpoints and using our internet searching skills, we had a great time playing ultimate frisbee and enjoyed our trip to Leybourne Lakes to explore a woodland setting.
Fortnight beginning 10th January
The children have had lots of fun creating their pneumatic toys in DT. They've also been working hard to learn the model text in English and identifying the key features of a persuasive piece of writing.
Weeks of 16th December and 6th January
Term 2
Term 2 - Spellings
Term 2 - Homework
In the last week of Term 2, we were testing the strength of magnets, completing our festive wrapping paper, sharing compliments and creating traps for naughty gingerbread men¬ The first week of Term 3, we have been practising out handwriting, learning about balance and the Quidditch balls and designing spy gadgets!
20/12/24
Biome Homework
This term, the children were tasked with completing homework based on our Geography topic of biomes. They produced some excellent work!
Fortnight beginning 2nd December
We're definitely getting into the Christmas spirit in Year 3! The children have worked incredibly hard over the last two weeks to design and create their own wrapping paper inspired by Cath Kidston. We also visited our local Methodist Church to learn about Christingle. The children had lots of fun and even got to make their own Christingle!
Fortnight beginning 18th November
Over the last fortnight, we have been learning about biomes and creating our own biomes in a jar! We have had lots of fun discussing these and creating our own biomes. In science, we have been using magnets to explore which materials the magnets are attracted to. In maths, we have been learning about arrays and how these can help us with our multiplication facts.
Fortnight beginning 4th November 2024
We have been learning our new text The Selfish Giant and creating some freeze frames from the story. We have also been working so hard on our column addition and subtraction, learning to play glockenspiels, and investigating forces.
Term 1
Term 1 - Spellings
Term 1 - Homework
Fortnight Beginning 14th October
We've had an excellent few weeks in Year 3! We've made soil puddings in Science to conclude our topic on 'Rocks' and even made a menu for this! In Hippo Class, we've been learning how to Line Dance as part of our new unit in PE. We also had an excellent workshop teaching us all about Road Safety.
Fortnight beginning 30th September 2024
We have been investigating place value with number games, creating our own natural, Stone-Age paints, re-creating the rock cycle using Starburst, identifying verbs and using them in the past simple and the past progressive, and we had a lovely visit from The Dogs Trust.
Fortnight beginning 15th September 2024
We've got up to lots in the past 2 weeks! Year 3 began Forest School in week 3 and have had lots of fun working collaboratively with their peers. In Maths, the children have been exploring the place value of numbers and really challenging themselves. In art, we have been creating line drawings for our prehistoric art topic. In English, we've been completing a shared write and writing our own information texts about mythical creatures!
Fortnight beginning 2nd September 2024
What an exciting first fortnight we have had in Year 3. We have enjoyed our rocks days with Mr Berry, experimented with different ways to represent numbers up to 1,000, learnt all about Stone Age tools and cave paintings, and started writing about dragons!
We've had a fantastic start to Year 3! Stay tuned for photos and information about what we've been up to...