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I had a very enjoyable evening yesterday reading all the children's amazing stories which were based on our class story of Grendel: A Cautionary Tale About Chocolate. The children have all made great progress. As well as making their stories really exciting, I'm particularly impressed at their use of inverted commas for speech. Next week, we will have a lesson on turning part of this into a scene from a play.  In maths, the children have been learning about tenths and how to record them in decimals and fractions. We are continuing with fractions next week. 

In history, we learned some facts about Greek philosophers by sorting them in our groups (see below) and we  also learned about what people in Ancient Greece believed. The children have been thinking about setting themselves goals in life skills and we were recording the progress of our plants in science as well as learning about the flowering parts of a flower.

Next week, we are starting a new book in English called Myth Atlas and continuing our learning about fractions.  

Hope you have a great rest of your week.

Miss Keen and the Year 3 Team

Hi Everyone

It has been a short week with the bank holiday and I can't believe it is Thursday already.

In English, we have started our first draft of our stories based on Grendel which is a version of the King Midas myth. The children are working really hard on remembering to add inverted commas when the characters are speaking which is pretty tricky!  In maths, we have begun our second unit of fractions. We have been looking at tenths this week and will start to relate tenths recorded as fractions to tenths recorded as decimals. The children have really impressed me by beginning to use words like denominator and numerator to discuss fractions. We have continued to read about Ancient Greece in our reading time.  During Life Skills, we have been learning all about jobs and looking at stereotypes. This afternoon, we are looking forward to going swimming. I have included a photo of the plants which are part of a science investigation that the children have set up. Thank you for the jam jars. We are going to grow broad beans in these. Photos will follow! 
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Ms Penny came into class this week and she was extremely pleased by the fantastic behaviour and attitudes of the children. 

Next week, we are continuing to learn about plants in science. We will learn more about Ancient Greece starting with Gods and Goddesses. We will write our own version of the Grendel story and learn more about fractions. 

Thank you for your support. 

Miss Keen and the Year 3 Team

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Hi Everyone

The children have had a great return to school. We have been very busy this week reading Grendel: A Cautionary Tale About Chocolate and comparing it to the myth of King Midas. Next week, we will start to write our own stories using direct speech and inverted commas. In history, we have started learning about the Ancient Greeks. We have learnt about city states and different forms of government. In maths, we are continuing with fractions and will start looking at tenths next week. 

Thank you for all the jars that have come in so far. Next week. we are going to start growing some plants for our science topic this term about plants. Thank you also for all the swimming kits. The children had a successful first week and we will continue with swimming next week. It is so nice to be able to get out of school again and we are planning a  trip for this term. 

I will send a Dojo to launch the new reading rewards which the children have voted on. This will start next week. 

Hope you have a good Friday and a good weekend.

​Miss Keen and the Year 3 Team 

Hi Everyone

It is so windy today! I'm hoping we get some better weather for Easter.

The children have demonstrated some great reasoning in fractions and are beginning to get to grips with understanding how to record and calculate fractions. Everyone has a cake to take home and they should know now how to share this equally... Fingers crossed you get an equal slice! They have made an Easter card and have written their haiku or part of it in it!  We have finished learning about branching databases and how to use them in the real world. In Life Skills, we are continuing to learn how to stay online. There are some photos of this and fractions work with this blog. 

A massive well done to the children for all their hard work this term. They have really risen to the challenge. They have fantastic behaviour and everyone who comes into the class says how great they are. We are launching our new reading competition after the holidays to inspire the children. Please keep reading over the holidays. 

We really hope you have a great holiday.  

​Miss Keen and the Year 3 Team

Hi Everyone

We have had a really busy week completing assessments in reading and maths. The children have showed in their maths how they are starting to master column method independently and they have really applied themselves to every question. The challenge really rises in KS2 and they have done admirably. They should be really proud of themselves. You will see a lot of Dojos going on! The children have written their geography essay focusing on what causes volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. They know about tectonic plates and we have discussed the Ring of Fire. Ms Boyce has also taught them earthquakes drills so they are all prepared should we have one...! 

In computing, the children can write yes/no questions and make a branching database. I'm sure they will be able to show you. We used the playground and some chalk to sort our class by our different attributes. In Life Skills, we investigated Fake News and thought about how we can spot it. 

Next week, we are looking forward to making our own branching databases. We will be writing a haiku and getting further into our maths work on fractions. 

Hope you have a good rest of the week and weekend. 

​Miss Keen 

Hello Everyone

I hope you are well.  

The children have written some fantastic letters and postcards about volcanoes. They have been demonstrating what they have learnt about volcanoes which is a lot!  In maths, they have been learning how to measure the perimeter of a 2D shape and they are becoming experts at this. On Monday, they were fraud investigators working on a loan fraud in our Life Skills lessons. They know how to keep their personal information safe now and should have some top tips to share. In computing, we have started learning about branching databases and they have been thinking about yes/no questions. 

We are looking forward to writing our geography essay next week on why volcanoes erupt and earthquakes happen. In maths, we will be starting work on fractions. We will also be continuing our computing.  

Hope you have a good Friday and weekend! 

Miss Keen and the Year 3 team 

Hi Everyone
I hope you all had a great (and safe) half term. It is good to be back after the dramatic end to the last half term!

We have started a new unit in English looking at a book called 'Ask Dr K Fisher About Planet Earth'. We will be writing letters in this unit and making a labelled diagram. This will link with the geography unit we are doing next week on volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes. For history, the children have written an essay describing what they know about life in the Shang Dynasty.  They have really impressed me with their stamina for writing and their knowledge.  We have continued our learning in PSHE about children's rights. We are changing the name of PSHE to Life Skills as the children find it quite hard to understand what PSHE means. In science, we have started our learning about forces and finished by investigating different forces. 

We will be decorating our T-shirts this afternoon for World Book Day and the children can dress up on Friday. 

Next week, we will be learning more about letter writing, statistics and mountains. 
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Hope you have a great rest of the week and weekend.

Miss Keen and the Year 3 Team

Hi Everyone

We have had an extremely busy week. The children have written their versions of a quest story which were very enjoyable. They are all using much more complex sentences. In maths, they have made a lot of progress with money and yesterday spent some time practising how to find change using plastic coins.  In history, they spent time re-enacting the end of the Shang Dynasty. It is evident that there are many brave warriors in class! In PSHE, we have been thinking about how to stay safe online and beginning to learn about children's rights. 

There is no home learning for next week but please keep reading and any times table practising you can do would be amazing. The children have worked very hard and should be proud of all their achievements this half term personally and academically. 

Hope you have a great and safe (not too windy) half term.

Miss Keen