Bienvenue a Year 3

2024 -2025!

Epiphany & Lent

Terms 3 & 4

French Traditions

Traditionally on the Feast of the Epiphany (La Fete des Rois)held on the 6th January families in France eat a cake called 'la galette des rois'. When the cake is sliced and shared out the person who finds the 'feve' wears the crown and is King or Queen for the day! 

Rocks!

Today was the launch of our first enquiry on the topic of 'Rocks'. The children used magnifying glasses to observe the properties of rocks and worked together to group them under similar features. 

In this New Year we will be sharing our love of books!

(Watch out every week for our special mentions).

We have continued to share our love of books!  Fiction and Non-Fiction. 

 The Choices We Make

Terms 1 & 2

Design and Technology - Showcase

Levers and Linkages - Thank you to all those who attended the end of the term showcase where you were able to take part in their showcase project. The children really enjoyed showing you all of their learning and making this final project with you. 

Christmas - The Shepherds in the fields.

We made salt dough and created these figures to create our Christmas Display.

End of Term RE celebration

Well done to the whole class for their wonderful end of term RE celebration assembly where we shared all of our learning about the How the Catholic Church is structured and those who help us in our Catholic family to grow in faith. The children clearly demonstrated their knowledge and understanding of the Sacrament of Baptism explaining many of its signs and symbols as well as their meanings. Thank you to all of those adults who were able to attend and we were grateful for your kind words of encouragement!  

Geography - The City of Canterbury 

We took our clipboards and our maps of Canterbury from 1588 and 2024 and went to explore the surrounding wall which has remained very much the same for many centuries.

Design and Technology

Shell Structures - Packaging

This term Year 3 have been learning how to design and make their own packaging for a sandwich. They began by exploring different types of packaging to learn how important it is to make sure the design suites the purpose! They spent several lessons learning about nets to design, draw and make their own.

Here are some examples of their work over the first term.

I think you will agree the overall products were a job well done!

Year 3 visited our Catholic Parish to learn more about the Sacrament of Baptism. We also made time to pray a decade of the rosary as it was the month of the Holy Rosary. Thank you father for leading us!

Iron Man Sketches

We were inspired by our reading of the Iron Man story to sketch our own Iron Men which we displayed on contrasting colours to grab your attention. We hope you like them.

Times Table Rockstars

As a school, we are signed up to the wonderful online resource that is Times Table Rockstars.

It is a times tables game where the children can play a variety of challenges in order to improve their understanding of times tables. I can even set challenges!

This is a great resource to help with learning of times tables that are set for home learning each week.

The children have all been given their individual login details (recorded in their homework books) and were shown how to use the resource. They are already becoming quite competitive! A little bit as often as possible will make a huge difference! 

Just a reminder, details as follows:

Website: https://ttrockstars.com

Go to Login - School Pupils.

When School name box appears, type: CT1 1NE (St Thomas' Catholic Primary School Canterbury should appear).

Then enter unique individual username and password.

Enjoy and practice those times tables.

Mrs Brayshaw

Easter & Pentecost

Dig a Little Deeper!

Egyptian Day!

Today Year 3 had a fun packed day on their visit to the Beaney where they learnt even more about the Ancient Egyptian civilisation.  

Thank you for dressing up in all of your amazing costumes which many people commented upon. They were intrigued as to where you were going dressed up as Egyptians.  Well done!

RE Celebration - Easter & Pentecost

Year 3, enjoyed sharing with our special guests (parents & families) on Tuesday, 21st May an assembly to present all of their learning over the past term. The children have enjoyed learning more about these two important celebrations in the Catholic Church through ART, Diary Accounts, Role Play and singing!  Thank you to all those who were able to attend and share this celebration with us.

In our Science topic over the past few terms we have been learning about 'Light'. Here are some images of the exciting examples of lessens they have done to explore this topic further.

Science Day - Focus - Time!

The children had a great workshop where they were able to use role play to learn more about Mary Anning (the famous palaeontologist). As well as how fossilisation occurs. Here are some pictures of the day!

Scientific Enquiry - How does reflection help us to use the mirror to guide us along a wiggly path?

Terms 3 & 4 

Epiphany and Lent

Role Play - The Last Supper

As part of our RE topic on 'The Holy Mass' some of the children role played the Last Supper. This helped us all to learn the significance of this important meal with Jesus and his disciples.

Book Day

In our Languages lesson, we looked at books in different languages, some of which have been donated by parents - thank you so much!

We each chose our favourite - some of us enjoyed reading in a home language and others took the opportunity to explore some more French, or something entirely new :)

Music & Art Driver Subjects

We have been learning how to add shading to our sketches of lips to make them appear more 3D!

The Choices We Make!

Michaelmas & Advent Terms

Design and Technology - Earthquake Resistant Structures

This term we have launched into our new Design and Technology topic about Earthquake Resistant Structures. In this session the pupils were exploring how to make a tall structure without it falling down. We have seen some great Engineers in the making! Don't forget to ask the children what their findings were.

RE CELEBRATION

Thank you to all those parents who attended our R.E celebration at the end of last term and for all your wonderful comments. Your children really love to share all their learning with you! 

Design and Technology 

Designing and Making a healthy Sandwich

Year 3 had great fun this first term researching the health benefits of different food groups which helped them to make informed choices about which ingredients they would choose for their healthy lunch time sandwich. Naturally along the way they learnt the important steps of ensuring where we are going to cook is clean and preparing food. As well as learning how to cut, grate and peel without loosing fingers!  They all looked delicious and not a crumb was left.

Researching different types of bread and fillings....

During this session the children were exploring the different varieties of bread available and some fillings which they may or may not have particularly enjoyed! Their views were carefully recorded and used later on to choose which filling they would prefer. 

Welcome to Year 3! We have lots of exciting ideas... and cannot wait to hear about yours!

A few things to highlight;

• Break time snack is not provided by the government in KS2. Children can bring in a healthy snack to enjoy at break time, such as some fruit/cut up vegetables/raisins.
• There are no universal school lunches in KS2. Unless your child is entitled to a Free School Meal, children wishing to have school lunches must pay for each lunch. (for more info please speak to the office.)
• Please can children have their full, clearly named, PE kit in school at all times, including a pair of school tracksuit bottoms for the colder weather. (PE is on a Tuesday afternoon)
• Homework will usually be set on Thursday for the following Wednesday. 
• Children are always encouraged to read daily at home, preferably reading aloud to an adult who can discuss the text with them. Children who read at home regularly have been shown to make much more rapid progress. Reading is to be recorded in their homework diary please.
• If you have any additional questions/ concerns please come and speak to me or send me a message.

God Bless,

Mrs Brayshaw