It looks like it is going to be a fantastic year for year 3 this year. The Seahorse class have come back to school full of enthusiasm and excited to learn. Have a look at some of the topics and subjects we have been starting the academic year with...
Maths
In maths we have been getting practical, using lots of equipment to demonstrate and further our understanding of place value. We have been identifying the value of each digit in four-digit numbers, sequencing and finding 10 and 100 more or less than a given number.
We have also started our weekly Maths Whizz sessions. Remember these games and lessons can also be accessed from home!
English
In English we have been securing our knowledge of word classes such as nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. We have been playing lots of games to help with our understanding. Ask us, can we give you examples of each of them?
We also started the day with a surprise as we found some tiny paint footsteps leading up to a tiny secret door. We used this mysterious visitor as inspiration to learn about time adverbs when writing recounts and write character descriptions.
Humanities
It has been all about developing our map skills in our geography topic about the UK so far, as we locate important cities and rivers using atlases and google maps. We also had a closer look at the place names of our local area and traced the meaning of the names back to historical settlers from the Roman, Viking and Saxon ages. Did you know that the ton in Necton come from an ancient Saxon word meaning farmstead? We do now!
Science
Science has also been very hands on, as we get to grips with the different forces of push, pull and twist in our new topic 'Forces and Magnets' . We identified different types of forces in action and learnt that forces can be increased or decreased to affect the movement of a paper plane.
We have also been doing lots of investigations with magnets. Testing different materials and different shapes and sizes to see what, if anything, affects their strength.
Music
We are also enjoying our music lessons with Miss Furnell, our professional musician teacher, as we learn the ukulele.
