Year 3: Gallery
Zoo visitor, by Miss Jones
Date: 25th Jan 2019 @ 11:43am
Today we had a visitor from Chester Zoo, as a class we discussed how we can protect our environment by recycling our household products.
Christmas lunch, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 1:52pm
We enjoyed a tasty Christmas lunch today. Thank you to everyone involved in preparing and serving the meal. We listened to festive Christmas music whilst we ate. It was exciting pulling our crackers and reading the jokes inside!
A special thank you to Mrs Stark, Mrs Maddocks and Ms Denham for preparing the food , to our governors who came in to help serve the food and to staff who gave up part of their lunchtime to ensure the lunch went smoothly.
Year 3 visitors , by Miss Jones
Date: 27th Nov 2018 @ 12:21pm
Year 3 have been very lucky to have had two visitors into the classroom this week. Last Tuesday, Mr Trevor visited the class to deliver a workshop about the Stone Age. The children were fabulous at asking and answering historical questions. It was a perfect opportunity for them to show Mr Trevor what they have learnt during their English and topic lessons. I was very proud of the children and amazed at just how much they could remember from lessons.
This Tuesday, we welcomed a ladycalled Marissa from Chester zoo . She tasked to us about the importance of looking after our planet by recycling and reducing plastic waste. The children were shocked to learn just how long it takes for certain materials to rot after they are thrown in the bin. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle 😀
Year 3 National Poetry Day celebrations 🍁 🍂 , by Miss Jones
Date: 12th Oct 2018 @ 7:36am
To celebrate National Poetry Day, Year 3 thought about what Autumn means to them and wrote their own acrostic poem about Autumn for a class poetry anthology. For homework, the children went on Autumn walks with their family and made collages, posters or artwork to show what they saw. 
Year 3 - cooking a fruity Stone Age pudding. , by Miss Jones
Date: 5th Oct 2018 @ 1:44pm
This week, we cooked like a Stone Age person and made delicious stewed fruit using ingrediants we predicted they would have used in the Stone Age. We wrote up the recipe and a set of instructions using imperative verbs and adverbs for when and how. We even worked out the total cost for the recipe.
We talked about how they might have foraged and gathered fruits like plums and blackberries and nuts and seeds. To make our pudding sweet, we used honey becuse there was no sugar in the Stone Age.
If you would like to make it at home, I have uploaded the recipe.
Year 3 National Fitness Day , by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Sep 2018 @ 9:35pm
We enjoyed training like a Jedi with Jade Jones today as part of National Fitness Day.
Year 3 - Maths of the Day; Reading and Writing 3-digit numbers., by Miss Jones
Date: 17th Sep 2018 @ 2:46pm
Today we went in the hall to complete an Around the World quiz with a partner. Frist we identified 3-digit numbers using lots of different representations and recorded the numbers in numerals and words. We also solved Chilli Challenges that involved place value problems.
Year 3 - Roald Dahl Day 🐊🦒🍫, by Miss Jones
Date: 15th Sep 2018 @ 7:28am
We had a great time celebrating Roald Dahl Day on Thursday 13th September. In English, we practised skim reading; reading to find key bits of information within a text and made notes all about Roald Dahl’s life. We then turned our notes into full sentences to add to our biography poster all about our Author of the Month, Roald Dahl.
We also enjoyed practising representing 3-digit numbers in different ways. We used the number of pages in some of Roald Dahl’s most Famous books as our starting number.
The children also really enjoyed discovering their Roald Dahl name. This is displayed on our window. I wonder what your Roald Dahl name would be? Why not have a look the next time you are outside our classroom.
Year 3 - Art and Design , by Miss Jones
Date: 15th Sep 2018 @ 7:17am
This week, the children have been investigating cave paintings. We used the iPads to research facts about Stone Age cave art and to get a closer look at some paintings. They also used a range of different art media to sketch on different papers, specifically experimenting with tone and texture. Next, as a class we looked at how we could design our own cave art inspired line drawing to make a tile for press printing. The children worked very hard creating their own unique design for their printing. We used ink and the repeated printing techniques to create new covers for our topic books. The final results were wonderful!
Year 3 - Our First Week, by Miss Jones
Date: 11th Sep 2018 @ 10:49am
What a busy week we have had!
Mrs Woodward, Mrs Woodington and Miss Jones are very impressed with how quickly the children have settled into Year 3. The children also brought in at least one special item of their’s and talked about so that Miss Jones could get to know them. We enjoyed getting to know Miss Jones during a quiz and when she shared her all about me bag. We even saw a photo of her when she was in Year 3!
We also talked about our School Values at Oldfield and made a class display for CARE - Can your child tell you what each letter strands for. We learnt the new School Rules and made a sign for our door. Every child signed each rule with their finger print too.
On Friday, the children enjoyed a Golden Time afternoon with Mrs Bailey and tried out their new activities rota. Can you remember what activities we have this term?
The chlidren earn Golden Time each week if they manage to keep all of their NOISE letters.
I wonder what we will do next week?
Y3s at Tattenhall, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 3rd Jun 2018 @ 7:24pm
We had a wonderful time with our Year 3's on their first school residential to Tattenhall.
Year 3 Topic, by Miss Jones
Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 7:44pm
Year 3 worked very hard today making their own “my maps”. We have learnt a lot about the world we live in over the last 3 lessons during our new ‘Marvellous Maps’ topic.
The children now understand the differences between cities, counties, regions and continents.
Should animals be kept in captivity? Year 3 debate, by Miss Jones
Date: 14th Mar 2018 @ 3:17pm
The debates have been had. The opinions have been shared.
Year 3 have been working very hard on producing persuasive posters or paragraphs to encourage people to consider whether animals should or should not be kept in captivity. The children have thought very hard about their opinion and have used evidence to decide if they are for or against zoos. It has been wonderful to read such passionate and thought-provoking writing. Here are just some of the fabulous persuasive pieces...
Wonderful Writing in Year 3, by Miss Jones
Date: 13th Mar 2018 @ 2:35pm
What fantastic writers we are!
Check our our new display in the classroom, showcasing our fabulous dragon inspired writing. The children enjoyed painting the dragon and volcano for our display as well as redrafting their work in their best joined up handwriting.
Have a look at the gallery to see examples of poetry, non-chronological reports and descriptive writing.
Should animals live in zoos? , by Miss Jones
Date: 12th Mar 2018 @ 11:31pm
Today we read an article about whether animals should be kept in zoos. We came across some tricky words so to help us learn the meanings, we played a word, pictures and definition matching game.
Following on from our work on Komodo dragons and inspired by the books ‘Zoo’ by Anthony Browne, Year 3 have raised the question: should animals be kept in zoos? We have had lots of debate and passionate discussions around whether animals in captivity are happy or would they be happier in their natural habitat. We have been learning about the importance of valuing other people’s opinions, even if they are different to our own. We have also learnt what a balanced argument is and have looked at reasons for and against zoos.
The children have had had some excellent discussions and have practised using debating techniques and phrases in a group and whole-class debate. This has led the children to form their own opinions about whether animals should be kept in zoos. This week, the children will practise their persuasive writing and design posters or write persuasive paragraphs to inform people about the reasons for or against animals living in captivity.
World Book Day in Year 3, by Miss Jones
Date: 12th Mar 2018 @ 11:12pm
Year 3 really enjoyed reading with the Year 6 children on World Book Day. They read to each other and shared some of their favourite books. The children’s discussions and the feedback given to one another was wonderful to hear.
The children also enjoyed hearing a poem, story extract or a tongue twister on the hour, every hour. In the afternoon, we did an emoji quiz to try and guess the name of a well-known children’s story from emojis. They children did very well!
Check out our gallery for some examples from the quiz and try to guess the story title.
Year 3 Dragon Poetry , by Miss Jones
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 1:43pm
For our new topic, the children designed their very own fantasy dragon. They then wrote poems about their dragons using verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. Here are some examples...
Year 3 and 4 Writing Workshop, by Mrs Hover
Date: 14th Feb 2018 @ 8:12pm
Miss Jones and Mrs Hover had a lovely morning working with some Yr 3 and Yr 4 children from Oldfield and local schools on a writing course run by The Literacy Company. After reading and exploring Katie May Green’s beautiful book ‘Seen and not heard’, the children created their own poems. Ideas will then be shared with the rest of Year 3 and Year 4 in future poetry lessons.
Pebble Treat time in Year 3 , by Miss Jones
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 8:39pm
The children have worked so hard since September and really deserved their pebble treat afternoon today. They all voted for a film, hot chococlate and own clothes/PJs day. And of course their cuddly friends joined us.
Well done Year 3!
How long will it take to fill the jar once more....
Year 3 - Number Chase (Maths of the Day), by Miss Jones
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 1:50pm
Year 3 played Number Chase in the hall to help practise their multiplication and division. They also used fact families to link multiplication and division and to solve tricky problems.
Year 3 Science , by Miss Jones
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 1:42pm
Year 3 have been working very hard on their rocks topic in science and they would like to show you some of their most recent investigations.
The 'Choc' Cycle
To help the children understand how each different type of rock is formed, we used chocolate to speed up the rock cycle. Melted chococlate represented igneous rock being formed underground from magma and lava. We then grated the chocolate to show the effects of weathering and how rocks break up into bits of sediment. Next, we layered the different sediment on top of each other to represent the formation of sedimentary rock. Finally, we used pressure and heat from our hands and squeezed the sedimentary rock to show how metamorphic rock is formed. The children recorded their observations as we went and they were able to use the correct scientific vocabularly.
Fossils
On Tuesday, the children looked at images of fossils and discovered four different types; trace fossils, body fossils, cast fossils and mold fossils. The children made excellent information posters about each fossil before making their very own mold fossil! These are currently drying out but once they are dry, the children will be able to take their fossils home.
Year 3 are SPaG detectives , by Miss Jones
Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 5:48pm
The children in year 3 used their best detective skills this morning in English. Over the past week, the children have worked incredibly hard on writing their very own Stone Age adventure story. Their challenge was to include various examples of the SPAG concerts we have learnt so far, in their writing including, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, expanded noun phrases, possessive apostrophes and adverbs. They enjoyed using magnifying glasses to spot the SPaG and recorded their findings using an evidence form.
I can’t wait to read everyone’s stories!
Year 3 No chairs spelling lesson, by Miss Jones
Date: 19th Jan 2018 @ 5:08pm
We have enjoyed Maths of the Day activities so much this term, that we had the idea to try the activities in other subjects. On Thursday, the children enjoyed a 'no chairs or tables' SPAG lesson. In pairs, we had to move around the classroom, looking for hints and clues for this week's spelling words. When we found a clue, we had try our best to spell the word correctly. The spelling pattern we worked on this week was the /u/ sound spelt 'ou'.
Maths of the Day in Year 3, by Miss Jones
Date: 19th Jan 2018 @ 1:56pm
I am so impressed with how well the children are doing with their times tables! They have enjoyed playing lots of games and doing Maths of the Day activities to learn the 3 and 4 times tables.
On Thursday, the children did Maths of the Day and played a game called Networking Numbers. The children worked together in pairs to solve timestable problems. For each question, they had to work with someone new. The chlidren loved doing their maths work standing up for a change!
On Friday, the children did circuit training with a twist. As they moved around the classroom, they had to complete a different 4 times table activity at each table.
For homework last week, the children created their own 3x table board game. I was so impressed with all of the different gamed the children has invented. Everyone enjoyed learning the rules and playing each other's game. What a busy week we have had!
Challenge: If you would like to practise at home. Hit the Button is a fantastic game for practising times tables. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Christmas in Year 3, by Miss Jones
Date: 29th Dec 2017 @ 5:34pm