Year 3 Weekly Blog 29.11.24

Date: 30th Nov 2024 @ 12:53pm

What a wonderful week it has been in Year 3 as we build up to the excitement of the Christmas season!

This week in English, we’ve been practising our present perfect tense skills. Instead of just saying I played, we’re learning to say I have played. The children have been brilliant at spotting how this tense shows actions that are still connected to the present.

In Maths, we’ve been working hard on division by 3, 4, and 8, and exploring how division and multiplication are connected. For example, the children have been matching equations like 24 ÷ 3 = 8 with the corresponding multiplication equation: 8 x 3 = 24. This can be a tricky concept at first, so it needs plenty of practice at home to build confidence. A simple way to support your child is by taking 24 pieces of pasta and ask your child to divide them into equal groups of 3, 4, or 8. Then, help your child to reverse the equation by multiplying the number of groups, by the number in each group. Practise at home is vital to help your child feel confident and master this skill. If you would like any support with this, please feel free to speak with your child's teacher. We would be happy to help!

Our History lessons this week have focused on noticing the key differences between the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. The children worked together to create a detailed poster that shows how life changed as Britain moved from one era to the next. We discovered how homes changed from tents to roundhouses, how tools evolved from simple stones to metalwork, and how food went from foraging berries to farming wheat. The children have been fascinated by this term's topic on the Stone Age and have been so intrigued by how humans managed to survive in such challenging conditions.

We’ve also been perfecting our harmonies for our big performance on Tuesday! The songs are sounding incredible, and we can’t wait to share them with the whole school. If you can, please send your child to school with some festive headwear, like tinsel, Santa hats, or deely boppers, to add to the festive fun!

Next week, we’re looking forward to the start of Advent and exploring how this is such a special time for people of faith around the world. 

Have a wonderful weekend, everybody.

The Year 3 Team