Hello all! We’ve had a busy first full week back in Year 3. We’ve been learning about multiples of 4, and counting forwards and backwards in 4s in Maths, and we’ve been learning about what makes a clause on our English learning journey. In the afternoons, the children have also started learning about our local … Read more
Maths In Maths we’ve been looking at adding and subtracting. We’ve been looking at adding 2-digit numbers to 3-digit numbers and exchanging. We did a ‘Do it, Twist it, Deepen it’. English In English we’ve been writing our diaries as the Cheshire Cat and we used a ‘fish-bone’ plan. Recently we’ve been writing a Mirror … Read more
English In English we’ve been writing our alternative Goldilocks stories. Miss Smith has been taking feedback groups to give feedback on their writing. Maths We have been working on adding 100s to 3-digit numbers. We did a Do it, Twist it, Deepen it sheet. Science In Science we made a graph a graph of how … Read more
In English we’ve been swapping the characters in Goldilocks and finding ways to make Goldilocks a nice character and the bears to be mean. We created class word banks with adjectives to describe nice and naughty characters. In Maths we have started looking at adding and subtracting 100s from a 3-digit number. We investigated … Read more
In Maths we have been helping Tom and Jerry work out addition and subtraction problems using column addition, base 10, counters and Place Value column sheets. On Friday we used 3 different ways to help us work out 3 sums (1 way for each sum). Those 3 ways were: partitioning, taking away 100 and adding … Read more
English We’ve been learning about compound sentences. A compound sentence must include 2 independent/main clauses and 1 co-ordinating conjunction. An independent/main clause must contain a subject and a verb. Co-ordinating conjunctions are also known as FANBOYS, these are, for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Maths In Maths we’ve been doing column addition and column … Read more
Maths In Maths we finished a challenge about furnishing a house. We did all the measurements and budgets (). We’ve been doing this for 2 weeks. On Friday we finished it and created a presentation to the class (everybody did this). English In English we have been following and writing instructions. The instructions we wrote … Read more
Maths This week we have been learning about maths virtually with Jo Boaler- A Stanford university professor and maths guru! We have completed the course – ‘How to learn maths’ on www.youcubed.org. This is a free course that anyone can complete! (Hint hint) Some of the apps and games that Jo recommends are: Wuzzit trouble Motion … Read more
English In English we have been learning about suffixes. We wrote descriptions about a boy who fell in a cave. (The cave setting not the boy). We used Computers to upgrade our words E.G lugubriousness (gloomy). We chose suffixes and words then we added the suffix on and saw how it affected the root. E.G … Read more
Maths In maths this week we have been making games in our trios [the people we sit next to].We got a few hours every day for a week. English In English we have been writing a wacky story of The Little Red Hen where the three animals are not mean they just have genuine reasons … Read more
