Year 3: Blog items
Year 3 - Musical Journey into Country Music
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 7:22pm
Over the last two weeks, Year 3 have been exploring the delightful world of Country Music! They've had a wonderful time listening to and appraising the heartfelt song, 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'. This week, they took it a step further and learned the song, performing it beautifully in unison. It's been amazing to see their enthusiasm and teamwork shine through! What a fantastic first couple of weeks back; I can’t wait to see where our musical journey takes us next!
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 7:20pm
What a fantastic week we've had in PHSE! We've been diving into the importance of showing respect, which ties in beautifully with our Skills for Life focus. The children had some lively discussions about how respect can be expressed and why it's essential in our everyday lives. To add a fun twist, they learned to say "please," "thank you," and "you're welcome" in Makaton. Their creativity shone through in the amazing posters they've created. Keep up the brilliant work, Year 3, and continue striving to be the best you can be!
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 2:19pm
To start our unit of work on Christianity and God, we recapped our prior learning on the Christian faith.
We recalled the holy book, the place of worship, the language and the name used to refer to the Christian God.
We then thought about the different qualities’ leaders can have. We looked at some famous leaders such as Sir David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg and then we thought about how we could show leadership qualities of confidence, responsibility and honesty within school.
In our second lesson, we linked our knowldge of leader to the Bible stories of Moses and Noah. We thought about what Chritians can learn from these stories and why God may have chosen Noah and Moses as leaders.
Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 9:23am
This week in Computing, Year 3 were introduced to programming using Scratch. We explored how to create simple programs by adding sprites (characters), choosing backdrops, and using movement commands to bring our sprites to life. The children were excited to experiment with the different blocks and see how their instructions made things happen on screen. It was a great first step into understanding how coding works, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and logical thinking. We’re looking forward to building on these skills as we continue our programming journey this term!
Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 9:09am
This week, Year 3 began our Science unit Animals Including Humans by exploring the importance of a balanced diet. We learned about the five main food groups—fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates, proteins, dairy, and fats/sugars—and discussed how each one helps our bodies stay healthy. The children enjoyed sorting foods into the correct groups and sharing their own meal ideas. We talked about why eating a variety of foods is important and what makes a healthy plate. It was a fantastic start to our topic, full of curiosity, discussion, and great thinking about how we fuel our bodies.
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 6:43pm
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Thank to School Supplier, Boundary have received a set of acoustic guitars. Children across school will benefit from these instruments!
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In this picture are six of our children who attend guitar lessons through school with a peripetetic teacher. The children work hard every week with Mr Stone to learn a wide range of songs and chords.
Year 3 - 'I'm Learning French'
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 9:31pm
Year 3 had a fantastic first French lesson! Some children already knew a few French words like Bonjour, Ça va?, and how to count to 10. We found France on a world map and knew it’s in the continent of Europe. We also looked at France’s neighbouring countries like Spain, Germany, and Italy. The class enjoyed spotting famous French landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and learning about tasty French snacks! We also discovered that French is spoken in other countries too, such as Canada, Senegal, and Haiti. A great start to our French journey!
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 9:23pm
In our art unit, we're learning how to use charcoal—a fun, messy material that’s great for bold, expressive drawings. Artist Laura McKendry is a brilliant example of how charcoal can bring pictures to life. She often draws animals in a loose, sketchy style that shows movement and feeling. Instead of focusing on tiny details, she uses quick lines, smudges, and splashes to create energy in her work. Looking at her art helps us see that drawing doesn’t have to be perfect—it can be playful and full of expression. Get ready to experiment and make bold marks!
Date: 4th Sep 2025 @ 9:09pm
We started off the school year by getting practical! We're always exploring fun and hands-on ways to make maths meaningful for our learners! We’ve been focusing on partitioning numbers to 100 — and we've had a great time using manipulatives like tens and ones counters, along with the part-whole model, to help us build our understanding.
Date: 4th Sep 2025 @ 9:03pm
Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful summer!
Here is some information which was shared during the Meet The Teacher session this week.
- Overview for the year (attached)
- Homework - set online every Thursday to be completed by the following Friday (Spag.com, TTRS and Reading Plus)
- Spelling - set online every Thursday. Tested the following Friday (Spelling Shed)
- Year 3/4 statutory words are attached for you to practise spelling throughout the year
- Reading books will start to go out next week - please ensure that children are reading at least 3 times a week and that the reading diary is filled in
Date: 9th Jul 2025 @ 11:58am
In Year Three, the children have been looking at sculpting imaginative creatures out of clay! The children planned their monsters and what skills they would use and this week made their final one! Their ideas really came to life and all the children work incredibly hard.
Date: 9th Jul 2025 @ 11:29am
What an amazing day we had at Sports Day! The sun was shining, and everyone was buzzing with excitement. We kicked things off with a thrilling running race. Everyone cheered as our classmates dashed down the track, some really showing off their speedy legs!
Next up was the silly throwing wellies contest. It was hilarious watching the wellies fly through the air! Some didn't go in the direction they wanted to - ooops! We then got our bean bags ready for throwing into the hoops. A bit tricky at times, but everyone had a go and lots of giggles were had. After that, the standing long jump tested our jumping skills – some of us made impressive leaps!
To keep our energy up, we zoomed through the speed bounce challenge. Finally, we finished with a fast-paced cup stacking race. It was a real nail-biter! A huge thank you to all the parents and carers who came to cheer us on. We had a fabulous day full of fun, laughter, and friendly competition. Can’t wait for next year!
Date: 9th Jul 2025 @ 11:26am
The children in Year Three visited our own Boundary World War Two Museum. In this we looked at artefacts from the war and thought about what we could infer from them. The children loved looking at posters and pictures from this time and learnt a lot about how Britain stayed strong during the war. We learnt more about evacuation, blackouts, food and clothes rationing.
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:26pm
Ahead of Heritage Week, Year 3 went to Hangar 42 in Blackpool. We learnt so much about Blackpool during the Second World War and how the RAF operated during the war. We had sessions on code breaking, evacuees and woman at war. The children really enjoyed looking at the different aircrafts and learning how they operated.
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:08pm
In R.E, the children have been learning about dharma. We looked a range of texts to see what we could learn about dharma. We discussed about reincarnation, and how some have a belief that if you follow your life following dharma, your soul is reborn into a good life.
Year 3- Understanding features of a balanced argument
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:04pm
As part of out Reading into Writing journey, the children have been looking at rhetorical questions, understanding fact and opinion as well as emotive language. The children completed a range of activities in which they had to sort statements, create examples and identify examples in a range of texts. The children will then use these features in their final piece.
Year 3 - Perfecting out art skills!
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 2:55pm
In Art, the children will be making creative monsters out of clay. The key skill the children needed to master was how to work with clay. We tested a range of skills such as coiling, twisting, pinching, sculpting and rolling. We then applied these skills in making a range of different animals! We will use these in our final piece!
Date: 17th Jun 2025 @ 9:58am
For our music learning, Year Three looked at making comparisons between music in similar genres. The children looked at Jazz music and looked at what features were similar in theses pieces of music. We identified the use of improvisation with both voice and instruments, then we looked at scatting. We made comparative links between the pieces and thought about which was the best piece and why.
Year 3- Why did Britain go to war?
Date: 17th Jun 2025 @ 9:53am
To begin our History journey the children looked at timelines. We looked at what chronological order meant and put key events that we have looked at in KS1 and Year 3 in order. We then went into the hall to see where World War Two was in relation to other key events.
Year 3 - Cloth, thread and paint!
Date: 21st May 2025 @ 7:54pm
In Art, we have completed a short journey called ‘cloth, paint and thread’ in which we combined painting and sewing! The children used acrylic paint to create their background on cloth and then used the running stitch to add detail to their paintings.
Date: 21st May 2025 @ 7:51pm
In DT, we have looked at making a balanced meal, using all of the food groups such as, proteins, carbohydrates, fibre, dairy and oils and spread. We learned why we need each of these to keep our bodies healthy and to keep everything working s it should. We then created some wraps and pittas containing as many as the food groups we could. As soon as we made them, the children couldn’t wait to tuck into them and write up their evaluation.
Year 3 - Geography News Reporters
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:54pm
In this week's Geography lesson we learnt about the eruption at Mount St Helen’s which occurred on Sunday 18th May 1980 at 8:32 am. We learnt that this eruption has been likened to that of the dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. Thankfully, through scientists observing the volcano, they noticed that the north side of the peak began to bulge and earthquakes were being detected under the mountain. This led to the prediction that an eruption would happen imminently, which meant that they could evacuate the surrounding areas as best as they could. With the information that the children had learned, they had to do a news report on it. They got into trios and had: one reporter, one eye witness and a scientist. They did such a fantastic job - I defintiely think we have some future broadcasters on our hands!
Year 3 - Improvising and Composing
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:46pm
In Music this week, we used YUMU on Charanga and composed our own piece of music using notes F G A. We began by exploring the notes and compsing a rhytam of our own. We then concentrated on creating our own ostinato – making sure that each line was the same, or at least every other line was the same. We enjoyed using these range of notes and also explored with the lengths of notes, 4 beats, 3 beats, 2 beats and 1 beat.
VE Day - 80th Anniversary Celebrations
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 5:28pm
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 9:15am
In PSHE, we looked at teamwork and what skills are needed to be able to work well together. We had to order ourselves in numerical order withut speaking. This was very challenging as we had the numbers on our backs and we couldn't communicate with words. This also linked with 'Deaf Awareness Week' and thinking about how we could communicate in other ways than talking.
