This week in Year 3, we have been learning about our class saint, St Therese of Lisieux. In English, we have been learning facts about her and why she was important.
On Wednesday as part of our termly Maths Challenge we played Got It – a number game where the winner has to reach the target number through adding 1,2,3 or 4. After a series of knock-out rounds the tense final was between Malaika and Margarida. In the best-of-three match the supreme winner was...
During PE this week, Year 3 worked hard on improving their tennis skills. Having already learnt the rudiments of backhand and forehand shots, this week the children were finding out about how to control the racquet effectively. They also had their first try-out of serving. Well...
On Wednesday Year 3 took part in a Maths Challenge called Strike It Out. We had a competition to see who the champion number cruncher was. Well done to Arthur and Xavier for reaching the final!
In Maths this week we've been learning about angles and about half-turns and quarter- turns. We're also learning to use words like clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Year 3 have been creating recipes for a Cinderella story this week. We are trying to produce enough recipes to produce our very own Fairy Tale Recipe book.
This week for Signalong Week Year 3 have been learning to sign the hymn Here I Am Lord. We helped teach the rest of the school the signed version at Singing Assembly on Wednesday.
Year 3 have been working on their Plant Posters for Science week, enjoying their Maths and English tests and learning about the different parts of the Mass in preparation for our St. Joseph's Day Mass next Wednesday.
Year 3 have been acting out various roles as we tell the story of Cinderella, comparing the Grimm version to the Egyptian, African and Chinese Cincerella.
In Year 3 we have been looking at magnets, finding out which things in our classroom are magnetic. We have learnt that magnets have two poles, north and south, and that when you put the south and north together the magnets attract and when you put two north next to each other, the magnets repel.