Welcome to Year 3W

Welcome to the class where learning, laughter, and shared experiences can be found. This academic year promises an vast amount of opportunities for growth and discovery, ensuring that each moment is a stepping stone towards personal and academic excellence.

This year, Year 3W will be immersed in a whirlwind of challenges and creative ventures, designed to ignite their imaginations and push the boundaries of their learning. Collaboration will be at the heart of our learning as we navigate through a maze of exploration and thinking.

We encourage our children to show resilience and we shall nurture a classroom where every individual is cherished, and each contribution is celebrated.  Let's make this year in Year 3 unforgettable!

Make sure to check out the website weekly to see what exciting things we have been up to.

This week the children have been celebrating Christmas by having lots of fun and laughter.  On Tuesday, we went up to the Alive! Church for our annual Carol Service.  The singing was fantastic.  On Wednesday, Thea, Khloe, Thea and Addis represented the class in X-Factor.  the children then partied all afternoon, dancing, singing and eating!  On Thursday, the children had Mr Parkin's band come in and entertainment us with lots of Christmas songs. Our last day before the Christmas holidays was Golden Day.  The children had great fun playing, going to the 'In It, To Win It' shop and also were treated to a visit to the Tuck Shop.

We wish everyone a restful and peaceful Christmas.

This fortnight has seen these two boys do really well.

Addis was able to use Scratch and code to make an animation.  Aaron has started to use an Ipad to write down his ideas and he is starting to show his all of his amazing ideas.

Well done to both children!

In Computing, the children have been using Scratch and code to make an animation. In Science, they have been investigating how to change shadows by changing the distance between the object and the light source. They had great fun working in the dark!  In Spanish, they learnt how to play a Spanish game using Spanish numbers and questions.  At the end of the fortnight, the children had an Christmas movie afternoon and were treated to hot chocolate and biscuits.

These two girls have had an amazing fortnight!  

Ward was able to apply everything she has leant this term into her writing.  She included lots of great sentence openers and adventurous vocabulary.

Lacey has shown us how resilient she is this fortnight.  Even when the work has been challenging, she has never given up.

Well done to both children.

This fortnight the children have been involved in lots of different events.  In the first week, the children took part in STEAM Day.  They investigated how to make an electric circuit before making a poster.  The children also had a trip to Gateshead Library, where they were read a story and then chose a book to take back to school.  During the second week, the children have been 'tinkering' with Scratch to make a simple animation.  They had great fun watching their own and other children's.  As part of DT, the children designed and made a book cover by sewing.  A huge thanks to all the parents that turned up to help the children during our 'Stay and Play'.  

Khloe has been amazing in Maths.  She was able to use mental methods to add and subtract single digit numbers.

Jake has made great progress in his handwriting.  He has worked hard to improve it and is so close to gaining his pen licence.

Well done to both children.

It has been a busy start to Autumn 2.  The children started the term with Forest School and were taught how to tie different knots so they could make a den.  Later on in the week, the children were visited by Eve from the Alive Church.  She came in to take to the children of the importance of water in Christianity.  This week was also Green Careers Week.  They researched lots of different green careers and then drew a picture of a career they were interested in.

What great work from these two boys this fortnight!

Wael was amazing during our work on fractions.  He was able to identify and shade in fractions of shapes.

Kenny was fantastic during our art lessons.  He listened carefully and was able to apply his sketching skills to draw artwork in the style of a prehistoric artist.

The children had a fantastic trip to the Great North Museum this week.  They took part in a workshop where they were able to handle fossils that were millions of years old!  They also had the opportunity to explore the Prehistoric Gallery and were challenged to find some of the artefacts in the museum.  They learnt lots of facts about the Stone Age. 

In English, the children are studying news reports and have been reporters for Look North reporting on various local events.  They are now in the process of writing a news report about a mysterious, marine mammal that has been washed up on a beach.

These two boys have really excelled in their first extended writing of the year.  Muhammad was able to include dialogue and adventurous words to bring his story to life.  Jackson ensured that he also included exciting words and try hard to spell all of his works correctly.

Well done to both children! 

This week the children have been investigation rocks.  They carried out experiments to find out which rocks were porous and which rock was the hardest.  They work well in their groups, communicating what they found out with each other.  In Maths, the children had the opportunity to apply what they knew about place value into solving reasoning questions.  The children have continue to find out more about the Stone Age and used this information to write a story about a boy who travelled back in time.

Mayasa was able to draw and paint a picture in the style of Charlie Rogers.  

Jay has settled well into Year 3 and is able to signal if he needs help with his work.

Well done to both of these children!

What a great start to Year 3!  The children were all a little nervous when they came through the door, however by the end of the day they left with huge smiles and full of excitement!  This week the children have been looking at the art work of the local artist Charlie Rogers.  They were quick to recognise some of the places he had painted during his lifetime and were very keen to paint in his style.  We also had a visitor who told the children lots of interesting facts about his life.  Next week the children will be able to see the original artwork when they go to the exhibition at Gateshead Library.