Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
New to Year 3 Parent information
Welcome to Year 3 and the first year of Key Stage 2. Mrs Chumbley is the class teacher and Mrs Hunter is the teaching assistant supported by Mrs Taylor.
During the the year we have many exciting things planned for you to participate in.
During the Spring Term we will learn about a range of exciting topics including Where our food comes from in geography. In science we will be learning about animals including humans. The children will continue to explore key artists and explore printing in art. They will also have the opportunity to design and create a moving monster in D&T. In PE the children will take part in swimming lessons and continue to explore games with Rising Stars.
We provide the support needed for each child to reach their potential as well as enjoy the journey along the way. Children are encouraged to express their individual talents across the curriculum and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate these achievements.
Please support at home with reading, spellings, times tables and home learning so that children make the best possible progress in all areas of the curriculum.
We all enjoy being in Year 3 and look forward to an exciting term ahead.
Year 3 Curriculum Overviews
Year 3 Reading Spines
Brilliant Book List
Year 3 2025 - 2026
Week beginning: Monday 23rd March L/I: To explore Stevenage regeneration
Year 3 were visited by Alison from Stevenage Borough Council. She talked about Stevenage and the history of the town, explored what regeneration meant and discussed some of the plans which had taken place and were due to take place. The children then had the opportunity to design what they would like to see in Stevenage as part of the regeneration.
Week beginning: Monday 16th March L/I: To write and present a persuasive speech
Year 3 have spent time researching single use plastic, recycling and pollution. They have written and then presented their persuasive speeches encouraging people to be more environmentally friendly.
Week beginning: Monday 9th March L/I: To print
Year 3 planned a piece of artwork in the style of Andy Warhol. They used printing tiles to create their piece.
Week beginning: Monday 2nd March L/I: To weigh objects using grams
Children used scales to measure objects in the classroom in grams.
Week beginning: Monday 23rd February L/I: To investigate an owl's diet
As part of our learning in science, Year 3 used owl pellets to investigate an owl's diet. They were very surprised to find skulls and various other bones which they were able to identify using the animal identification sheet.
Week beginning: Monday 9th February L/I: To explore mindful listening and mindful seeing
Year 3 took part in two Mindup lessons. The first lesson focused upon mindful listening where the children had to identify sounds which were made. The second lesson focused upon mindful seeing where the children had to look carefully at a marble and try and identify their particular marble once they were put altogether. The children explored how mindful listening and seeing is different and how theit mind might wander and how to refocus.
Week beginning: Monday 2nd February L/I: To decide whether a miracle had been performed
In RE, the children listened to a Bible story where Jesus healed a paralysed man. They decided whether a miracle had been performed. The children then used their oracy skills to create a Newsround style news report of the event.
Week beginning: Monday 26th January L/I: To investigate where food comes from
The children investigated different food to discover where they came from. The children used atlases to identify the continent and the climate zone for the different foods.
Week beginning: Monday 19th January L/I: To explore rulers
Children were given a series of 'broken rulers' which they had to use to measure some lines. They worked with their partners, using their oracy skills, to discuss what was wrong with the ruler and how they 'fix' it. The children created some rules for the perfect ruler alongside understanding that measuring always starts at 0.
Week beginning: Monday 12th January L/I: To explore 2Calculate in Advanced mode
Year 3 started their learning about spreadsheets. They explored 'Advanced Mode' in 2 Calculate. They merged cells, added sheets, renamed sheets and added columns.
Week beginning: Monday 5th January L/I: To group foods
The children worked in groups to sort food items into groups. They used oracy skills to discuss, probe and justify their choices.
Week beginning: Monday 15th December L/I: To learn and perform a poem
Year 3 learnt 3 poems and then performed them to Reception class.
Week beginning: Monday 8th December L/I: To evaluate, design and sew a pencil case
The children started by exploring different pencil cases and thinking about the design features for a successful pencil case. They then designed their own and used sewing skills to create their pencil case.
Week beginning: Monday 1st December L/I: To recall the 8 X table
Year 3 are currently learning the 8 X table in maths. They used Purple Mash to help their recall and fluency of the times table.
Week beginning: Monday 24th November L/I: To comprehend and summarise
In English, Year 3 have been using the fabulous book 'Atlas of Adventures' to travel around the world. Today, they learnt about different festivals celebrated around the world. They read the information and answered questions by summarising what they had read.
Week beginning: Monday 17th November L/I: To recognise symbols of Christmas and what these mean to Christians.
The children were given objects associated with Christmas. They used their oracy skills to discuss what these objects represent and mean for Christians.
Week beginning: Monday 10th November L/I: To explore physical features of the continents
The children completed an active lesson where they had to find the longest river, tallest mountain, smallest country and largest country in each continent.
Week beginning: Monday 3rd November L/I: To open and respond to an email
The children all received an email from Mrs Chumbley asking them a couple of questions. The children had to open the email and reply.
Week beginning: Monday 13th October Hello Yellow Day
Year 3 started Hello Yellow day with a fantastic Yoga session. They also completed the Feelings doodling activity.
Week beginning: Monday 6th October Fit Kidz
Year 3 have spent three weeks working with Chris from FitKidz on their fitness. They used a range of equipment and body weight exercises each week. They also built up the length of time which they spent carrying out each exercise.
Week beginning: Monday 29th September Celtic Harmony Stone Age visit
Year 3 had a great day visiting Celtic Harmony as part of their Stone Age learning. During the day, they took part in a fire making demonstration, hunted animals, built dens, gathered food, made a Stone Age soup and listened to a Stone Age story.
Week beginning: Monday 22nd September L/I: To explore and create Stone Age cave paintings
As part of our learning about the Stone Age, Year 3 explored and then created their own Stone Age cave paintings.
Week beginning: Monday 15th September L/I: To investigate friction
Year 3 used different objects and surfaces around the classroom to explore friction. They observed which surfaces created more and less friction.
Week beginning: Monday 8th September L/I: To explore how life changed when farming began.
As part of our learning about the Stone Age, the children explored how life changed when Stone Age people learnt to farm. They explored the concept of continuity and change and used their oracy skills to discuss their ideas with their groups.
Week beginning: Monday 1st September Inspirational maths
Year 3 took part in two inspirational maths lessons: Game of Totals and Tower of three. They watched two inspirational videos which explored important messages for maths learning.
"Being fast is not important in maths." Salaar
"When you learn maths there is a path growing in your brain." Bella
"I learnt that no one is born with a maths brain." Munesu