Year 3
Welcome to Year 3 
Curriculum Overview and Home Learning
Home Learning: 13th July - 16th July
Blue Peter 6 Badges of Summer
Extreme Reading in Year 3
Year 3 are TTRockStars!!
Year 3's Home Learning Week 10
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Otis has been busy helping Dad cook dinner and has rescued and is looking after 3 baby hedgehogs
Joseph has created a poster about staying safe in the sun
Chloe has been very busy learning about how rainbows are formed, finding different sources of light and investigating reflections. She has also created her own labyrinth for the Minotaur, created her own mythological creature and created a poster about Athenian Democracy. Chloe has also been developing her PowerPoint skills by creating a powerpoint about the Ancient Olympics, Greek inventions and the Planets
Year 3's Home Learning Week 9
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom K has been growing sunflowers and created 3D shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows
Sam has created a scorpion using his K'nex, been exploring the rock pools in Seaham and written a report about his salt water clock
James has created this great poster about staying safe at the beach
Chloe has been busy learning about Andy Goldsworthy, practising the points of a compass in her garden and writing a description about Ancient Athens
Charlie has been learning about Greek and Roman battles
Year 3's Home Learning Week 8
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom K has used different types of rocks and stones to create this Andy Goldsworthy inspired piece of art
Olivia has used leaves to create these portraits of herself and her family
Joseph has drawn a map of his local area, created a poster promoting Internet Safety, done some observational drawing and drawn a labelled picture of the Hindu God Ganesh
Emma has created this leaflet about what she could see when she went for a walk around Durham
Year 3's Home Learning Week 7
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom K has been exploring the outdoors on his walks
Sam has powered a clock using salt water and has built a model aeroplane
Myles has been learning about Hindu Gods and researching shadows
Emily has also created this fabulous movie trailer of her time in lockdown
Emily has been busy using the iPad to do some Maths, she has also found horizontal and vertical lines around her house
Chloe has made a powerpoint about the Greek Goddess Hera and a powerpoint about the life cycle of a plant
Charlie has made this lovely Father's Day card and has designed his own mythical Greek creature
Year 3's Home Learning Week 6
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Otis also had fun at the mento and coke experiment
Otis has cycled 25 miles during May and has received this fantastic medal
Myles has been exploring different sources of light in his house, has researched places using Google Maps and has created a fab powerpoint about the Ancient Greek Olympics
Joseph has been exploring different sources of light in his house
Isla has made a marble run out of cardboard boxes
Isla's marble run in action
Emma has been busy baking and doing a virtual run in her garden
Chloe has been very busy reading Greek myths, mummifying apples, doing science experiments with her brother, making lemonade, making a leaflet about Durham Cathedral, designing a Spartan helmet and shield, learning about plants and turning a Greek myth into a play
Charlie has created this lovely piece of artwork to remember this time
Year 3's Home Learning Week 5
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom K has created this great poster about Finchale Abbey and a powerpoint about the Olympics in Ancient Greece
Over half term, Sam took part in the Great North Air Ambulance Service Stay at Home Sports Day. It looks like you had a lot of fun.
Myles has researched the weather in Durham during May and has been practising his Ancient Greek alphabet
Year 3's Home Learning Week 4
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom has created this great Spartan shield and written his own version of The Quest for Medusa's Head as a comic
Olivia's shaker for Clap for Carers
Olivia has researched what clothes Ancient Greeks wore and designed a shaker to use at Clap for Carers
Myles has written a lovely poem about staying home, created this colourful poster about Holi, created a tourist guide for visiting Durham and created a poster about the life cycle of a sunflower
Joseph created a book inspired by Blue Planet and he sent it off to David Attenborough. He then received a letter back from David Attenborough! Well done Joseph
Freya has been busy practicing the piano
Isla has been busy making a Spartan shield, checking on her plant investigation, navigating her way to school with a compass and recognising different types of plants
Emma has created this fantastic Spartan shield
Elizabeth has created this fact file about the Greek Goddess Artemis
Chloe has made a 3D solar system with her brother, written a poem about a snail in French and created a powerpoint about the Angel of the North
VE Day - Thank you for all your photos of how you were celebrating VE day. You all looked like you were having fun.
Year 3's Home Learning Week 3
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Leo has created a powerpoint about his garden for his cub badge
Joseph has designed his own ball game to play
Elizabeth has made this magazine for her Gran - it has a short story and lots of puzzles to complete.
Rose has been busy identifying animal bones. She has also made flapjacks and been riding her bike.
Myles has created a fact file about the Greek God Hades
Charlie has been doing some science experiments linked to the Titanic and has created this Holi inspired picture
Adam has been researching the Angel of the North and created this fact file
French games 
Madame Hamill has created some French games for us to play. Have a look. What words/phrases can you remember?
Year 3's Home Learning Week 2
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to.
Tom K built a volcano and made it erupt. He has also created this beautiful VE day artwork
Max went on a walk with his family and has written this great recount of what happened
Sam has been busy making a rainbow out of lego, baking, doing printing using lego and running 20km in his garden!
Rose has been busy designing a Greek vase, mummifying apples and setting up an experiment to see what plants need to grow
Olivia has been busy practising her drawing skills and has designed this Spartan shield and helmet
Otis has made an insect house
Leo has made this super Spartan shield and helmet
Jack has built his own chair and a working clock
Isla has been very busy making a clock, creating a French poster about gymnastics, setting up an experiment to see what plants need, and making a shaker to use for Clap for Carers
Emma made a yummy lemon drizzle cake
Elizabeth has been busy learning about Greek clothes and designing a Greek vase
Danny has been busy making a kite to say thank you to the NHS
Chloe has been forecasting the weather for her family
Chloe has had fun day dressing up as an Egyptian
Charlie has made this great poster on the parts of a plant
Adam has made pancakes and this super Spartan shield
Thank you for all your amazing rainbow inspired art work
Year 3's Home Learning Week 1
Thank you for all your fantastic photos of your Home Learning that you have been sending in. It has been lovely seeing all of the fun things you have been getting up to so please keep sending them in.
Sophie M has written this lovely acrostic poem about the importance of washing our hands
Charlie has been busy recreating a shop and cafe with his sister to practice his money skills.
Freya has been practising how to draw cartoon eyes.
Joseph has made this super Spartan helmet.
Maisie has written this lovely diary recount about her trip to the nature reserve with her Dad.
Myles has been learning about Sparta. Here is his drawing of a Spartan helmet and shield. He has also created this wonderful fact file about the Angel of the North.
Otis has been busy making a bird house, baking cookies and creating friendship bracelets to raise money for the NHS. Well done Otis.
Elizabeth has been very busy at home. She has even practiced her swimming in the bath! What other activities can you see Elizabeth doing?
Musings from Miss Timms (25/3/20)
Times Table Rock Stars
Well done all those children who have been on Times Table Rock Stars, nearly everyone has logged on in the past few days so keep it up. However, the boys are still in the lead with 7,573 points and the girls have 1,359. Well done Magda, who is our current leader amongst the girls.
I have also had lots of children challenging me, which is great. Remember you can challenge everyone in Year 3.
Spelling Shed
We have new leaders on Spelling Shed. Well done Emma, Isla and Leo.
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo have put up webcams so people can continue to watch the animals. They include penguins, pandas,, tigers and koalas. https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/
I am looking forward to seeing all the different things you have been doing at home over the next few weeks, which we can share on our page.
Have fun, stay safe and keep washing your hands
Miss Timms
Musings from Miss Timms (24/3/20)
Times Table Rock Stars
Well done all of those children who are playing Times Table Rock Stars. Girls, we need to get practising, the boys currently have 4,852 and girls have 740. Well done Leo and Jack who have over 2,000 points each. The girls v boys battle will end on Friday morning.
Well done those children who have challenged me on Time Table Rock Stars. If you choose the RockSlam option when playing, you can challenge me as well as the rest of Year 3.
Spelling Shed
More children have been on Spelling Shed, which is great to see. We currently have a new leader, Isla, with Charlie and Emily in 2nd and 3rd place.
30 day Lego Challenge
I know a lot of you enjoy playing with Lego, so I am setting you a Lego Challenge. I would love to see photos of any finished models.
I am looking forward to seeing all the different things you have been doing at home over the next few weeks, which we can share on our page.
Have fun, stay safe and keep washing your hands
Miss Timms
Musings from Miss Timms (23/3/20)
Free audio books for children
Audible have produced free audio books for children. You do not need login, just follow this link
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They have a huge variety of audio books for children of all ages.
Times Table Rockstars
Well done all the children who have gone on Times Table Rockstars already. At the moment, the boys are winning the battle. The boys v girls battle ends on Friday (27th March).
Spelling Shed
Well done all the children who have gone on Spelling Shed so far, especially Emily who is our current leader.
I am looking forward to seeing all the different things you have been doing at home over the next few weeks, which we can share on our page.
Have fun and keep washing your hands,
Miss Timms
20/01/20 - As part of our RE topic this term (What can we learn about Christian worship and beliefs by visiting churches?) we visited All Saints' Church and spent the afternoon finding Christian symbols and objects.
21/01/20 - Today Primary Enterprise helped us to learn about urban life, which is linked to our Geography topic this term; Why do we have cities? We enjoyed looking at different houses and playing the cost of living game. Thank you to our visitors.
18/12/19 - As part of our RE topic we have been thinking about why Advent is important to Christians and how they celebrate it. As part of this work we created our own class Advent Calendar.
16/12/19 - Year 3 had fun today taking part in a Multi- Sports event. We improved our sprinting skills and learned a street dance. We had a lot of fun. Thank you to all our lovely helpers.
14/11/19 - Captain Chemistry came in today and taught us all about forces and magnets. We: separated materials into magnetic and not magnetic; thought about how compasses work and made our won compass; looked at forces on a boat and created our own boat; explored the forces needed for a rocket and launched our own on the yard. Thank you to Captain Chemistry for a great day!
06/11/19 - We celebrated Diwali today as part of our RE topic on Hinduism. We learned that Diwali is the festival of light and with Jay de Silva we decorated jars so we could put tea lights in at home and remember all about Diwali. We also learned some traditional Indian dancing and performed our own routine at the end of the day. We had a lot of fun, thank you to Jay de Silva!
24/10/19 - Spooky Maths Day at Finchale! Year 3 had a lot of fun making a witch's potion by solving some place value problems and we even got to taste it at the end of the day. A lot of Maths fun!
This year instead of building 30 Stonehenges the children looked at various stone circles that are still present around the UK and we made some awesome models. We hope this inspires you to learn more about the UK's stone circles.
11/10/19 - In class we have been learning about how Fossils are made and learning about Mary Anning. For homework Mrs McGuire set us a challenge to create our own fossils and these are a few of our creations.
Some of our children in KS2 took part in the Durham Schools Cross Country competition and represented our school in such a positive way! All children were excellent. The levels of determination, sportsmanship and respect that we saw were wonderful. Well done in particular to the Y3/Y4 Boys team who came 1st in the competition and the Y3/4 Girls team who came second! We had many personal bests. Well done!
26/09/18 - European Day of Languages- Eating Moroccan food.
25/09/18 - Tri Golf trip
September 2019 - As part of our 'Getting to know you' topic we looked at different kinds of scribble art. We created our own and added some hidden images in the loops showing what we like doing or eating. Our art is now displayed in the KS2 corridor. Can you spot our hidden images?
04/09/19 - We pledged to follow our class rules today. We made origami stars and pinned them on our rules.
