Welcome to Year 3
Wasp and Earwig are our Year 3 classes at the Isle of Ely Primary School. From this page you will be able to read about our curriculum each half term and all the work we get up to in and out of the classroom.
Children have PE on Friday and go swimming on Monday (wasps) and Wednesday (earwigs). They will need to arrive in their P.E. kits on these days.
We will also be updating our website with pictures, work and more!
Who works in Year 3:
Miss Lucy Peck Mrs Anna Frost Mrs Ilmie Yasan
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Miss Michelle Reitinger Mrs Cheryl Westley
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Our Curriculum:
This half term we will be learning:
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English |
In Talk for Writing, we will be finishing off our action story. We will then begin our persuasion text based on the Perfect Parrot for Sale for text. We will then finish off the half term with a poetry unit. |
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Maths |
In maths, we will finish off our fractions unit and begin our unit on mass and capacity. We will begin to learn how to read scales and we will also learn how to measure volume and capacity. |
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Science |
Our science topic is plants. We will become botanists and study different parts of plants. We will learn about the different functions of different parts of plants. We will also be learning about pollination and why it is so important. |
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History |
In history, we will continue to study new arrivals in Britain. We will focus on when the Vikings invaded and study such people as Alfred the Great, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror. |
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Geography |
In geography, pupils be learning about Ely and the surrounding area. We will study the Fens, how they were drained and why the area is important for food production. We will also look at human and physical features of Ely and the surrounding area. |
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PE |
P.E. will be on a Monday with the class teacher and Friday with the sports coaches. Pupils will be focussing on fitness and also learning how to play basketball. |
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R.E (Religious Education) |
This half term we will not be learning R.E. |
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Spanish |
In Spanish, pupils will be learning about Carnival and playground games. |
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PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) |
Our PSHE this half-term will look at healthy me. We will explore how we can take care of ourselves and keep ourselves healthy. |
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Art |
Our art topic is Anglo-Saxon art. We will look at different pieces of art that were found at Sutton Hoo. We will explore why they were important and try to replicate the pieces ourselves. |
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D&T (Design and Technology) |
In D & T this half term, we will be learning about pop-up books. We will make our own pop-up book using linkage mechanisms. |
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Music |
In music, pupils will learn about Sounds of the Sea. We will specifically be exploring the British composer Benjamin Britten and his piece, Storm. We would like to create our own musical piece using tuned and untuned instruments inspired by Storm. |
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Computing |
Pupils will be learning about branching databases in computing. We will learn to how organise items according to attributes by using yes/no questions. |
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Home Learning |
All pupils can also access TTRockstars at home. You may also wish to find additional activities on Oak Academy or BBC bitesize. This is a link to all the common exception word spellings from Year 1 to Year 4 for you to practise with your child at home. |
Knowledge Organisers:
At the Isle of Ely Primary School, we use knowledge organisers as a tool to help our children learn more and remember more and to allow parents and carers to support their children's learning. In our knowledge organisers, you will find essential knowledge, key dates, important vocabulary and key figures. The knowledge organisers can also be used as a fun assessment tool which will help children to see the progress they have made.
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Religious Education |
Our current spelling words: Our class text:
Weekly newsflash
Week beginning: 24th March
The children have had a wonderful week of learning. In English, they wrote their own persuasion text and thought of some wonderful ideas to write about, from persuading a reader to go to France on holiday to having a pet chicken. They used alliteration, powerful adjectives and fronted adverbials in their writing. The texts were extremely entertaining. In Maths, we finished off our mass and capacity unit by looking at litres and millilitres. We have now returned to fractions and this week we have looked at adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominators. The children have remembered their fraction vocabulary, which is wonderful to see. We are continuing our study of plants in Science and explored the different ways that seeds can be dispersed. In Geography, we looked at some famous sites in and around the Fens, such as Ely Cathedral, King's College and the Norfolk Broads. In History, we learned about King Cnut and how he became the Kind of England in 1016. The children acted out how he united England, Denmark and Norway to create the North Sea Empire. In D&T, we have begun making our pop up books about The Life Cycle of Plants. The children created their mechanisms and began drawing their pictures. We look forward to the finished product next week. In Art, we created a collage of a scene of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this lesson, the children also learned about the Battle of Hastings and the important impact it had on England. The children have all had a very successful week. One more week to go!
Week beginning: 17th March
The children have had a fantastic week and worked incredibly hard. In English, the children learnt about topic sentences and emotive language and began to create an innovated version of 'perfect pet parrot for sale'. Earwig class created a piece of writing to persuade the reader to visit Italy and Wasp class wrote to persuade a reader to buy a puppy. In Maths, the children continued learning about mass and capacity. They learnt about measuring volume using litres and millilitres and found equivalent capacities and volumes. In History, the children learnt about Viking religions and created fact files about Viking Gods. In PSHE the children learnt about emergencies and how to stay safe in emergency situations.
Week beginning: 7th March
Year 3 has had such a busy week and the children have all done wonderfully well.
It was assessment week and the children have all worked very hard at completing the assessments to the best of their ability. We are so proud of them.
The children also did an amazing job at the Cathedral, singing in front of all of the other students and parents. They all sang beautifully.
A Viking named Sif also visited us and she taught us all about Viking life and brought some artefacts from her Viking settlement.
In Science, we learned about how roots absorb water and how the water is transported through the stem to the different parts of the flower. We have begun an experiment with coloured water to see if the coloured water will change the plant in any way. We are continuing to learn about Anglo-Saxon art and have learned about illumination. The monks used to illuminate the Gospels and we have begun our own illumination work. In Geography, we learned about human features of the Fens. More specifically, we looked at the major transport routes that run through Ely and where we can travel by train or by car. In Computing, we used a website to create our own branching database. In D&T, we are beginning to think about a design for our pop up book. What an incredible week! Have a wonderful weekend.
Week beginning: 3rd March
The children have been incredibly busy this week. On Monday afternoon, the children had their final singing workshop before we go to the Cathedral to perform next week. They sounded fantastic and have really worked hard to learn the lyrics and songs. In English, the children began their topic on persuasive writing and began learning the text 'perfect pet parrot' as well as exploring the features of persuasion. In Maths, the children finished their first unit of fractions and we have begun learning about measurements. This week in particular, the children started off with using scales and measuring in grams. They have really risen to the challenge of this new learning. In D.T. the children made their own models of linkages out of cardboard. This was incredibly successful and all of the children did a fantastic job.
Week beginning: 24th February
The children have come back well rested and ready to learn after their half term break. In English, the children have planned and written their own action stories. In there stories, there was a monster and the main character had to defeat the monster. The children have written very creative stories. In maths, have continued learning about fractions. They have expanded their knowledge of fractions by looking at unit and non-unit fractions on a scale and on a number line. In Science, we have begun to learn about plants. We drew and labelled the different plant parts and discussed the functions of those parts. In Art, we have started looking at Anglo-Saxon art from Sutton Hoo. We specifically looked at a shoulder clasp and began to draw our own symmetrical patters and interlocking patterns. In History, we are continuing our study of new arrivals in Britain and discussed the Vikings arriving in into the area known as Danelaw. In Music, we explored Benjamin Britten's musical piece Storm and drew pictures representing each part of the music. In Geography we learned about the Fens and why Fenland is a great place for growing crops. In Computing, we have started our new unit on branching databases. We have learned how to ask yes or no questions to link certain objects to certain attributes. In D&T, we have begun learning about what a pop-up book is and what a linking mechanism is. Lastly, in PSHE, we have learned about why physical exercise is important and why we need a healthy diet. What a wonderful first week back!
Week beginning: 10th February
The children have had a fantastic last week of the half term. In Maths, the children completed their length and perimeter unit and began the fraction unit. They were introduced to unit fraction and the role of the denominator as well as non-unit fractions and how the numerator must always be greater than 1. The children also began to compare fractions. In English, we completed our innovated adventure text to re-write a shared version of Theseus and the Minotaur. In art, the children created some wonderful drawings of Egyptian Gods which turned out amazingly! Have a wonderful half term break.
Week beginning: 3rd February
The children had a wonderful time at the sleepover last Friday. They were so well behaved and they have created some wonderful memories. They came back to school Monday ready for learning and what a week we have had. In English, we have created our toolkit for our action text and looked at different elements of grammar, such as fronted adverbials, personification and similes. In Maths, we have continued our unit on length and perimeter. We have spent time adding and subtracting length as well as being introduced to perimeter and how to measure it. We have planned our experiment in Science and we are now waiting for a sunny day to conduct the experiment. We want to investigate how shadows change in length at different times of the day. In RE, we explored the importance of prayer. In Art, we learned how papyrus was used for everything in Ancient Egypt and we made our own papyrus paper. We have began learning about Vikings in History. We looked at the ships that Vikings used and why they used them. In Geography, we used our knowledge of settlements to design our own settlements. The children were creative in their designs. We are still learning how to code using Scratch in our Computing lessons. We have learned how to add backgrounds, costumes and how to have multiple instruments playing at once. The children can use Scratch at home by searching for it on the internet. What a wonderful week we have had!
Week beginning: 27th January
In Year 3, the children have had another great week of learning. In English, they began our action text unit of 'Theseus and the Minotaur'. They learnt actions for the text, create their own pieces of drama linked to the text and began to explore the features. The children did a fantastic job of this! In Maths, we continued learning about measuring length in cm and mm and looked at equivalent lengths of m and cm as well as cm and mm. It was fantastic to have so much parents involved in our Maths lesson during our parents share, thank you. In Computing the children began to make sequences of sounds using scratch and did a fantastic job. In Science, we planned our next investigation where the children will see how their shadows change at different parts of the day. We are very much looking forward to our Year 3 sleepover at the end of this week!
Week beginning: 20th January
The Year 3 children have had a wonderful week of learning. In English, they finished of their innovated text titled 'How to spot a Yeti' and wrote their own instructional text on a topic of their choice. They have created very clear, informational instructions. In Spelling, we have started looking at the /shn/ sound and our new words are above. In Maths, we have finished our unit on multiplication and division. We will continue to do the Mad maths minutes and please continue to allow your child to use TT Rockstars. We will now begin our unit on Length and perimeter. In Science, we began exploring reflections and observed how light reflects off of mirrors in different ways depending on what type of a mirror it is, a planar, a convex or a concave mirror. The children learned about the types of settlements that the Anglo- Saxons built many years ago and were quite surprised to learn that the children didn't go to school but had to work in the settlement. We began looking at Nefertiti's bust in Art and the different kinds of Egyptian collars that were worn at that time. In Geography, we continued our topic of Settlements by looking at urban, suburban, and rural areas in more detail. We are continuing to use Scratch in Computing, and this week learned how to program a sequence of codes for multiple sprites. In RE, we are continuing our learning of Saints and this week we explored the story of the Prodigal Son. In PSHE, we are working in teams to design a beautiful garden. The children have been really focussed this week and we are so proud of what they have achieved. We can't wait to see what next week holds!
Week beginning: 13th January
This week the children have been continuing their hard work from the first week back. In English, the children learnt about features of an instruction text such as prepositions and imperative verbs. They worked really hard and understood this well. In Maths, we continues learning how to multiply 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number and began to look at division by partitioning. The children showed lots of resilience and began to understand this well. In Art, the children explored the structure of the Giant Sphinx in Egypt and used clay to create their own model which turned out fantastically. In geography, the children learnt about different types of settlements and what can be found in a hamlet, a village, a town and a city.
Week beginning: 6th January
Year 3 have returned to school in good spirits and have settled back into their routines well. We have had a busy week with all of the new units that we have started. In English, we have started learning our instructional text, 'How to Trap a Troll', and the children are all enjoying this text. We are continuing to learn about multiplication and division in maths. We have started to multiply numbers that are multiples of 10 by single digits and looking at relationships in multiplication. In, science we have started our new unit on light and about how important light is to survive. We have begun to learn about Vivaldi's Winter in music and discovering how the instruments, tempo and pitch could match winter winter weather. In history, we are learning about new arrivals in Britain and how Britain was once made up on seven kingdoms. In Geography, we are learning about different types of settlements, such as villages and cities. We have begun to learn about art of Ancient Egypt and some of the wall paintings, architecture and sculptures that we made at that time. We have started learning coding by using Scratch in our computing lessons. We have been thinking about our dreams and goals in PSHE. There are many goals that the children have for the end of Year 3! What a great start to 2025!