Year 3 Blog - 15.05.2026

15th May 2026

It has been an incredibly busy and inspiring fortnight in Year 3. From the depths of the rainforest to the mysteries of the Mayan civilisation, the children have thrown themselves into their learning with boundless energy.

To kick things off, we spent time celebrating the birthday of the national treasure himself, Sir David Attenborough. The children turned into mini-naturalists, uncovering some truly amazing facts about the natural world. It wasn't just about the famous animals, though; we delved into the weird and wonderful world of unfamiliar creatures that many of us had never heard of before! What was most impressive was the creativity on display; the children presented their findings in a variety of brilliant ways, from detailed fact files to colourful posters.

Our whole-class reading sessions have become a real highlight of the day. We have been gripped by the adventures of Akimbo and the Lions. Listening to Akimbo’s brave exploits in the African savannah has had us on the edge of our seats.

In our writing lessons, we have been focusing on poetry. Our focus has been all about the majesty of trees. To get our creative juices flowing, we took our iPads outside to explore the different trees around our school grounds. The children used their tech skills to capture images and generate a rich bank of vocabulary, which they are now weaving into some truly brilliant verses.

We’ve been getting to know the different angles in our maths lessons. The children have become experts at identifying the three main types of angles: acute, right angle and obtuse. Once we mastered angles, we moved on to perpendicular and parallel lines. We’ve had a go at drawing them with precision and spotting them in the world around us.

Our Science lessons took us "under the skin" as we explored different skeleton types. We’ve been comparing: endoskeletons: Like ours, which grow as we do, exoskeletons: the "armour" on the outside that creatures must shed to grow and hydrostatic Skeletons: these fascinated the children—learning how creatures like slugs and jellyfish use fluid pressure to stay upright!

Finally, in History, we have been transported back in time to explore Mayan beliefs. The children were fascinated by the idea that the world’s three realms were connected by a massive "World Tree." We also discussed the many Mayan gods and their unique creation story—did you know the Mayans believed humans were originally created from corn? This sparked some fantastic (and very funny!) discussions in class.

It’s been a brilliant two weeks with lots of exciting events and now we are looking forward to our trip to Dudley zoo to finish off a brilliant half term 4!