Year 3 Blog - 26.09.2025

26th September 2025

What a busy and exciting term it’s been so far in Year 3! The children have really impressed me with their hard work, creativity, and enthusiasm. It’s been lovely to see their confidence growing and their brilliant attitude towards their learning.

In English, we’ve been busy planning poems on a very intriguing theme—a mysterious stranger who steals our memories! The children have really enjoyed letting their imaginations run wild, coming up with unusual and creative ideas. We’ve been thinking carefully about how to create suspense, use description effectively, and make our writing gripping for the reader. There have been some fantastic plans, and I’ve already seen some brilliant lines taking shape. I am sure the finished poems are going to be a real treat to read.

In maths, we’ve been exploring a range of strategies to help us solve different calculations. The children have been practising with part-whole models, bar models, and number bonds, and it’s been wonderful to see them choosing which method works best for the problem in front of them. What’s really impressed us is how confidently they’re starting to explain their reasoning. Instead of just giving an answer, they can now talk through the steps they took, which shows just how much their understanding is developing.

Our history topic has taken us back thousands of years to the Stone Age. The children have been fascinated by how life was so different then, and we’ve looked closely at how people lived in the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras. We’ve researched facts, explored the kinds of tools that early humans created, and thought about how farming changed everything. There’s been a real buzz in the classroom as the children compare life back then with life today—it’s amazing to see their curiosity growing.

In science, the children have been working scientifically and really thinking like young investigators. Our focus has been on exploring which materials would be best for making boats, as well as which would work for the sail. Before testing, the children planned their experiments carefully—deciding what they wanted to find out, what they would change, what they would keep the same, and which equipment they would need. They loved making predictions, testing their ideas, and recording their findings