Today, we continued our learning about place value . We practised comparing numbers using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols . The children rolled a dice to generate their own 3-digit numbers and then worked on ordering them from smallest to largest. We used our stem sentence to help us explain our thinking and discovered that if the greatest place value is the same, we need to look at the next biggest place value to decide which number is greater.

 Today, we have been celebrating Languages Day and discovering how exciting it is to communicate in different languages!  This morning, we took the register in Ukrainian , learning how to say “Hello” in a new language. In the afternoon, we travelled to France and practised our French! We learnt the French colours alongside the catchy song “Léon the Chameleon” , which helped us practise our vocabulary in a fun and memorable way.  To finish our day, we explored some of the wonderful things associated with France and decorated and labelled our own French posters . The children have worked creatively while learning lots of new words and facts. It has been a fantastic day of language, culture, music and creativity ! 

 Good Afternoon,  Your child will be coming home with two letters explaining all about TT Rockstars and an individual login.  Here is the link for TT Rockstars.  https://ttrockstars.com/ If you have any questions, please let us know.  Thank you,  Year 3 Team

 Well, it certainly has been a busy day in Year 3.  In maths today, the children were representing numbers to a 1000.  To shows this, they were using dienes sticks and place value counters.  In science, the children conducted an experiment. They tested how different liquids affect the size of a gummy bear. We discussed what a fair test is and they made predictions about what they thought would happen. 

Thank you to everyone who came to the Year 3 parent meeting today.  Below are the class books that we will be reading and learning about this year. 

 Well, what a fantatsic first week it has been in Year 3.  We are so proud of the children for making excellent choices. Please keep it up Year 3.  Take a look at some of their learning. 

 Today in Science, we investigated how shadows change throughout the day. At 9:30am, 11:15am and 2:00pm, we went outside to observe how the position of the Sun affected the size and direction of our shadows. The children worked with a partner, using chalk to draw around each other's shadows at each time so they could compare the changes. We discovered that as the Sun moves across the sky, our shadows change in both length and direction, helping us understand how sunlight creates shadows.