Weekly Newsletter

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Monday 16th - Making seasonal tarts. Please bring in a named Tupperware Pot the week before or on the day for your child to take their tart home in. A take away sized pot will be fine.

Friday 5th December 2025

English - We have been sharing our diary entries, written as Amasis the Pharoah, inspired by our class text, 'The Egyptian Cinderella'.

We have also been looking at our new genre, performance poetry; we have been using the text, 'The Boneyard Rap', in connection with this term's science, all about the human body.

DT - We have been creating a mock-up of our vegetable tarts that we plan to make in the last week of term. We used colour to resemble which vegetables we plan to use after our taste test last week.

Friday 28th November

In DT this week the children have begun preparations for their seasonal vegetable tart. They have learned how to safely use a vegetable peeler by pushing the peeler down the vegetable towards the chopping board and making sure it's going away from you. They have also learned two different ways of cutting - using a bridge and using a claw grip.

The children peeled onions by hand then carrots and parsnips with a peeler. As a challenge, some peeled potatoes. These are harder as they also have a curved surface.

Next they learned how to use a bridge cut to chop vegetables in halves and quarters. Then they used a claw grip and slicing cut to chop them into slices and cubes.

A special thank you to our parent volunteers who enabled us to ensure this activity was carried out safely.

The children did really well! Get ready for some eager helpers in the kitchen this weekend!

Friday 21st November

Maths - We have continued to practice the skills of column addition and subtraction with exchanging. We have also learned that addition and subtraction are the inverse of each other as is division and multiplication.

DT - We have learned about food miles and what seasonal produce is. We have looked at what foods are available in each season in the UK.

Geography - We have continued to learn about different river features and in particular the River Indus.

Science - We looked at how our muscles change when they contract and relax. We measured our biceps to see the difference.

Friday 14th November

Reminder: Orders for Christmas cards are due by 17th November

Reading: If you are looking for recommendations for books that children in Year 3 can read, this website has lots of great suggestions

Year 3 reading list for children aged 7-8 | School Reading List

The link is also saved under Home Learning > Reading

Reading | Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School

Contact Books - Please remind your child to put their contact book on the teacher's desk if there is a note for us to see. Otherwise they go in the usual place in the classroom.

This week we have been continuing to learn about diary entries based around Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. This week we have learned about the features and also enjoyed drama activities such as hot seating pretending to the pharoah.

In Maths we have continued with addition and subtraction we have learned about adding 2 and 3 digit numbers and exchanging more than once. We have been using the coloumn method for this.

In DT we have been learning about different climates around the world and which foods we can grow in these climates.

Friday 7th November

Today we went on our trip to the Ghyll and the children had a fantastic time. We were all very impressed with how well they behaved and represented the school off site, well done! Thank you also to the parent helpers who willingly gave up their time, we really appreciate it!

Maths - We have recapped adding two numbers across and ten and subtracting two numbers across a ten. We then moved onto adding two numbers across 100 and subtracting two numbers across 100. We have been using the formal written method of column addition and subtraction to do this.

English - Our genre for the next 4 weeks is diary writing. We have begun by reading Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. Then we have looked at a diary entry written by Rhodopis about what happened.

Science - We have learnt that some animals have skeletons and some do not. We have learnt that the skeleton provides the human body with support, allows for movement and protects our vital organs.

Friday 17th October

Maths - This week we have continued with addition and subtraction. We have been focusing on subtraction of 1s across 10s and 10s across 100s.

We played number bond games to help us recall number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. A number bond is 2 numbers added together to make the total e.g. 7 + 3 = 10, so we know 70 + 30 = 100. Bonds to 20 include 15 + 5 = 20.

English - This week we have learnt about paragraphs and why they are used. We have been using our homework on rivers to help plan our own non- chronological reports.

Art - This week we designed our Christmas cards and are looking forward to seeing the results.

Geography - We have been learning about Snowdonia and why people might visit there.

Friday 10th October

In English this week we have begun a new genre of writing - non chronological reports. We have looked at a model text about The Amazon River and learned about the features.

In Maths we have started a new topic on Addition and Subtraction. We have been looking at adding and subtracting 10s and then 100s. We also looked at patterns when doing this using number facts e.g. 2+ 5 = 7, 20 + 50 = 70, 200 + 500 = 700.

In Art we have added our Egyptian designs to our homemade paper using felt tips.

In RE we have been looking at the story of the Prodigal Son and considering the question 'How does God help Christians to be close to Him?'

Today as part of World Mental Health Day we have considered what makes us happy.

Have a lovely weekend doing something that makes you happy!

Friday 3rd October

Maths - We have begun our Addition and Subtraction topic and have been looking at adding and subtracting 1s, 10s and 100s to numbers up to 1000.

English - We used our boxing up activity, model text and lessons on prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions to support us writing our own letters.

Art - We are working towards making Egyptian Scrolls. Today we learnt how papyrus was made and had a go at making an alternative version.

Friday 26th September

This week in Maths we have been looking at place value. We have been comparing numbers to 1000. We have been estimating them on a number line by working out how much each interval is worth. We have also been finding 1, 10 and 100 more or less than a 3 digit number.

In English we have continued with our modelled text 'Li and the King of the Fishes'. The children have been describing their own fisherwomen or fisherman.

In Science we have been learning about how many portions of fruit and vegetables we should have a day, including potatoes not being counted as one. We have also learnt that children should have not more than 6 teaspoons of sugar a day and that it can be found in foods such as ketchup!