Year 3 Friday Blog 8th May 2026

Date: 8th May 2026 @ 8:19am

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Continue to read regularly, 10-15 minutes every day.

Practise your number facts regularly. Knowing these inside out will help your children succeed in their future maths learning. We have been using the White Rose Maths - 1 minute maths app in class this week. You can download this from the AppStore or the Google Playstore.

Please also practise counting in 3s's from 3 to 36 and back again.

Next week we will be looking at the /ch/ spelling pattern. Here are your home spellings for this week

chorus, chemist, echo, character, chef, chalet, machine, brochure, ache, anchor, chaos, monarch, mechanic, school, parachute, chute, champagne

On Sumdog you will find 3 challenges.A Fluency competition Vs Year 4, Multiplication and division and your spellings. Good luck!

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we started reading The BFG and the children have already loved meeting the giant and exploring the strange world of Giant Country. We wrote some brilliant diary entries, imagining how Sophie might have felt during the dramatic events of the story. The children worked hard to include thoughts, feelings and descriptive detail to make their writing engaging for the reader.

In Maths, we have been learning how to partition numbers to help us bridge through tens and hundreds when adding and subtracting. The children used their understanding of place value to solve calculations efficiently and explain their reasoning clearly.

In Geography, we further explored the continent of South America, learning more about its physical and human features. We identified mountain ranges, rivers and rainforests, as well as looking at the cities, landmarks and populations that make the continent so diverse. The children asked some fantastic questions and enjoyed comparing South America to places they already know.

In Computing, we have been investigating loops and writing our own algorithms. The children discovered how repeating instructions can make coding much more efficient and practised debugging their programs when things did not quite go to plan.

In PE, we have started practising for our upcoming Sports Day. Everyone showed great determination, teamwork and resilience while taking part in the different events and challenges. It was lovely to see the children encouraging one another and trying their very best.

In RE, we explored the Holy Trinity and looked carefully at images and symbols around church that help us understand this important part of our faith. We then created some brilliant Trinity fidget spinners to help us remember the three persons of the Trinity in a creative way.

Star of the week - Leo

Super Learner - Adam

Writer of the week - Melodie

Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia L

Bookworm - Zach D

Special Mentions - Charlie, for being kind and helpful to others 

Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team