Year 3 Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 3:50pm

Year 3 Weekly Blog

This week in Year 3 has been another busy and exciting one, with lots of fantastic learning taking place across the curriculum.

Home Learning

Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!

Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on multiplication and times tables – perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all end in –ation. Practise reading and spelling them at home:

information, adoration, hibernation, sensation, preparation, admiration, exaggeration, propagation, imagination, concentration, education, taxation, abomination, creation, isolation, floatation, moderation

Counting – Keep counting too! Check out all our counting songs and videos on past blog posts to practise your 2s, 5s, 10s, and challenge yourself with 3s, 4s and 8s.

In English, we finished reading Orion and the Dark and wrote our own imaginative stories inspired by the text. The children then had the brilliant opportunity to visit Year 2 and Year 5 classrooms to read their stories aloud. Everyone did a fantastic job and showed great confidence and pride in their work. Check out our gallery.

In Art, we created our own illustrations to match our stories, which really brought them to life.

In Maths, we continued developing our multiplication skills by learning how to use the grid method. The children worked hard, showed great perseverance and are becoming much more confident in explaining their methods.

In RE, we explored the parable of the talents during our collective worship, thinking about how we can use our own gifts and talents. We also learned about the miracle of the Centurion’s servant and reflected on the importance of faith and trust.

In PE, we continued our gymnastics unit, creating our own sequences. The children worked fantastically in teams, supporting one another and showing great cooperation and creativity.

In French, we continued learning the alphabet and practised our pronunciation with great enthusiasm.

Another brilliant week of learning, well done, Year 3!

Forest School

We have received a gererous donation of bulbs which we planted. We took care to plant them the right way up.

Mr Corbett got the Kelly Kettle out and we had a hot juice to keep us warm.

The Year 3 Team