Year 3 blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 4:51pm

It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!

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 fluency, and times tables, perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all have the sc spelling pattern Practise reading and spelling them at home:

scene, science, discipline, scientific, fascinate, crescent, disciple, muscle, abscess, ascend, isosceles, scents, scenario, ascend, scissors

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.

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we have been focusing on descriptive writing and making sure our ideas are written in full sentences that flow together clearly. We wrote some brilliant descriptions of the The BFG and his unusual home, thinking carefully about vocabulary and detail to help the reader picture the setting. We also watched clips from the film and even used AI to help bring our writing to life, which the children absolutely loved.

In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method to solve some tricky multiplication problems. Everyone worked incredibly hard and showed great resilience when the calculations became challenging. It was fantastic to see the children persevering and supporting one another with their learning.

In RE, we further explored the mystery of the Holy Trinity through art and prayer. The children created some beautiful Celtic artwork to symbolise the Trinity and looked at different prayers that reference the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There were some lovely moments of reflection and discussion throughout the week.

In History, we investigated how Ancient Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos people in 1650 BC and how the Egyptians rebuilt their kingdom afterwards. The children were fascinated by how this changed life in Ancient Egypt and asked some excellent historical questions during our discussions.

We also had a lovely celebration in church on Thursday as we marked the Feast of the Ascension. The children sang beautifully throughout and showed great respect through their wonderful listening and responses during Mass. We were all very proud of them.

Star of the week - Noa

Super Learner - Jonah

Writer of the week - Wilbur

Marvellous Mathematician - Dylan

Bookworm - Charles

Special Mentions - Devyn and Eliza, for being kind to everyone in Year 3 

Have a lovely weekend 

The Year 3 team