Blog by Tag: Year 3

Year 3 developed their shading skills to get tints of colours. They added white to primary colours, then added white to change the tone. Their tints will be very useful for their colour mixing skills to be used during next week’s painting . 
 

We all enjoyed taking part in a rock band today. We heard some wonderful music and learnt how the instruments work. It was great fun! I am sure we have some rockstars in the making🤩😂🤩

Year 3 and 4 enjoyed having a rugby coach from St. Benedict’s School to teach them some skills. Some children will be attending a school tournament later this term to represent St. Bridget’s. It was lovely to have the opportunity for everyone to experience the game.

Year 3 have been very busy developing their knowledge of 3-digit numbers to 1,000. They used base ten, place value counters, charts and part whole models to partition 3-digit numbers. As well as writing them in digits and words, they also understood the value of each digit using partitioning to…

Year 3 enjoyed listening to each candidate’s manifesto and decided who would be their best School Councillors. All children that put themselves forward gave a great speech. They went to the voting station to elect their choices. The successful candidates are to be announced tomorrow.

KS2 had a fantastic day on their school trip to the Lost Fort at Lowther Castle!

The children had an amazing time exploring the adventure playground, where they climbed, slid, swung, and zoomed along the zip wire. There were lots of smiles and laughter as they played exciting games of hide and…

KS2 had a fantastic day on their school trip to the Lost Fort at Lowther Castle!

The children had an amazing time exploring the adventure playground, where they climbed, slid, swung, and zoomed along the zip wire. There were lots of smiles and laughter as they played exciting games of hide and…

Year 3 have been studying the work of Ruth Ringold and have started to create their own quilt pieces based on her work. They used cotton and fabric paint to design them. 
 

Walk to School Week 2026 

This week, our pupils took part in Walk to School Week 2026 and we have loved seeing so many children walking, scooting and cycling to school each day.

The children have enjoyed learning about the importance of staying active, keeping safe near roads and helping to…

Year 3 have been studying Mandalas in Art and so we decided to create our own natural mandalas today. Gathering natural objects and arranging them in circular patterns was great fun. Nature is so colourful! 
We also consolidated our 2 D shape knowledge when we created different 2D shapes using…

As part of their writing lessons on instructional texts, Year 3 have been using adverbs to improve instructions on creating zentangle patterns. They used the instructions to help Year 2 and themselves to create their own zentangle patterns. How wonderful their finished patterns were!
 

Year 3 enjoyed writing a third person narrative this week. It was very descriptive using metaphors, similes and expanded noun phrases. Their descriptions were all about a predator who failed to catch its prey and went home hungry. Descriptosaurus were useful when finding powerful vocabulary. Great…