Sports Day - Friday 26th June 2026 12:10

All children should arrive at school at the usual time (8.20-8.30am) wearing their continent-coloured T-shirt, PE shorts, trainers and sun hat please.

Your child’s continent team and respective colour is below,

Term 6 Week 6

WB: 06.07.26

Please could all children bring a named plastic bag to school next week so they can safely carry their books home. Thank you for your support!

In Maths, we have begun our new topic on shape, focusing on turns and angles. The children have been learning to describe turns as quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns, as well as identifying whether they are clockwise or anticlockwise.

They have also been exploring acute, right and obtuse angles, comparing their sizes and identifying them in different shapes. The children have practised drawing angles accurately using a ruler and a protractor, applying their learning through a range of practical and problem-solving activities.

A fun little song to help remember them - Angles Song | Acute, Obtuse, & Right Angles | 3rd & 4th Grade

In English, we have been focusing on persuasive writing, creating letters and posters to persuade the old lady to let Edward leave the farm. The children have explored the features of persuasive writing, including using emotive language, strong reasons and rhetorical questions to convince the reader.

We have also discussed how writers sometimes exaggerate ideas to make something seem more exciting or important, helping to strengthen their arguments. The children have enjoyed using these techniques to write thoughtful and convincing pieces while carefully considering their audience and purpose.

In Science, we have been learning about transparent, translucent and opaque materials and investigating how they allow light to pass through them. The children explored the differences between each type of material and made predictions before testing a range of everyday objects.

Using torches, they had great fun investigating which materials let light pass through completely, partially or not at all. They then sorted and categorised the objects based on their findings, using scientific vocabulary to explain their observations and justify their choices.

Thank you for ensuring that children come to school each day with a named water bottle and hat, and for applying sun cream before school. 

A gentle reminder to please ensure that all items brought into school are clearly named.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Please continue to support your child with regular reading at home and by updating their Boom Reader account whenever possible. Your support makes a real difference to their confidence and progress. Please also ensure your child brings their reading book into school every day. Please also follow this link https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

 to access quizzes when your child finishes a book. They will know their login details for this. 

We are continuing to learn our times tables with some fun songs! Practising for just 15 minutes a week on the recommended website will make a huge difference in building strong multiplication and division skills, which are essential throughout Key Stage 2 and beyond. We have been practising our 11 times table. This song is a bit fast and has some tricky, tongue-twisting parts, but the children are really enjoying it and having fun while learning - 

3 Times Tables - Have Fun Learning!

4 Times table song (A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin)

4 Times Table Song (APT be Rosé and Bruno Mars)

Counting By Sixes Song

7 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 7 Song with Multiplication

Seven Times Table Song (Cups by Anna Kendrick Cover) with Classroom Instruments

Eight Times Table Song (Cover of All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor)

Nine Times Table Song (90's Song Mashup)

9 Times Table Song (cover of Takedown by Huntrix from K Pop Demon Hunters) - YouTube

11 Times Table Song | Skip Counting the Multiples of 11

The 12 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 12 for Kids

S3 Usual weekly timetable (please note that there may be changes to this at times).

The Year 3 Team