Welcome to Year 3!
Welcome to the class page for Year 3!
At Stockton Wood, we Lay the Foundations for Life.
Year 3 Staff:
Mrs McLaughlin (3M)
Miss McKay (3McK)
Teaching Assistants: Miss Brady
We are going to have lots of fun learning across the curriculum. We will keep you updated with the fun and exciting things we get up to every day via our Twitter feed.
Reading
Please try and read with your child as often as possible. Focus on asking questions about their book as this will help them with their reading comprehension. Reading books are due in for changing on a Wednesday and given back out on a Friday.
General
Please come into school every day in full school uniform including suitable footwear.
Children can bring a water bottle, clearly labelled with their name and containing plain water.
PE
PE kit consists of blue shorts (or joggers), a pale blue t-shirt and pumps or trainers. Your child can come to school wearing their P.E. kit on P.E. day.
PE days: 3M & 3McK – Friday
Homework
An optional homework matrix will be handed out at the beginning of each half term.
Year 3 Chatter
Alex Wharton Author Zoom
Year 3 enjoyed listening to some of Alex Wharton’s poetry today while also finding out more about how to write poetry!
International Day of Languages
3McK really enjoyed learning some flamenco moves and designing their own flamenco outfits on Friday!
European Day of Languages
For European Day of Languages, we focused on Spain as we have just started learning Spanish. We learned about Flamenco Dancing, practised a few steps of a Flamenco Dance and designed our own Flamenco dancing outfits.
Maths
Today in Maths, 3M used the place value resources to add or subtract 10 and 100 from numbers.
Staying Safe Online
3M have been learning about emails this half term in Computing. This week’s lesson focused on how to recognise fraudulent emails and gave other hints at how to stay safe online. After discussion, 3M began to create their own poster telling people how to stay safe online.
Staying safe online
Today Year 3 talked about staying safe online, specially when using emails. We discussed the dangers of clicking attachments from people we don’t know.
Friends are special
In PSHE this week, 3McK have been talking about friendships. In our circle time we discussed what we like about our best friends and what we might do if we fall out.
School Council
Well done to everyone who made a school council speech! Everyone had fantastic ideas on how we could improve our school!
Ball Skills
3McK have been practicing their throwing and catching skills in P.E. this half term. We have been focusing on chest pass, shoulder pass and bounce pass.
Football Competition
Well done to our Year 3 and 4 boys for winning their football competition 🏆
School Council
Stockton Wood School Council were announced this morning in assembly. Congratulations to these children (the rest are to follow tomorrow).
Also, we like to say a huge well done to those that prepared a speech and put themselves forward for the role this year – the number of votes were very close.
Watch this space for your successful year group school councillors.
Music
3M had a great time playing the glockenspiel during music today. We played the notes G and A alongside the song that we have been learning this half term.
KAPLA
Today, 3M had a wonderful time working on the KAPLA project. We built towers that were joined together to make a castle.
Music
This week we were introduced to some Jazz music! We enjoyed listening to different voices and instruments while also finding the beat!
P.E.
Year 3 will be learning about ball skills this half term. We started off our lessons by learning how to dribble!
Cave Drawing
Today, 3M kickstarted their History topic (The Stone Age) by creating their very own cave drawings.
Kenning Poem
Today in English, 3M wrote a kenning poem about the Iron Man. Children were then given the opportunity to perform their poem to the class.
Welcome Back!
3M have had a great start to the new academic year! They have been introduced to our new English Book- The Iron Man, made a good start with our Maths topic, Place Value, and enjoyed our first P.E lesson focussing on ball skills.
What a Wonderful Year!
Year 3 have had a lovely day ending our fantastic year together. Thank you to all parents and carers for all your support this year! Have a lovely summer break.
Tag Rugby
Well done our Year 3 and 4 Tag Rugby team! Excellent work as a team on a hot sunny day ☀️
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Bastille Day
Year 3 learned about Bastille Day yesterday, it is a French holiday which celebrates freedom throughout France. We celebrated the curriculum we have learnt this year and had a special lunch!
Bastille Day
Today, we learned about Bastille Day and why it is celebrated in France. We took the opportunity to celebrate some of our French topics, animals and colours. We created a ‘colourful zoo’ by drawing some of the animals we have learned and colouring them in different colours. At lunch time we had the opportunity to taste some delicious French dishes.
Music – Keyboards
This week in Music, Year 3 practised scales, played the C chord and performed the tune ‘Ode to Joy’.
Music performances
3McK enjoyed preforming everything they have learnt on the keyboard this half term.
P.E.
3M enjoyed their Athletics session today. They worked on their hopping, leaping and jumping skills.
Everton in the community coding event
Year 3 enjoyed coding their own little robots to try and get them to move different directions.
Art Week
Year 3 enjoyed planning, sculpting and painting their clay faces. They worked really hard with adding features and showing an emotion.
Athletics
Year 3 have been enjoying PE this half term. We have been practicing relay races, long jump and shot put.
Art Week!
We have loved making clay faces for art week! We have used our sculpting skills to make a mixture of stand up and flat faces!
Maths
Year 3 have been love our topic of shape in maths! We used some cubes to make different 3D shapes!
Quidditch
We all had a great day playing some quidditch. Well done to the blue team who were our winners!
Aspirations Week
Year 3 have loved aspirations week! A big thank you to all our visitors who came to speak to us about their jobs.
Aspirations Week
Year 3 have been really inspired during Aspirations Week. The children had the opportunity to dress up as what they would like to be when they grow up. We have also had people come in to speak about their career, such as: an FA representative, a nurse, a biomedical scientist, a woodworker, a travel agent and a musician.
Aspirations Week – A Life in Football
Years 3, 4 and 5 really enjoyed hearing Mr Jones talking about a range of different careers there are in Football. It was really interesting to hear about how hard he worked to be a professional footballer!
Aspirations Week
Year 1, 2 and 3 are off to a great start to our Aspirations week today. We all got together to talk about what we wanted to be when we grow up.
Catalyst Museum
3McK really enjoyed learning all things science on their school trip to the Catalyst Museum. We got the opportunity to make our own fossils in our rocks workshop, as well as lots of challenges in our light workshop!
Catalyst Museum
Year 3 had a lovely time at the Catalyst Museum today. We explored the interactive section, watched a light show and made our own fossil.
Geography
In Geography this week, we searched a map for the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
KS2 Author visit – Luke Temple
Luke shared his fantastic adventure stories with us this morning. The main character is called Felix Dashwood and Luke helped us to bring the characters to life and explore the problems that they come across.
We had a chance to ask Luke some great questions and see how the illustrator brings his characters to life too!
Signed books about Felix’s adventures and the characters she meets on her way, will be on sale in school tomorrow!
Keyboard Performances
3M enjoyed performing in their Music lesson last week. They all showcased our school values by showing respect while listening to each performance and encouraging each other to succeed.
PSHE- Our Talents
Last week in PSHE, we discussed our talents and created a freeze frame for them. Our classmates then had to guess what our talents were.
Music Performances
On Wednesday, Year 3 got the opportunity to preform what they have learnt so far on the Keyboards!
PSHE
In Year 3 we have been talking about our talents. We mimed our talents and asked the rest of the class to guess what they were!
Year 3 Sports Day
Year 3 had a lovely time completing our Sports Day activities! They did so well and all tried their best! Well done Year 3!
Year 3 & 4 Football
Great work our Year 3 and 4 football teams this afternoon! Well done boys who came first🤩
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Engineering Competition
During our Science Week 2025, all children in Stockton Wood got the opportunity to enter a national engineering competition where they had to design something that would make someone’s life easier. Well done to all children who entered the competition and a big congratulations to one of our year 3 pupils who has been one of two children picked in England as a finalist!
Wellbeing Week
We have been looking after our wellbeing an extra amount this week at Stockton Wood. Year 3 have enjoyed many activities such as reading for pleasure, cards for kindness and a quiet place session with Audrey, along with many other activities.
Musical Mondays
Year 3 loved listening to Chroma Harp Duo yesterday. They had the opportunity to ask questions while enjoying some wonderful music from the harps!
Year 3 Tennis!
This week in P.E Year 3 have been working on controlling the ball with their rackets. We have been loving tennis so far!
Science in the sun!
3McK had a great afternoon planting seeds for our science experiment! We will be measuring their height over the next 4 weeks!
P.E
Year 3 loved P.E. this week in the sun with Mr Miran. This half term we are developing our tennis skills!
Year 3 Keyboard Lessons
We have enjoyed playing different notes in Keyboard lessons. We have also been practising playing at the same time.
Year 3 PE
Year 3 have been enjoying their tennis lessons so far this half term. We have been working on controlling the tennis ball with the tennis racket.
Year 3 & 4 Handball
An exciting afternoon with our handball team, excellent effort and determination!
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Year 3 – English
This week we enjoyed exploring the clues to predict what our next text is about.
Keyboard Practice
Year 3 were excited to be back learning the keyboards with Mr Wheetcroft. Today we started to learn two new songs, ‘Havana Breeze’ and ‘The Dancing Master’. We have now learnt the notes B, C, D, E, F, G and A.
Music Performance
Year 3 throughly enjoyed music this week with Mr Wheetcroft. Everyone got the opportunity to perform their favourite piece of music from the half term. Well done everyone!
Easter Assembly
We had a great time this morning in our Easter Assembly. It was great to hear all the other year groups sing. Happy Easter everyone!
PSHE
Yesterday, 3McK worked in pairs to think of ways Harold’s school could help the environment. We came up with some great ideas such as having signs to show where the bins are to help reduce littering, having labelled recycling bins and planting trees and flowers to create habitats for animals. Fantastic work 3McK!
Eid Al Fitr
Year 3 enjoyed celebrating Eid by designing their own plates using geometric patterns. The plate symbolised the lovely food that would be shared and the design represented Islamic art patterns.
Computing
We have been enjoying altering images to create an atmosphere in computing this week.
Art Week
Year 3 have been drawing in the style of Keith Haring. We have explored different types of shading and worked with oil pastels.
Assembly
Year 3 loved learning about Ramadan and Eid in todays assembly. We learnt about how Muslims fast during daylight hours, meaning they are not allowed to eat or drink anything. They do this for 30 days and it reminds them of people who are less fortunate than themselves. Once the 30 days are over, they celebrate the end of Ramadan with Eid Al Fitr.
We are looking forward to our Eid themed lunch in school on Monday!
Neurodiversity Week
Year 3 have been learning about Neurodiversity this week. We have discussed different topics such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and ASD. Some of us even shared our thoughts and experiences.
Music- Keyboards
Year 3 have really enjoyed their keyboard lessons with Mr. Wheatcroft this half term.
LFC Foundation Central Library Trip
Some of our Year 3 children enjoyed their trip to Central Library yesterday where they got a tour of the library and got read a story. We even programmed our own robot to tell our own made up stories!
Computing
Year 3 have been learning about altering media this half term. We have been taking pictures and changing their appearances by using tools like filters and adding text!
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
A huge thank you to Mr Boyd for hanging our neurodiversity umbrellas! Neurodiversity is an umbrella term used to refer to all of the different ways of thinking. This week the children are learning about Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Ask your child if they know any famous people who are neurodivergant!
Science week
3M have enjoyed taking part in Science Week. We have completed the ‘Blubber Gloves’ experiment which explores how animals adapt, made Oobleck which is a substance that acts as both a solid and a liquid and designed our very own invention that will help us.
Parents Get Involved in Neurodiversity Week.
Below is a list of workshops available to parents during Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Simply click on the workshop your would like to attend to register. You will be able to access the workshops via your mobile phone, tablet or computer. If you need help speak to Mrs Kent (SENCo)
https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/_files/ugd/46eb70_e3ce426f85ca411ebf75ef1d9ce61b10.pdf
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Science Week
We enjoyed having Knowsley Safari in this week to teach us about the dangers of plastic for animals
Science Week!
Today Year 3 enjoyed making oobleck and learning about non-newtonian fluid!
Collective Worship
Today we discussed Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday as most like to call it. We learnt that it became tradition for Christians to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday as they were giving up eggs, flour and milk for lent and needed to use all these ingredients before Ash Wednesday when lent starts!
Boccia
These week we had a group of Key Stage 2 children take part in a Boccia competition.
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Musical Monday
Year 3 really enjoyed their musical Monday where they got to watch Ali’s Huws play her harp. She also taught us a lot about the harp as well!
3M MFL
3M started their new French topic today – Les Fruites. We learned the French name for some common fruits.
Stay and Learn
3McK enjoyed being mini teachers for the afternoon as they taught their adults how to measure shapes and work out their perimeters. Thank you to all the adults who attended!
Collective Worship
3McK watched Newsround to catch up on the latest news. We then had a class discussion about what our favourite parts were and discussed different parts.
Keyboards
3McK are very excited to start learning the keyboard with Mr Wheetcroft. On Friday we started by learning the notes E, F and G.
R.E.
This half term Year 3 are learning about Religious Festivals. We started our topic by looking at different festivals and celebrations, some were religious and some were non-religious.
3M Music
3M enjoyed their first keyboard session this week. They played the notes E, G and F.
3M French
3M have enjoyed learning the names of instruments In French. They have also worked on understanding which article to put in front of the instrument.
3M Stay and Learn
Thank you to those who were able to come to our stay and learn session focusing on measuring perimeter.
Maths Stay and Learn
Thank you to all the adults that came to our stay and learn this half term. We hope you enjoyed learning how to measure perimeter!
Year 3- World Museum Trip
Year 3 had a wonderful time at the World Museum. We enjoyed looking around the Ancient Egyptian exhibition and finding artefacts that we have learned about. We also enjoyed the workshop where we completed activities about Ancient Egypt.
DODGEBALL COMPETITION
Well done to our Year 3 and 4s for taking part in a dodgeball competition.
School Council meeting
Our school council were busy this morning, thinking of ideas for special rewards for reading at home and also for charities to donate to as part of our Social Impact Schools Award.
DT Week
Year 3 throughly enjoyed tasting different foods in Design and Technology this week 🥬🌽🧄🧀🍗🍖 We then made a healthy salad 😋
CO (Carbon Monoxide) safety assembly!
We learnt an important message today about Carbon Monoxide (otherwise known as CO) safety.
You can’t see it, hear it, smell it, taste it or touch it!
Homework task:
- Check if you have a CO alarm in your home!
- Make a note of the signs and symptoms to look out for and also the number to call if you suspect any CO in your home.
KAPLA
Year 3 enjoyed working together to build a selected structure with the KAPLA resources.
Music
Year 3 enjoyed interacting with Resonate’s Music performance with Borges and Machado. They took us on a musical trip to Brazilian Culture.
Dogs Trust
Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed a workshop today with Dogs Trust. We learned how to correctly approach a dog and different ways to ensure we are safe around them.
Year 3 PE
Year 3 have been working hard developing their netball skills. Today we worked on shoulder and chest pass.
Year 3 Lifesavers
Year 3 have been working hard all week to earn ‘money’ for our Lifesavers lesson. During the lesson they had to decide what to spend their hard earned money on, things they need or things they want. We then discussed if they could save any of their money.
Year 3 Performing Poetry
Today, Year 3 enjoyed performing and reciting the poems we have been exploring in lessons.
Year 3 Chess
Year 3 have been working hard with Mr Stoddart this half term. We have been learning new moves to develop our chess skills!
Year 3 Music
🎶Today 3McK had Music with Mr Wheatcroft. We continued practicing our recorders and learned the notes B A G 🎶
Year 3 Computing
3McK have been using the Makecode Editor on the Micro:bit website 👨🏼💻👩🏽💻 They looked at the similarities and differences between Madecode Editor and Scratch!
