To get in touch with the Year 3 team, email:
year3@parkspringprimary.co.uk
Teacher– Miss Hartley
Teaching assistant– Mrs Patrascu
Teacher– Miss Wright
Teaching assistant – Mrs Smith
Home Learning: Sent home on a Monday to be completed by the following Monday.
Reading records: Hand in on Mondays, children need to have read x4 times.
PE: Tuesday and Thursday, children to wear PE uniform on these days.
Spelling test: Friday
Multiplication tables: 2, 5, 10, 3 and 4s
Hit the Button (Multiplication game)
Sent home weekly on a Monday to be handed in the following Monday. A mix of reading comprehension, spelling practice and maths fluency questions.
For our RE topic, we are learning about the religion of Judaism and will even get the opportunity to visit a synagogue this term. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
For our PSHE topic, we are learning about our physical health and wellbeing and how to look after them. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
For our Spanish topic, we will be building our Spanish vocabulary and starting to have conversations greeting each other. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
Our author of the half term is Phillip Pullman.
Our class reader for this half term is ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo.
This week, Year started their basketball topic in PE. The children practiced keeping control of the ball with little challenges such as passing the ball around their head, waist and legs without dropping which they found was harder than it sounds. They also practiced their bouncing skills and shooting the ball to make a basket. Well Done Year 3.
For our History topic, we are learning about The Stone Age. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
For our Art topic, we are learning about who the first artists were. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
For our Geography topic, we are learning about the countries in Europe. Here is our knowledge organiser for this topic:
Our author of the half term is Roald Dahl.
Our Class reader this half term is ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.
Year 3 have exploring more into their Art topic this week about who the first artists were and practising their colour mixing skills. They have been exploring using a variety of media including pencils for shading techniques and paints for colour mixing.
This week, Park Spring celebrated Wacky Hair Day for our school charity of Zarach. The children had some amazing ideas for their wacky hair day which was great to see. Well Done Year 3!
Friday 10th of October was World Mental Health Day. We celebrated the day in school by dressing in yellow symbolizing a happy and calm corner. Year 3 spoke about how to look after our mental health and ways to support others with theirs. We even set up our own photo booths in the classrooms and had an afternoon full of yellow activities!
This week, Year 3 had their Stone Age Day where the children had the opportunity to come to school dressed as Stone Age people. We tried a variety of food that they would’ve eaten back then, made our own woolly mammoths and Stone Age people out of toilet roll! Well Done Year 3 on an amazing day getting in the spirit.
Year 3 have been loving their drumming lessons on a Monday afternoon with Mr G. They have been learning the history of the djembe drums and a variety of different rhythms and songs.
This week, Year 3 started their DT topic with the learning question of, ‘Which is better pen and paper or digital sketching?’ . The children had the opportunity to be mini architects for the day designing their own buildings and building their skills on digital sketching.
This week, Year 3 had their first school trip of the year. We had the opportunity to visit Nell Bank for the day and take part in a variety of teamwork and problem solving activities. It was amazing to see the children working together to solve a variety of problems, take part in an activity trail and end the day exploring the play area. Well Done Year 3!
Year 3 have had a great week back settling into their new classrooms. We’ve started to learn about our new topic called The Stone Age and what life was like 10,000 years ago. Well Done Year 3 on a great first week back.
November 14, 2025
