Year 3

Mrs Porter, Miss Robson, Miss Taylor, Mrs Stokoe, Miss Charlton 

Year Three (Y3) is the first of four years children spend in Key Stage Two (KS2).

They follow the Y3 or lower KS2 programmes of study from the Primary Curriculum published September 2014. Children are taught key subjects through specific units of work for example themes and projects such as Take One Picture, STAR WARS during STEM fortnight, Pandora and the Greeks.

Children can be taught by different teachers. For example, in Music, Spanish and PE they work with a number of specialist coaches in tennis and cricket.

They also have access to an exciting range of extra-curricular clubs such as Choir, Football and Dance. 

For further information about Y3 please refer to Y3 Routines and Procedures and Curriculum Maps.

• Friday 12 September 2025 Week 2: Powering up with Place Value Following on from our work on ordering 2 and 3-digit numbers in the classroom, we took our Maths outside! One person collected a numbered stone from a large pile, they took it back to their waiting teammates, then they worked together to put the collected numbers into order. We practised organising the numbers into ascending and descending order.
• Friday 5 September 2025 Year 3 – A Fantastic First Week Back! 📚✨ Year 3 have had a brilliant start to the new school year! The children have settled in beautifully and jumped straight into learning with enthusiasm and smiles.

• Wednesday 9 April 2025 Year 3 - Visit to the Sill Year 3 Visit to The Sill – A Day of Discovery!
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 Y3 Visit from Discovery Museum Exciting Visit from the Discovery Museum – “Steam to Green”
• Tuesday 11 March 2025 Year 3 - Maths Outdoors ?? Year 3 Maths in the Garden! ?????
• Tuesday 11 March 2025 Year 3 History Year 3 History – Exploring the Stone Age
• Monday 17 February 2025 Year 3 STEM Dress up! Our Year 3 students have embraced the excitement of our STEM fortnight with a fantastic Star Wars theme! The children showcased their creativity by dressing up as their favourite Star Wars characters, adding a fun flair to our activities.
• Monday 10 February 2025 MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU And we’re off! Year 3 STEM kicked off with an exciting message from Yoda, explaining our mission to help the Rebel Alliance defeat the Dark Side. Our challenge? Designing and building a landing pad for the drones used in battle!
• Tuesday 4 February 2025 Y3 Magnets! In their science lesson, children explored magnetism by designing and creating magnetic racing games. Working in pairs or small groups, they built a racetrack from cardboard and attached a paperclip to a small race car. Using a bar magnet under the track, they discovered how magnetic forces move objects without direct contact.
• Friday 17 January 2025 Bees! This week we had a visit from Mr Garlick who came to talk about bees! He told us lots of interesting facts about bees, including that there could be 70’000 in one hive! We’ve been looking at bees as the main pollinator in Geography and that a lot of food around the world is dependent on them.
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Voiceovers This week Children in Year 3 have been working on their voiceover projects in Computing. This activity is all about developing their creativity, confidence, and communication skills.
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Y3 Masks Year 3 have been exploring the Amazon Rainforest in Geography. As part of their DT project, they created incredible animal masks inspired by creatures found in rainforests around the world. Each mask started with a simple paper plate, cut, shaped and secured using masking tape. The children then added colour and intricate details using tissue paper and glue. Take a look at the fantastic tigers and sloths they've made!
• Thursday 12 December 2024 Y3 Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland's Carol Service Year 3 children were invited to sing at a special service held for the whole of Northumberland to celebrate the county's community spirit. We were one of three musical interludes. We sang carols with a brass band and listened to some fantastic singers from Vox Populi.
• Tuesday 3 December 2024 Year 3 - Nutrition This week children have been looking at Nutrition in Science. We have investigated the Nutrition Facts labels of some foods and compared them with each other. Children identified the nutrients that matched with foods and how the nutrients help our body. We talked about how our body needs a range of food to remain healthy - if all we ate was carrots, we wouldn't be healthy!
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Year 3 Orienteering In Year 3, the children have been developing their orienteering skills during outdoor learning sessions on the Sele Playing Field. Orienteering combines map reading and physical activity, helping children build confidence in their navigational abilities while staying active.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Year 3 PE This week in PE, Year 3 had a blast with some dancing and running! They loved getting into the groove with some fun dance moves, and they also practiced their running skills, working on speed and stamina. It was great to see them so full of energy and having fun together
• Friday 4 October 2024 Y3 Art - Narnia
• Thursday 26 September 2024 The Canny Band visits KS2! We had the enormous pleasure of having The Canny Band in to school today!
• Friday 13 September 2024 Year 3 Our First Week! This week in Year 3, as part of our 'Working Together' theme, we had lots of fun during PE! The children took part in three exciting games that got them moving and thinking as a team.