Melling Primary School
Year 3
CHET LETTERS
YEAR 3
2022-23
Y3 class email: y3.melling@schools.sefton.gov.uk
BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE, BE PROUD.
BE READY BE RESPECTFUL BE SAFE BE KIND
Year 3 KEY INFORMATION
Year 2 and Year 4 Maths Expectations for your information parents.
P.E. days - MONDAY and THURSDAY
Please sign your child’s reading record whenever they read and send books in for changing as soon as they have read them confidently.
Autumn term daily readers, please send books in daily.
All children, please send reading books and records in every Friday.
Homework books go home Tuesday, to be returned the following Monday.
SUMMER 2023
Welcome back everyone! We're looking forward to a busy, sunny term with lots of fun while we all learn together!
"Remember, you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine" - Snow White
Romans Day Trip To Chester
EXCELLENT TEAM MARCHING SOLDIERS!
Science Work on The Human Body
Human Body Musculoskeletal Challenge
Sports Day 2023
S.T.E.M. Lego Robotics Afternoon
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Rio de Janeiro Carnival Masks
First Day Swimming!
Opening the new Rainbow Park
with the Mayor
What a great afternoon and what an honour to be chosen to open the park with the Mayor of Sefton!
All the children made us really proud and had lots of fun with the Active Sefton trainers and in the play area afterwards.
Spanish Classroom Instructions
Spanish Classroom Objects
Imagine That Trip
What an excellent day!
Zoneball Champions!
We won the first ever Zoneball Championship at Maricourt!
Drawing Daffodils
Non-Fiction Writing in Read to Write
Check out this lovely, careful work!
Exploring Friction in Science
Top Handwriting - Keep Aspiring Y3!
Exploring Percussion in Musical Minds
Using Photographs to be Geography Detectives - Rio de Janeiro
SPRING 2023
Welcome back everyone - HAPPY NEW YEAR! Good to be back for another happy, successful term.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
And guess what...Miss Roberts says prizes for EVERYONE as she REALLY couldn't choose just three winners!
The Easter excitement is building in Y3...
and everyone is a winner with these AMAZING creations!
Finding Magnetic and Non Magnetic Materials
Exploring the Painting Techniques of Alma Thomas
We explored using different size brushes and tried to control them carefully to make neat brush strokes. We also mixed lots of different paint colours to make our work as colourful as possible.
Getting Crafty with Decoupage
We explored the French technique of paper cutting and sticking to decorate everyday objects.
Creating London Leaflets
Our writing task was to create persuasive leaflets to encourage people to visit London.
Poetry for World Book Day
Here are some different styles of poem that we have written:
Do You Like Sharks?
Do you like sharks?
They swim so fast
But they can attack
So you better watch your back!
by Mason
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!
Never have tea with a tiger
Never sleep in your clothes
Never walk with a crocodile
Never drink milk with a mouse
Never take your eyeball out
Never dance with a monkey
Never say boo to a baby
Never sing lullabies to your teacher!
by Abigail
Stone Age Man
Sleeping on a moss bed
Crafting weapons
Eating scrumptious hare
Sharpening flint
Drinking beer and water
Guarding villages
Foraging berries
Fighting animals
Playing board games
Hunting delicious deer
Wearing animal skins
Firing arrows
Making tools
Building houses
Burning firewood
Learning painting
Chipping wood
Working Stone Age Man
by Oliver
World Book Day 2023
Poetry for World Book Day
Here are some different styles of poem that we have written:
I Was Just...
I was just arriving at school...
when suddenly I saw
a gorilla in a tree!
I was just playing football...
when suddenly there were
crocodiles on the pitch!
I was just putting on my clothes...
when suddenly my legs were
on my head!
I was just swimming...
when suddenly I was surrounded
by sharks!
by Ethan
SNAKE
S lithering past
N asty bite
A ttack attack!
K illing prey with
E normous jaws
by Adam
PIG
P laying
I n a barn
G reedy
by George
Mustard
I was eating with my granny
but I was getting flustered
because she was eating mustard
and she dropped it on her top...
a WHITE top!
by Jack
Walker Art Gallery Tour and Workshop
We had a very exciting journey because we had to get five trains altogether! The Gallery was beautiful and we enjoyed our workshop activities.
Drawing Facial Expressions
Attendance Cup Winners!
Joined Handwriting in Year Three
Exploring Digital Art with Photo Montage
Monochromatic self portrait (showing emotions) photo montage...
Morphing friends to create photo montage...
Attendance Cup Winners...AGAIN!
SO PROUD, YEAR THREE
Investigating Different Types of Soil in Science
Stone Age Axes Using 6B and 9B Pencils
Rocks and Fossils at the World Museum
Drawing Facial Features with Light and Heavy Pressure
Stone Age to Iron Age at the World Museum
We handled so many objects from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages and we got to be detectives working out what clues they gave us about the past.
Exploring and Mixing Colours
Ola from BRAZIL!
Exploring Light, Dark and Shadows
with Rock Pictures
Remarkable Rocks!
We've been examining rocks and learning about the three main types - Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic.
Exploring Christian Beliefs about God...
New Year, New You Assembly
AUTUMN 2022
Welcome back children and parents.
Here's to a happy and successful Autumn.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr Seuss
Christmas Pop Up Craft
We have been exploring ways of making pop up pictures in Design Technology and used Christmas for our inspiration!
The Great Bethlehem Bake Off!
"Ho, ho, ho!" from Santa's Grotto!
History Detectives Workshop
Welcome to the Stone Age!
We had the best morning! It was fun and exciting to be history detectives and learn about how Stone Age people lived and how they evolved over time.
Samba for World Cup Day
Check out those tunes and moves!
Great drumming!
Map Work for World Cup Day
Flag Making for World Cup Day
Y3 HANDS ON HISTORY WORKSHOP
Friday 2nd December 2022
Friday 2nd December is our Scavengers and Settlers Hands on History Workshop Day.
Letters to be sent home this week (beginning 14.11.22).
Do Shadows Stay Still or Move?
Science Investigation
We set up a shadow stick on the playground on a sunny day and we observed what happened.
Transparent, Translucent or Opaque?
We found some really surprising translucent things...
Can humans see in the dark?
Science Investigation
We found a completely dark room with no light at all for our investigation.
Attendance Cup
WOW Y3, you did it again - you must LOVE coming to school!
Bollywood Dance
We have been learning some dance moves from India.
Group One
Group Two
Group Three
Group Four
Group Five
Miss Roberts, Mrs Randall and Miss Rogan all say “WOW!”
Year Three, your dancing is AMAZING!
P.S.H.E.
We've been learning about safety and hazards.
Greetings in Spanish
Hola...Buenos Dias
Adios...Hasta Luego
Self-Portraits
Part Three - That's all of us, but who is in this group?
We did it again!
We were proud to win the Attendance Cup again - all your teachers are SO PROUD!
Self-Portraits
Part Two - Who are these people?
Mark Making Hands
A big wave from Year 3 with our mark-making hands!
Self-Portraits
Part One - Can you guess any of this familiar group?
Art Week
This time we are practising our drawing techniques and Miss Roberts thinks your skills are SUPERB!
exploring mark making
warm and cold colour wheel investigation leaves using chalk pastels
We've Filled The Jar!
The moment we filled the pompom jar and put the lid on for the first time this year!
2022 Christmas Card Competition
Y3 were VERY enthusiastic with their entries for the Christmas Card Competition
for Bill Esterson M.P.
GOOD LUCK MELLING CHILDREN!
Collage Suncatchers
Our work in Science on Light inspired our suncatchers.
Coding Activities
We had fun with our first attempt today!
St.Thomas Church Visit
“I was very proud of how well the children behaved and participated in the New Beginnings Assembly,” said Miss Roberts.
Y3 HANDWRITING we admired today
Remember to AIM HIGH Year Three children!
Creating Symmetrical Shapes in Gymnastics
Your energy and enthusiasm led to such a great lesson!
The warm up games were fun too!
Exploring Warm and Cold Colours
We have been learning about the colour wheel and about which colours are warm and which colours are cold.
A Bear Called Paddington
We've started work on our first English Read to Write Unit:
Working Hard on Day One
We were so proud of the children working so hard after such a long holiday!
