Week Ending 26.9.25

Hello everyone,

It has been a lovely sunny week but the chilly mornings are starting to creep up on us – autumn is definitely on the way!

We have had a very exciting week in Year 3. On Wednesday, we were visited by an orthopaedic surgeon, who came to share their knowledge about the bones of the body. The children absolutely loved the experience and had a great time examining a life-size skeleton to see how everything fits together.

To help us prepare for our half-term project, The 500 Word Challenge (mentioned in the blog posted on 12/9), we took part in the BBC’s live introductory lesson. The children were thrilled when we even received a shout-out from Sir Lenny Henry! The session inspired lots of creative thinking and gave the class plenty of story ideas to explore in the coming weeks.

Next week in class, the children will be continuing to read The BFG in English. We will look closely at how Roald Dahl creates exciting characters and settings and the children will be practising writing descriptive sentences of their own. We will also keep working on fronted adverbials and summarising key events from the story to build our comprehension skills.

In maths, we will begin a new unit on addition and subtraction. We will be practising mental strategies for adding and subtracting 1s 10s and 100s and then move on to using column methods for both operations. We will also focus on solving word problems to apply these skills in real-life contexts.

In geography, we will explore what happens when a volcano erupts and look at how volcanic eruptions can change the landscape. The children will learn about some of the most famous volcanoes around the world and consider how they affect the people and animals that live nearby.

In science, we will continue our work on the human skeleton. The children will be naming more bones, such as the skull, femur and ribs, and comparing them to the skeletons of different animals to discover how bones can look and work differently depending on how an animal moves.

In computing, we have been learning about digital devices. Next week, we will find out more about how these devices work together to share information and how they are used in our daily lives.

Next Friday, we have our Harvest Festival, which we are very much looking forward to seeing you at. We are also very excited for the arrival of this year’s Book Fair, which will be open in the school hall after school from Thursday 2nd to Tuesday 7th October. This is always a wonderful opportunity for the children to discover new books and get inspired to read more at home.

Spellings – BFGs

straight

campaign

contain

brain

faint

waist

claim

praise

complaint

afraid

 

Spellings – Sunshine

aim

aid

brain

faint

waist

use

next

each

how

want

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Beadle