Year 3 News
Mrs E. Blenkinsop
Hi, I am Mrs Blenkinsop. Over the summer break I got married.
Welcome to Year 3, where we love to create amazing memories and learn lots of new things. Outside of school, I will often be found on my big, comfy sofa reading a book, walking my dog Duke, or at the gym. Moving into KS2 can be quite nerve-racking, so I am here to make that big jump with you. Let’s smash it!
- 26/06/25
27/06/2025
This week, in History we learned about Greek Gods, Goddesses and myths. We learned about Zeus (King of the Gods), Hades (God of the underworld), Poseidon (God of the sea), Hera (Queen of the Gods), Hermes (Messenger of the Gods) and Herkules (Demi-God). We also learned that some words we use today c...Read Full Story - 20/06/25
20/06/2025
This week, in DT we learned a new way to strengthen a bridge. We used card to add an arch underneath the deck and we also made piers (pillars) to add support from underneath. In Dance this week, we ran through all the dances again for our Annie performance, but this time Emily (our dance teacher) st...Read Full Story - 13/06/25
13/06/2025
This week, we had the chance to practice some rugby skills with Holderness Vikings. We learned the different types of kicks, practiced passing a rugby ball and worked in teams to score a try. In RE, we learned that there are 5 pillars in Islam. One of the pillars we learned is called Shahada, which...Read Full Story - 06/06/25
06/06/2025
This week, we started learning about Ancient Greece. We learned that Ancient Greece was organised into city-states: Olympia, Athens, Sparta. This is different to Ancient Egypt because they had one ruler: a pharaoh, whereas Greece had different Governments. In Maths, we’ve learned how to read R...Read Full Story - 23/05/25
23/05/2025
This week, in Computing we used Microsoft Word to create a poster. We learned how to highlight text, copy and paste. We changed the background colour and added a boarder. We also finished our key pieces this week for: Jigsaw, Reading, Science and Art. In Science, we investigated which material creat...Read Full Story - 16/05/25
16/05/2025
This week, in Dance, we have continued to learn new dances for our summer production and combined these dances with other classes. In Art, we have completed our portrait key piece using the tinting and toning techniques to create skin colour. In Maths, we have been learning about money and how to ad...Read Full Story - 09/05/25
09/05/2025
This week, we celebrated VE day with some Lindy Hop dancing on the playground. Our favourite dance moves were the chicken and the itch. We learned about what it would have been like to live during World War 2 with rationing going on. Some people would have to grow their own vegetables if they could...Read Full Story - 02/05/25
02/05/2025
This week, in RE, we have been learning about the special clothes the muslin women wear (Hijab). In Art, we were learning how to do portraits of our faces, using the techniques we learned last week. In French, we continued to learn new names of fruits orange – orange, kiwi – Le kiw...Read Full Story - 25/04/25
25/04/2025
This week, in PE, we started to learn a dance for our Annie production. We all took part and did our best! We started deciding what roles we each would have. The Year 3’s are going to be the orphans. In Geography, we were learning about countries in Europe and their capital cities. For example...Read Full Story - 04/04/25
04/04/2025
This week, in PE we played rounders. We were put into two teams: batters and fielders. The batters each took two turns hitting the ball, if they were successful, we had to run around the fielders and try and get all the way round. We did have some successful full laps. In Forest School, we went outs...Read Full Story - 28/03/25
28/03/2025
This week, in Jigsaw, we were asking, ‘What are drugs?’ and ‘What is safe and unsafe?’ We completed our Key Piece where we had to explain how our choices can affect our mental and physical health. In DT, we have completed another Key Piece. We evaluated how we made our fruity...Read Full Story - 21/03/25
21/03/2025
This week, in DT we made homemade chips. We had to chop up the potatoes, trying to keep them to same size for even cooking. Then we added some olive oil and salt with the potatoes in a bowl and mixed before putting them in the ovens. In Geography, we asked, “What is it like to live near a volc...Read Full Story