Our word of the week has been resurrection. In liturgy we listened to the story of Lazarus (John 11) and thought carefully about the meaning of compassion, reflecting on how Jesus showed care and love to others. We thought about who is compassionate towards us and how they show that compassion.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 12th March - While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
TThis week our Word of the Week has been rejoice. In RE we listened to the Gospel from the Gospel of John 9:1–38, where Jesus heals the man who was blind. We talked about how the man must have felt when he could see for the first time and why this story gives people a reason to rejoice in God’s love and power.
As Mothering Sunday is this weekend, we also spent time praying for our mums and all the special people who care for us, thanking them for the love and kindness they show every day.
Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 6th March-"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them."
This week our Word of the Week has been Saviour. We talked about what this means and how Christians believe that Jesus is our Saviour because he shows us God’s love and helps guide us in the way we should live.We have listened to the Gospel story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. We learned that even though Jews and Samaritans usually did not speak to one another, Jesus still stopped to talk with the woman. This showed us that Jesus cares for everyone and treats all people with kindness and respect. We reflected on how we can follow Jesus’ example by including others, being kind, and showing care to everyone we meet.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 27th February
This week our Word of the Week has been Transfiguration. We listened to the story from the Gospel of Mathew 17:1–9 where Jesus takes Peter, James and John up a mountain and they see him shining in glory. We talked about how this special moment helped the disciples understand more about who Jesus is and reminded us to listen to him.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog - Friday 13th February - Love one another as I have loved you
Our Word of the Week was fulfil. We talked about what this means and how Jesus came to fulfil God’s promises. We read from the Gospel of Matthew 5:17–37 and learned that Jesus teaches us how to live God’s law with love, kindness, and honesty.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 6th February ‘the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it.’ Mathew 13:23
This week our Word of the Week has been light. We talked about how Jesus is the Light of the World and how He asks us to shine our own lights too. We shared ideas about how we can do this by being kind, helpful, forgiving others and making good choices every day.
We also learned what Jesus means when He says we should be the salt of the earth. Salt helps food taste better and keeps it good, and Jesus wants us to make the world a better place by loving others, telling the truth and doing what is right. When we follow Jesus, we help God’s love spread.
In the Gospel from Matthew 5:13–16, Jesus tells us to let our light shine so others can see our good deeds and praise God. God wants us to follow Him, be like Jesus and grow in love and faith as we shine our light in the world
Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 30th January -Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
Our word of the week has been Beatitude. We talked about what Jesus’s words mean for how we live our lives today. Together, we shared practical ways we could try to live out the Beatitudes this week, such as showing kindness, being forgiving, helping others and choosing peace. The children offered thoughtful ideas and showed a growing understanding of how Jesus’ teachings guide us in our everyday actions.
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Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 23rd January - Matthew 4:19: "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people".
Our word of the week has been follow. We linked this to the Gospel, where Jesus gathers his followers and invites them to follow him. We talked about how Jesus chose ordinary people to be his followers – normal people, just like you and me. This helped us to understand that Jesus calls everyone to follow him by the way we live our lives each day.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 16th January - ‘This is my Son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’
Our Words of the Week were “Lamb of God” and our class worship focused on John the Baptist and the Magi, helping us to think about joy and recognising who Jesus is. The children reflected thoughtfully on the gifts they would give to Baby Jesus and what they would symbolise, such as a crown for a king, gold for importance, and a heart to show love. It was wonderful to hear their ideas and see how deeply they are beginning to understand the meaning behind the Christmas story and beyond.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 9th January "When they saw the star, they were overjoyed" Mathew 2:10
We have had a wonderful first week back after the Christmas break, full of learning, creativity and reflection. Our main focus this week has been Epiphany and the story of the Magi, thinking about ow the wise men followed the star to find Jesus.
The children wrote beautifully about how they can shine Jesus’ light in the world this year and these reflections will form part of a display in the school worship area. Our class prayers and liturgy have also centered on the Epiphany, celebrating the arrival of the Wise Man and the joy they brought.
Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 19th December - “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” – Luke 2:10
What a truly wonderful and Christmassy final week we have had in Year 3! It has been full of joy, creativity, celebration and reflection as we prepared our hearts for Christmas and came together as a school community.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday12th December
We have had a fantastic week in Year 3 as we continue journeying through Advent. Our word of the week has been rejoice, and we have certainly had lots to celebrate! We have also been practising for our KS2 Christmas Carol Concert, which will take place next Tuesday 16th, with performances at 2pm and 6pm in church. We can’t wait to share the joy of Christmas with you all.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 5th December
We’ve had a wonderfully busy and festive week in Year 3 as we journey closer to Christmas. Our word of the week was messenger, and in RE we explored how the prophet Isaiah was given a message from God about a special baby called Immanuel. We also decorated our class Christmas tree with beautiful baubles showing the names of Jesus, and learned about Joseph’s visit from the Angel Gabriel. The classroom is definitely feeling joyful and ready for Advent!
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 28th November -"Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern." - Mother Teresa
This week, Year 3 have been getting ready for Advent. We thought about how Advent is a special time of waiting and preparing our hearts for Jesus. Each child created a colourful handprint and wrote a personal Advent promise on it—something kind, thoughtful or helpful they want to focus on over the next few weeks. These look beautiful on our classroom display and remind us daily of the true meaning of the season.
Read moreKS2 Carol Concert
Every year, our wonderful KS2 children prepare a carol service in church for the community. The service is full of prayer, scripture and song - it really is a special afternoon and evening. The night time is especially spectacular in the darkness of the church.
The carol service will be held on Tuesday 16th December at 2pm and 6pm in church. For the afternoon performance, the whole school will be walking down with us, children will then be collected from school afterwards. For the evening performance, KS2 children will need to be back at church for 5.45pm, ready to start at 6pm. The carol service will be finished by 7pm.
It really is the most special way to end our school Christmas celebrations and we know all of our KS2 children will be there.
Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 21st November - Stone age Adventurers in Windermere!
This week, Year 3 have been getting ready for Advent. We thought about how Advent is a special time of waiting and preparing our hearts for Jesus. Each child created a colourful handprint and wrote a personal Advent promise on it—something kind, thoughtful or helpful they want to focus on over the next few weeks. These look beautiful on display in our school worship area.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 14th November
The travelling nativity has started coming home this week. There is just enough days between now and Christmas to ensure it can go home with every child in the class but this will only happen if it comes back to school each day ready for the next. Let’s work together to try and keep it moving!
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 7th November - We will remember them
The children have produced some beautiful art this week around the poem In Flanders Field by John McCrae, it’s taken pride of place on display right outside our classroom. We spent time as a class reading and understanding the meaning behind the poem before highlighting words they felt were significant.
Read moreYear 3 Weekly Blog Friday 24th October
Autumn Term 1
And just like that the first half term has come to an end, the children have settled really well into year 3 - this half term has been a term of learning new routines and learning how to be year 3s! The children have done a great job and we are a great year 3 team.
This week we have listened to the Parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee, we thought about being humble and not boastful. We are all unique and should be proud and celebrate our qualities and achievements but we should also value and celebrate those of the people around us.
On Tuesday our prayer leaders led a beautiful worship in which we thought about those around who may need our prayer. As October is the month of the Rosary, we turned to our Mother Mary and asked her to keep these people in our prayer, we made scrolls and added them to our Rosary display.
Our learning this week…
English
We have focused on speech this week and taken on the part of characters in the story Weed by Quentin Blake. We used punctuation clues to identify speech in the text. We looked at picture form the Greenling story by Levi Fold and thought about what the characters would be saying in each picture. We recorded their speech in speech bubbles then in speech marks.
Maths
We’ve continued using the bridging strategy to add and subtract across the 100’s boundary.
Swimming
Our swimming stars this week (As chosen by the swimmers teachers) are: Leo T and Maya.
Swimming will continue after the half term break.
Harvest
Thank you for all your jam donations - as a school we collected a huge amount of food for our local food bank, you can find more info on Mrs Gregan’s blog.
Enrichment
On Wednesday afternoon the children enjoyed gardening with Mrs Hotchkiss and Mrs Mather. They harvested potatoes that were then enjoyed by the children and staff at lunchtime on Thursday - they were delicious.
Book looks and parents day.
It was lovely to see so many of you on Tuesday afternoon, sharing books and moment of pride with your children. Many of you said that you couldn’t believe how much work the children have completed in such a short space of time - they really have worked their socks off and I too am very proud of them.
Thank you for taking the time to come a discuss your children and how they have settled into Year 3 on Friday. It was lovely to hear so many positive comments.
Design Technology
The children have started the next unit of DT work with Mrs Mather - they are sewing. Mrs Mather has asked the children to practise tying knots over half term, small knot in wool or thread - this is in preparation them securing thread when sewing.
Choir and Autumn 2 term clubs
There are lots of extra curricular opportunities for the children next half term from choir to Christmas crafts, judo and archery!
Find more info and sign up here
No certificate this week.
Our virtues next half term will be Faith Filled and Hopeful.
Reminders
PE Days - Monday (outdoor) and Thursday (swimming)
Upcoming trip - Stone age to Iron age at Woodmatters - Wednesday 19th November .Please complete permission form above. payment is now open on Parent pay
School reopens on Monday 3rd November
Have a great half term,
Mrs Naylor, Mrs Carter and Mrs Davis
L.naylor@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk