Year 3 – Telling The Time Practice

6th June 2025Claire Dutton

Year 3 are working hard on their current Maths topic – telling the time, but many of us are finding it very tricky … especially telling the time to 5minutes and to the minute using analogue clocks. Please could we urge everyone to spend some time at home looking at analogue clocks and watches, discussing time and practising reading different times throughout the day as this will really help us when we are looking at digital times and then problem solving with time.

For half-term, we did share some homework around this so a big well done to those who have already completed this. If you haven’t already done it then why not take another look at the previous blog post here: https://greentopschool.co.uk/year-3-telling-the-time-homework-for-half-term/

You might also find this clock-face poster a useful tool: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tEgZLbusnHDci9sh7PMsSUPYSI73jsf8/view?usp=sharing

Year 3 – Role-Playing our new text, FLOOD!

6th June 2025Claire Dutton

Today, we had fun taking a closer look at our new text, FLOOD by Alvaro F Villa … a picture book with no words! Children shared their notices and wonders about the pictures included in the book and we thought about all the different ways there might be to tell ‘the story’ of FLOOD with our own words. Then children worked collaboratively to role-play some of the different scenes in the story, thinking about what the characters might be doing and thinking, and how they might be feeling.

Year 3 – Orienteering

6th June 2025Claire Dutton

This afternoon, Year 3 enjoyed their first Friday orienteering session and (luckily for us!) the sun had come out just in time. Children used maps of the school grounds to locate the different markers and then, from these markers, they recorded different 3digit numbers that they will need to sort in ascending order next week when we finish the hunt!

Class 10 – Superstar Shout Outs!

6th June 2025Claire Dutton

A few fab shout outs to end the week in Class 10 … we’ve seen lots of children getting smart at home with home learning on telling the time and on the different kinds of rocks children have found in their gardens. Not to mention, Jack has been practising his ‘form’ for his recent grading in martial arts – wowza!

Don’t forget to bring in any home learning to share with us in school – we love to see it!

Year 3 – FYI: Friday Orienteering

5th June 2025Claire Dutton

Each Friday afternoon, Year 3 will be accessing our outdoor orienteering scheme in the school grounds. Please can you ensure your child wears appropriate footwear and coat/jacket depending on the weather. This starts tomorrow so please consider that the grass may be wet and it may rain following today’s change in weather.

Thank you for your continued support 🙂

Class 10 – Fossilisation

4th June 2025Claire Dutton

Today, we were fascinated once again by more amazing learning about rocks … we learned about the process of fossilisation and were even lucky enough to see some real life fossils which Tosia found on a trip Hornsea beach. Perhaps next time you visit the beach, you might find some fossils too!

KS2 Sports Day

4th June 2025Tom Ambler

Just a reminder to parents and carers about our KS2 sports day. Sports day will be on Tuesday 10th June on the KS2 field. Gates will be open from 12:50. Please enter through the main entrance on Middlebrook Lane. We are hoping to start at 1pm and finish before the end of the school day. There will also be refreshments on sale.

Children can come to school in their PE kits on Tuesday. Please make sure that all children wear trainers.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday afternoon!

Class 10 – We are Scientists!

3rd June 2025Claire Dutton

Today, we worked collaboratively to put on our science caps and investigate the properties of different rocks. We found that granite would make a great kitchen worktop because it was very hard and didn’t scratch. We also discovered that slate makes a great roof tile because it is impermeable but that chalk would be useless for an outdoor statue given how quickly it reacts to white vinegar, which is a bit like the tiny bits of acid found in rainwater. Fascinating!

To add to our learning, Beau & Eli found a wide range of rocks in our school’s garden area which they investigated themselves and then shared with the rest of the class. Well done boys!

Year 3 – Product in the Park: Lest We Forget

23rd May 2025Claire Dutton

What a beautiful day for a walk to the park! Today, Year 3 have popped down to Thorne Memorial Park to visit their beautiful remembrance display boards which were produced for our Autumn Expedition, Lest We Forget: How Does War Change Lives? The boards show our digital artwork alongside a biography of the soldiers and people they commemorate, as well as a selection of the children’s poetry about the blitz.

We are so proud of the beautiful work that is displayed here and the message that they present. Why not take a visit to the park over the half-term holiday and enjoy taking in the the boards for yourself?