St Mary's Church of England School
Nurturing Creative Thinkers
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Kendal Road,Kirkby Lonsdale,
Cumbria LA6 2DN
Year 3
Year 3
Mr Bromley is our teacher this year and he is supported by Mrs Day, Mrs Swallow, and Mrs Hoban – with the odd guest appearance from Mrs Mitton and Miss Kinghorn. Year 3 is a very exciting year as the children make the transition from KS1 to KS2. They are encouraged to become more independent both in themselves and their learning.
In normal times, we learn to play a recorder to a very good standard and read music – a life skill! Our topics are very varied and interesting including the Rainforest, Romans, Countries on the Meridian, Volcanoes and much more. This is a busy year, but we have lots of fun on the way!
Spellings are handed out on Tuesdays and tested on the following Tuesday. We work on different aspects of the spellings all week and the children should be able to explain the spelling rule or pattern.
As in Key Stage 1, children will have access to Times Table Rockstars and Doodle Maths, which, along with reading, should be done wherever possible throughout the week. We always make sure the children are able to get on to these apps during our first few days in school and their passwords will be in their planners, should you need them. This forms the basis of our homework, initially, although other work may come home at the end of a week. Full details will be in the children’s planners and on the Google Classroom, under Homework.
We discuss world news events every Monday morning so any opportunity for the children to follow news events through newspapers, Newsround or any other news outlet you prefer to use would be most helpful. As a rough guide, we will be focusing on good news stories and world events, which will allow us to build our geographical understanding of the world.
We are beginning to use Google Classroom as a learning tool both when we are in school and for homework. We use Google Classroom in all years, but especially in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 and it is incredibly useful when sharing information, working collaboratively and developing independent editing skills. The children all have log in details, but will need a bit of help to log in at home. If this causes any problems, please do get in touch and we will be happy to help. As the children become more confident and independent with this technology, they are able to use it to work together and support each other in all subjects of the curriculum. It really is rather useful!
Year 3 Staff
Mrs K Swallow - Year 3
Mrs Swallow is a very experienced and qualified teacher, currently supporting in Year 3.
Mrs S Mitton BA - Year 3
Mrs Mitton Profile I am married to Steve and have two children, Ellie and Isaac. In my spare time I love being outdoors and enjoy mountain biking, running and skiing. I love working with children as no two days are ever the same and you get to see the children grow and develop.
Mrs A Day, BA (Hons) PGCE - Year 3
Mrs Day Profile I have been teaching for over twenty years, many of them at St Mary’s. I love teaching here as it’s a very special school with great children and staff. I have taught in most classes in the school but in all of them I love to read stories and to watch the […]
Mr D Bromley BA Ed (Hons) - Year 3
Mr Bromley Profile Having grown up in Kentmere and Ings, I returned to Cumbria after 10 years living and working in and around the Greater Manchester area. Although I thoroughly enjoyed living ‘down south’ and gained valuable experiences in different classroom environments, I am glad to be back and able to indulge in my outdoor […]
Latest News
Making the Eiffel Tower
We are using marshmallows and spaghetti to recreate the famous Eiffel Tower.
Annual Review – Parents Information
We have published our annual review. This document provides a short review of the school year and our improvement priorities for the school in the coming year. We have had a very exciting year and we look forward to another exciting time starting in September. Please read through our review and share some of the […]
Hockey Fest
Have you been watching the Olympic Hockey? Maybe you have been inspired to go along and play or support our local players? Why not give Hockey a try?
Music Concert – Concert Images
We celebrated our many musicians who entertained us this year superbly with their huge range of pieces played on a vast range of instruments. The document below captures some of the musicians who played in the concert as a flavour of the lovely atmosphere in front of parents and our children. Anyone who has been inspired […]
Annual Review 2016
This document provides a review of our year for parents to reflect on what has been a fun and exciting year. We hope you find the information in the review interesting. It is a very brief summary of the huge amount of learning experiences that have taken place this year. You can dowload this document […]
Music Concert
We have held our end of term concert which was a wonderful showcase of such a diverse range of musicians. With over 60 children performing this was a wonderful morning of entertainment. It was lovely to see children throughout our junior classes taking part in brass, violins, flute, clarinet, guitars, accordion, clarinet and a wealth […]
London Visit
Our school council joined with the school council with Beetham School to visit The Houses of Parliament. We had an early start but it was certainly worth it! We walked arounf London taking in the sights such as Downing Street, Whitehall, Horseguards Parade, Buckinghm Palace, The Mall (including the changing of the guard), Thames, London […]
Year 3 Bowling
Year 3 have been Crown Green Bowling for a few weeks. We have a competition against Sedbergh next week. here is a picture of us having fun!
Athletics Winners
Recently we attended the local athletics tournament held at Casterton, Sedbergh Prep. We took a superb team and with our Year 6 children on their outdoor and adventurous residential, many children had to race in different classes. For example, our Year 2 children raced in the Year 3 events etc. Impessively we had many individual […]
Perseverance Home Projects
We have been sharing and celebrating our perseverance home projects with each other to inspire us and learn from each experience. We have learned from an American school who have taken part in a GRIT programme to develop children’s ability to show perseverance if we face challenges. These are some of the projects that have […]
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Year 3 Curriculum
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