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
World Book Day
Harry Potter, Katie Morag, Hairy Maclary, White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Gangsta Granny and Mr Twit were just a few of the fantastic book day costumes. Every class had a fun day reading Oliver Jeffer’s books and responding through drama, writing opportunities, Art work and music. My favourite Oliver Jeffer’s book is Lost and […]
Inter House Times Tables Challenge
This afternoon we have held our interhouse timestables challenge. Each house was represented by a pupil from Year 3-6. The children took part in individual rounds and group rounds with some challenging questions. Each round was against the clock. Congratulations to Middleton who won this year with a very impressive score. We hope that this […]
Year 3 Art
Our Rainforest pictures are really taking shape.
Houses of Parliament Outreach Visit
We have had an excellent visit this week from Rachel Dodgson who joined us from the Houses of Parliament. She provided us with an excellent assembly for the whole of KS2 and then delivered workshops for Year 5 and 6. During the visit we developed our knowledge of voting and debating. We have had a […]
Harry Potter Book Night
We have had a wonderful and exciting night reading parts of the first Harry Potter book. We also had an opportunity to be sorted into houses with a sorting hat! We tried out our wands, created spells and shared our favourite characters and books in the series. Thank you to evveryone who enthusiastically dressed up […]
La Sachamama
Year 3 are looking at Amazonian Folk Tales. This is the Sachamama, a boa constrictor of enormous size.
The Ben Greenep Cup
In honour of setting the fastest time for the inaugural inter-house cross country competition, the cup awarded to the winning house has been named The Ben Greenep Cup. Ben set a very impressive official time of 2 minutes 59 seconds around our 0.5 mile course, closely followed by Will Owen and Charlie Barry. Congratulations to […]
The inaugural St Mary’s inter-house cross country race!
Year 3 took part in the first inter-house cross country around the local area. Needless to say it involved a lot of mud and rain, but a great time was had by all! Congratulations to George, Alfie and Connor, the first boys through, and Isla, Freya and Liegha, the first girls to finish.
Meeting Mr Arthur Capstick MBE
Years 3 and 4 met Mr Arthur Capstick MBE. We asked him lots of questions about his MBE which he received for services to education and the community.
Art Club – Silver Award
WOW – we have held another arts club – the children have been learning to draw cartoon pigs today! Thank you to everyone running the club, students from QES, we really appreciate your time and energy.
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