WELCOME TO YEAR 3 ROBINS

Robins are cheerful and friendly birds, well known for their distinctive colouring and beautiful song. These colourful characters are lively and outgoing, and will brighten anyone's day. Although small in stature, they are daring and adventurous, and use their inquisitive nature to innovate and solve problems. As young members of the year 3/4 team, Robins use these skills to work together harmoniously and set their sights high and soaring in the sky. 

THIS TERMS THEME

'#ExploreMore'

 Please scroll down to see our curriculum map to find out all about this terms learning. 

P.E AND DANCE DAYS

P.E: Tuesday

Dance: Wednesday

Please ensure that your child has the correct kit in school all week, which is clearly labelled. For more information about kit requirements, please visit our 'Physical Education &School Sports ' page.  We will ensure that PE kits are sent home at the end of every half term.

HOME LEARNING DAYS

Home Learning will be handed out on a Friday and collected in on a Wednesday. This will give you the opportunity to explore aspects of your child's learning if you wish.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 22nd April - Non-Pupil Day
Wednesday 23rd April - First Day of Summer 1
Wednesday 23rd April - Friday 25th April - Bikeability
Friday 25th April - Pantomime Trip
Thursday 1st May - Wrens PCSA Festival
Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday
Friday 23rd May - Last Day of Summer 1
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May - Half Term
Monday 2nd June - First Day of Summer 2

Monday 16th June - Reach Outdoors
Monday 30th June - Friday 4th July - RSHE Week
Wednesday 16th July - Money Sense Day

Tuesday 24th June - Sports Day
Friday 25th July - Last Day of Summer Term

Meet the Team

If there are any issues or concerns, please feel free to contact your child's teachers Miss Pacey or alternatively please contact our Year 3/4 team leader Mr Passmore.

lpacey@whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk

bpassmore@whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025

SUMMER TERM

Summer Term Curriculum Map

Tuesday 29th  April 2025 - Priest Visit

Today we were lucky to host Matt and Mollie from Bay Church, who led assemblies for all the children. They taught us about the true meaning of Easter, Jesus's death and resurrection, and his Ascension into Heaven. They also discussed the Good News that Jesus and his disciples spread about how to live and talked about the word of God being like a light that shines to light the way for all, and we shouldn't hide the light. The children enjoyed sharing their 'good news' with Matt and Mollie, listening to their stories and watching the video and we look forward to them joining us again soon.

Friday 25th April 2025 - Pantomime Trip

Year 2 and 3 had a wonderful trip to Beverley Park today, where we enjoyed a live performance of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. In Year 3, we will be using this trip to inspire our new writing topic on fairy tales. At the end of the half term, we will be rewriting the story and creating our own alternative ending.

Wednesday 20th April 2025 - Computing

This half term, we are using Scratch 3 for the very first time! We are using Scratch to create a programme involving sequencing sound. We have explored how the blocks are used to code and have programmed a sprite to move. We are now exploring how to create different backdrops in different parts of our programme.

SPRING TERM

Spring Term Curriculum Map

Tuesday 1st April - Taekwondo

This week we were really lucky to have Richard Kelly in our PE lessons from MF martial arts, teaching the children some basic taekwondo skills. Children have been looking forward to this and have all really enjoyed the sessions! Look out for the flyer that will be sent home with your child with more information. 

Friday 28th March 2025

Year 3 had lots of fun during their Spanish lesson today. We learnt weather (el tiempo) phrases. iQué bien!

Here are the phrases to practise at home.

Hace sol= it's sunny

Hace frio= It's cold

Hace calor=It's hot

Hace mal tiempo= It's bad weather

Hace viento= It's windy

Hay niebla= It's foggy

Hay tormenta= It's stormy

We also listened to a song about the weather in Spanish and played some interactive language games. iQué fantastico!

Wednesday 26th March 2025 - Dance

We have been preparing our dances for the learning celebration next week. We begin as a Roman Army in groups, then transition into the Everyday Life dance. We have had to make sure we have four formations in the Roman Army dance and four different everyday actions in our Roman Everyday Life Dance. We can't wait to perform our dances to our grown ups next week.

Tuesday 25th March - Reading Roundabout
This morning we took part in a 'Reading Roundabout' led by Jade from the Devon School Library Service. We had the opportunity to look at lots of different books that will be coming into our library and choosing which ones we'd love to read. Some of the genres we explored were 'Adventure and Mystery', 'Imaginery Worlds', and 'Fascinating Facts'.

Friday 21st March - PE

This has been a very exciting half term for year 3 as we have had two Torbay Tigers basketball coaches leading their PE lessons! Lloyd and Ginny have been supporting children with their ball control, dribbling skills and game play. Children have improved their knowledge of the rules of the game and have been umpiring their own games. Well done year 3! 

Tuesday 18th March 2025- Science- Soil

This week in Science, we learnt about the different types of soil. We used our observational skills to look closely at peat soil and added water to this to see what it was made from. We found out that peat soil is made from organic matter, including dead plants and animals, and that these rot away to make nutrient rich soil. Look at our investigation below...

Friday 14th March 2025 - PaddleBoat Theatre Company

Today we had a special performance of 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' from PaddleBoat Theatre Company. The performance was about three elves hidden inside a shoemakers shop, where they sneak into the workshop at night. There were moments of interaction where we could join in as well. We loved it!

Thursday 6th March 2025 - World Book Day
We have had an amazing day in Year 3 with our fantastic costumes! This morning we had a catwalk where we showed off our costumes from some of our favourite books. The day was full of book-themed activities including making bookmarks, creating our own National Book Token gift card for a nationwide competition, listening to our class story, reading our own books, and attending an online live lesson. We also had the opportunity to do a book swap, where we read to our peers in Reception. Take a look at our fun-filled day below:

March 2025 - Computing

This half term, we have been learning how to create a Stop Frame Animation. We have learnt that an animation is a series of photographs - or frames - put together really quickly to show the illusion that the subject is moving. We practised first by drawing stick men and making the arm look like it was waving. We did this by using a motion app and ensuring that the onion skinning was on - onion skinning is where a subject is captured and a shadow is left behind. This helps us to know where to move the subject to next. then, as Yr3 are learning all about The Romans in History, we created a Stop Frame Animation about the Romans! The end results were amazing! Well done everyone. 

Tuesday 4th March - PE

Today we had Niall Leahy at White Rock for a Cricket engagement day. Niall and our year 6 sports captains led a variety of activities to support year 3 with the basic bowling, batting and throwing and catching skills used in cricket. This was a fantastic opportunity and the children enjoyed working together, playing games and using different equipment. 

Monday 24th February 2025 - Music

Today, Sonopera’s Kip Pratt and Elfyn Jones visited White Rock to perform some music. Their performance showcased a diverse range of instruments - piano, violin, ukulele, and drums - and musical styles from Ireland and Eastern Europe. We started by singing a song about the months to warm up our voices, followed by learning a song called “Step Back Baby!”. We had lots of fun putting some actions to the words and working together to find the beat of the music. Have a look below at some pictures from the performance: 

Friday 14th February 2025- Spanish 

Year 3 had lots of fun in their Spanish lesson today. We re-capped breakfast words (el desayuno) and then learnt some more Spanish vocabulary related to food and drink (la comida y bebidas) iQué fantastico! We also learnt how to say thank you and please in Spanish! 

por favor= please

gracias= thank you

Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Dance

In Dance this term, we have become a Roman Army! This week, we worked in groups to create a dance that used 4 different formations and stillness in each formation. We had to also think about how we would transition from each formation.

Monday 27th January 2025 - PE 

This half term year 3 have been developing their handball skills. We have looked at how having control of the ball in any invasion game, helps you to be successful when attacking. Children have played small sided games reinforcing both attacking and defending skills, as well as introducing the three step and dribbling rules. 

Tuesday 21st January 2025 – Design and Technology

In our Design and Technology lesson this week, we used our Science learning of food groups to design and make our own healthy wraps. We chose and chopped up our ingredients and then we had the important job of taste testing them! Afterwards, we evaluated our wraps discussing what we liked about them and what we would change next time. Take a look at our creations below!

January 2025 - Computing

This half term, Yr3 are focusing on the Education for a Connected World document produced by the Government. As the world of technology is constantly changing, so are the perimeters of online safety and there a now many areas which need covering. The section we are focusing on at the moment is Managing Online Information. We have learnt all about search engines and how these are used to search for information on the internet. We know the child friendly search engines we should be using to keep us safe and know that only key words need to be used (typed or spoken) to reduce the amount of information provided. We have also learnt what autocomplete is and how the internet can be used to buy and sell items online.

Friday 10th January 2025 - Writing

We have had a busy first week back after the holidays in Year 3! We have started lots of new learning around this term's theme 'around the world in 80 days'. 

In Writing, we have started our new text called Lord of the Forest by Caroline Pitcher. During our lessons this week we have read the book, looked at the beautiful illustrations, and gathered some amazing vocabulary to use in our own writing. Some of our favourite words we highlighted were 'gleam', 'deadly', and 'strutting'. 

AUTUMN TERM

Autumn Term Curriculum Map

Friday 20th December 2024 - Christmas Dinner Day

Today we have enjoyed wearing our Christmas jumpers and eating the tasty dinner, which we enjoyed in our House Teams with children from all across the school. In class, we enjoyed lots of Christmas activities such as Maths puzzles, wordsearches, colouring, and a film. Merry Christmas everyone!

Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Dance

This half term we have been creating a dance to show the journey of a river. We started with a partner, creating a duet to represent the stream forming. We then became a whole class stream (our stream motif), travelling along in unison and then in canon before cascading down as a waterfall (our waterfall motif), using different levels. The dance ended with us forming a wide river and travelling into the sea. 

Friday 6th December 2024 - Art

In Art this term we have been looking at drawing an accurate self-portrait. We have focused on the skills needed to draw the separate facial features, such as the nose and ears. This week we had a go at practising how to draw lips and eyes ready for us to start our final piece. Our final piece will be a self-portrait in the style of our focus artist Kehinde Wiley. 

Tuesday 3rd December - PE

This half term year 3 have been working really hard to develop their netball skills. The attacking skills we have focused on include demonstrating the correct footwork technique and passing and moving into space. In order to also defend successfully, children have been practising different ways to intercept the ball. 

Friday 29th November 2024 - Dance Festival

Some of us in Year 3 had the amazing experience of going to South Dartmoor Community College to take part in a dance festival this afternoon. We worked in groups to learn a whole dance routine, which was taught to us by Year 9 and 10 Dance students from South Dartmoor. Within the dance there was a part where we could make up our own moves with a partner, which we loved! We all had such a fun afternoon and wish all of Year 3 could have come along with us!

November 2024 - Computing

This half term, we have been learning all about digital devices. We have learnt that a digital device can store, process and send digital information. We have also learnt what an input is - data or instructions that are entered into a computer programme to make it run - and what an output is - information that is displayed. We have identified many input and output devices in school and in our community - such as crossing lights and crossing buttons - and we have invented our own digital devices with an input and output.

Monday 18th November - Science

Our unit in Science at the moment is Animals including Humans. During this week in Science, we looked at labelling the human skeleton. In our groups we drew around one of our bodies and then as a team we labelled where the different bones are. We learnt about lots of different bones, such as the bone in our upper arm is called the humorous and the bones in our lower arm are called the radius and ulna. Have a look at our photos below. 

Friday 15th November - Children In Need

This week ended with Friday being Children In Need Day! We have loved purchasing all our Pudsey merchandise and today we were able to show it off! We have enjoyed all the activities on offer for example taking part in a live dance class and also completing some fun Pudsey activities with our Year 6 leaders! 

Tuesday 12th November - Odd Socks Day!

This week is Anti-bullying Week! We had a whole school assembly where we discussed what the word respect means and how we can be respectful towards each other. Today we wore odd socks to celebrate our uniqueness! We know that it doesn't matter if somebody is different to us. We must remain respectful and kind :)

Friday 8th November 2024- Spanish

Year 3 had lots of fun during Spanish this week. We learnt how to answer the question Qué tal? (how are you?) in Spanish. 

Can you say these words with good pronunciation! 

fenomenal= amazing  

muy bien= very good

regular=ok

muy mal=very bad

fatal=awful 

We also played heads down, thumbs up to practise the new vocabulary. At the end of the lesson, we re-capped 1-15 in Spanish. iQué maravilloso!

Wednesday 23rd October 2024 - Dance

This term in Dance, we have been creating dances linked to our Science learning of Healthy Eating. We have used different levels when growing from seeds into fruits and vegetables; created actions to represent preparing food and cooking food; used different formations to be the food on the plate and then this week, we used mirroring to show eating a meal with our friend. We have had great fun in the lessons, even if they have made us feel hungry every week!

Wednesday 23rd October 2024- Guide Dog Mobility Team Assembly

This morning, KS2 received an assembly from the Guide Dog Mobility team. They talked about why vision is important and the types of sight loss. The team also showed the ways in which people access support, for example with guide dogs or canes. 

Tuesday 15th October 2024 - Black History Month

Today we joined a live assembly with other schools around the country to learn more about Black History Month. In the assembly, BBC 1Xtra presenter Swarzy (Françoise Shire), told us about her culture, job and family. She also spoke to us about reclaiming narratives as a young black woman, which is this year's theme for Black History Month. At the end of the assembly, we got the opportunity to ask Swarzy some questions. 

Tuesday 15th October - PE

Year 3 have been enjoying tag rugby this half term, focusing on how they can attack and defend successfully. Children have completed various tagging challenges, helping them to develop their teamwork skills and tag rugby formations effectively in competitive tag rugby games. 

September 2024 - Computing

This half term in Computing, we have been looking at how we can keep ourselves safe when we are online and using the internet. We have discussed how must treat everyone online as a stranger and never share any of our personal details. We have also discussed how we must always be kind and polite when talking to anyone online. As part of this learning, we have also learnt how to change the font, colour and size of text. Some examples of this can be seen below.

Tuesday 8th October 2024- African Dancing Assembly

Today we have been lucky enough to have some African dancers in our assembly. They explained to us that they come from West Africa - a place called The Ivory Coast. They played their drum and danced as we clapped along. They also did some call and response, where we did some calling back and added actions. 

Thursday 3rd October 2024 - Writing

We started looking at a new text in Writing this week called 'Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Animals'. The book is about animals who have embarrassing problems, so they write letters to Dr. K. Fisher asking for advice! To help us with our learning, we did some roleplay with our learning partner to immerse ourselves in the book. We each had a turn pretending to be Dr. K. Fisher and an animal with an embarrassing problem. First, we thought about a giraffe who believed they were too tall, and we thought of lots of problems they might have, including not being able to see their smaller friends! Then we swapped over, and we had a go at thinking about a crocodile whose tail was too spiky. We came up with lots of advice we could give him as Dr. K. Fisher. Have a look at our photos below.

Friday 27th September 2024 - History

This week in History, we have begun our topic on Pre-History - The Stone Age, The Bronze Age and The Iron Age. We first discovered that The Stone Age began nearly 2.5 million years ago and lasted for such a long time, it can be split into three eras itself - Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic! Did you know that it's called Pre-History because 'pre' means before and 'history' means the written record of human events? This is why there's only cave paintings and tools from this time! In our lesson, we looked at where Prehistoric Britain fits on a chronological timeline. Have a look at our photos below.

Friday 20th September 2024-Spanish 

Year 3 had lots of fun this week in their Spanish lesson! iQué fantástico! We learnt pencil case items (En mi estuche) and played interactive games to practise the new vocabulary. iQué maravilloso! 

Can you practise these words at home! iVamos! 

Click on the link below.

iQué bien!

Friday 23rd September 2024 - Reading 

Our great first week back in class ended with an exciting author visit. We got to listen to a story by Jennifer Davy who recently published a book about Cornish mining life. This was a great opportunity to get the children involved in listening to stories and hearing readers reading aloud. This will be a big focus in our school this year!