The Great Outdoors

This week, we are learning about Geometry in Maths. 

On Tuesday, we went out onto the playground to see what 2D shapes we could find. 

We also looked for examples of horizontal, vertical, parallel and perpendicular lines.

Topic Debate

This afternoon, Mrs Ceairns worked with another group debating the motion 'Should children be required to wear a uniform in school?'

Here are some of the points made during the debate.

Topic Debate

Today, Mrs Ceairns worked with some Year 3 and 4 children in Topic and we discussed what the government did and how laws are made in the UK.

We then held our own debate around:

Should children be required to wear a uniform to school?

Take a look and see some short clips of a few of our arguments both for and against.

Maths Homework 26.1.18

This week we have learned about Multiplication and Division.

Here are some games that we used to help us with our learning. 

Remember, year 3 children need to know their 3, 4 and 8 times tables by the end of the year so you may want to practise using these when playing the games.

Monty's Maths Wall

Grid Method

Here are some other games you might want to play:

Maths Race

Maths Raider

Tommy's Trek

Maths Homework 19.1.18

Click on the link for any of the following websites. Choose one of the games to play to help you with your understanding of addition and subtraction that we have been learning this week in class.
Remember to add a comment after you have played it and include your name.

Mathsframe website is great for games and activities to play at home to help you with your learning.

Mathsframe Games      (Choose any of the games that have a FREE sign written on them.)


Snappy Maths website also has lots of games available to play. You can also download worksheets to help you practice your written methods.

Adding / Subtracting multiples of 100 (3-digit)

Adding / Subtracting multiples of 10 (3-Digit)

Adding / Subtracting multiples of 10 (2-digit)


Top Marks website covers different areas of the curriculum - meaning it's a great way to support your learning in English and Maths.

Addition and Subtraction Mission

Column Subtraction and Addition

We have been doing addition and subtraction this week in Maths.

We have been using counters and a place value grid to show how to subtract with exchanging. We also show how to set out subtraction using column method.

We have also looked at using counters to help us understand why we carry tens across when adding in column addition.

The dinosaurs are here!

A quick update on our hatching dinosaurs.

All three have now hatched and have grown considerably since they emerged from the water.

They seem quite friendly (hopefully they're herbivores)!