Year 3
Year 3 news
The year 3 team for 2025/26 consists of Mr Letts (3G) and Mrs Nagra (3H).
Year 3 PE days will be Thursday and Friday for the first spring term. The children will visit the library with their class teacher on a Monday.
We are very pleased to welcome you to year 3, the start of your KS2 journey at Milby Primary School. There are many interesting learning topics and exciting extra-curricular opportunities lined up for you. We can't wait to get started!
While the autumn term is done and dusted, there is still plenty of learning for the children to get their teeth into! Excitingly, year 3 will be starting their first geography lessons of KS2, beginning with a unit focusing on settlements. For the first few months of 2026, the children will learn how to distinguish between a village, town and city, honing in on how land has been used for different purposes over time. After the February half term, pupils will be erupting with anticipation... our topic is volcanoes and earthquakes! Bursting with fascinating photos, awe-inspiring videos and geological facts, we are in for some incredible geography lessons later this year.
Want to get ahead in preparation for the spring term? You are sure to impress your teacher by gleaning a few facts from the links below:
Fancy exploring our local area on Google Earth? Can you find your house?! Check it out: St. Nicolas Park
Volcanoes can be both magnificent and deadly... click here to find out more: Volcanoes
Curriculum Summary
Knowledge Organiser
This half term's homework
Homework is set on a Friday, and is due in the following Thursday. Children should be reading to an adult at least three times per week for at least 15/20 minutes each time. This must be recorded in your child's reading record.
In addition to this, the children can develop their skills with a range of websites and apps the school has subscribed to. The children should be regularly practising their times tables knowledge through TTRockstars. In addition, you could play Hit the Button online or download the White Rose Maths app. Would you like to access a maths lesson again? Then click this link to view the year 3 maths lessons in a video format - White Rose Maths home learning videos.
To support our pupils with their spelling abilities, all children have been given login information for EdShed. Online books, with a range of opportunities to develop reading and inference skills, can be accessed through Bug Club.
Handwriting
Learning showcase 2025-2026
Apple chopping
We had a delightful afternoon in year 3, perfecting our chopping skills using some delicious apples. Under the guidance and watchful eyes of Mrs Nagra and Mrs Grove, every child had the chance to cut up an apple (and eat the fruits of their labour!). Mrs Nagra was very proud of the children's attitude to safety and hygiene, and excellent growth mindset. Well done year 3!
Taste-testing healthy snack bars
Delicious snack bars were on offer in today's DT lesson, with the children testing them and commenting on their appearance, smell, taste and texture. Some new favourites may have been found!
Rock detectives
The children enjoyed investigating a range of rock samples this week, comparing their appearances using magnifying glasses. Granite, slate, marble, chalk and sandstone were all scrutinised and discussed with some lovely scientific language!
3H Bollywood dance divas
3G Bollywood dance divas
Stone Age Settlers - Compton Verney 🦣
We have had a superb visit today! We experienced a variety of engaging activities, including making Stone Age dough, using a flint and steel to make sparks, building a wall using wattle and daub, designing some cave art, crafting clay pots and exploring a range of prehistoric artefacts. The children were able to showcase their knowledge from history lessons as well as glean new information from our knowledgeable guides. The children behaved impeccably and were a credit to Milby!
Gymnastics jumps 🤸🏽♂️
It was 3H’s turn to challenge themselves with some gymnastic routines this week. The children practised their jumps, in a range of fashions, whilst trying to land on their feet! Great job 3H!
Gymnastics sequences 🤸🏽♂️
Simone Biles and Max Whitlock would be proud, as year 3 have been creating gymnastics sequences this half term. After taking a few weeks to perfect the pike, tuck and straddle positions and practise how to complete a log roll, teddy bear roll and shoulder stand, the children were ready to join everything together. What fun we had this afternoon!!
Muscle models ✋🏼
Year 3 have been learning about muscle and bones in their science lessons this half term. We had a superb time making our own muscle models, demonstrating how muscles pull on bones in order to make our body move. Tremendous determination and care was taken throughout, and the children were very proud of their finished models. Check out 3G’s muscle models below!
How long ago was the Stone Age? 🧻
At the beginning of our exciting Stone Age Britain topic, the children loved using toilet rolls to demonstrate how long ago prehistory actually was. With each sheet of toilet paper representing 1000 years of time, the children made some excellent guesses as to when the Stone Age took place. They were astonished by how many years we had to go back...! Check out this picture of 3H's historical journey.
