Year 3
We wish you all a very 'Happy and Relaxing Summer Holiday'. We are touched by very thoughtful and generous gifts and cards that you have given us. Thank you so much, we will certainly treasure them.
Best wishes,
Miss Mann, Mrs Dean and Miss Jones
Farewell Y3... Thank you for a wonderful year!
Our amazing needlework, based on the Bayeux Tapestry. Wow!
It’s almost the end of Year 3! Congratulations Kayla, our Star of the Year. Also at our end of Year service, we said ‘thank you’ to Mrs Miller for her amazing voluntary work in the school and library over the last fourteen years.
Fun in Wake ‘n’ Shake Club
Meeting Simon James and habitat hunting in the school grounds.
The final stages of our 'Victoria Park Project'
The children have had great fun working on a large mosaic butterfly and insect themed bird feeders. When all was complete, we had our final trip to the park last week to display what had been made. It was a thoroughly enjoyable project and we hope to continue supporting the park at a later date. Please pop down and see what we've created. (behind the cafe and cycle track). We're very proud of what we've achieved.
Memories of our residential trip to Escot
Sleeping in yurts, exploring the maze, den building, delicious food, making things in the Anglo-Saxon Village, camp fire talent show, swamp walk, drop slide, beautiful wildlife... the list goes on!
Such a privilege to take part in such an adventurous, team-building experience.
Mount Batten Beach and Pizza Express
The children who did not go on the school residential to 'Escot' had plenty of fun back in Plymouth. We ventured to Mount Batten beach via the ferry on Wednesday 13th June and had fun making and eating pizzas at pizza express on Thursday. We're very excited about watching 'Peter Rabbit' at the cinema tomorrow, with the Foundation class.
Concert at the Guildhall 4.6.18
Royal Marines Band
Sharing opinions about the concert by the Royal Marines Band
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'Victoria Park Project'
The Year 3 have been involved with a very exciting project with Victoria Park. In school we have been designing bug gardens, bug hotels, caterpillar mosaics and much more!
On Wednesday 23rd May our class walked to Victoria Park. We had a fabulous day painting the crate box caterpillar and filling it with flowers. We also made a bug hotel and planted lots of bulbs around the wooded area of the park. We enjoyed a picnic underneath the trees and luckily had time to have free play in the park.
After half term we will return to the park taking our mosaic butterfly and insect bird feeders. We can't wait!
Releasing our Butterflies
We were so fortunate to be able to watch some caterpillars change into cocoons and then emerge as butterflies. It was an amazing transformation to be able to observe. When they were ready we released them into the school garden.
Our St Andrew's Royal Cream Tea
‘Victorious Vikings’ Class Assembly 9.5.18
Well done, Year 3! You all put so much effort and energy into your class assembly. We are so proud of your superb shield homework, creative costumes, helmets skilfully made in class, teamwork, tuneful singing, clear speaking and all-round fabulousness!! There are some photos below and a few video clips for the parents who were unable to make it. Prayers can be found on the Christian Values page. Click on a value to find a prayer. You might spot yourself in a photo whilst browsing!
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Do you hear the Vikings sing?
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Welcome back to the Summer Term!
We hope that you all had a superb Easter break and feel refreshed and ready for an exciting new term ahead.
This term our topic is 'The Victorious Vikings and the Victoria Park Project'. Watch this space for up-dated photos.
Brittany Ferries
We were extremely lucky that our Brittany Ferries visit was postponed from last term. When we finally boarded the ship it was a gloriously sunny day and we were fortunate to be on board ship while the boat was moved out of the dock and turned around. We imagined that we were on a foreign cruise! 
Easter Celebrations
Around the World - Topic Day
We had great fun playing games from around the world, flamenco dancing with Miss Mallard and having a feast of delicious foods from various continents. Thank you to all the parents who provided food on this day, we greatly appreciate it.
Celebration Assembly
World Book Day - March 2018
Egypt Links
Our Talent Show Stars!
Gymnastics Skills; Paired Counterbalances
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Developing gymnastics skills
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Science Fair
The children had so much fun taking part in a range of activities that were arranged by a number of organisations. These included students from the robotics department at Plymouth University, Ali and Rebecca from the Shark Trust and students from the University studying dentistry. The children also had the opportunity to experiment with magnets, electrical circuits and use high powered microscopes to analyse flowers and other various objects. It was an action packed morning full of excitement.
A huge 'THANK YOU' to all of the volunteers for their time and effort this morning. We very much appreciate your support.
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Sponsored Circuits
On Friday 9th March we had athlete Robert Mitchell visit us at St Andrew's. All children were involved in completing a sponsored circuit course in the hall. It was a tough, but enjoyable challenge.
'Wow' assembly
Bea impressed us with swimming 3000 meters in one go! An amazing achievement Bea, well done!
Congratulations to Sol, Ghalyah and Evie who all received certificates for their effort and hard work.
A huge 'Thank You' to Miss Slyfield who has been teaching in Year 3 for two terms. Good luck with your next placement, we will certainly miss you here at St Andrew's.
Children Around the World - Class Assembly
A stunning 'Around the World' assembly from the Year 3 children. They all sang, spoke and danced with such confidence. A super effort Year 3, well done! Here are a few photos to capture the moment.
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Happy New Year!
Welcome back to the new Spring term. We hope that you've all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are all very excited by our new topic 'Children of the World'. Look out for our curriculum letter and poster coming shortly with details of the term ahead.
Welcome to Year 3
Autumn Term 2017
Last school day of 2017!
Such artistic Christmas cards
Christmas 'Snow Ball'
The winner of the 'pass the parcel challenge'
Drama / Anglo-Saxon Storytelling: 'Lord March's Ears'
Christmas Dinner
St. Andrew's Day
Snow White by City College Drama Students
Anglo-Saxon Shelter Building
We had great fun making Anglo-Saxon shelters. A huge 'THANK YOU' to all the parents and grandparents who came in to assist. We could not have done it without your help.
Our 'Anglo -Saxon' Assembly
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Our 'Anglo-Saxon' Themed Day
We had great fun carrying out a range of Anglo-Saxon activities throughout the day. We made vegetable stew and oatcakes, used looms to weave and enjoyed singing songs and feasting around a camp fire.
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Internet Safety Day!
Year 3 loved dressing up as 'Coding Cat' to celebrate 'Internet Safety Day'.
Harvest Festival
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'Be Safe, Be Seen'
We enjoyed coming to school dressed in brightly coloured clothes and had fun completing the obstacle course.
The maze
Foraging
Lunch in the Anglo-Saxon shelter
Looking at evidence about Anglo-Saxon tools
Learning about food and using the millstones to grind flour for our bread baking!
A taste of Anglo-Saxon daily life... fun and work in the Anglo-Saxon village!
It was such a wonderful day... it was hard to say 'goodbye'!
Our Year 3 Anglo-Saxons
A huge thank you to all parents and guardians who have helped the children to create their 'Anglo-Saxon' costumes. They are all absolutely stunning! The children loved trying them on and posing for their photos. They'll have an amazing time at Escot next week wearing them.
Y3 Harvest song words
Farewell Year 3! We will miss each one of you! We are looking forward to watching you grow in Year 4 and beyond, achieving so much.
We would like to say a huge 'thank you' to the parents for all your support throughout the year. We also really appreciate the lovely cards, letters, thoughtful comments and treats that we have received this week. It has been a privilege to be part of the childrens' learning journey and a pleasure getting to know our extended St. Andrew's families!
Best wishes for the future,
Mrs Dean, Miss Mann & Miss Jones.
Welcoming Year 2 to 'The Juniors' at Celebration Assembly
End of term photos
Celebration Assembly
End of unit gymnastic sequences
Learning to Salsa Dance (following the instructions for the Cuban Wheel in Spanish!)
Other achievements
Year 3 Spanish Day!
We had such fun visiting Lorenzo's restaurant for some delicious tapas food. A huge 'Thank You' to John's mum Jen for arranging our trip and to Jacob and Alex, the chefs who created our feast. Ana taught us the days of the week by teaching us a song and we were lucky enough to be taught some Flamenco dancing by the talented Miss Mallard. An amazing day all round!
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Fun at Stoke Damerel Sports Event
5.7.17
Year 3 and 4 Residential to Magdalen Farm
We had such an amazing few days at Magdalen farm and were blessed with such wonderful weather. All the children were impeccably behaved, well mannered and a pleasure to take away. Activities included; orienteering, feeding the farm animals, watering and picking vegetables, collecting hen eggs, making sandwiches, building shelters in the woods and collecting and identifying river species. The children (and staff) had so much fun!
The Romans are Coming!
An outstanding class assembly by all children in Year 3. Well done!
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Summer Term
Welcome back to a fun-filled and exciting Summer term. Our topic is 'Roman Invaders'. We look forward to a visit from a Roman Legionary, who will tell stories of times in the Roman Army.
We have our class assembly on Wednesday 24th May and 'Sports Day' on Thursday 25th May.
The Year 3 and 4 residential to Magdalen Farm takes place on 14th - 16th June. We are very excited about that!
Our Roman shields are well under way - photos below. Many thanks to all the parents who gave up their time to patiently support us with this tricky project. We are really proud of how they are taking shape. Our Roman visitor was very impressed with their authentic looking construction!
Roman Assembly Song 'Invade!'
Spoken: Let me tell you about the first millennium!
The Roman legions crossed the sea
to the shores of Britain in forty three.
They built their forts and their roads and towns.
We all serve Emperor Claudius now.
With the gladius and shield
And the javelins they wield
Taking elephants and catapults
Across the battlefield
Putting Britons in their graves
Taking taxes, making slaves
They took command to the edge of the Pict lands.
Romans!
Invade! Invade!
Blood and gore and history made.
Invade! Invade!
This is A.D. Britain, sharpen your blade!
Spoken: Let me tell you about the Dark Ages...
The Saxons plundered, Rome withdrew.
Then the Angles came and others too.
They farmed and fought their way inland
With the ox and plough and a spear in hand.
Many Saxon kings would reign
Over churls and over thanes.
Every kingdom came out fighting
Then they'd do it all again.
There were lots of little wars,
Funny Anglo Saxon laws.
They ruled like this for the next three centuries.
Saxons!
Invade! Invade!
Blood and gore and history made.
Invade! Invade!
This is A.D. Britain, sharpen your blade!
Spoken: No, not the 8th century!
The Saxons ruled til the Viking sails
Rocked up at a monastery hard as nails.
England fell as the Viking hoard
Took land and treasure and thralls as their reward.
Those armies battled back and forth
While the Scots and Picts squared up in the North.
Canute and Edward came and went.
Then Harold met the Normans and we know what that meant.
Here we go again...
Invade! Invade!
Blood and gore and history made.
Invade! Invade!
Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans,
This is A.D. Britain, sharpen your blade!
Sharpen your blade!
Optional homework
What can you find out about some of the facts in the song?
What did the Romans use elephants for?
What are Saxon ceorls (churls) and thanes?
What were some of the 'funny little Anglo Saxon laws'?
What were the treasures and thralls taken by the Vikings?
Who were Canute, Edward and Harold?
We hope you enjoy researching! Please bring in your answers by Tuesday 16th May (or keep the answers in your head ready for our discussion!)
Creating our Roman Shields
We had an amazing day out at Mount Edgcumbe via the Cremyll ferry. The children enjoyed playing beach games, rock pooling, shell hunting and creating beach art. The picnic in the Orangery was fun too.
Spectacular Science Week
The children took part in a range of fun science activities in the school hall as part of our science fair. Thank you to our Year 3 helpers!
Our science topic this term is 'Plants' and we have been busy planting cress in a range of different environments to check the best conditions for growth.
We removed leaves off a plant to observe the effect it has and also watched bean seeds germinate.
We dissected a daffodil and used a microscope to look at the reproductive parts of the flower. This helped us to understand a plant's life cycle.
We're waiting for our own individual flower seedlings to grow stronger before taking them home to care for.
World Book Day!
Creative Music Day
The Year 3 class attended a creative music day at the Guildlhall. They had to compose music to play along to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The children took part in workshops playing on many percussion instruments and using their voices.
The children created a soundscape for Grandma's house, thinking about what objects could be inside the house and trying to recreate those noises using the instruments. Some of our children even got the opportunity to conduct the whole class! The children also loved trying to create noises to represent the characters within the story: Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf and Grandma. They learnt about dynamics and tempo to create different atmospheres. Year 3 most enjoyed our songwriting workshop. We had to write lyrics to compose a song about Red Riding Hood.
We all had a great day and cannot wait to compose music for different stories and characters back at school!
Grandma's Rap!
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The children loved the vocal warm up with Jess.
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This is the song we composed about Little Red Riding Hood.
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Global Internet Safety Awareness Day
Tuesday 7th February
We had a very enjoyable day celebrating all we can learn and enjoy on the internet, whilst remembering how to stay safe and happy online.
It was very exciting watching Mr. Stonebridge collect our award for 'Digital School 2017' in our special assembly. We loved singing our favourite 'Click click' song to remind everyone of the internet safety rules we follow at school and at home.
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Our Spring Term Class Assembly
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Congratulations to our talented Year 3 writers!
The Year 3 children took part in a creative writing competition. They had to write a short, descriptive story about a monster that was exactly 100 words long.
We are extremely proud of Max and Harry who have received certificates for their writing and will have their stories published in a Young Writers' Anthology.
A fabulous achievement!
Dartmoor Ramble
The Year 3 and 4 class had an amazing ramble across Dartmoor today led by National Park guides. We learnt about the journey of a river from the moor to the sea, including the use of man-made leats. These channel water to Burrator Reservoir, where it is stored for later distribution to Plymouth and the surrounding area.
We have been looking at various habitats in our local environment. It was lovely to see some of the ponies and sheep wandering freely and to observe a variety of plant species present.
Spring Term - 'From the Moor to the Sea'
Welcome back to an exciting Spring Term. We hope that you've all had a fun-filled Christmas and New Year.
This term our topic is geography based and we will be looking at our local environment. We will begin with Dartmoor and follow the path of a river to our local seaside. A superb opportunity to visit the great outdoors and explore Burrator Reservoir and Mount Edgcumbe.
Lots to look forward to!
Congratulations 'Bookworm'!
Ten chapter books read over the Christmas holiday! What an achievement!
Who will be the next 'Superstar reader' to gain a Headteacher's Award?
It is marvellous to see Year 3 pupils selecting books from home, the city library and our class library in addition to their school reading books. There are so many favourites being read and recorded in reading diaries and children passing books they've enjoyed to each other. Current popular authors enjoyed by our class are Roald Dahl and David Walliams. Please let us know if you have a book you'd like to recommend. Maybe you could write a book review for our webpage!
Travelling
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Exploring symmetry and asymmetry
Patch balances: long sitting position and straddle
Piked V-sit and Straddle V-sit
Fun with Music! Composing our Dartmoor soundscapes.
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The Year 3 Team would like to wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!'
Christmas Dinner! 
Mathletics achievements
These children have gained certificates for their regular practise on the Mathletics site.
Please make a note of your password which is in your homework book and aim to complete a section each day to keep those maths skills sharp.
Christmas Production 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
What an incredible performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Year 3! You should be so proud of your teamwork, confidence, creativity, acting and dancing skills. Putting together our piece was so much fun and your energy was infectious!
Stone Age Raft Building
Stone Age Topic Day! 9.11.16
Our super fun 'Stone Age' themed day was kicked off by our class assembly. The children were amazing and so confident. Well done Year 3! Here are a few of the highlights.
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We then continued our fun in the classroom by learning all about the types of food that Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age people would have eaten. We all helped to prepare and make a tasty stinging nettle stew, oatcakes and stewed fruit for pudding. It was a delicious 3 course feast that we enjoyed while sitting round a camp fire. Mr Lloyd and Miss O'Toole led our camp fire singing. Such an exciting day!
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Internet Safety Day!
Our Year 3 Viruses and understanding how to stay safe on the internet by signing a class charter.
Kents Cavern, Torquay
17.10.16
Toffee Apple Winners!
Harvest Festival
22.9.16 - Our Stone Age Experience at Saltram Woods.
We all had a fabulous time in the woods acting like real caveman and women. The children foraged around the trees and along banks to find berries, leaves, nuts and much more. They then used them to make paint for their cave paintings.
Congratulations to our first 'Spelling Bee' trophy winner!
Wow! Look at these amazing Stone Age costumes! Well done, Year 3 and their creative families!
Art & Design
Our wonderful world
, magic bubbling potions created and a final explosion of rice crispies! Fabulous! 
Welcome back to the Autumn term and our very exciting new topic,
'Back to the Stone Age'
We have already been busy booking exciting trips to Saltram Woods and Kent's Cavern to enhance the Stone Age experience.
We kick start the term with a visit from the 'Science Explorer Dome' on Thursday 8th September. The children will watch a fabulous chemistry show based on 'States of Matter'. Photos to follow shortly!