Galaxy (Year 3)

Welcome to Galaxy Class with Miss Smith!

Our PE days are now on Monday and Tuesday.

Spellings will be given out and tested every Monday.

Key dates:

Outdoor Learning: Wednesday 18th June 2025

Sports Day - Thursday 19th June 2025

Pier trip - Wednesday 25th June 2025

Stars of the Week

Another Super Week for Year 3!

I was so proud of every single member of Galaxy class during Sports Day. I loved seeing how everyone supported one another – it was truly lovely to witness such kindness and teamwork.

In maths this week, we explored shapes, focusing on understanding what an angle is and how to identify different turns. We also practiced spotting right angles, and I’ve encouraged the children to try and find some examples outdoors over the weekend.

In English, the children worked hard on editing, improving, and publishing their sequels to the story Flotsam. They did an exceptional job incorporating all they have learned about creating clear, vivid pictures in the reader’s mind.

Stars of the Week

A big well done to…

Charlie, for excellent participation in Sports Day – a true professional!

All of Galaxy class, for demonstrating great enthusiasm and outstanding sportsmanship during Sports Day. You made me very proud. Well done!

Have a lovely weekend – and try to stay cool!

Miss Smith

Summer 2

Week 2

A very well done to Galaxy class this week. You have worked so well and I am very proud of you!

In English this week we have been continued our study of the book Flotsam. We have focussed on sequencing and retelling the key events of the story. We are now working on developing a sequel!

We have used our planning skills to think about what happens next and practised telling our new story orally.

In maths we have continued our study of time. We have worked on our understanding the 12hour digital clock. We have further developed our understanding of days, weeks, months and years. We have also been looking at duration of time where the children have been practising counting forward to find an end time and counting back to find a start time.

Stars of the Week

A very well done to………..

Mihin, for always being kind and considerate towards others

Olivia, for always setting an excellent example to others in terms of behaviour and work ethic.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend – let’s hope the weather remains sunny!

Miss Smith

Summer 2

Week 1

Another super week with Galaxy class!

Once again, the children have worked very hard and I am proud of what they have achieved this week.

In English we are studying the book ‘Flotsam’, by David Wiesner. A beautifully illustrated book that tells the story of a young boy that goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine anything floating that has been washed ashore. We have worked on developing our inference skills – using clues for the pictures to help us understand the characters and make predictions. Using the book as inspiration, we have worked on using fronted adverbials in our written work to show movement in time.

In maths we have been learning how to tell the time.

This week we have focused on telling and writing the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII. We then moved on to looking at the 12-hour digital clock, using vocabulary such as a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight. Next week, we will be looking at the 24-hour digital clock.

Stars of the Week

A very well done to…..

Romilly, for being a very kind and thoughtful member of the class.

Arjol, for showing great determination and perseverance with his writing.

Summer 1

Week 4

Another lovely week with Year 3!

I was very proud of the children on Thursday when they performed their assembly. I think they did a super job and managed to remember every line. I hope that those of you who came to see it enjoyed it too.

In English we have been finishing off our fantasy stories. This week we have focused on editing and improving our written work with a focus on proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency. We have also been working on our proofreading skills to check for spelling and punctuation errors. I was very impressed with their finished fantasy narratives – they did a super job!

We have continued reading The White Fox and have further developed our reading skills by focusing on prediction, thinking about what might happen from details stated and implied. We have also looked closely at how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning. Skills which can be transferred to their writing.

In maths we have continued working with money. We have explored the need for place keeping zeros in £ and p notation. We have also further developed our problem solving skills. We have worked in a practical context, involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change,

Stars of the Week

A very well done to…..

Danny, who is an excellent role model to the rest of the class and demonstrates real leadership skills in sport.

Hazel, for excellent effort in maths when calculating non-unit fractions of amounts.

I hope you all have a lovely week off – let’s hope the weather remains warm!

Summer 1

Week 3

Another super week with Galaxy class.

In English this week we have been writing our very own fantasy narrative based on our text, The Thames and the Tide Club. The children used some powerful vocabulary to help bring their stories alive and worked hard to include dialogue within their stories. I was very impressed!

In maths we have been working with fractions. We have been working on adding and subtracting fractions, including partitioning the whole. We then moved on to finding unit and non-unit fractions of amounts where the children were also asked to prove/disprove given statements. Super effort Galaxy class!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Stars of the week

Well done to………..

Ava Rose for demonstrating kindness towards her peers.

Jessica for being a supportive learning partner.

Miss Smith

Summer 1

Week 2

Another fantastic week for Galaxy class. Well done!

In English this week, we have continued reading the Thames and the Tide Club which the children are really enjoying. We have been writing diary entries and practising using the first person and present perfect tense. The work produced was of an excellent standard. We also worked on developing our debate skills and practised presenting different views and opinions about what has happened in the story so far. You were fabulous - Well done Galaxy class!

In maths we have been investigating volume and capacity. We have thought about how we measure volume and capacity using mixed units (litres and millilitres). We have been comparing units of capacity and volume and worked on further developing our reasoning and problem-solving skills involving addition and subtraction.

Stars of the Week

Well done to……………

Lewis for being an enthusiastic learner and a positive role model.

Layla for always being kind and respectful towards others.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Smith

Summer 1

Week 1

A wonderful start to the summer term! Galaxy class have worked very hard this week and I am extremely proud of what they have achieved.

In maths we have been looking at mass. This involved comparing, estimating and measuring the mass of objects. Moving on to solving problems involving grams and kilograms, in which the children were required to convert the amounts and find midpoints between two intervals.

In English lessons we are reading The Thames and the Tide Club – a club which all the children are now proud members of! The book tells the story of a group of children who enjoy walking the river shores searching for treasure and secrets! We started the week off by creating a 3D model of an ‘underwater London’ and then used this to inspire a creative writing piece about the secrets they thought they may find under the river.

Stars of the week

Well done to Alayna for writing a lovely persuasive letter stating why she should become a member of the Thames and the Tide Club

Well done to Teddy for excellent maths work. He worked confidently when using scales to compare, estimate and measure the mass of different objects.

See you next week.

Miss Smith

Our trip to Celtic Harmony

We loved our trip to Celtic Harmony!

Arjol - My favourite part was building shelters out of sticks.

Lewis and Danny - My favourite part was going hunting. We hunted a woolly mammoth altogether.

Idrees and Layla- I liked throwing 'spears' at animals!

Rosie and Hazel - I liked mixing the stew.

Romilly - My favourite part was throwing 'spears' at the animals.

Marwan - My favourite part was making a stew for our instructor using plants and herbs.

Rocky - I loved learning about flint knapping!

Ava-Rose - My favourite part was learning all about fire.

Charlie - I loved building the shelters and putting the leaves on top.

Sienna - I loved collecting mushrooms and plants when we were gathering.

Olivia - I loved learning how to make a fire in the stone age.

Local Councillor Visit - Robert McMullan

Today, we had a visit from our local councillor. We learnt about his role and asked him lots of questions about his job.

Here are some of the things that we learnt:

- around 1,100 voted for him to become councillor

- he also works at a bank and completes most of his councillor role in the evenings!

- he helps to decide where Eastwood Park ward spend their money

- he spends lots of time helping people with the 3ps - parking, potholes and pavements!

- he talked to us about recycling, reusing and remaking

- he meets the public in Kent Elms library every fortnight to discuss their problems and to see if he can help

- there are 51 councillors in Southend!

- the youngest councillor is 19

- you have to be 18 to become a councillor or vote for a councillor

- you have to be elected to be councillor and this is decided again every 3-4 years

He told us that if we or our parents have any concerns about our local area we could contact him through the MySouthend website: MySouthend – Southend-on-Sea City Council

Spring 2 learning!