Year 3
🌟Welcome to our Year 3 Class Page!🌟
Our teacher is Mrs Keenan and our classroom assistants are Mrs Doherty and Mrs Quigg. Our page will keep you updated on all our class news including photographs of activities we carry out in Year 3.
🦋🐛Fly Away Butterflies🐛🦋
Year 3 have been learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly. We observed our tiny caterpillars growing before they formed their chrysalises and then underwent their amazing transformation into butterflies. We released our butterflies in our school garden.
😎☀️School Trip🚌☀️
Year Three and Year Four had great fun in the sun today on their trip to The Port with their friends from Kilrea Primary School. What a perfect place to enjoy our wonderful weather! 🏖️😎☀️
🌟Enjoying Outdoor
Play 🌟
We are so lucky to have such an amazing outdoor play area in our school garden. We love to explore!
♻️🎶 Recycle the Rhythm 🎶♻️
As part of their Encanto: Recycle the Rhythm project, Year 3 pupils made their own musical instruments using recycled materials. To mark the culmination of the project, the children had the opportunity to showcase their fantastic work and participate in a musical parade.
🌱 Time to Grow! 🌱
We have been busy growing sunflowers and nasturtiums from seed as well as planting blueberry and blackberry plants next to our school poly-tunnel outside. Now we have the job of looking after them and watering them regularly. Watch this space for photos of our produce!
🔴⚪️Doire Abú 🔴⚪️
We joined primary schools across County Derry to celebrate ‘Red and White Day’ in support of the Derry Senior Football Team ahead of their Ulster Semi-Final clash with Monaghan. Good luck Derry! #doireabú
Shared Education
Year 3 had a great morning visiting their friends in Kilrea Primary School. The children listened to the story of Finn MacCool before completing a range of fun practical activities on the theme of our local legend. #sharededucation #funwithfriends 🎨🖌️🦶
🐣🐰Easter Egg Hunt🐰🐣
The boys and girls had great fun completing their Easter Egg Hunt before getting to enjoy lots of tasty treats
☘️ St. Patrick’s Day ☘️
We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in Year 3 by making beautiful fingerprint shamrocks and wearing green.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion.
✨🚪 The Magic Door…🚪✨
Year 3 participated in a recent Young Writers competition entitled ‘The Magic Door’. During the early planning stages, they presented their ideas on what lay behind the door in their drawings before sharing them with their classmates.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.
Article 29: Your education should help you to develop your talents and abilities.
🍌🍍Fairtrade Fortnight🍍🍌
Year 3 pupils have been learning about the significance of supporting Fairtrade farmers in developing countries during Fairtrade Fortnight. By purchasing and supporting Fairtrade produce, the farmers who grow our products make a fair profit and can use this money to provide more opportunities for their families. We designed posters to help share this important message.
Article 36: You have the right to protection from any kind of exploitation (being taken advantage of).
💖International Women’s Day 💖
Year 3 are inspired by many women in their lives. In celebration of International Women’s Day, they shared some of the reasons these special ladies are inspirational to them.
Article 42: Governments must actively work to make sure children and adults know about the Convention.
📚World Book Day📚
Year 3 celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as adjectives’. We gathered together in assembly to show off all our wonderful costumes before completing a range of fun activities in class.
Article 31: You have the right to rest and play.
Article 28: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
🖌️🎨 Landscape Paintings 🎨🖌️
Year 3 pupils participated in an online art lesson with Sinead McDermott from the Art and Design Factory. The children thoroughly enjoyed their experience and produced beautiful paintings inspired by the work of artist David Hockney. 🖌️🎨🖼️👩🏼🎨🧑🏻🎨
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
🎮📱Safer Internet Day📱🎮
Year 3 pupils discussed all the ways they use the internet on a daily basis at home and in school before recording their digital footprints. #SaferInternetDay
Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being from radio, newspaper, books, computers and other sources.
Article 19: You have the right to be protected from being hurt or mistreated.
🙏🏻Catholic Schools Week🙏🏻
Year 3 celebrated Catholic Schools Week by inviting their grandparents into school to make St. Brigid’s crosses. They finished off their morning together with a nice cup of tea and a tasty treat!
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion.
👩🏻🍳Big Cook, Little Cook🧑🏻🍳
We are exploring the topic of ‘Big Cook, Little Cook’ during January and February. We made jelly and noted how some foods change state when they are heated or cooled.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.
🎅🏼Christmas Jumper Day🎅🏼
🎅🏻🎄Feeling Festive🎄🎅🏻
Year 3 pupils worked in pairs to create beautiful festive digital graphics.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
🚨‘Ditch the Dark Day’🚨
Year 3 shone brightly on ‘Ditch the Dark Day’ as we walked, cycled or scooted to school wearing brightly coloured clothing. Well done everyone! #sustrans #activetravel
🤍Anti-Bullying Week🤍
Pupils in Year 3 created beautiful artwork, recorded recipes for a good friendship and wore our odd socks to mark Anti-Bullying Week 2022. 🖍💛 #antibullyingweek
Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.
Article 37: No one has the right to punish you in a cruel or harmful way.
🔢Maths Week🔢
We celebrated Maths Week Ireland by carrying out a range of activities using Izak 9. The pupils worked in groups to make number bonds within 10 and build 2D shapes.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.
🍂🍁Autumn Collages🍁🍂
The boys and girls in Year 3 collected autumn leaves and natural materials in our outdoor learning area this week and used them to create beautiful collages.
National Poetry Day
🚀 Our Place in Space 🚀
In celebration of 'World Space Week', Year 3 participated in an exciting online workshop this morning facilitated by the Nerve Centre. The children enjoyed listening to astronaut Nicole Stott answer questions on life as an astronaut before designing postcards as crew mates onboard 'Spaceship Earth'. 👩🚀🪐🔭☄️
Article 29: 'Education must…develop every child's respect for the environment'.
🇮🇪🇵🇱🇪🇸European Day of Languages🇮🇪🇵🇱🇪🇸
In celebration of European Day of Languages, we learned some words and phrases in Irish, Polish and Spanish. #hola #diadhuit #witam
Article 30: Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family.
💖Mindful Moments!💖
We love to take a few minutes out of our busy days to relax and practice mindful meditations.
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play.
✨Roald Dahl Day✨
In celebration of Roald Dahl Day, Year 3 recorded ‘Dream Jars’, inspired by the BFG.
Outdoor Fun Together!
We are so lucky to have such a wonderful outdoor space to play together in our outdoor learning area.
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play.
📱National Coding Week📱
To celebrate National Coding Week, we participated in an online workshop facilitated by the Nerve Centre on the theme of ‘Our Place in Space’. Year 3 explored the Scratch Jnr App to create a digital story.
Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
🧑🏻🎨We painted our self portraits 👩🏼🎨
🌼🌸Wildflower Garden🌸🌼
We are so fortunate to have our beautiful new wildflower garden to explore. A beautiful setting to sit down, relax and enjoy spotting wildlife with friends.
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play.
